The FDNY Foundation and Kidde held a distribution event Thursday at the EMS Academy in Fort Totten to celebrate their donation of smoke detectors to eight
Evelyn Ford, a 27-year veteran of Emergency Medical Services, died of COVID-19 late Tuesday evening
Ford served as citywide dispatcher, coordinating medical response to large-scale emergencies
Ford is survived by her four children; her husband died last month
On Wednesday, vaccinations began for FDNY EMTs across the city
Since the outbreak of the pandemic, at least 5,800 members of the FDNY have been diagnosed with COVID-19