Friday, November 8, 2024 5:30pm - 9:00pm at The View at The Battery, 1 Battery Pl, New York.
(The View at The Battery, 1 Battery Pl, New York, NY 10004 (2 min walk from number 1 subway - South Ferry station and 4 min walk from 4/5 Bowling Green Station - or - VIA: UBER/TAXI - address closest to venue is 1 SOUTH STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10004)
The 10th Annual First Responders Awards will take place on Friday, November 8, 2024.
The Irish Echo will pay tribute to the men and women who have, over the years, played such a vital role, not only in serving their communities, but in adding chapter after honorable chapter to the story of the Irish in America. The awards honor all who serve in the front line of Fire and EMS departments around the nation. Award winners are drawn from Firefighters and EMS personnel who work in every state, and who are nominated by the public.
Our past honorees were firefighters and paramedics from as far afield as Nebraska, Missouri, Illinois and Arizona – so this is truly a national event. These gatherings are a celebration of the great tradition of families, and succeeding generations in families, stepping up as our nation’s first responders.
The FDNY Commissioner, appointed by the Mayor of the City of New York, is a civilian executive who manages the agency’s more than 17,000 employees and $2 billion annual budget.
Commissioner Tucker directed the strategic growth and diversification of T&M USA, since becoming a principal of the company in 1999. Prior to that he spent nearly a decade in law enforcement management, serving as special assistant in the Office of the Queens County District Attorney, where he developed an extensive network of contacts in the law enforcement community while managing administrative aspects of a major urban prosecutor's office. This experience enabled him to work closely with executive level members of the New York City Police Department and the city administration, as well as with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Secret Service, and the different local U.S. Attorney's Offices, where he still maintains valuable relationships.
Among his many professional, civic and philanthropic affiliations, Commissioner Tucker has served on the boards of directors of the FDNY Foundation, the New York City Police Foundation, White Plains Hospital and Pace University.
Commissioner Tucker has been honored by the New York Board of Rabbis and the Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City.
He is a graduate of The George Washington University and Pace University School of Law.
2024 Irish Echo First Responder Honorees
