Every fire department knows that lift assists are a normal part of the job. In fact, it probably is safe to assume that a department’s most numerous type of call is from a person who needs assistance ...

TLC Emergency Services in Cortland will no longer respond to non-emergency lift-assist calls. TLC Emergency Services made the announcement in January that while they will continue responding to injury ...

The assistance Clarendon Hills firefighter/paramedic Elisha Schwartzberg provided to a resident after recently responding to a call for a lift assist didn’t end when that resident had been helped up ...

NINE STARTS RIGHT NOW"> New tonight - The Nevada Fire Department is sounding the alarm. They responded to a RECORD number of calls for service last year. KCCI's Ophelie Jacobson tells us how they're ...

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.

Decatur's City Council paved the way for the fire department to charge senior living facilities that have been relying on firefighters to assist their residents from falls. At the Tuesday night ...

The Franklin Fire Department logo is displayed on a Dodge Ram. Daily Journal file photo Residential care facilities in Franklin may now pay a fee if they call the fire department for non-emergency ...