The New York City Police Department (NYPD),officially the City of New York Police Department,is the primary law enforcement agency within New York City. Established on May 23,1845,the NYPD is the largest,and one of the oldest,municipal police departments in the United States.
The New York City Fire Department,officially the Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) is the full-service fire department of New York City,serving all five boroughs. The FDNY is responsible for fire suppression and fire prevention,and is a major provider of EMS services in New York City. Beyond fire suppression and EMS,the FDNY is responsible for a broad range of services,including technical rescue,CBRN defense,and structural collapse response and analysis. The FDNY is equipped with a wide variety of general-purpose and specialized fire apparatus to serve its varied missions.
Peter James Ganci Jr. was a career firefighter in the New York City Fire Department killed in the September 11 attacks. At the time of the attacks,he held the rank of Chief of Department,the highest ranking uniformed fire officer in the department.
William Joseph Bratton CBE is an American law enforcement officer and businessman who served two terms as the New York City Police Commissioner. He previously served as the Commissioner of the Boston Police Department (BPD) (1993–1994) and Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) (2002–2009). He is the only person to have led the police departments of the United States' two largest cities –New York and Los Angeles.
The New York City Fire Commissioner is the civilian administrator of the New York City Fire Department (FDNY),appointed by the Mayor of the City of New York. There have been 34 commissioners excluding Acting Fire Commissioners,and 38 commissioners including Acting Fire Commissioners. This is since Manhattan and the Bronx consolidated with Brooklyn,Queens,and Staten Island to form The City of New York in 1898. The current Fire Commissioner is Laura Kavanagh,who had held the office since February 16,2022 as interim Fire Commissioner,but on October 27,2022,she was appointed as Fire Commissioner.
Thomas Von Essen was appointed the 29th FDNY Commissioner of the City of New York by Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani on April 15,1996,and served in that position until the end of the Rudolph Giuliani Administration on December 31,2001,nearly four months after the September 11,2001 attacks.
William Michael Feehan was a member of the Fire Department of New York who died during the collapse of the World Trade Center during the September 11 attacks. He was the second-highest official in the department.
Robert Oliver Lowery was sworn in as the 21st New York City Fire Commissioner by Mayor John V. Lindsay on January 1,1966,and held that position until his resignation on September 29,1973.
Martin Richard Scott was appointed the 20th Fire Commissioner of the City of New York by Mayor Robert F. Wagner on August 6,1964,and served in that position until the end of the Wagner Administration on December 31,1965. The FDNY has named a medal for Outstanding Courage in his honor.
Stephen Cassidy was the longest serving President of the Uniformed Firefighters Association of Greater New York (UFA) in its 100-year history. He was first elected to the position in August 2002 and is the only UFA President in the union's history to be elected directly out of a firehouse. In 2016,Cassidy resigned his position as UFA President to serve as the executive director of the New York City Fire Pension Fund. In 2018,following his arrest for driving while intoxicated,New York City Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro removed Cassidy from his position as executive director of the New York City Fire Pension Fund.
Salvatore Joseph "Sal" Cassano served as the 32nd New York City Fire Commissioner from 2010 to 2014.
The Vulcan Society,founded in 1940,is a fraternal organization of black firefighters in New York City.
James Patrick "Jimmy" O'Neill Jr. is an American police officer who served as the 43rd Police Commissioner of New York City from September 2016 until November 2019. Prior to his appointment as Police Commissioner,O'Neill served as NYPD's Chief of Department,the highest uniformed position in the department,in 2014–2016.
James E. Leonard is a former fire Chief of Department who was relieved of duty for alleged misconduct from the New York City Fire Department (FDNY).
Ronald Spadafora was an American firefighter and the fire chief in charge of fire prevention for the FDNY,notable for his service supervising the entire safety operation during the rescue and recovery efforts at ground zero following the September 11 attacks and for his writing on firefighting,fire safety,and firefighting gear.
On June 10,2019,an Agusta A109E Power crashed onto the Axa Equitable Center on Seventh Avenue in Manhattan,New York City,which sparked a fire on the top of the building. The helicopter involved in the accident,N200BK,was destroyed. The only occupant was the pilot,Tim McCormack,who died in the crash. The aircraft was owned by Italian American businessman Daniele Bodini at the time of the crash.
Dermot Francis Shea is an American police officer who was the 44th New York City Police Commissioner. He assumed the position on December 1,2019,and was sworn in by Mayor Bill de Blasio in a public ceremony on December 2.
John Sudnik is a firefighter with the FDNY,who was promoted to acting Chief of Department,the most senior uniformed member of the Department,on 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.
Laura Kavanagh,40,is the 34th Fire Commissioner of the New York City Fire Department (FDNY),the first woman to hold the position. Appointed by mayor Eric Adams on October 27,2022,Kavanagh oversaw the diversification of the FDNY applicant pool,including graduating the largest group of women in nearly three decades. As a civilian,Kavanagh oversees the day-to-day operations of the largest fire department in the country with more than 17,000 employees and a 2 billion dollar budget.
Joseph W. Pfeifer is the First Deputy Commissioner of the New York City Fire Department (FDNY). He retired as an Assistant Chief of the department in 2018 and was appointed to his current civilian role in early 2023. He was the first fire chief to respond to the World Trade Center during the September 11 attacks. He is also the founder of the department's Center for Terrorism and Disaster Preparedness (CTDP).
