NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WPRI) — The New Bedford Fire Department has been awarded $68,000 in federal grant funds to boost training on rescuing people from stalled elevators. The department will bring in ...

Oliver Fire Department members keep sharpening their skills with the weekend serving as Elevator Rescue Training.

EASTON, Pa. - Dozens of Easton firefighters received special training on Thursday on the "ups and downs" of the job: They're learning how to rescue people from stuck elevators. When you enter an ...

Two Atlanta children are safe after being trapped inside an elevator shaft for hours, prompting a complex rescue by the ...

Two cousins, ages 13 and 11, trapped for hours in Atlanta elevator shaft reunite with firefighters who used rope system to ...

Boston firefighters used ropes and harnesses to rescue a man from an elevator shaft inside an office building. Photos posted on social media by the department show members of technical rescue ...

ATLANTA — Atlanta firefighters don’t only respond to put out flames; when two children became trapped in an elevator, they came to the rescue. Officials say the children got trapped in a stalled ...

Firefighters from Mayville and other companies prevented flames from spreading to a nearby lumber yard and grain storage ...

The Ann Arbor Fire Department performs an average of 85 elevator rescues every year, but a recent rescue was different. Firefighters rappelled 30 feet down an elevator shaft at C.S. Mott Children’s ...

The fire department will bring in experts on elevator rescues to help meet training standards established by the National Fire Protection Association.