Staff

Staff

Editor

THOMAS F. BRENNAN

Associate Editors JACKIE COX AUDREY PAVEY

Art Director R. NELSON

CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Gene Carlson Paul McFadden

CONSULTING EDITORS Jack Bennett Charles G. King

Francis L Brannigan Edward J. McDonald Hugh J. Caulfield Burton W. Phelps

CORRESPONDENTS

Bradley Anderson Dave E. Williams

FIRE ENGINEERING

FIRE ENGINEERING (ISSN 00152587). December. 1985, Vol. 138. No. 12. Member, Association of Business Publishers Inc, and Audit Bureau of Circulations. Published monthly by Technical Publishing, a Company of the Dun & Bradstreet Corporation. John K. Abely. President. EXECUTIVE. EDITORIAL AND ADVERTISING OFFICES: 875 Third Avenue, New York. NY 10022. Printed in Easton, PA 18042.

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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.