Local 2507

EMS History

EMS History
Early motorized ambulances belonging to Fordham Hospital in
the Bronx, and Bellevue & Allied Hospitals, Manhattan, 1919.
Ambulances were made by White Motor Corporation.
(Photo from White/Volvo/GMC Trucks)

EMS History
Ambulance Surgeons outside of Harlem Hospital, 1919

EMS History
Nurses and doctors in Department of Hospitals,
Kings County Hospital vehicles. 1942.
(Photo: Municipal Archive)

EMS History
Fleet of ambulances and Motor Vehicle Operators
outside of Coney Island Hospital, 1952

EMS History
The first radio equipped ambulance being tested by the then
Police Commissioner and Commissioner of the
Department of Hospitals, 1952.
(Photo: Municipal Archive)

EMS History
Motor Vehicle Operators pose beside their
ambulances at Coney Island Hospital, 1953

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1980 Coffin Demonstration