Fish, I printed up the EMS rates as of August 2009. these are the latest rates that we have on our intranet. This is for New hire Medics only and is the bi-weekly base salary minus any other monies that might be added as well as the hourly rate as best as I can tell:
New Hire $1675.78 -...
If you are already a medic you go into the academy in a PTOP class (Paramedic Training Orientation Program) The FDNY has 3 ways of getting medics on the street, PTOP which is for outside medics to enter, Medic Basic which is for existing FDNY EMT's to go through a pretty intensive 9 month medic...
Junkie, a cursory Google search gave me this:
www . health. ny.gov/nysdoh/ems/certification/reciprocity.htm
I know several people that came from other states as EMT basic or better and had no problem with the reciprocity. The fact is, NYS has been dumbing down it's curriculum for some time now...