VIDEO: The FDNY held a graduation ceremony Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025, for its second class of 2025 probationary emergency medical technicians. The event was held at the Christian Cultural Center in Brooklyn.
During their time in the FDNY EMS Academy at Fort Totten, the EMTs were trained in operations and procedures, including CPR, patient medical and trauma assessments, oxygen and ventilation skills, management of hypotension and fractures, spinal immobilization and emergency childbirth, and emergency vehicle operation.
The newest FDNY EMTs will be assigned to units throughout New York City.
“This work is not easy, and the days will be hard. The mental and emotional load of pre-hospital emergency care cannot be overstated. It is heavy, it is messy, and it will test you to the core,” FDNY Commissioner Robert S. Tucker said.
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