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Fire chief/Fire commissioner In many fire departments in the U.S., the captain is commonly the commander of a company and a lieutenant is the supervisor of the company's firefighters on shift. There is no state or federal rank structure for firefighters and each municipality or volunteer fire department creates and uses their own unique structure.
Various official English-language titles for a fire chief include fire chief, chief fire officer and fire commissioner. The latter can refer to a fire chief or to an overseer who works for the local government. "Chief fire officer" is the usual title in the United Kingdom. Traditionally, a fire chief in Scotland was known as a "fire master ...
Currently the executive of the Chicago Fire Department is referred to as the "fire commissioner". [1] Before this, the head of the department was known as the "chief engineer". The current head, holding the position of "fire commissioner", is Annette Nance Holt, appointed by Mayor Lori Lightfoot in 2021. [1]
Joseph W. Pfeifer (born 1956) [1] is a retired American firefighter who served with the New York City Fire Department (FDNY). Pfeifer served as First Deputy Commissioner of the FDNY from February 2023 until September 2024, and as Acting Fire Commissioner of the FDNY in August 2024. Prior to his civilian work in the FDNY, Pfeifer was an ...
Acting New York City Fire Commissioner, then promoted to New York City Fire Commissioner. Died in the September 11 attacks. [116] 29: Howard Safir: January 1, 1994 – April 15, 1996: Rudy Giuliani: Resigned to become the 39th New York City Police Commissioner. [117] 30: Thomas Von Essen: April 15, 1996 – December 31, 2001 [118] 31: Nicholas ...
Mayor Karen Bass, left, Fire Chief Kristin Crowley, right, and Police Chief Jim McDonnell, behind, address the media at a Jan. 11 wildfire press briefing. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
A battalion chief has command over each fire station's officers and each company or unit's officers, as well as the uniformed firefighters. A battalion chief is usually under the command of a division chief, district chief, deputy chief, or assistant chief, etc who in turn reports to a chief of department, chief engineer, a shift commander, a ...
Apr. 27—NORWICH — A veteran New London firefighter and battalion chief was sworn in for his new career as the director of training and safety with the Norwich Fire Department, while a veteran ...