Joseph Bucchignano started his emergency service career in 1997, working as an EMT and completing paramedic school in 1999. Joe worked as a full-time paramedic until 2003 when he joined the New York City Police Department and spent his first 7 years assigned to the 52nd precinct in the Norwood section of the Bronx. In 2010 Joe was selected to join the ranks of the NYPD’s Emergency Service Unit, or ESU, where he spent the next 13 years of his career.

 

During his ESU tenure Joseph’s assignments included ESU patrol in Truck 3 and Truck 1, an adjunct tactics and medical instructor at ESU’s Specialized Training School, and he completed his career as a full time member of the ESU Apprehension Tactical Team. Joseph also served with NY Task Force 1, a joint police and fire Urban Search and Rescue team which is part of the FEMA Urban Search and Rescue response system, and deployed several times to natural disasters within the United States as a rescue and logistics specialist. 

 

Joseph retired from the NYPD in June of 2023 and now serves as an Assistant Paramedic Coordinator for an EMS agency in Westchester County, NY, is the founder of Crisis Zone Consulting, a multi-disciplined training and consulting company which works with public safety agencies, private entities, and individuals to enhance their organizational and individual emergency preparedness, and a co-founder of Praetorio Protection Group.