New York City Fire chief of department

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Organization[edit]

Main article: Organization of the New York City Fire Department

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Description

The Chief of Department, appointed by the Fire Commissioner, is the highest-ranking uniformed position in the FDNY. The current Chief of Department is John J. Hodgens.

the highest ranking uniformed fire officer / chief in the new York city fire department.

the most senior uniformed member of the Department,

The Fire Chief is the most senior uniformed member of the fire department.

He was appointed Chief of Department, the highest uniformed position in the department.

list of FDNY chief's of department

Number	Name	image	age1 Joined Dept.	FDNY Service years	COD service years	age2 retirment	age3		age4	promoted Acting COD	made permanent				was born	later years in administrative	Commissioner	chief of operations
	John T. O'Hagan			1947- July 18, 1978	1964-										April 7, 1925 – January 2, 1991	22nd FDNY Commissioner October 11, 1973 - January 17, 1978
	William M. Feehan				1991-1993							LODD, He was the second-highest official in the department.			September 29, 1929 – September 11, 2001	First Deputy Fire Commissioner of FDNY. after briefly served as Acting Fire Commissioner.
? - [Popular most famous "car 3 to Manhattan" 9/11/2001]	Peter J. Ganci Jr.			1968–2001	-2001							LODD, the top senior commander nyc fire operations September 11 2001 world trade center attacks			October 27, 1946 – September 11, 2001
	Daniel A. Nigro			1969-	post LODD 9/11/2001, Nigro retired as Chief in 2002.			a Deputy Chief						Nigro grew up in the Bayside neighborhood of Queens, New York. Nigro's father was a Captain in the FDNY.	October 11, 1948	33rd Fire Commissioner 2014-2022
table break 2004-present
32	Peter Hayden			1968-	2004-2006			promoted Assistant Chief of Operations 2002						grew up in Rockaway, Queens.
33	Salvatore Cassano			1969-	2006-2010			Chief of Operations		2006-2010				A son of Italian-American immigrants, Cassano was born in the Carroll Gardens section of Brooklyn, New York	born 22 January 1945	served as the 32nd New York City Fire Commissioner 2010 to 2014
34	Edward S. Kilduff			1977-	2010-			Assistant Chief and Brooklyn Borough Commander
35th Chief of department in the 150-year history of the New York City Fire Department	James E. Leonard							Deputy Assistant Chief in 2010 and served as Brooklyn Borough Commander				relieved of duty for alleged misconduct	relieved of duty on December 6 2018, following alleged misconduct charges. [involving alleged discrimination of his civilian counterpart in the department, First Deputy Commissioner Laura Kavanagh who was appointed later as fdny commissioner and Demoted staff chiefs unpopular move] He officially retired from the department on February 15, 2019	Born in Brooklyn as a third-generation Irish American
36	John Sudnik							Chief of Operations		December 10, 2018	February 27, 2019	Chief Richardson’s appointment is effective immediately. He succeeds former Chief of Department John Sudnik, who is moving to an administrative role within the Department after 35 years of service within the uniformed ranks
37th Chief of Department	Thomas Richardson		21			62		Chief of Fire Operations since 2019
38	John J. Hodgens			1986-current				Chief of Fire Operations						Chief Hodgens’ father, John J. Hodgens Sr, served as the Chief of Fire Prevention. He retired in 1997 as an Assistant Chief after 32 years of service.			Laura Kavanagh	JOHN M. ESPOSITO

John Sudnik promoted to acting Chief of Department, the most senior uniformed member of the Department

December 10, 2018 Prior to replacing his predecessor, James E. Leonard Sudnik had been Chief of Operations. Sudnik's acting appointment was made permanent on February 27, 2019

See also[edit]

• new York city chief of fire department (5 star)
• New York City Police Commissioner
• New York city police chief of department (4 star)
• Fire chief
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• list of fdny first deputy commissioner
• Chief of Fire Operations or Chief of Operations (usually is later nominated to New York City Fire chief of department / COD-so make as well a list of all)
• Lists of New York City topics
• lists of FDNY LODD

Fire appointments
Preceded by Daniel A. Nigro	New York City Fire chief of departmentFebruary 22, 2022	Incumbent

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