FDNY EMTs face staffing issues as emergency response time creeps up

FDNY EMTs face staffing issues as emergency response time creeps up

FDNY EMTs are facing a series of staffing issues five years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic when their life-saving efforts were invaluable for people around the city, a local union head said on Tuesday. The city’s medical first responders at FDNY EMS are handling a dramatic increase in emergencies and experiencing a 15.4% spike in responses since the start of the pandemic in 2020. With a strained workforce and employees earning just abo…

EMS union leaders tell NYers not to join FDNY

The president of the union representing FDNY EMTs and paramedics is telling New Yorkers not to join the FDNY because the city treats his members like “second class citizens.” On the 5th anniversary of the first peak of the Covid-19 pandemic in New...