FDNY
Three of the FDNY’s leading responders on Sept. 11, 2001, reflect on how 9/11 impacted EMS and beyond
Retired FDNY Firefighter Lee Ielpi’s mission to collect and share WTC steel focuses on remembrance and education
C.B. Garris shares the profound satisfaction derived from a demanding yet gratifying profession dedicated to saving lives
Reality star Angelina Pivarnick, turned EMT for the state of New York, filed a lawsuit against the city and her former EMS supervisor for alleged sexual harassment
The two men got into an argument with the head nurse at a hospital and ran back to the ambulance demanding the FDNY EMTs to give them a ride to another hospital
More than 200 FDNY members have died of 9/11-related illnesses since the 2001 terror attacks and cleanup efforts at Ground Zero
Incident Management Team (IMT) members will help responders there with logistics, planning and personnel coordination
FDNY officials reviewed the leaked reports on the message board and are confident that the information was not posted by a first responder
The FDNY ambulance was passing an appartment complex when its crew heard loud cracks and spotted two spiderweb holes in the passenger-side window
The two ambulances involved in the crash did not have a patient on board and all four medics were transported to the hospital for evaluation
An FDNY employee lost an unencrypted hard drive containing patient care reports made between 2011 and 2018
A teenager, 19, was crossing the street when an FDNY ambulance struck her
The city fire department will lean on community volunteer ambulance services to handle overflow 911 medical emergencies
The CEO of Con Edison said the blackout resulted from a ‘significant disturbance on the west side of Manhattan at one of our electric transmission stations’
FDNY emergency call operators have temporarily relocated to MetroTech Center ‘out of an abundance of caution’ after Verizon wire cables were cut near the building
Off-duty EMTs Sweeny and Bundschuh improvised to save a person that was actively bleeding from the neck
Jesan Avila-Hyde, 39, had not been seen since Friday afternoon and returned to his home Sunday night safe
Joseph V. Russo would go on to win the award for Staten Island’s “EMT of the Year” in 2015
A 10-year-old boy was riding his bicycle when he was struck by an FDNY ambulance
Raymond Wasson collapsed after a performance with the Breezy Point Bagpipers in August of last year
The two medics inside the rig were unharmed but the driver of the vehicle — who cops said was driving without a license — was transported to the hospital with a leg injury
Dr. Michael Guttenberg and William Ryan passed away from 9/11-related illnesses
Seventeen people who came within inches of losing their lives were reunited Tuesday with the FDNY paramedics and EMTs who saved them.
Lillian Bonsignore, a single mom barely out of her teens when she started as an emergency medical technician in 1991, becomes the first woman to hold the rank in the department’s 154-year history
City emergency workers, exhausted under a heavy overtime workload, are asking for new hires and increased pay
Donna Jaworski returned to her EMT career as valedictorian of her class after leaving the industry in 2003 to care for her family
Francis Jost, who was covering a shift for his colleague, was able to pack the arm in ice because he knew of a nearby bar where he could get supplies
A UPS truck was parked in the street and blocking traffic, and an ambulance was forced to wait until the driver pulled ahead
Fire officials said the man was arrested after destroying a flag that was “proudly displayed” on the back of an ambulance
When asked how the FDNY EMT pay gap compared to his campaign for “equity and social justice,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said he thinks “the work is different”
First responders pried open the doors Sunday and rescued the woman, who was reportedly an employee of the house, and had been stuck in the elevator since Friday
Denzel Adonis, a graduate of FDNY High School class of 2011, was one of 50 paramedics who walked across the stage after a seven-year journey to fulfill his dream
FDNY EMT Ryan Walsh testified in a first-degree assault trial and gave a graphic description of the scene inside the building where the attack occurred in 2016
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