The EMS FDNY Help Fund provides a safety net to 4,567 EMTs and Paramedics that serve as frontline medical care providers across NYC’s five boroughs. We call them NYC’s street doctors as vulnerable NYC populations often will not seek medical care until it is an emergency.

We want FDNY EMS impacted by Financial Hardship, Natural Disasters and Pandemics to continue their work as “NYC’s Street Doctors”, rather than further disrupting their vital work.

To that end, in the last year, we have expanded our EMS support beyond hardship assistance and confidential counseling to include two EMS support dogs that can comfort our first responders who have experienced a traumatic event during a call.

We rely on donations large and small to continue our vital work. We partner whenever possible with those who have well-established expertise - Honor Emergency Fund, FDNY Family Assistance Unit, Operation Hope, Brave of Heart Fund, Trauma Recovery Network, National Institute for Psychotherapies and new confidential counseling partner Hands On Health Associates. Our Financials are available on Pro Publica.

the EMS FDNY Help Fund provides a safety net to 4,567 EMTs and Paramedics that serve as frontline medical care providers across NYC’s five boroughs. We call them NYC’s street doctors as vulnerable NYC populations often will not seek medical care until it is an emergency.

We want FDNY EMS impacted by Financial Hardship, Natural Disasters and Pandemics to continue their work as “NYC’s Street Doctors”, rather than further disrupting their vital work. To that end, in the last year, we have expanded our EMS support beyond hardship assistance and confidential counseling to include two EMS support dogs that can comfort our first responders who have experienced a traumatic event during a call.

Thank you for helping to provide support and protection for these dedicated professionals, as they bring life-saving medical services out of the hospital to wherever they are needed in NYC.

EMS FDNY Help Fund

Our mission is to ensure the security of our Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics and their families in the event of death, injury, illness or hardship.

2026 EMS FDNY Help Fund Golf Classic

Giving Back to our FDNY EMS Heroes