The FIRE AND EMERGENCY MANUFACTURERS AND SERVICES ASSOCIATION (FEMSA) board of directors has

The FIRE AND EMERGENCY MANUFACTURERS AND SERVICES ASSOCIATION (FEMSA) board of directors has elected the following new officers: Bruce T. Bowling, Firehouse Magazine, president; Bob Montgomery, Hoechst Celanese, vice president; and Sue Tribble, Southern Mills, secretary-treasurer. Past presidents Mary Grilliot, Morning Pride Manufacturing, and Kit Cafaro, The Vargis Company, will also serve on the executive committee. The following directors were reappointed to the board: Bob Mont-gomery, Hoechst Celanese; Don Conley, VFIS; Jeffrey Bean, Ferrara Fire Appara-tus; Mark Conron, Technical Fire Services International; Marlin Nichol, WILL-BURT Co.; Al Frazier, Fire Apparatus Magazine; and Doug McMillan, Task Force Tips. Re-turning directors include Paul Darley, W.S. Darley; Steve Houchin, Spartan Motors; Dan Juntune, Waterous Company; and Jack Petrone, Global Fire Equipment.

Hand entrapped in rope gripper

Elevator Rescue: Rope Gripper Entrapment

Mike Dragonetti discusses operating safely while around a Rope Gripper and two methods of mitigating an entrapment situation.
Delta explosion

Two Workers Killed, Another Injured in Explosion at Atlanta Delta Air Lines Facility

Two workers were killed and another seriously injured in an explosion Tuesday at a Delta Air Lines maintenance facility near the Atlanta airport.