Coming Events

Coming Events

departments

Oct. 9-10—Fire & Rescue Conference, New Bern, N.C. Contact Dean Robert McClanahan, Craven Community College, Racetrack Rd., New Bern, N.C. 28560.

Oct. 18-20—EMS Today, Kansas City, Missouri. Sponsored by the ACT Foundation and jems. Contact ACT Foundation, P.O. Box 911, Basking Ridge, N.J. 07920.

Oct. 22-24—Illinois Firefighter’s Conference, Peoria, Ill. Contact O. E. Hirst, I.F.A., 100 S. Bench St., Galena, Ill. 61036.

Oct. 28-31—ISFSI Workshop on Learning Process, Hartford, Conn. Contact Ed McCormack, ISFSI, 20 Main St., Ashland, Mass. 01721.

Nov. 21—Maryland Fire Chiefs Association Convention, Church Hill, Md. Contact Andrew Hubbard, Church Hill VFD, Queen Anne’s County, Church Hill, Md.

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.