New York City’s 911 EMS daily call volume has reached 4,500 on multiple days this month, and FDNY EMS unions warn current staffing is so inadequate three years into the Covid pandemic it puts their members at greater risk while degrading the essential service they provide the public. Those same EMS labor leaders worry the … Read more
The New Orleans EMS administered blood to a woman shot on Bourbon Street Sunday morning while she was still in the street. They say this is a rare ability for EMS services across the country and saves lives. Thomas Mauro was the paramedic who gave her the blood using a Lifeflow device. He was able … Read more
ASTORIA, Queens (WABC) — Flags flew at half-staff across New York on Friday to honor FDNY EMS Lt. Alison Russo-Elling, a first responder on 9/11 killed in a brutal, unprovoked attack. The FDNY also draped purple and black bunting on the exterior of EMS Station 49 where EMS Lieutenant Alison Russo-Elling served in Queens. The … Read more
ASTORIA, Queens (WABC) — A suspect has been taken into custody after a 61-year-old on-duty FDNY Emergency Medical Services lieutenant was stabbed to death in Queens Thursday. The incident happened near the intersection of 20th Avenue and Steinway Street in Astoria around 2:15 p.m. Police say the victim, identified as EMS Lieutenant Alison Russo-Elling, was … Read more
“Our Beech Grove EMS … believe it or not, was not available for this incident,” Mayor Dennis Buckley said at a Monday news conference. “Because our ambulances were down helping people at the Greenwood mall.” An unidentified gunman killed three people and injured two others at Greenwood Park Mall on Sunday evening. An armed witness … Read more