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Donovan Receives Award

Joseph L. Donovan, superintendent of Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg, MD, received “The Everett Hudiburg Award” at IFSTA’s annual conference in Stillwater, OK. The award is presented annually in recognition of significant contributions to firefighter training on a national basis. Key factors in Donovan’s selection were his contributions as a state academy instructor, state director of fire training, chairman of an IFSTA validation committee “and the outstanding job as superintendent of the National Fire Academy,” according to the executive director of IFSTA.

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.