I’ve been working since I was 14 years old as a boy in Bushwick, Brooklyn. I did odd jobs for my parents and neighbors, and eventually a stint delivering for UPS. My mother consistently encouraged me ...

The Big Apple’s largest municipal union is blasting city officials for sliding 82 firefighter trainees into EMT jobs — blowing past hiring lists and allegedly leaving certified candidates in the dust.

Long hours, terrorist threats, fear of exposure to disease – all these things can wear EMS workers down. During the third week of the eight-week FDNY EMS training academy, we get a lecture on stress ...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) – An FDNY EMS lieutenant died on Monday after first responders marked his 911 call as “unfounded” ...