Firefighters
Ozarks Firefighters Receive Elevator Rescue Training
Firefighters from several agencies in the Ozarks, including the Logan-Rogersville Fire Protection District in Rogersville, Missouri, spent the week at district headquarters learning how to rescue entrapped people from elevators, KY3 reported...
Firefighters Brake Through Wall in India Rescue
Firefighters in Ahmedabad, India, searched for, identified and broke through a wall and cut through a metal sheet on Floor 3¾ of a building to rescue 10 women stuck in...
AFG To Provide Elevator Rescue Training and More to Firefighters in New Jersey City
U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer on August 1 announced a new US$161,702 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) that will help the Fire Department in Englewood, New Jersey, take three critical rescue...
TKE Holds Elevator and Escalator Rescue Training Sessions for Madrid Firefighters
TK Elevator (TKE) recently held several firefighter training sessions at its internal training department SEED Campus in Madrid, Spain. TKE Technical Trainer Antonio Barrajon led 120 of Madrid’s firefighters through...
Tourists Stuck by Arizona Elevator Malfunction Back on Surface
Six tourists stranded underground at Grand Canyon Caverns in Peach Springs, Arizona, when an elevator malfunctioned on October 23 have now been brought back to the surface, CNN is among...
Boston Fire Department Responds to Elevator Room Fire
The Boston Fire Department (BFD) extinguished a fire in an elevator room in a nine-story building on Tremont Street on the morning of July 18, according to the Boston Globe....
MESA Welcomes Speakers, Looks Toward Events
reported by Matthew Jackson Twenty-two Massachusetts Elevator Safety Association (MESA) members met at Jake n Joes Sports Grille in Norwood, Massachusetts, on April 12, where they enjoyed good food and...
Elevator Rescue Training For The Firefighters In Kocaeli
Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality Department of Fire Brigade Prevention and Education Branch Directorate Education Unit (KOBİTEM) in Turkey provided elevator rescue training for firefighters. KOBITEM, which provides vocational training for firefighters...
Seven Rescued from Cement Plant Elevator
Firefighters were called out on April 5 to rescue seven people trapped inside an elevator at a cement plant near Lancaster, California, KGET reports. The Kern County Fire Department Emergency Communications Center...
