May 17,2019
Chief Booth was appointed as an EMT for New York City in 1983, initially assigned to the Yorkville Station in Manhattan.
In 1988, he became a paramedic and was assigned to the EMS Station at Jacobi Hospital. In 1992, he was promoted to Lieutenant, serving out of the Lincoln Hospital EMS Station before joining the Emergency Response Squad – now the Hazardous materials and Tactical Patrol Unit, or Haz-Tac. Promoted to Captain in 1997, he was assigned to the Bronx. He was promoted to Deputy Chief in 2003, and later served as a Division Commander in both Staten Island and the Bronx. In 2015, Booth was promoted to Chief of EMS. Chief Booth worked on several major technology and equipment projects, including the multiple-casualty incident patient tracking system; the roll-out of a new Handie-Talkie radio communications program; institution of EMS post command radios; and improving Fire-EMS radio interoperability. Chief Booth responded to the bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993 and the terrorist attacks on September 11. He served as part of the response team to the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995 and participated in FDNY missions to the Dominican Republic following Hurricanes Georges and New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina. Chief Booth studied Emergency Management at the John Jay College of the City University of New York, and graduated from the FDNY Fire Officers Management Institute, as well as FDNY’s Advanced Leadership Course. FDNY wishes Chief Booth a happy and healthy retirement.