New Chicago FD boss

[grumpy grizzly]

Annette Nance-Holt was confirmed yesterday as Chicago's first female fire commissioner. She has stated her first priority is diversity and re-thinking and re-evaluating emergency medical services.

 

[soda-acid]

This should prove interesting.

 

[CVILLE7111]

What’s her background in Fire and/or EMS?

 

[CFDMarshal]

She came up through the fire side. I read on a CFD site that she was good on the company level but who knows.

 

[grumpy grizzly]

She came up through the fire side. I read on a CFD site that she was good on the company level but who knows.

In 2007 her 16 year old son was shot and killed trying to shield a friend after a gang member opened fire on a rival gang member on a crowded CTA bus.