This may be a first — an auto mechanic that saves people money.
A city-employed mechanic with the heart of an inventor is being hailed by the FDNY for doing more with less — and saving the city a bundle in the process.
Jomar Pichardo, 31, who’s responsible for keeping the city’s fleet of EMS ambulances running 24 hours a day, has saved the department more than $700,000 by engineering ways to refurbish ambulance batteries and car parts that the city would normally toss away and repurchase.
Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro will honor Pichardo Thursday during the FDNY’s Administrative Medals and Awards ceremony.