Fiberglass Main

Fiberglass Main

A UL approved fiberglass reinforced composite pipe, Permastran, developed by Johns-Manville, now serves as an auxiliary fire main that provides the fire departments with access to the water of Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.

The project, which specified fiberglass pipe because of its maintenance-free qualities exhibited in other projects, uses a total of 10,000 feet of 12-inch pipe.

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.