NEW YORK (PIX11) — The response times of New York City EMS are rising, according to an independent report released on Thursday. The study was done by the New York City Independent Budget Office using ...

More than a third of the city’s emergency medical technicians and paramedics are expected to leave this year as they continue ...

The top challenge rural ambulance networks face, according to the report, is a lack of funding and an inability to receive more due to barriers imposed at the state level.

The merge of two storied institutions in New York City was commemorated on Monday, March 16, 2026, at EMS Academy at Fort Totten to mark its 30th anniversary. FDNY and New York City EMS came ...

Ambulance providers across rural New York say their systems are nearing collapse without more state funding, according to the ...

There are over 1,150 rural EMS agencies across New York, a recent report on the state's rural ambulance system reveals.

NEW YORK (PIX11) — Gov. Kathy Hochul vetoed a bill that was inspired by the murder of a 24-year veteran of the FDNY EMS. The Emergency Response Staffing Bill (S. 6698/A. 7356), was introduced to ...

Aidan O'Connor with New York State Volunteer Ambulance and Rescue Association, flanked by state legislators, holds up a report on challenges with the rural EMS system in New York state during a news ...

The closure of an overnight ambulance unit offered a glimpse at a broader city trend of where EMS service is headed.

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- An organization is looking to make a difference by offering a helping hand to EMTs, paramedics, and other first responders in times of need. The EMS FDNY Help Fund was created ...

Since the early 2000s, there has been a significant decline in the number of volunteer firefighters and EMS personnel in New ...

Lillian Bonsignore, the first former EMT to lead the FDNY, reflects on the department’s uneasy 1996 merger with EMS ...