From CFD Media on Twitter:
The City of Chicago and the entire Chicago Fire Department wish Commissioner Richard C. Ford II a happy and blessed retirement. Thank you for nearly 4 decades of service! Stay safe and be well Sir.
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#1 by Wayne Kinzie LT/PM on April 6, 2021 - 7:27 PM
Nance-Holt is acting fire commissioner. Ford retired because of age 63 just like Santiago. I worked with Ford a few times when he was the engr. at engine 19, nice man.
#2 by Aidan Hughes on April 6, 2021 - 12:21 PM
It is possible that Annette Nance-Holt will become the next fire commissioner. If she does, She would be the first female fire commissioner of the Chicago Fire Department.
#3 by FFPMTOM on April 5, 2021 - 9:24 PM
*a black woman
Let’s hope she doesn’t start micro managing the fire department like she does the PD, we all see how effective that has been
#4 by Bill Post on April 5, 2021 - 4:47 PM
I didn’t know that Commissioner Ford was retiring. Does anyone know who the acting commissioner is and if a successor has been chosen? I wonder if Mayor Lightfoot is planning to micro manage the fire department? Something tells me that she might appoint that woman deputy commissioner as the new commissioner.