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)

Ambulance Surgeons outside of Harlem Hospital, 1919

Nurses and doctors in Department of Hospitals,
Kings County Hospital vehicles. 1942.
(Photo: Municipal Archive)
Fleet of ambulances and Motor Vehicle Operators
outside of Coney Island Hospital, 1952
The first radio equipped ambulance being tested by the then
Police Commissioner and Commissioner of the
Department of Hospitals, 1952.
(Photo: Municipal Archive)
Motor Vehicle Operators pose beside their
ambulances at Coney Island Hospital, 1953
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1980 Coffin Demonstration