COMING EVENTS

COMING EVENTS

August 7-12, 97th Annual Convention of the Virginia State Firemen’s Association and Ladies’ Auxiliary. Contact Carolyn Landis, R-8, Box 221, Harrisonburg, VA 22801.

August 15-17, 1983 Electric Safety Conference: Electrical Fires. Contact Victor Janule, Dept, of Eng. & Applied Science, Univ. of Wisconsin, 432 North Lake St., Madison, W1 53706.

August 15-18, National Arson Seminar. Contact Mark Lozier, Ed. Chairman, PO Box 414, Delphi, IN 46923.

August 19-21, Disaster Operations Workshops, Para Scope ’83. Contact Captain Mary Beth Michos, R.N., Dept of Fire & Rescue Serv., 101 Monroe St., 12th fl., Rockville, MD 20850.

August 22-26, International Society for Respiratory Protection Conference. Contact ISRP, Box 7567, St. Paul, MN 55119.

August 25-27, Annual Firemen’s Convention. Contact Pres. Wayne 8aker, 4300 Harney Rd., Taneytown, MD 21787.

August 27-28, Aircraft Crash Rescue IAFC Pre-Conference Seminar. Contact IAFC Foundation, PreConference Coordinator, 1329 18th St., NW Washington, D.C. 20036.

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.