About
PartySafe Medics
PartySafe Medics is a growing network of NYS-licensed EMTs committed to providing top-notch, harm reduction-centered medical support for events.
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Our Vision:​​​
PartySafe Medics strives to create a model for the future of nightlife and event safety that protects guests and venues.
On a company level, that means always learning and training, emphasizing harm reduction and empowering (yet informative) safer-partying education, keeping up with research and cultural developments, and holding venues and promotions accountable by providing feedback on ways they can better uphold their responsibilities to their customers.
On a grander scale, it involves advocating for citywide regulations including requiring access to free water and bathrooms based on guest capacity.
We Believe:
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Partying is an invaluable means for self-expression, community-building, and dignity-nurturing.
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Everyone deserves a safer space to gather and celebrate themselves and connect with others in their communities.
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Supporting partygoers’ health and well-being, and helping to maintain a safer space for that pursuit, is an honor and a privilege.
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The partygoer is the ultimate authority on their own safety and well-being. Therefore, we as health educators must provide valuable information for self-care and health in ways that honor autonomy and center cultural respect.
Meet The Founder
Brian Hackel (he, him), event medic and founder of PartySafe Medics, is a New York State-licensed Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), drug and alcohol counselor (CASAC), and safer drug use and overdose prevention and intervention trainer.
While originally pursuing addiction medicine, he became involved in harm reduction spaces and drug policy reform activism in 2017. He has since supervised OnPoint NYC’s Overdose Prevention Center in Washington Heights for nearly 3 years and oversaw 350+ medical interventions. He also now provides prevention counseling and safer drug use trainings at various hospitals for New York City’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
Brian has provided medic services at raves, protests, festivals, conferences, fairs, concerts, and fashion shows. Prior venues include Pier 17, Rockefeller Center, Brooklyn Navy Shipyard, Nowadays, Metrograph, and more. Realizing the need for comprehensive medic coverage that focuses on harm reduction at parties, Brian officially launched PartySafe Medics in December, 2024, and considers it an honor to provide medic support for partygoers in New York City.