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 ...

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- A man convicted of fatally stabbing an FDNY EMS lieutenant in Queens in 2022 was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison on Monday. Peter Zisopoulos was found guilty of pushing ...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. (WPIX) – An EMS lieutenant for the New York City Fire Department died on Monday after first responders marked his 911 call as “unfounded” despite never making contact with the man, who ...

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 ...