Coming Events

Coming Events

October 3-4—Emergency Care Outside The Hospital, Holling Education Center, Immanuel Medical Center, Omaha. For further information contact Linda Brandenburg, 4841 No. 130th Circle, Omaha, Neb. 68164.

Oct. 3-4—Fire Ground Commander Seminar, Chief Alan Bruacini, Phoenix Fire Department, Holiday Inn, East Hartford, Conn. For further information contact William Chamberlain, P.O. Box 194, Plainville, Conn. 06062.

Oct. 3-4—Semi-AnnualCentral Texas Volunteer Firemen’s Association Convention, Fredericksburg, Tex. For further information contact Fredericksburg Fire Department, Central Fire Station, 124 W. Main St., Fredericksburg, Tex. 78624.

Oct. 12-25—Annual Kansas Fire School for Municipalities, Hutchinson, Kan. For further information contact Max Thomas, Director, Fire Service Training, University of Kansas, 645 New Hampshire, Lawrence, Kan 66044.

Oct. 15-16—The 19th Annual Greater Cincinnati Regional Arson and Fire Investigator’s Seminar. For further information contact Kenneth Luxenberger, P.O. Box 75067, Cincinnati, Ohio 45275.

Oct. 16-18—53rd Annual Convention of New Jersey First Aid Council, Concord Hotel, Kiamesha Lake, N.Y. For further information contact Claudia Gallagher, 107 Sheraton Ave., Cinnaminson, N.J. 08077.

Oct. 26-30—Second Annual Advanced Arson Seminar, Tropicana Hotel, Las Vegas. For further information contact Robert James, Clark County Fire Department, 707 E. Desert Inn Rd., Las Vegas, Nev. 89109. *

Nov. 14—Trauma ’81; An EMS Event, Troy, Mich. For further information contact S. Waymaster, Stewart Oxygen Service, 13291 Northend, Oak Park, Mich. 48237.

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.