Consider this scenario: Your ladder company has been dispatched to assist an engine company that’s on a “person stuck in an elevator” call at a three-story assisted-living facility. The report ...

Every year many deaths and injuries occur in elevator incidents. While some jurisdictions routinely handle calls for persons stuck in stalled elevator cars others rarely see these incidents.

The news that NBC‘s “Today” show anchor Ann Curry got stuck in an elevator for an hour the other day hit a nerve. Not out of a fear of elevators, but because it seems like it always takes an hour to ...