Chicago Fire Department

The **Chicago Fire Department** (**CFD**) provides fire suppression, rescue services, Hazardous Materials Response services and emergency medical response services to the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States, under the jurisdiction of the Mayor of Chicago. The Chicago Fire Department is the third largest municipal fire department in the United States after the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) and Cal Fire. It is also one of the oldest major organized fire departments in the nation.

## Chicago Fire Department

### Deputy Commander:

Fire Chief - Gloria Hill

The Chicago Fire Department is led by the Fire Commissioner. 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. The Chicago Fire Department receives over 800,000 emergency calls annually.

## Chicago Office of the Fire Commissioner

* Chicago Fire Commissioner - (Unknown Name) / (CFD S2 E00) / (Retired)
* Chicago Fire Commissioner - William Staton. (CFD S6 E23) / (Retired)
* Chicago Fire Commissioner - Carl Grissom. (CFD S7 E01) / (Current)
* First Deputy Commissioner - Gloria Hill. (CFD S9 E00) / (Present)

## Chicago Fire Department Organisation

* Bureau of Administration Services
	+ Chief of Academy Operations, Deputy District Chief - Joseph Tiberg. (S0 E00)
* Bureau of Fire Prevention
	+ Bureau Commander, Deputy Fire Commissioner - Samuel Yates. (S3 E04)
* Bureau of Operations
* Bureau of Logistics

## Staff Commissioners

* Assistant Deputy Fire Commissioner - Jerry Gorsch. (S7 E01)
* Assistant Deputy Fire Commissioner - Adam Perry. (S10 E5)
* Deputy Fire Commissioner - (Name) Bouchard. (S6 E00)
* Deputy Fire Commissioner - (Name) Schafer. (S11 E11)
* Deputy Fire Commissioner - (Name) Watts. (S11 E11)
* Deputy Commissioner - Thomas Janson. (S10 E9)

## Staff Fire Chiefs

* Unknown Command - (Deputy District Chiefs)
	+ Deputy District Chief - Donald Kilbourne. (S10 E10)
	+ Deputy District Chief - Donald Freeman. (S08 E11) / ("This is Deputy Chief Don Freeman from Firehouse 17")
	+ Deputy District Chief - (Name) Burkett. (S7 E07)
	+ Deputy District Chief - Edward Yates, (S2 E04)
	+ Deputy District Chief - Clem Girardi. (S11 E17)
	+ Deputy District Chief - Sam Mullins. (S6 E03)
	+ Deputy District Chief - Ray Riddle. (S4 E01)
* Unknown Command - (Battalion Chiefs)
	+ Battalion Chief - Patrick Pridgen. (S3 E00) / (Firehouse 17)
	+ Battalion Chief - (Name) Duffy, (S10 E10)
	+ Battalion Chief - (Name) Duffy, (S10 E10)
	+ Battalion Chief - Daniel Weiss. (S3 E23) / (Battalion 26)
	+ Battalion Chief - Gary Mercer. (S9 E11) / (Son - Jacob)
* Unknown Command - (Fire Chiefs)
	+ Senior Fire Chief - (Name) Barr. (S4 E21) / ("Chief of Apparatus and Equipment")
	+ Senior Fire Chief - (Name) Kim. (S7 E7) ("CFD Office of Media Affairs Officer")
	+ Fire Chief - Thomas Coletti. (S5 E06)
	+ Fire Chief - Thomas Coletti. (S5 E14)
	+ Chief - (Name) Raglund, (S02 E01)
	+ Chief - Gabriel Stewart. (S10 E11)
* Unknown Command - (Officers)
	+ Active Captain - (Name) Reinhart. (Chicago Fire S9 E03)
	+ Lieutenant - (Name) Matsumoto, (Chicago Fire S3 E04)

## Other Information

* Retired EMS Operations Personnel
* Retired Fire Operations Personnel
* Incident Command
* Communications

## Command Cars

* In Real Life, Staff Cars
* Vehicle's Radio ID's

## Notes & Trivia

* When you escalate a call - a routine call and bring in Squad, that generally means the Squad Officer is now in charge of the scene.