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 ...
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Illinois fire departments can now charge for lift assists at senior care centers under new law
With calls for lift assists growing in recent years, Illinois fire departments now can start collecting a fee for the service. Among the flurry of new laws that went into effect Thursday is one that ...
Colorado Springs firefighters responded to nearly 3,000 calls for lift assist in 2025. That's about double the number of ...
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