Fitzsimmons, a 24-year veteran of the FDNY, was promoted from battalion chief to deputy chief. Her appointment is said to be highest ranking of female within the department's fire operations.

The first female FDNY Deputy ... Battalion Chief Michele Fitzsimmons — a 24-year veteran who joined the Bravest a few months before 9/11— was named Deputy Chief of fire operations at a packed ...

“In the months since I have come to know her as a modest, professional, hardworking member of the FDNY,” Tucker said. “Her promotion to deputy chief in Fire Operations is a glass-ceiling ...

The FDNY would not comment on the settlement ... Ride-alongs not authorized by the Chief of Special Operations Command (or designees) are strictly prohibited.” A city Law Department spokesman ...

a 24-year veteran of the FDNY will be promoted to Deputy Chief, making her the first-ever female Deputy Chief and highest-ranking female in Fire Operations. Fitzsimmons will be promoted during a ...

Captain Tony Tricarico has been a member of the fire service since 1977 and was hired by the FDNY in 1981 ... In 2002, he was assigned to the Special Operations Command, where he served as ...

as well as the FDNY. As Chief of Department, Chief Ganci was responsible for both Fire and EMS Operations, Training and Fire Prevention and also was required to represent uniformed members of the ...