The ambulance “tech” during this time could have been a nurse’s aide from the hospital ward who most likely was given ambulance duty for the tour as a form of punishment. The garage foreman and motor vehicle operators were on the individual payroll of each hospital. The garage foreman essentially operated all of the ambulance at that particular hospital i.e. Each City hospital, much like the hospitals presently under what is now called the Health and Hospital Corporation, had a garage foreman (a civil service position) who reported to the hospital administrator. In this room was the Chief of Transportation, two to three Ambulance Inspectors who were at the time provisional garage foreman and clerical staff. This unit worked out of room #627 at 125 Worth Street in Manhattan. Prior to NYC*EMS the ambulance service as we know it today was called the Ambulance and Transportation Service of the NYC Department of Hospitals. Much of the early days of EMS are a recollection and memories of Chief McCarthy. I worked under the “good” Chief McCarthy during the 1980’s who is now retired and living in Florida. While I am taking the liberty of explaining the history behind the supervisory ranks in NYC*EMS, it should be noted that this history writing would not be possible without the help of former Assistant Chief Robert P. By EMS Deputy Chief Peter Hosey (retired) in collaboration with EMS Assistant Chief Robert P.
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