A hero’s honor for an FDNY EMT who was brutally stabbed to death while on duty over a year ago.

Inside FDNY EMS Station 49 in Astoria, Queens, pictures of EMS Captain Alison Russo hang on the wall and now a plaque bears her name. It’s an honor the FDNY reserves for fallen members.

Russo’s daughter could not hold back her tears as she stood next to the newly unveiled plaque at a ceremony Wednesday.

“Her heart was amazing,” said FDNY Deputy Chief Gregg Brady who was Russo’s former partner. “It was huge. It was everything that you’d want anyone to be.”

Hundreds of FDNY members and other city officials filled the station house to honor Russo’s 25 years of service, including her rescue and recovery efforts following the Sept. 11 attacks.

“She spent her time volunteering on and off duty because emergency medical work was her passion,” said FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanaugh.

Officials said Russo’s dedication to helping others makes her death seem even more cruel.

The medic was just a half a block from the station last September, near 20th Avenue and 41st Street, when police said she was stabbed multiple times by then 34-year-old Peter Zisopoulos, during what officials describe as a mental episode.

“They accept that there may be a day when they have to put their lives on the line to save their community,” said Deputy Mayor of Public Safety Philip Banks. “But, in no way, in no way, does that make it acceptable to be targets of violence.”

Russo’s former partner said the tragedy of her death will not overshadow her life’s work.

“She was my partner and she was my friend. And how much she gave to everyone, she asked for so little back,” Brady said. “That’s what I’m going to think about every time.”

Not far from where Russo took her last breath, 42nd Street between 20th and 19th Street was renamed in her honor as “Captain Alison Russo Way.”

Wednesday’s ceremony comes as the Queens district attorney’s office tells NY1 that no determination has been made about whether Zisopoulos, who pleaded not guilty to murdering Russo, is fit to stand trial.

Loved ones said Russo always put others before herself and would not hesitate to come to a suspect’s aid if she was called to do so.

“Beautiful person,” Brady said. “There’s nothing much I could say about it. She was an individual that spent the majority of her time looking out instead of looking in. She looked out for others.”

The Queens district attorney’s office said Zisopoulos can face 25 years to life behind bars if convicted.

FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanagh said Russo was the second EMS member to die in the line of duty in the last five years.