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'Second-class first responders': Mayor Adams 'breaking' 2021 campaign pledge by 'underpaying' city medics: NYC pol
A Brooklyn pol considered a frontrunner to become NYC’s next comptroller is demanding Mayor Eric Adams honor a 2021 campaign promise by raising city medic salaries on par with other...
'NYC doesn't heart you': 80% of New Yorkers who suffer cardiac arrest die due to slow FDNY response
Four out of five New Yorkers who go into cardiac arrest die as response times for NYC's first responders to medical emergencies continue to soar, startling new data shows.
Elderly man dead after four-hour wait for ambulance: 'He was calling out'
An elderly man has died after he was forced to wait four hours for an ambulance in Melbourne's west, during what the paramedics’ union has described as a critical shortage.
All-female Hasidic EMT corps expanding Brooklyn footprint with second ambulance
Brooklyn’s all-female EMT corps comprised of ultra-Orthodox Jewish women is expanding its reach in the Big Apple – providing life support services despite opposition from their male counterparts. The Ezras...
NYC EMT stabbed eight times by unhinged patient in ambulance speaks out: 'Thought I was going to die'
"I thought for a second that I might be able to get out, but then when the lock was jammed, he had gotten over to me," recalled Julia Fatum, who...
NYC Council approves bills to give EMS workers body armor, self-defense training as assaults rise
FDNY Emergency Medical Services workers will have access to body armor and special training as part of legislation passed Thursday by the City Council to address an increase in attacks...
FDNY lieutenant suspended 4 weeks after choking out EMT over disagreement to help unconscious person
An FDNY lieutenant who was arrested for allegedly choking a city emergency medical technician during a heated on-the-job altercation has been suspended for four weeks without pay, officials said.
Attacks on NYC EMS workers are through the roof
The troubling tally is an eye-popping 2,320% higher than the 15 attacks reported on medics in 2011, when the agency began recording attacks.
NYC responders taking longer to get to emergencies and fire deaths are rising, data shows
Big Apple first-responders took longer to get to fires and other emergencies, while more people died in blazes, at the start of this fiscal year compared to last year's, City...
FDNY lieutenant arrested for choking NYC emergency medical technician on the job
An FDNY lieutenant was arrested Saturday for allegedly choking a city emergency medical technician, sources said.
NYC pols renew push to mandate body armor, self-defense training for EMTs as assaults rise
The City Council will take a second crack at passing legislation guaranteeing the first responders access to body armor vests and yearly self-defense training.
Helpless patient dies after being kicked out of ambulance, collapsing on sidewalk
The man was lying face down in front of emergency personnel for more than two minutes before anyone helped him.
NYC's devastating congestion pricing plan will kill New Yorkers — literally
The plan to charge drivers $15 to enter certain parts of Manhattan will likely cause a shortage of EMTs and paramedics, which will quite literally kill New Yorkers.
NYC ambulance workers sound sirens over $15 congestion toll's impact on response times
The city's life savers -- paramedics and EMTs -- are having a panic attack over a controversial plan that will force them to pay a $15 congestion toll just to...
FDNY paramedic busted for drunk driving after hitting NYPD car: police
An off-duty FDNY paramedic was arrested for drunkenly crashing his car into an NYPD cruiser in Queens, police said.
Man, 49, head-butts EMT, later dies at hospital: NYPD
The bizarre episode unfolded Friday at around 10:20 a.m. when officers responded to a call for help from medics inside the man's Prospect Avenue apartment.
FDNY veteran honored as 'resilient and optimistic spirit' at NYC funeral
Frederick Whiteside's casket, draped in an American flag, was carried out of the back of an ambulance as bagpipers played “Amazing Grace” – and brought into the Christian Cultural Center...
Armed EMTs thwart ax-wielding woman who slashed man’s face before smashing station door: police
Armed Kentucky EMTs subdued a woman accused of attacking a man with an ax before she allegedly smashed a door at the emergency service station, police said.
City holds bunting ceremony for EMT who died of heart attack at Bronx call center: 'He was my best friend'
“He was a great father, he was my best friend,” fellow EMT Calvin Stone said about Frederick Whiteside, a 43-year-old father who spent 22 years with the department before his...
Veteran FDNY EMT suffers fatal heart attack on duty in the Bronx: officials
“This is a heartbreaking loss for New York’s Bravest, and for our entire city,” New York City Mayor Eric Adams said in a statement.