FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanagh unveils 2024 EMS Week poster

May 17, 2024

In an annual tradition, Department officials unveiled the 2024 EMS Week poster on May 16, 2024, inside the Commissioner Robert O. Lowery Auditorium at FDNY headquarters in Brooklyn.

"This poster is a perfect way to kick off EMS Week," Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh said. "The theme of FDNY's 2024 National EMS Week poster is 'Behind Every Uniform is a Story.' It's an opportunity to showcase the amazing members who work day and night all over our city, responding in all manners and circumstances, and to learn about who they are when they're not in their uniforms. Ordinary people doing extraordinary work is truly the epitome of what it means to be an EMS member."

FDNY Chief of EMS Operations Michael Fields added: "Each day, these extraordinary individuals don their uniforms, transforming into everyday heroes — performing extraordinary acts of bravery and selflessness in the line of duty. Their stories, often untold, are a testament to their resilience, strength and unwavering dedication to helping their fellow human beings during times of crisis."

EMS Week is May 19-25, 2024. To read some of the stories behind the uniforms, go to www.JoinFDNY.com/EMSWeek.