Coming Events

Coming Events

Jan. 8-10: Fire Ground Command seminar, Tulsa, Ok. For further information contact Harold B. Mace, Oklahoma State University, Fire Building, Stillwater, Ok. 74074.

Jan. 19-21—U.S. Fire Administration, 6th annual conference, “Fire Safety Where you Live,” San Francisco, Calif. For further information contact Mary Underwood, U.S. Fire Administration, Washington, D.C. 20472.

Jan. 26-30—Advanced Arson Investigation Seminar, Denver Fire Department. For further information contact Lt. James D. Persichitte, Denver Fire Department, 745 W. Colfax Ave., Denver, Co. 80204.

April 21-24: The International Fire, Security and Safety Exhibition and Conference ’81, London’s Olympia. For further information contact Quentin Bell, IFSSEC Press Information Centre, Hesketh House, Portman Square, London W1, England.

April 30-May 3—54th Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival and Parade, Winchester, Va. For further information contact the Festival Headquarters, P.O. Box 3099, Winchester, Va. 22601.

May 17-21—Illinois Fire Chiefs annual conference, Oak Lawn, Ill. For further information contact Chief Ken Wood, Glenview Fire Dept., Glenview, Ill.

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.