EMS is the lowest-paid first responders in the city, and that is unacceptable,” FDNY Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore said.

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 ...

Nedd was 9 when his father, Jerome Nedd, was killed. He spent most of his youth with the families of other 9/11 victims and, through it all, the FDNY was always there to lend a hand, he said.

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has chosen the city's next fire commissioner. Lillian Bonsignore, a well-respected retired EMS chief, will be the next fire commissioner. Bonsignore will be ...

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, ...

Bonsignore has no say over contract negotiations between City Hall and the unions representing city EMTs, paramedics and officers, but said the low pay has led to concerns about recruitment and ...