ROCKFORD, Ill. - The 911 call came just before 8 a.m., and Ladder 5’s four-man crew scrambled to the truck just as their overnight shift was about to end. It was the kind of call that veteran ...

Using more than $68,000 in state grant funds, the Albany Fire Department provided inflatable lifting chairs to local care ...

Since 2020, calls to 911 in Colorado Springs for “lift assist” have nearly doubled, and it comes at an increasing cost for ...

Illinois lawmakers are again proposing a bill that would charge nursing home residents for non-emergency uses of lift assists rendered by a municipality or fire protection district, similar to ...

The Franklin Fire Department logo is displayed on an Dodge Ram. Daily Journal file photo Franklin may be added to the list of local municipalities cracking down on non-emergency first responder calls.

BEDFORD — Lawrence County emergency officials are sounding the alarm over a growing trend that is stretching the county’s ...

Colorado Springs firefighters responded to nearly 3,000 calls for lift assist in 2025. That's about double the number of ...