PITTSBURGH — An arbitrator has ordered reinstatement for a Pittsburgh paramedic fired after a snowbound man died during a 30-hour wait for an ambulance.

Pittsburgh public safety director Michael Huss said Monday that the city will appeal the ruling.

Josie Dimon was a medic crew chief during a blizzard in February 2010. She was fired after recordings revealed her saying 50-year-old Curtis Mitchell should walk to an ambulance that couldn’t reach his home in the snow.

City officials said Monday that the arbitrator ordered Dimon be given a year’s back pay and that only a three-day suspension appear on her record.