On April 9, 2008, Mayor Adrian M. Fenty and Fire/EMS Chief Dennis L. Rubin announced that the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department (Fire & EMS) will transition to a fully-integrated, all-hazards agency.  Under this plan, all civilian single-role EMS providers will become sworn uniformed members, giving them the same pay and benefit opportunities offered to multi-role firefighter/EMTs and firefighter/paramedics. This new requirement is part of six recommendations put forward by the Mayor’s Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Task Force.

This web page is designed to provide employees of Fire & EMS with information about the implementation of the Mayor’s Unification Initiative.  

• April 9, 2008: Mayor’s Press Release: “One Force, One Standard”
  
• April 24, 2008: Answers to questions submitted to the Fire & Emergency Medical Services Department (Fire & EMS) by Local 3721 AFGE and Local 36 IAFF in reference to the implementation of Recommendation 1 of the Task Force on Emergency Medical Services.
  
• May 9, 2008: Description of formula for conversion of former single-role personnel to firefighter pay schedule under unification plan.