WEST CARROLLTON — The West Carrollton Fire Department is the recipient of a $3,450 state grant, which will be used to purchase a portable stair chair for one of the department’s ambulances. Leanne ...

Dare County Emergency Medical Services has received a new powered stair chair to help in emergencies, especially in elevated homes. It's also expected to help reduce lifting injuries among first ...

“Breaking backs” is an apt description for paramedics’ work as they safely muscle a 300-pound sick patient down a narrow staircase in the middle of the night. Officials say back injuries are the No. 1 ...

PORT ANGELES — Clallam 2 Fire-Rescue has received a new stair chair that was ordered last year with funds from an August grant of $4,361.66 from the Clallam County Physicians Community Benefit Fund.

SOUTHERN SHORES, N.C. — Sandy Slates and her husband, Bob, have owned a house in the Outer Banks for decades and now call Southern Shores home. "We bought our first property in 1971, built a house in ...

Evacuating a building in the event of a disaster can be hard enough when the occupants are healthy enough to walk down the stairs. But when the building being evacuated is a hospital, getting people ...