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Iraq Vets, Paramedics Fight FDNY -- Get Promoted

01/19/2006

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They charged they were passed over because they were overseas.

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01/19/2006

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FDNY EMTs Tackle, Nab Robber

03/19/2006

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A pair of fearless EMTs tackled and subdued a heavily armed, 250-pound gunman at a Brooklyn subway station.

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03/19/2006

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FDNY EMT Struggles to Save Own Life

04/12/2006

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He went to rescue people at Ground Zero - but William Dahl ended up being one of those truly needing help.

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04/12/2006

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New York City Offers Medic School to Teens

10/05/2006

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About 100 teens are in the first class being offered the program at the FDNY's HS for Fire and Life Safety.

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10/05/2006

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FDNY `Combat` Medics Train for Elite Collapse Unit

11/27/2006

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Fifty-two FDNY rescue medics will be ready to work alongside cops and firefighters during disasters caused by a terrorist attacks or nature.

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11/27/2006

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NY Paramedic`s First Day Proves Heroic

11/28/2006

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A newly graduated paramedic helped save the life of a 13-year-old Bronx girl -- his first day on the job.

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11/28/2006

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Promotion, Praise for New York EMS Hero

01/09/2004

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The first EMS official on scene at the Staten Island Ferry crash - whose ambulance was the first to respond to the 1993 World Trade Center bombing - was promoted to captain yesterday.

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01/09/2004

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NYC Medic Band Banned from Parade

03/15/2007

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Thirty-five ambulance workers can't bring their band because the Fire Department already has one.

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03/15/2007

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School-Bus Crash in New York Sends 36 to Hospitals

04/20/2004

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Three buses carrying Long Island middle-school students collided on a Clearview Expressway entrance ramp in Queens yesterday morning, sending 36 people to area hospitals, authorities said.

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04/20/2004

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Life and Limb - New FDNY Paramedic Overcomes Odds

03/19/2007

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Paramedic David Kruysman made FDNY history when he became the first member of the department with a prosthetic limb.

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03/19/2007

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