A group of first responders used a rope pulley system to hoist five stranded tourists more than 200 feet out of the Grand Canyon Caverns in Arizona after the elevator broke down on Sunday, according ...

DC Fire and EMS rescued someone stuck in an elevator using a vortex system, highlighting their training and response efficiency.

In the May 2025 issue of Firehouse, we discussed roof rope operations and what those types of incidents bring to the table (“Roof Rope Operations and Training ...

A rescue by the Red, White & Blue Fire Protection District of Breckenridge, Colo., proves that you may need to employ rope rescue techniques in the most unexpected places. On Jan. 31 at 1511 HRS, the ...

PEACH SPRINGS, Ariz. — Rescuers used ropes and harnesses to hoist five people to safety after an elevator at a national tourist attraction broke down 21 stories underground. A husband and wife, a ...

A hospital employee was rescued by rope after an elevator malfunctioned Sunday at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It was a complicated rescue but resulted in no injuries, the Ann ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — A woman trapped in an elevator in a Town Center-area building Wednesday afternoon was rescued after a pair of firefighters rappelled down an elevator shaft from the ninth ...

Police and firefighters responded around 5 p.m. to Rockin' Jump, a trampoline park in Wayne, New Jersey, local authorities told the Daily Voice. Police said six children, who were between 10 and 14 ...

ANN ARBOR, MI - A hospital employee was rescued from an elevator early Sunday morning after being trapped for nearly seven hours. A man became trapped around 4:30 a.m., Sept. 28 after an elevator in C ...

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.

It’s Monday, May 6, which means the Denver Fire Department has completed almost 670 elevator rescues so far this year. For many years, the department performed an average of six elevator rescues every ...