MARYLAND FIRE AND RESCUE INSTITUTE (MFRI) received special mention for The Faces of Juvenile Fire

MARYLAND FIRE AND RESCUE INSTITUTE (MFRI) received special mention for The Faces of Juvenile Fire Setting in the Video Fuego 98 international fire video contest in Badajoz, Spain. The 12-minute video features John Walsh of the TV show America`s Most Wanted and an introduction by Maryland Governor Parris N. Glendening. For more information on this video, contact MFRI at (301) 220-7240, or e-mail April Walker at awalker@mfri.org.

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.