FDNY- EMS split?

lfdlt31 said:
How would separating all of a sudden fix the pay issue or the people leaving to become a firefighter?
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It wouldn’t, it would just take away the discussion of parity within the same department. Separating the departments would eliminate that and keep the EMS pay scale, in my opinion.
 
GeoC said:
It wouldn’t, it would just take away the discussion of parity within the same department. Separating the departments would eliminate that and keep the EMS pay scale, in my opinion.
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Let's face it, prior to 1996 Health & Hospital Corp. did nothing for their EMS employees. Then 1996 came along and EMS was promised the moon by some Deputy Fire Commissioner whose name I can't recall. It's now 2025 and all remains the same. EMS will always be referred to as "those ambulance drivers."
 
In my opinion it would make things worse, alot of people are joining EMS do they can become firefighters. While it isn't optimal to loose alot of your workforce every few years, these EMTs that are coming and going are largely what is keeping EMS staffed. You take that away and the amount of EMTs is going to drop, as most people that do go through EMS for fire doesn't necessarily care about EMS itself and just the path it's giving them
 
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