{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/presentation/3/context.json","id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/iiif/125q815095/manifest","type":"Manifest","label":{"en":["Episode 5: Intersection"]},"logo":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/organizations/logo_images/000/000/010/original/Aviary_QPLlogo_192x192.png?1578574261","metadata":[{"label":{"en":["Description"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ca href=\"http://queensmemory.org/\"\u003eQueens Memory Project\u003c/a\u003e brings you the fifth episode of season two of the \u003ca href=\"https://bio.fm/queensmemory\"\u003eQueens Memory Podcast\u003c/a\u003e. This season we have collected the documented experiences of Queens residents during the COVID-19 Pandemic.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn this episode, we hear from first responders of color who have been on the front lines of the pandemic from the very beginning. \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eDiana Wilson has been an EMT with the New York Fire Department for 17 years in Springfield Gardens. Rob Semple has been a firefighter with the FDNY in Corona for less than a year. Both Rob and Diana are first responders during the COVID-19 pandemic.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRob, who is new to the force, remembers their \u003ca href=\"https://www.thecity.nyc/2020/3/18/21210428/fdny-shifts-schedules-graduates-class-early-to-battle-coronavirus\"\u003e20-week training being cut short\u003c/a\u003e by two weeks in order to get more firefighters in the field as soon as possible to help with the pandemic. Indeed, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/cardiac-calls-911-new-york-city-surge-they-may-really-n1179286\"\u003emedical 911 calls to the FDNY\u003c/a\u003e rose from 4,000 to 6,500 per day, including a notable spike in calls involving cardiac arrest, and a 400% increase in cardiac arrest home deaths. \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eDiana notes a new rule for paramedics, implemented because of the pandemic: \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/coronavirus/grim-new-rules-for-nyc-paramedics-dont-bring-cardiac-arrests-to-er-for-revival/2356265/\"\u003eLimit your use of CPR\u003c/a\u003e. This rule was put in place by the Regional Emergency Medical Services Council of New York City, in an attempt to keep COVID-19 positive people from entering hospitals and infecting others. However, following widespread objections, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ems1.com/resuscitation/articles/ny-rescinds-new-resuscitation-guidelines-for-ems-jTislkdO8t4oslEZ/\"\u003eNew York Health Department rescinded the order.\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreviously, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.health.ny.gov/professionals/ems/docs/bls_protocols.pdf\"\u003eNew York City EMS protocol\u003c/a\u003e, CPR should be initiated to all patients in a state of cardiac arrest, unless signs of obvious death are present or the patient has Do Not Resuscitate orders in place. \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiana and Rob discuss the emotional toll they have felt during these trying times. Diana lost her husband to an illness in April 2019, and after COVID-19 took hold in New York City, she sent her children to live somewhere outside of the epicenter. She reports feeling isolated without her family around her, especially after two of her colleagues died by suicide in the midst of the pandemic. \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSimilarly, Rob notes that many of their fellow firefighters find comfort in spouses and significant others, which Rob does not have. While the FDNY offers mental health support, neither Diana nor Rob have utilized it, though both encourage people to \u003ca href=\"https://hcpnv.com/blog/how-to-support-your-community-during-covid-19/\"\u003efind support within their communities.\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRob also reflects on the unifying effect 9/11 had on the FDNY as a result of so much shared loss, and they lament that the \u003ca href=\"https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/04/coronavirus-new-york-september-11-national-unity.html\"\u003epandemic hasn’t brought about the same response.\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFellow EMS worker \u003ca href=\"https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-ems-equal-pay-20190925-moo6b74kqrdwfku7ek2f7bk7dm-story.html\"\u003eChristell Cadet\u003c/a\u003e tested positive for COVID-19 in March and was told to come into work anyway. (In the early days of the pandemic \u003ca href=\"https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-coronavirus-nurses-test-positive-working-20200409-asrkea66hbhh5kd7lvuiwto6xu-story.html\"\u003ethis was not unheard of\u003c/a\u003e because hospitals were so overwhelmed.) Cadet has asthma, a respiratory condition which she is \u003ca href=\"https://www.aafa.org/burden-of-asthma-on-minorities/\"\u003e20% more likely\u003c/a\u003e to have as a  Black American woman than a non-Hispanic white American woman. Eventually, Cadet went to the hospital, where her condition worsened and she was put in a medically induced coma and placed on a ventilator. \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/04/opinion/coronavirus-ventilators.html\"\u003e(COVID-19 patients that require ventilators are always put into comas.)\u003c/a\u003e Cadet awoke from her coma a month later.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll medical personnel responding to the COVID-19 pandemic work long hours, are under immense stress, and literally put their lives at risk while working. It is an incredibly dangerous job, and workers like Cadet and \u003ca href=\"https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoronavirus%2F2019-ncov%2Fcases-updates%2Fcases-in-us.html#cases\"\u003e100,000 others\u003c/a\u003e have paid a high price. For this reason, there has been a widespread call for hazard pay to be distributed to essential workers, like medical staff, who put their lives on the line for us all.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHazard Pay has been a point of contention between first responders and the government since the onset of the pandemic. “\u003ca href=\"https://www.dol.gov/general/topic/wages/hazardpay\"\u003eHazard Pay\u003c/a\u003e” is additional pay for workers performing hazardous duties. Diana, as an EMS worker, has not received hazard pay for working on the front lines of the deadly pandemic. She reports hearing that doctors and nurses received hazard pay -- which could be because certain \u003ca href=\"https://nypost.com/2020/04/20/northwell-hospital-workers-get-2500-coronavirus-bonuses-as-hazard-pay/\"\u003eprivate hospitals\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https://abcnews.go.com/Business/hazard-pay-working-coronavirus-crisis/story?id=69934888\"\u003eprivate companies\u003c/a\u003e have offered bonuses or increased pay for employees working in hazardous conditions. Yet no city or state funding for hazard pay has been passed in New York -- meaning no front line medical workers in city hospitals have seen any additional payment for battling COVID first-hand. \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGovernor Cuomo has expressed support for hazard pay. Early on he called for \u003ca href=\"http://ems1.com/legislation-funding/articles/gov-cuomo-calls-for-50-hazard-pay-for-frontline-workers-ZPoKePp5JsZEZ8tY/\"\u003e50% hazard pay to come from the federal government\u003c/a\u003e. He has \u003ca href=\"https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-issues-letter-new-yorks-congressional-delegation-calling-them-ensure-500-billion\"\u003esupported the passage\u003c/a\u003e of the Heroes Act, which would allocate \u003ca href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/advisor/2020/08/06/next-stimulus-packagewill-hazard-pay-be-included/#162e3f0206ab\"\u003e$200 billion for hazard pay\u003c/a\u003e. While the act was \u003ca href=\"https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6800\"\u003epassed by the House of Representatives\u003c/a\u003e in May, it - or any other stimulus package - has \u003ca href=\"https://www.newsweek.com/second-stimulus-check-agreement-15-weeks-heroes-act-1528283\"\u003eyet to be passed by the Senate.\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe pay gap between FDNY employees has long been a point of contention, \u003ca href=\"https://www.firehouse.com/careers-education/news/21107503/fdny-ems-workers-rally-against-longtime-pay-gap-firefighters\"\u003eeven before COVID-19\u003c/a\u003e. As noted in the episode:\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eStarting pay for \u003ca href=\"https://www.joinfdny.com/careers/ems/\"\u003eFDNY EMT\u003c/a\u003e is $35,000 and rises to $50,000 over five years. \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eStarting pay for \u003ca href=\"https://www.firehouse.com/careers-education/news/21107503/fdny-ems-workers-rally-against-longtime-pay-gap-firefighters\"\u003eFDNY paramedics\u003c/a\u003e is $48,000 and rises to $65,000 over five years.  \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eStarting pay for \u003ca href=\"https://www.joinfdny.com/careers/firefighter/\"\u003eFDNY firefighters\u003c/a\u003e is $45,000 and rises to $110,000 over five years.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eStarting pay for \u003ca href=\"https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/careers/police-officers/po-benefits.page\"\u003eNYPD officers\u003c/a\u003e is $42,000 and rises to $85,000, with an upwards estimate of $100,000 with overtime and other benefits.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs discussed in last week's episode of Queens Memory, the Black Lives Matter movement has swept the nation. \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/article/breonna-taylor-police.html\"\u003eBreonna Taylor\u003c/a\u003e was a 26-year-old black woman who worked as an EMT in Louisville, KY. On March 13, she was shot and killed by Louisville police while asleep in her bed. Diana discusses her fears about raising children in a time and place where they will be judged by the color of their skin. Rob shares their dismay that the pandemic hasn’t slowed the murder of black, brown, and trans people. Indeed, the number of police shootings in 2020 \u003ca href=\"https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/4aypag/the-pandemic-hasnt-slowed-down-fatal-police-shootings-in-the-us\"\u003eshows no significant change\u003c/a\u003e from the same timeframe in 2019 and 2018. Instead, murders of transgender people in 2020 has \u003ca href=\"https://transequality.org/blog/murders-of-transgender-people-in-2020-surpasses-total-for-last-year-in-just-seven-months\"\u003esurpassed\u003c/a\u003e last year’s total.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRob and Diana have noticed a lack of cultural and racial awareness among their colleagues. In Queens, where \u003ca href=\"https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/queenscountyqueensboroughnewyork/POP645218\"\u003ehalf the residents identify as POC or BIPOC,\u003c/a\u003e emergency response workers like EMS or firefighters must work quickly and comfortably in homes of families whose cultures may be unfamiliar to them. \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFDNY EMS workers are made up of \u003ca href=\"https://council.nyc.gov/budget/wp-content/uploads/sites/54/2017/03/EMS-DEMOGRAPHICS.pdf\"\u003e54% racial minorities\u003c/a\u003e, while firefighters are only \u003ca href=\"https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2018/06/29/fdny-reports-progress-in-diversity-recruitment-efforts-#:~:text=Of%20the%20nearly%208%2C600%20firefighters,and%2013%20percent%20are%20Hispanic.\"\u003e22% racial minorities.\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://cccdpcr.thinkculturalhealth.hhs.gov/\"\u003eCultural Competency in Disaster Response\u003c/a\u003e is the awareness of culture, race, gender, class, age, and faith in an emergency and being able to work professionally while respecting the different factors that may play into the encounter. \u003ca href=\"http://www.fcphp.usf.edu/courses/content/ACC/ACCfinal.pdf\"\u003eTraining materials\u003c/a\u003e can be found online, but it is unclear if Cultural Competency training is provided to or required of FDNY workers.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThis episode of Queens Memory was produced by Jordan Gass-Poore’ in conjunction with Sam Riddell, Anna Williams, Jo-Ann Wong, and Natalie Milbrodt. Editing by Anna Williams with mixing by Briana Stodden and music from Elias Ravin and the Blue Dot Sessions. \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpecial thanks for funding support from the New York Community Trust. Queens Memory is an ongoing community archiving program by the Queens Public Library and Queens College, CUNY.\u003c/p\u003e (summary)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Rights Statement"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eThis audio piece was produced by the Queens Memory Project and is available for use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public License. For inquiries, please contact queensmemory@queenslibrary.org.\u003c/p\u003e"]}},{"label":{"en":["Date"]},"value":{"en":["2020-09-03 (released)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Agent"]},"value":{"en":["Diana Wilson (Contributor)","Rob Semple (Contributor)","Jordan Gass-Poore (Producer)","Sam Riddell (Producer)","Anna Williams (Producer)","Jo-Ann Wong (Producer)","Natalie Milbrodt (Producer)","Meral Agish (Host)","Anna Williams (Editor)","Briana Stodden (Editor)","Elias Ravin (Composer)","Blue Dot Sessions (Composer)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Language"]},"value":{"en":["English (primary)"]}}],"summary":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ca href=\"http://queensmemory.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eQueens Memory Project\u003c/a\u003e brings you the fifth episode of season two of the \u003ca href=\"https://bio.fm/queensmemory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eQueens Memory Podcast\u003c/a\u003e. This season we have collected the documented experiences of Queens residents during the COVID-19 Pandemic.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn this episode, we hear from first responders of color who have been on the front lines of the pandemic from the very beginning.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eDiana Wilson has been an EMT with the New York Fire Department for 17 years in Springfield Gardens. Rob Semple has been a firefighter with the FDNY in Corona for less than a year. Both Rob and Diana are first responders during the COVID-19 pandemic.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eRob, who is new to the force, remembers their \u003ca href=\"https://www.thecity.nyc/2020/3/18/21210428/fdny-shifts-schedules-graduates-class-early-to-battle-coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e20-week training being cut short\u003c/a\u003e by two weeks in order to get more firefighters in the field as soon as possible to help with the pandemic. Indeed, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/cardiac-calls-911-new-york-city-surge-they-may-really-n1179286\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003emedical 911 calls to the FDNY\u003c/a\u003e rose from 4,000 to 6,500 per day, including a notable spike in calls involving cardiac arrest, and a 400% increase in cardiac arrest home deaths.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eDiana notes a new rule for paramedics, implemented because of the pandemic: \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/coronavirus/grim-new-rules-for-nyc-paramedics-dont-bring-cardiac-arrests-to-er-for-revival/2356265/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eLimit your use of CPR\u003c/a\u003e. This rule was put in place by the Regional Emergency Medical Services Council of New York City, in an attempt to keep COVID-19 positive people from entering hospitals and infecting others. However, following widespread objections, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ems1.com/resuscitation/articles/ny-rescinds-new-resuscitation-guidelines-for-ems-jTislkdO8t4oslEZ/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eNew York Health Department rescinded the order.\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr /\u003ePreviously, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.health.ny.gov/professionals/ems/docs/bls_protocols.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eNew York City EMS protocol\u003c/a\u003e, CPR should be initiated to all patients in a state of cardiac arrest, unless signs of obvious death are present or the patient has Do Not Resuscitate orders in place.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eDiana and Rob discuss the emotional toll they have felt during these trying times. Diana lost her husband to an illness in April 2019, and after COVID-19 took hold in New York City, she sent her children to live somewhere outside of the epicenter. She reports feeling isolated without her family around her, especially after two of her colleagues died by suicide in the midst of the pandemic.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSimilarly, Rob notes that many of their fellow firefighters find comfort in spouses and significant others, which Rob does not have. While the FDNY offers mental health support, neither Diana nor Rob have utilized it, though both encourage people to \u003ca href=\"https://hcpnv.com/blog/how-to-support-your-community-during-covid-19/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003efind support within their communities.\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eRob also reflects on the unifying effect 9/11 had on the FDNY as a result of so much shared loss, and they lament that the \u003ca href=\"https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/04/coronavirus-new-york-september-11-national-unity.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003epandemic hasn\u0026rsquo;t brought about the same response.\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eFellow EMS worker \u003ca href=\"https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-ems-equal-pay-20190925-moo6b74kqrdwfku7ek2f7bk7dm-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eChristell Cadet\u003c/a\u003e tested positive for COVID-19 in March and was told to come into work anyway. (In the early days of the pandemic \u003ca href=\"https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-coronavirus-nurses-test-positive-working-20200409-asrkea66hbhh5kd7lvuiwto6xu-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ethis was not unheard of\u003c/a\u003e because hospitals were so overwhelmed.) Cadet has asthma, a respiratory condition which she is \u003ca href=\"https://www.aafa.org/burden-of-asthma-on-minorities/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e20% more likely\u003c/a\u003e to have as a\u0026nbsp; Black American woman than a non-Hispanic white American woman. Eventually, Cadet went to the hospital, where her condition worsened and she was put in a medically induced coma and placed on a ventilator. \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/04/opinion/coronavirus-ventilators.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e(COVID-19 patients that require ventilators are always put into comas.)\u003c/a\u003e Cadet awoke from her coma a month later.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAll medical personnel responding to the COVID-19 pandemic work long hours, are under immense stress, and literally put their lives at risk while working. It is an incredibly dangerous job, and workers like Cadet and \u003ca href=\"https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoronavirus%2F2019-ncov%2Fcases-updates%2Fcases-in-us.html#cases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e100,000 others\u003c/a\u003e have paid a high price. For this reason, there has been a widespread call for hazard pay to be distributed to essential workers, like medical staff, who put their lives on the line for us all.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eHazard Pay has been a point of contention between first responders and the government since the onset of the pandemic. \u0026ldquo;\u003ca href=\"https://www.dol.gov/general/topic/wages/hazardpay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eHazard Pay\u003c/a\u003e\u0026rdquo; is additional pay for workers performing hazardous duties. Diana, as an EMS worker, has not received hazard pay for working on the front lines of the deadly pandemic. She reports hearing that doctors and nurses received hazard pay -- which could be because certain \u003ca href=\"https://nypost.com/2020/04/20/northwell-hospital-workers-get-2500-coronavirus-bonuses-as-hazard-pay/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eprivate hospitals\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https://abcnews.go.com/Business/hazard-pay-working-coronavirus-crisis/story?id=69934888\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eprivate companies\u003c/a\u003e have offered bonuses or increased pay for employees working in hazardous conditions. Yet no city or state funding for hazard pay has been passed in New York -- meaning no front line medical workers in city hospitals have seen any additional payment for battling COVID first-hand.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eGovernor Cuomo has expressed support for hazard pay. Early on he called for \u003ca href=\"http://ems1.com/legislation-funding/articles/gov-cuomo-calls-for-50-hazard-pay-for-frontline-workers-ZPoKePp5JsZEZ8tY/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e50% hazard pay to come from the federal government\u003c/a\u003e. He has \u003ca href=\"https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-issues-letter-new-yorks-congressional-delegation-calling-them-ensure-500-billion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003esupported the passage\u003c/a\u003e of the Heroes Act, which would allocate \u003ca href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/advisor/2020/08/06/next-stimulus-packagewill-hazard-pay-be-included/#162e3f0206ab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e$200 billion for hazard pay\u003c/a\u003e. While the act was \u003ca href=\"https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6800\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003epassed by the House of Representatives\u003c/a\u003e in May, it - or any other stimulus package - has \u003ca href=\"https://www.newsweek.com/second-stimulus-check-agreement-15-weeks-heroes-act-1528283\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eyet to be passed by the Senate.\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe pay gap between FDNY employees has long been a point of contention, \u003ca href=\"https://www.firehouse.com/careers-education/news/21107503/fdny-ems-workers-rally-against-longtime-pay-gap-firefighters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eeven before COVID-19\u003c/a\u003e. As noted in the episode:\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eStarting pay for \u003ca href=\"https://www.joinfdny.com/careers/ems/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eFDNY EMT\u003c/a\u003e is $35,000 and rises to $50,000 over five years.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eStarting pay for \u003ca href=\"https://www.firehouse.com/careers-education/news/21107503/fdny-ems-workers-rally-against-longtime-pay-gap-firefighters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eFDNY paramedics\u003c/a\u003e is $48,000 and rises to $65,000 over five years.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eStarting pay for \u003ca href=\"https://www.joinfdny.com/careers/firefighter/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eFDNY firefighters\u003c/a\u003e is $45,000 and rises to $110,000 over five years.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eStarting pay for \u003ca href=\"https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/careers/police-officers/po-benefits.page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eNYPD officers\u003c/a\u003e is $42,000 and rises to $85,000, with an upwards estimate of $100,000 with overtime and other benefits.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAs discussed in last week's episode of Queens Memory, the Black Lives Matter movement has swept the nation. \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/article/breonna-taylor-police.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eBreonna Taylor\u003c/a\u003e was a 26-year-old black woman who worked as an EMT in Louisville, KY. On March 13, she was shot and killed by Louisville police while asleep in her bed. Diana discusses her fears about raising children in a time and place where they will be judged by the color of their skin. Rob shares their dismay that the pandemic hasn\u0026rsquo;t slowed the murder of black, brown, and trans people. Indeed, the number of police shootings in 2020 \u003ca href=\"https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/4aypag/the-pandemic-hasnt-slowed-down-fatal-police-shootings-in-the-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eshows no significant change\u003c/a\u003e from the same timeframe in 2019 and 2018. Instead, murders of transgender people in 2020 has \u003ca href=\"https://transequality.org/blog/murders-of-transgender-people-in-2020-surpasses-total-for-last-year-in-just-seven-months\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003esurpassed\u003c/a\u003e last year\u0026rsquo;s total.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eRob and Diana have noticed a lack of cultural and racial awareness among their colleagues. In Queens, where \u003ca href=\"https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/queenscountyqueensboroughnewyork/POP645218\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ehalf the residents identify as POC or BIPOC,\u003c/a\u003e emergency response workers like EMS or firefighters must work quickly and comfortably in homes of families whose cultures may be unfamiliar to them.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eFDNY EMS workers are made up of \u003ca href=\"https://council.nyc.gov/budget/wp-content/uploads/sites/54/2017/03/EMS-DEMOGRAPHICS.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e54% racial minorities\u003c/a\u003e, while firefighters are only \u003ca href=\"https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2018/06/29/fdny-reports-progress-in-diversity-recruitment-efforts-#:~:text=Of%20the%20nearly%208%2C600%20firefighters,and%2013%20percent%20are%20Hispanic.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e22% racial minorities.\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://cccdpcr.thinkculturalhealth.hhs.gov/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eCultural Competency in Disaster Response\u003c/a\u003e is the awareness of culture, race, gender, class, age, and faith in an emergency and being able to work professionally while respecting the different factors that may play into the encounter. \u003ca href=\"http://www.fcphp.usf.edu/courses/content/ACC/ACCfinal.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eTraining materials\u003c/a\u003e can be found online, but it is unclear if Cultural Competency training is provided to or required of FDNY workers.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThis episode of Queens Memory was produced by Jordan Gass-Poore\u0026rsquo; in conjunction with Sam Riddell, Anna Williams, Jo-Ann Wong, and Natalie Milbrodt. Editing by Anna Williams with mixing by Briana Stodden and music from Elias Ravin and the Blue Dot Sessions.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSpecial thanks for funding support from the New York Community Trust. Queens Memory is an ongoing community archiving program by the Queens Public Library and Queens College, CUNY.\u003c/p\u003e"]},"requiredStatement":{"label":{"en":["Attribution"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eThis audio piece was produced by the Queens Memory Project and is available for use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public License. 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