據(jù)WRIC 8News報(bào)道，美國弗吉尼亞州里士滿的消防員在過去兩年共接到接近500次的電梯求救警報(bào)，其中不少電梯頻頻發(fā)生事故。自2017年以來，里士滿消防局僅從弗吉尼亞聯(lián)邦大學(xué)的約翰遜樓就接到了23個(gè)電梯求救警報(bào)。固然，該大學(xué)對校園的電梯設(shè)備負(fù)有責(zé)任，但最近的一個(gè)無線調(diào)度電話顯示，離該校區(qū)最近的電梯技術(shù)工人都在幾小時(shí)車程外的地方。而城市周邊的酒店和公寓也有多次電梯問題的報(bào)告。一名公寓住戶稱其電梯常常搖晃而且停錯(cuò)樓層。消防員稱，有問題的電梯往往是檢驗(yàn)資格證過期了的設(shè)備，他們甚至看到一臺電梯最近的一次檢驗(yàn)竟是在2015年。

ELEVATOR ENTRAPMENTS KEEP RICHMOND FIREFIGHTERS BUSY

Firefighters in Richmond, Virginia, have been called out for nearly 500 elevator rescues over the past two years, with many of the units being repeat offenders, WRIC 8News reports. Since 2017, the Richmond Fire Department has responded to 23 calls at Johnson Hall, on the campus of Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). VCU is responsible for its elevators, but a recent radio dispatch call noted that the nearest available elevator technician was several hours away. Other elevator problems have been reported at hotels and apartment buildings around the city. A tenant in one building said its elevator "shakes a lot" and frequently mislevels. Firefighters said the troublesome elevators often have past-due inspection certificates, with one unit showing its last inspection was in 2015.