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FDNY Insider
11/5/09
The
promoted
members,
including
(from R to
L) Assistant
Chief Joseph
W. Pfeifer;
Deputy
Chiefs
Michael
Ajello,
Kevin F.
Woods and
Stephen A.
Raynis; and
Lieutenants
Richard
Verbouwens,
Stephen W.
King and
Joseph E.
Schiavone.
Congratulations
rang through
the halls of
the Fire
Academy on
Nov. 5, as
21 members
of the fire
service were
promoted.
“None of the
Department’s
traditions
are happier
or more
exuberant
than our
promotions
ceremonies,”
said Fire
Commissioner
Nicholas
Scoppetta.
One
assistant
chief, one
deputy
assistant
chief, three
deputy
chiefs, 15
lieutenants
and one
marine pilot
were
promoted
during the
ceremony.
Fifteen
fire
lieutenants
were
promoted in
the
ceremony,
along with
one
assistant
chief,
one
deputy
assistant
chief, three
deputy
chiefs and
one marine
pilot.
Among them
was
Assistant
Chief Joseph
Pfeifer,
Chief of
Counterterrorism
and
Preparedness.
In the past
eight years
he has
written two
strategic
plans,
including
the first
one the
Department
ever issued;
started the
Center for
Terrorism
and Disaster
Preparedness;
brought the
Fire Service
into an
information
sharing
partnership
with DHS;
and
graduated
from two of
the most
prestigious
post-graduate
programs in
the nation-
the Naval
Post
Graduate
school and
Harvard’s
Kennedy
School of
Government.
Newly
promoted
Deputy
Assistant
Chief Robert
Maynes was
hailed for
developing
and training
the FDNY’s
Incident
Management
Teams. And
Deputy Chief
Stephen
Raynis,
another
graduate of
the Naval
Post-Graduate
school, was
praised for
his skill as
he takes
over as head
of the
Safety
Command.
“We look
forward to
having you
help us move
the
Department
forward,”
said Chief
of
Department
Salvatore
Cassano.
The officers
will be
assigned to
units
throughout
the five
boroughs.
The
promoted
members
included:
To
the rank of
Assistant
Chief
DAC Joseph
W. Pfeifer,
ADMOP
To
the rank of
Deputy
Assistant
Chief
DC Robert R.
Maynes, D-13
To
the rank of
Deputy Chief
BC Michael
Ajello, B-35
BC Kevin F.
Woods, B-1
BC Stephen
A. Raynis,
B-2
To
the rank of
Lieutenant
FF Richard
Verbouwens,
E-265
FF Stephen
W. King,
L-126
FF Joseph E.
Schiavone,
L-59
FF Michael
A. Quinn,
L-25
FF Jeffrey
Stahl, E-259
FF Robert
Greer, L-27
FF Patrick
J. Murphy,
L-174
FF Samuel
Paduani,
E-65
FF Sean L.
Mannion,
RES-1
FF Charlton
A. Brown,
L-120
FF John J.
Kenny, L-29
FF Andrew D.
Sheridan,
L-4
FF Eric
Berntsen,
L-148
FF Steven M.
McEvoy,
L-165
FF Kurt H.
Bro, L-9
To
the rank of
Provisional
Pilot
FF John E.
Cashman,
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