March 5, 2017: Ropes used by FDNY members saved multiple lives today, in Brooklyn and also at a 7-alarm fire in Queens. “I was searching the rear bedroom when the fire flashed over me. I had about ten seconds to put it on and get out the window,” says FDNY Firefighter Charles Flohr, Ladder 143, …
Introduced at this years Fire Department Instructors Conference (FDIC) in Indianapolis, Petzl released the new EXO-AP Personal Escape System. The EXO-AP (model #D30AB 015) is a new and re-designed version of the original EXO (model #D30015 B), which originally hit the fire service in 2006. This new device is lighter in weight and smaller than it’s predecessor. …
