FDNY Insider
9/24/09

Twenty-five
members of the
fire service
were promoted on
Sept. 24.
Banners hung
from the mock
store fronts in
the Fire
Academy’s Field
House and
hundreds of
friends and
family cheered
as 25 members of
the fire service
received their
promotions on
Sept. 24.
“You are moving
up the ranks of
the largest and
most
technologically
advanced Fire
Department in
the country,”
said Fire
Commissioner
Nicholas
Scoppetta. “But
we can never
forget this one
simple fact:
that without our
firefighters and
fire officers,
without your
grit and your
heart, without
that human
element, all our
technology and
all of our
advancements
would be for
nothing.”
During the
ceremony, 10
members were
elevated to the
rank of captain
and 15 to
lieutenant.

Ten members are
sworn in as
captains by Fire
Commissioner
Nicholas
Scoppetta.
Fifteen members
also were
elevated to the
rank of
lieutenant.
“You are the
future leaders
of our
Department,”
said Chief of
Department
Salvatore
Cassano. “You
will make
decisions that
will have a
profound impact
on all our
members – you
will have a
chance to make a
big difference.”
The promoted
members
represented more
than 250 years
of experience in
the FDNY. And a
vast majority
was with the
Department on
Sept. 11, 2001.
All of the newly
promoted members
will be assigned
to various units
throughout the
City.
The
promoted members
included:
Captain
Lt. Daniel
J.
O'Sullivan,
L-45
Lt. Daniel
C. Florenco,
L-112
Lt. Kaseem
Ryan, E-222
Lt. Timothy
P.
McGuinness,
E-249
Lt. Brian
O'Connor,
L-3
Lt. Joseph
G. Cioffi,
E-216
Lt. Michael
J. Dowling,
L-38
Lt. Robert
P. Keating,
E-8
Lt. Paul T.
Holly, E-295
Lt. Thomas
Patrissy,
E-248
Lieutenant
FM Michael
B. Durkin,
BKBAS
FF Matthew
J. Szpindor,
SQD-1
FF Thomas P.
Daly, RES-2
FF Edward
Cowan Jr,
RES-2
FF Ronald M.
Renda, E-308
FF Vincent
A. Bottalico,
E-46
FF Jarod
Blake, L-19
FF Kevin W.
Gallagher,
L-43
FF Daniel J.
Richter,
E-46
FF Thomas R.
Moore, L-34
FF Louis
Capozzi,
L-129
FF Peter
Booth, E-42
FM James C.
Kelly, BKBAS
FF John S.
Lyons, L-79
FF Michael
P. Beehler,
L-175