FDNY UNVEILS NEW POSTER CELEBRATING EMS WEEK 2018

May 15, 2018

***MEDIA ADVISORY***

Fire Commissioner Daniel A. Nigro will unveil FDNY’s National EMS Week Poster on Wednesday, May 16th
at 11 a.m. at FDNY Headquarters – 9 MetroTech Center, Brooklyn in celebration of national EMS Week, which begins on Sunday, May 21.

This year’s FDNY-developed poster’s theme is “Stronger Together”, demonstrating our EMTs, Paramedics, and Firefighters standing together, ready to respond to an emergency, as they do together more than 1.7 million times each year. The poster features EMTs Kelly Canham and Cosmo Jackson, Paramedic Mario Maldonado, and Firefighters Edil Montes Jr. and Andeudy Echevarria.

Designed and produced by Vanguard Direct, the poster is intended to raise awareness about the life-saving work of FDNY members and will be displayed in more than 100 kiosks citywide, which have been generously donated by Intersection.

WHO: Fire Commissioner Daniel A. Nigro; First Deputy Commissioner Laura Kavanagh; Chief of Department James E. Leonard; Chief of EMS Operations James P. Booth; and many other FDNY officials, and families.

WHERE: FDNY Headquarters – 9 MetroTech Center, Brooklyn

WHEN: Wednesday, May 16 at 11 a.m

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