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 ...

Johnny Jones said he tried to calm himself once the elevator he often rides in his family’s downtown Atlanta high-rise suddenly came to a halt amid near-freezing temperatures this month. During the ...

DENVER (KDVR) — On Tuesday afternoon, firefighters had to rappel about 40 feet to rescue people trapped in a freight elevator, according to a post on X from the South Adams County Fire Department.

ATLANTA — Two young cousins who spent hours trapped in an elevator shaft in downtown Atlanta had the chance to reunite with the firefighters who rescued them from what could have been a deadly ...