IN THE NEWS: MSA Honors Four Local Firefighters for Saving One of MSA’s Own

MSA named four members of the Adams Area Fire District (Mars, PA) as recipients of the 2011 Fireslayer of the Year Award in recognition of their rescue of Mike Rupert, MSA’s product group manager for First Responder Products, from a fiery crash last May. Chief Al Minjock, Lieutenants Talo Capuzzi and Doug Mellinger, and Firefighter Jeff Leonberg received the award at a special ceremony at FDIC 2011.

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