Uniformed Fire Officers Association

Uniformed Fire Officers Association (UFOA) is a union for lieutenants, captains, battalion chiefs, deputy chiefs, medical officers and supervising fire marshals in the Fire Department of New York. The organization is Local 854 of the International Association of Fire Fighters. Lieutenant James G McCarthy is the current president of the UFOA. Chief Lemonda preceded Lieutenant McCarthy. Capt. Hagan preceded Chief LeMonda. Battalion Chief Jack McDonnell preceded Capt. Hagan. Peter Gorman was president from 1999-2007.

Relations with former mayor Rudy Giuliani

Officials with the union campaigned against Rudy Giuliani in his bid for the presidency in 2008. One official, John J. McDonnell, a battalion chief, says, "I don’t think the person in Nebraska has any idea yet how we feel.” "He probably assumes that we think he’s great.”^[1]

UFOA spokesman Martin Steadman criticized Giuliani for not adequately addressing the problem of faulty radios, first evidenced in the 1993 terrorist bombing of the World Trade Center. Over 200 firefighters in the Twin Towers were using the faulty analog radios that were used during the 1993 bombing. Steadman added, "We're saying he had eight years to solve that problem."^[2]

References

^ Wilson, Michael (June 17, 2007). "Among Firefighters in New York, Mixed Views on Giuliani". The New York Times.
^ Paul, Ari (July 10, 2007). "Real 9/11 Heroes Speak Out Against Rudy: New York City firefighters are out to set the record straight on Rudy Giuliani's 9/11 legacy". American Prospect. Archived from the original on July 13, 2007.

External links

Official website of the association

New York City Fire Department

Facilities

Firehouses	Engine 31 Engine 33, Ladder 9 Ladder 8 Engine 261, Ladder 116
Other facilities	MetroTech Center New York City Fire Museum Plane Space

Fireboats

Abram S. Hewitt
Alfred E. Ronaldson
Bravest
David A. Boody
Fire Fighter
Fire Fighter II
George B. McClellan
H. Sylvia A. H. G. Wilks
James Duane
John D. McKean
John H. Glenn Jr.
John J. Harvey
John P. Devaney
John Purroy Mitchel
Kevin C. Kane
Seth Low
Smoke II
The New Yorker
Thomas Willett
Three Forty Three
William Frederick Havemeyer
William J. Gaynor
Willam M. Feehan
Zophar Mills

History

Predecessors	Brooklyn Fire Department Long Island City Fire Department
Major fires	Great Fire of 1776 Great Fire of 1835 Great Fire of 1845 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire 1966 23rd Street fire 1975 New York Telephone exchange fire 1978 Waldbaum's supermarket fire 1990 Happy Land nightclub fire 2017 Bronx apartment fire 2022 Bronx apartment fire
September 11	Raising the Flag at Ground Zero Rescue and recovery effort after the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center 9/11
Other events	Murder of Yadira Arroyo

Organizations

Unions	Uniformed Fire Officers Association Uniformed Firefighters Association Vulcan Society
Volunteers	Oceanic H&L Company No. 1 Richmond Engine Co. 1