Judge Blasts NYC for Failing to Adopt New FDNY Exam

A federal judge is criticizing New York City for failing to adopt a nondiscriminatory entrance exam for the Fire Department of New York (FDNY), news reports indicate. The same judge, Nicholas Garaufis, shot down the city’s 2007 entrance exam, claiming it discriminated against minorities, and ruled that the city could hire new recruits based on one of his five recommendations–all of which the city rejected, calling them based on fulfilling racial quotas.

Read more HERE at ny1.com.

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.