On a quiet day in a small office, people go about their normal routine; ride the elevator, check e-mail, file paperwork. Suddenly, that comfortable monotony is broken. Deafening sirens blare through ...

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

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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 ...

Eleven people were rescued on Friday after getting stuck in an elevator in a Cambridge hi-rise. At about 6 p.m. on Friday, the Cambridge Fire Department responded to the elevator rescue in a hi-rise ...