The horror stories his mother still tells about being a New York City emergency medical technician during the coronavirus pandemic should have been enough to keep Javon Fabien from following in her ...

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 ...

After 13 weeks of training at the EMS Academy, 147 new FDNY EMTs graduated today along with 40 U.S. service members. FDNY EMTs were at the front lines during the COVID-19 pandemic. Among the ...

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 ...

FDNY EMS Local 2507, which represents more than 4,000 emergency medical technicians, paramedics and fire inspectors in New York City, launched a new public awareness campaign on social media Oct. 6 ...

FDNY EMS Local 2507, which represents more than 4,000 emergency medical technicians, paramedics and fire inspectors in New York City, launched a new public awareness campaign on social media Oct. 6 ...

For part of the eight-week FDNY EMS Academy, EMTs are required to do a ride-along with a regular EMS unit. I get assigned to one of the busiest units in Brooklyn. I’m paired with an EMT named Bronson, ...

The FDNY’s Chief of EMS Operations Michael Fields is under investigation, possibly over his wife’s meteoric rise in the bureau or the handling of her recent drunk-driving arrest, sources told The Post ...

The EMS profession is at a crossroads. With high turnover rates as high as 40% (reported by the American Ambulance Association), stagnant pay, and growing public demand, EMS agencies need more than ...

Mayor Adams has yet to make good on an election year promise to boost wages for FDNY emergency medical services workers, with new information emerging about his embattled confidante Ingrid ...