Mobile Home Fire Safety

Mobile Home Fire Safety

Construction standards are being revised by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development to improve fire safety in mobile homes. Combustibility and smoke generation requirements for interior finshes are being reviewed along with the locations and sensitivity levels of smoke detectors.

Doors for alcove furnace installations, additional fire warning devices and fire extinguishers are also being considered.

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.