Thomas Von Essen

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Thomas Von Essen was appointed the 30th FDNY Commissioner of the City of New York by Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani on April 15, 1996 and served in that position until the end of the Giuliani Administration on December 31, 2001, nearly four months after the September 11, 2001 attacks.

In 2002 he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) by Queen Elizabeth II [1].

In 1993 Von Essen was elected as President of the Uniformed Firefighters Association representing the department's firefighters: he served in that post until his appointment as the department's 30th Fire Commissioner.

He is a Senior Vice-President at Giuliani Partners and Chief Executive Officer of Giuliani-Von Essen LLC.

Preceded by
Howard Safir		 FDNY Commissioner
1996-2001		 Succeeded by
Nicholas Scoppetta
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