Oct. 28 marked National First Responders Day, established by Congress in 2017 to celebrate the nation’s emergency personnel, including firefighters, police officers, EMTs, paramedics and dispatchers, ...

A push to return EMS back to its own agency is gaining momentum amid response times, pay parity demands and warnings from ...

I’ve been working since I was 14 years old as a boy in Bushwick, Brooklyn. I did odd jobs for my parents and neighbors, and eventually a stint delivering for UPS. My mother consistently encouraged me ...

New York City and the unions that represent FDNY EMS workers announced a tentative contract agreement Friday aimed at ending years of strife over the wages emergency medical technicians and paramedics ...

Long hours, terrorist threats, fear of exposure to disease – all these things can wear EMS workers down. During the third week of the eight-week FDNY EMS training academy, we get a lecture on stress ...

Emergency response times in New York City have been getting longer, year after year. That's according to Mayor Eric Adams’ annual management report. City Councilmember Joann Ariola, who represents ...

The Big Apple’s largest municipal union is blasting city officials for sliding 82 firefighter trainees into EMT jobs — blowing past hiring lists and allegedly leaving certified candidates in the dust.

Brownsville residents gathered to learn how to stop life-threatening bleeding with hands-on skills to help shooting victims ...