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Welcome to the FDNY EMS website!
(PROUD TO BE THE THUMB IN FDNY'S EYE SINCE 1998)
Updated May 14, 2008
THE FDNY EMS WEBSITE
WELCOME TO THE FDNY EMS WEBSITE.
Welcome to The FDNY EMS Website. On this site you will read about the downfall of The New York City Emergency Medical Service. Established in 1970, NYC*EMS was chartered by the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) to provide comprehensive, state of the art pre-hospital care to the sick and injured citizens of NYC. With time, and advances in pre-hospital care NYC*EMS grew to meet the task of serving New York City's diverse population of over 8 million people. Over 2,500 very dedicated men and women, consisting of Emergency Medical Technicians, Paramedics, supervisory personnel, and support and technical staff effectively patroled the streets and respond to over 3,000 calls for assistance daily. Each year, NYC*EMS responded to over 1.3 million 911 calls for help making NYC*EMS the largest, and busiest 911 municipal system in the nation if not the world. NYC*EMS did not stop at just providing 911 municipal EMS services; it also went on to provide NYC and its surrounding municipalities with help in times of need. NYC*EMS provided medical support for visiting dignitaries in NYC, and sent help across the globe during enormous natural, or manmade disasters.

Former Mayor Giuliani never liked NYC*EMS and when the Fire Department was having budget problems he wanted a way to bring new funding into FDNY. He felt a forced merger of EMS into FDNY would be the way to solve a lot of FDNY's problems.  Former Mayor Giuliani decided that he could use EMS as a money maker in order to save Firefighter jobs. FDNY was also hoping that EMS (which has a large number of women and minorities) would solve FDNY's racial problem (The Fire Department's was about 94% white male at the time, and the Federal Goverment was looking into why FDNY was so white ) One other factor that led to the takeover was a FDNY productivity issue (Too much down time for the Firefighters) So, the Mayor and Fire Commissioner began the CFR-D (Certified First Responder) program and gave the Firefighters $1,800 dollars a year to do EMS runs using their Firetrucks. This of course increased the Firefighters workload by a factor of six making them very unhappy people. In after several minor setbacks (with his merger plan) former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani in order to force a merger of NYC*EMS and FDNY cut off 350 million dollars in city funding to HHC strangling the hospital network that ran NYC*EMS and served the city's poor. The New York City Fire Department promised at several City Council hearings to cut EMS response times to below 6 minutes, build 60 new EMS stations across the City, and FDNY said that there were plans to make these new stations community care centers that would serve the health needs of the public. FDNY had talked about offering community CPR courses, health screening, and blood pressure checks. All of these were very ambitious ideas by the Fire Department and this would have served the poor and needy. Because of these promises on March 17th, 1996 NYC*EMS was taken over by the Fire Department.

After the takeover the Fire Department proceeded to suck up our funding, they crushed morale, FDNY eliminated vital components of EMS like the Major Emergency Response Vehicles and The Emergency Response Squad, They begin the privatization of EMS by allowing for profit companies with close ties to the Mayor respond to 911 calls without proper review, and FDNY managed to set emergency medical care in NYC back 200 years. It just goes down hill from there.

On this website you will read about the downfall of NYC*EMS it was the "BEST" EMS agency in the world until FDNY ran it into the ground. You will read about how we were sold out by the Mayor to the Fire Department, and how all of this affects you. This webpage uncovers the dirty truth about the NYC*EMS takeover and talks about the EMS topics that almost every news agency, and EMS trade magazine (JEMS, EMS Magizine) in America has ignored.

Let me first say that working for an EMS service anywhere in the world is a very tough job. The challenges and dangers that EMS workers face are unique and all too often our actions go unrecognized by the public and unreported by the media (FYI The media in New York for the most part is not interested in the plight of EMS. The NYC press would rather report that Paris Hilton and Britney Spears  were spotted at a nightclub than real news. Most of the members of the media are just a pack of  jackals that would eat their own young.)

I don't believe anyone goes into EMS expecting to get rich. People join EMS to save lives. This type of work is a calling and most of the people I know deep down inside love EMS work. It's just the FDNY bureaucracy and mismanagement they hate. You would think that with FDNY's one billion dollar yearly budget that they could do a better job of running EMS. However this goes to show that all the money in the world cannot buy common sense. FDNY is grossly mismanaged and is run by a bunch of empty suits, and yes men.
  
FDNY told the City Council back in 1994 that they could improve EMS by lowering response times, providing the people of New York City with a well run EMS service, and give all EMS workers a real career path under FDNY. The Fire Commissioner and his band of fascist little elves have made no progress in improving The Emergency Medical Service whatsoever. Since the takeover EMS in NYC has been set back 200 years. We are beleding to death because our top talent in EMS is vanishing.

I have found out since the takeover that the FDNY family is more like the Manson family. I think that if this is how FDNY thinks EMS should be run then the Fire Chiefs need to adjust the little antenna on their tin foil hats because they are getting some serious interference. You will see as you read this website that these FDNY Fire Chiefs aren't fit to be second in command of the Hekawi Tribe from F Troop much less run a major Fire Department. After seeing the Fire Department take over and run EMS I felt like Charlton Heston did when he woke up in that field and saw the ape with the gun riding the horse.

 Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta is the now in charge of FDNY. He was the former head of the Administration for Children's Services and has an extensive background in city governmental operations. As soon as he took the helm at the Fire Department EMS units were being cut. He has turned FDNY into a Public Safety Management training program for his former flunkies at ACS. He is bringing them over in droves to fill top Deputy and Assistant Commissioner spots at FDNY (They earn $130,000+ a year and get a new car with lights and sirens.) It's amazing that Scoppetta who knows nothing about running a public safety agency could bring over all of his friends from ACS who also know nothing about public safety to help him run the Fire Department. Mayor Bloomberg simply does not care about EMS or who responds to your home when you are having a life or death emergency. The Mayor would let anyone who could put red lights on a van answer 911 calls in NYC. What a joke.

 I have put together a website that lists of some of the problems that we face here at FDNY*EMS. Most of these problems are not unique to the EMS field but these issues must be brought into a public light. Most of the problems that FDNY EMS EMTs and Paramedics are dealing with are not unique to the world of EMS. The issues that are dealt with on this website are problems that other EMS providers are facing across the nation and the globe. These are the types of problems that if not corrected will place the public in jeopardy. EMS is the only public safety agency that acts as a safety net for the nations poor and downtrodden. We don't care who you are, where you are from, or if you are black, white, or purple the members of EMS are there to help you when you need us.

It's a shame that these problems have to be aired out in a public form but the truth must come out about the numerous problems at FDNY*EMS.  This page is dedicated to the people of the city of New York who deserve a great EMS system but because of FDNY no longer have one.

 

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