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In The Media
Part of the Foundation's mission is to educate the community about the life-saving mission of the DC Fire & Emergency Medical Services Department. These stories do that and more, bringing you closer to the every day lives of our first responders and the Foundation that supports them.
Alert Medic 1 Podcast: Managing Crisis: Leadership Pearls with Amy Mauro, Organizational Change Consultant and Executive Director, DC Fire & EMS Foundation
Listen to this episode of the Alert Medic 1 podcast and hear about the innovative work of the DC Fire & EMS Department and the journey that its senior leaders and rank and file personnel took to get there.
Fire Department Adviser Ignited Change Behind the Scenes
Read this Washington Post profile of Foundation Executive Director Amy Mauro and learn how her eight years as Department Chief of Staff watching first responders save lives with more resources motivated her to revive and grow the Foundation.
Amy C. Mauro, Esq., Executive Director
April 10, 2024 Testimony in Support of the FY 25 Proposed Budget for the DC Fire & EMS Department
Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety
Council of the District of Columbia
John Walton, Voice of the Caps, Visits Engine 26
Listen to this episode of Caps This Morning with John Walton, where John shares his perspective on the importance of the work of the Foundation, as well as his time spent with members of Engine 26 and Truck 15 in Brookland.
Laughter Saves Lives
Watch Foundation Executive Director Amy Mauro talk to retired FDNY Firefighter John Larocchia of Laughter Saves Lives about why she and the Board of Directors revived the Foundation in May 2023. Laughter Saves Lives honors Larocchia's FDNY colleagues who were killed on 9/11.
WTOP Story on Ambulance Wait Times at Hospitals
What are hospital drop times and why should you care? Find out from this story, which explains that decreasing hospital drop times would increase the level and availability of life-saving resources in DC neighborhoods.
