One Rescued From Stalled Downtown Elevator
Incident Type:
Elevator
Dispatch:
Thursday, January 14, 2016 - 4:26pm
Address:
500 block W. Johnson St.
Madison, WI
Madison, WI
Narrative:
Ladder 1 was called to the Palisades Apartments (535 W. Johnson St.) Thursday afternoon when an elevator broke down with one person trapped inside.
The four-person crew split up, with two firefighters going to the lower-level parking garage as the other two headed to the floor above.
Firefighters in the parking garage made verbal contact with the person inside while others accessed the top of the elevator car to turn off the power.
After manually opening the doors, firefighters led the trapped individual out of the elevator without incident. Nobody was injured or distressed.
Posted 01/15/2016 - 10:18am
Contacts:
Cynthia Schuster (Public Information Officer), 608-261-5539, cschuster@cityofmadison.com