Mirza ‘Susie’ Marte

Mirza ‘Susie’ Marte

Mirza Ivette Marte, known as Susie, was born on December 25, 1977, and sadly passed away on December 31, 2025. She dedicated over 16 years of her life to serving as an Emergency Medical Dispatcher for Empress Ambulance. Susie’s career began in September 2004 as...
Zoanne Deckelman

Zoanne Deckelman

Zoanne began her Paramedic career at Cooperstown Medical Transport in 1993 and spent 22 years at Mobilemedic EMS/Empress. She was a life member of Upper Delaware Volunteer Ambulance Corp. Zoanne was also a Eucharistic Minister at St. Mary’s Church in Obernburg. Zoanne...
Thomas Salvatore III

Thomas Salvatore III

Tom Salvatore III was born on the Super Bowl in 1966 and passed away in 1999 from lupus. He served in the United States Navy and was a paramedic supervisor (301) at Empress EMS in Yonkers. Father to a son, who is currently an EMT at Empress EMS.
Sebastian Vazquez

Sebastian Vazquez

Sebastian was passionate in life and pursued his dream to become an FDNY EMT serving at Station 26 “the Tin House”. He enjoyed time with his family, friends and second family at Station 26 who know even at his most trying he still had a good heart. He...
Hilda Vannata

Hilda Vannata

Hilda, born Puerto Rico, moved to New York as a child. After graduation she worked as a dental assistant, and an administrative aide. Hilda embodied public service, joining FDNY EMS as an EMT, serving for 26 years where she met the love of her life John, a NYPD...