Chief PETER LAMB of the Lisbon (ME) Fire Department

Chief PETER LAMB of the Lisbon (ME) Fire Department

won the 1998 Executive Fire Officer Scholarship, which is awarded by the International Association of Fire Chiefs Volunteer Chief Officers Section. The scholarship enables volunteer chiefs to attend the Executive Officer Program at the National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg, Maryland. VFIS, a division of the Glatfelter Insurance Company, funds two IAFC-VCOS-administered scholarships up to $500 for each year of executive fire officer participation. For an application for next year`s VCOS EFO scholarship, contact Chief Fred Windisch, Ponderosa Volunteer Fire Department, P.O. Box 90674, Houston, Texas 77290-0674. Applicants must be IAFC members and EFO participants between July 1, 1998 and June 30, 1999 to qualify for next year`s scholarship.

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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.