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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)
The Los Angeles Fire Department's budget was cut by $17.6 million, about 2%, this fiscal year. The fire chief warned last month it would make it harder to respond to emergencies.
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 ...
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.
From 2017–2019, she served as the commissioner of the London Fire Brigade and was the first woman to hold this position. [3] She had previously been the director of safety and assurance at the London Fire Brigade. [4] In 2004 Cotton became the first woman to be awarded the Queen's Fire Service Medal. [5] She is the Patron of Women in the Fire ...
Deputy Chief Kristine Larson -- who heads the Equity and Human Resources Bureau -- was addressing accusations that female firefighters aren't strong enough carry a man out of a burning building.
Commissioner Jenkerson has served the St. Louis Fire Department in the capacity of a firefighter, fire captain and battalion chief, and is certified and experienced in each of the department's many domains including fire suppression, emergency medical services, aircraft rescue, vehicle entrapment, collapse rescue, high angle rescue, rescue diving and hazardous materials management; including ...
The first female commissioner of the Fire Department of New York said Saturday that she plans to step down because it's time to “pass the torch” after two years in the job. Laura Kavanagh didn ...