This class begins with a lecture about safety in and around elevator equipment and an introduction on how to safely handle an elevator emergency. Participants will then be rotated through five skills ...

The klaxon goes off, and you’re all ears: “Attention Ladder 5, respond to 5505 Route 25A for a report of persons trapped in an elevator.” Having responded to this building countless times for ...

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 ...

A fire service icon passed away on December 29. A man of outstanding character in the name of John O’Donoghue, Asst. Chief (Ret.), Cambridge (MA) Fire Department. John co-authored the Elevator and ...