In 1996, when New York City’s Emergency Medical Service (EMS) merged with the Fire Department of New York City (FDNY), it ...

Slain FDNY Lt. Alison Russo’s dedication to saving lives didn’t stop when she took off her EMS uniform — for three decades she gave her time during off-work hours with her local Long Island ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.— The brave and humble members of the FDNY Firefighting and EMS divisions were honored ... of the people who decided to put the uniform on and save others,” said Fossella.

An on-duty FDNY EMS lieutenant was fatally stabbed outside ... around 2:15 p.m. She was on duty and in uniform, authorities said. Emergency responders took Russo to Mount Sinai Queens, where ...

representing FDNY EMS officers, have filed lawsuits alleging the pay and benefit disparity between them and the other uniform services is due to the fact their members are mostly people of color ...

She was in uniform and clearly identified as an EMS member. "This deadly ... grateful for her service over more than two decades with FDNY and as a World Trade Center first responder." ...

“It came over as a stabbing of a firefighter, maybe an officer, but FDNY officers and EMS officers pretty much wear the same uniform,” Baez recalled. “When the first EMS units ...

FDNY EMS Lt. Alison Russo-Elling served the city ... Adams, a former police officer whose service in uniform overlapped with Russo-Elling's, said he is very familiar with the work that EMS workers ...