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Home > Leadership > Mayor > Archive Press Releases > 2008 Archives > February 2008 > Mayor Brown Announces New Fire Department Appointments

Mayor Brown Announces New Fire Department Appointments

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Office of the Mayor
Peter K. Cutler
Director of Communications
716-851-4841

First Promotions Since 2005 Include Six Battalion Chiefs and One Division Chief 
First Woman Ever Promoted to Battalion Chief

Mayor Byron W. Brown and Fire Commissioner Michael Lombardo announced the promotion of six new Buffalo Fire Department Battalion Chiefs and one new Division Chief. These promotions are the first in the Department since 2005

The six new Battalion Chiefs are all currently Captains within the Fire Department and the new Division Chief currently serves as a Battalion Chief.

“These individuals have provided dedicated and long-standing service to the residents of Buffalo as members of the Buffalo Fire Department,” said Mayor Brown.  “I am very pleased today to promote them to their new positions within the Department.”

The new Battalion Chiefs are: Michael Tuberdyke, Michael Biasillo, Susan Brown, James Hayes, Jr., William Renaldo (currently serving in our nation’s armed forces), and Jeffrey Roberts.

Battalion Chief Brown becomes the first woman in the history of the Buffalo Fire Department to be promoted to his position.

The new Division Chief is: Scott Barry.

“These are highly experienced and well-deserving members of our Fire Department, “ said Commissioner Lombardo.  “I commend all of them for their years of excellent firefighting on behalf of our City’s residents and I congratulate them for promotions.”

The Buffalo Fire Department (BFD), with 725 active employees, is a fully professional career force.  The BFD is a full service department providing fire suppression, hazardous materials response, technical rescue, emergency medical response, as well as prevention and inspection services, and arson investigation.