The department also noted a rise in emergency calls. FDNY and EMS operators responded to 2.3 million calls in 2024, including more than 1.6 million medical emergencies — the highest ever ...

MANHATTAN, N.Y. (PIX11) – FDNY EMS Local 2507, the union representing New York City’s emergency response teams, is calling for its members to transfer out of Midtown and Lower Manhattan ahead ...

“It doesn’t scare me,” Fabien, 20, said Monday, a full day before he was scheduled to graduate from the city’s EMS academy. “I’m prepared to fulfill my duty, I’ve been waiting a long ...

Many of the first responders are paid just $18.94 an hour — the lowest of any frontline workers citywide — and can’t afford to pay $45 a week just to get to their jobs, said FDNY EMS Local 2507.

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