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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 ...
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 ...
The New York City Fire Department is the largest municipal fire department in North America, and the Western Hemisphere, and the second largest in the world after the Tokyo Fire Department. [ citation needed ] The FDNY employs over 11,000 uniformed firefighting employees, 4,500 uniformed EMTs, paramedics, and EMS employees, and 2,000 civilian ...
A fire marshal, in the United States and Canada, is often a member of a state, provincial or territorial government, but may be part of a building department or a separate department altogether. Fire marshals' duties vary but usually include fire code enforcement or investigating fires for
In firefighting services in the Commonwealth of Nations, the title of commissioner typically designates the head of an entire fire service in a particular jurisdiction, such as the commissioner of the New South Wales Rural Fire Service [19] or the commissioner of Fire and Rescue NSW, [20] two separate fire authorities that operate within the ...
Megyn Kelly sounded off on Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley and Mayor Karen Bass — charging that the officials’ preoccupation with diversity, equity and inclusion programs ...
Laura R. Kavanagh (born 1981 or 1982 [2]) is an American government official who served as the 34th commissioner of the New York City Fire Department (FDNY). She was first woman to hold the position. She was first woman to hold the position.
The Fire Commissioner is appointed by the mayor of Chicago, is confirmed by the Chicago City Council, and is assisted by the First Deputy Commissioner, who oversees the department's bureaus. There are four bureaus under the command of the First Deputy Commissioner: Operations, Fire Prevention, Administrative Services, and Logistics.