Published: May 01, 2024, 3:59 p.m.
By Paul Liotta | pliotta@siadvance.com
FDNY EMS workers respond to a fire in Dongan Hills in March of 2016. (Staten Island Advance/Shane DiMaio)
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New York City will now provide FDNY emergency medical services (EMS) personnel with body armor and self-defense training every three years after Mayor Eric Adams signed two pieces of legislation Wednesday.
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Published April 11, 2024, 7:35 p.m. ET
By Haley Brown
FDNY Emergency Medical Services workers will have access to body armor and special training as part of legislation passed Thursday by the City Council to address an increase in attacks on first responders.
The pair of bills, authored by Minority Leader Joseph Borelli, would require the FDNY to provide EMTs and paramedics with bullet- and stab-proof armored vests along with self-defense and de-escalation training.
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By Rich Calder February 4, 2023 9:02am Updated
Councilman Joseph Borelli introduced two bills to help protect city medics from assaults. J.C. RICE
With attacks against medics surging, the City Council is considering new legislation that would guarantee they have access to body armor vests and yearly self-defense training.
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