NEW YORK — For nearly three decades, New York City’s firefighters and paramedics have worked under the FDNY umbrella. Now, a renewed effort to spin EMS off into its own agency is gaining traction.

EMS leaders, citing severe staffing losses to FDNY firefighting ranks, are pushing hard for the split, according to PIX 11 .

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Supporters say it could improve patient care, while critics warn it could drive up costs, PIX 11 reported.

“We’ve doubled the call volume, we haven’t doubled the workforce,” Union Vice President and EMS Lt. Anthony Almojera testified before city council members on Nov. 13.

Almojera supports reverting to the pre-1996 model by separatin

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