Paramedic Jobs with the FDNY

Anyone looking for paramedic jobs (Click here) in New York should check out available opportunities with the FDNY.

Paramedics with the FDNY can expect to earn a starting salary of about $37,346, with that salary to increase almost every year for five years. Paramedics will earn about $41,139 after one year; $42,818 after two years; $47,233 after three years; and $50,501 after five years.

In addition, employees get to choose from a wide variety of healthcare plans with family coverage and prescription, dental and eye care benefits. Paramedics can expect to get three weeks of vacation starting out and five weeks of vacation after eight years. The FDNY also offers pension benefits, a 401K, flexible spending plans and promotional opportunities.

In order to become a paramedic with the FDNY, you must be at least 18-years old, have a high school diploma or equivalent, have a valid New York State Department of Health EMS-Paramedic certificate and have a motor vehicle driver's license valid in New York state. Applicants also are encouraged to take the open-competitive civil service exam for the EMS-EMT & EMS-Paramedic titles.

Occasionally, the FDNY arranges for the NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services to conduct open-competitive filing for EMT and paramedic titles. It can take one to two years from the time an applicant files before they gain permanent civil service status.

Paramedics and EMTs have a great potential for promotion within the FDNY. Those who pass the civil service test and obtain permanent civil service status will be qualified to take the Promotion to Firefighter exam. Anyone who passes both the written and physical portions of that test will be placed on the Promotion List for Firefighter.

Once placed on the list, candidates must pass a medical and psychological exam. Applicants from this list are chosen above those on the open competitive list.