Two Major Recommendations by BFD Independent Panel Fulfilled Boston Fire Commissioner Roderick Fraser has named two civilians as Deputy Commissioners within the Fire Department, following recommendations by an independent panel formed by Mayor Thomas M. Menino in October to review operations of the BFD. Karen Glasgow, a member of the City of Boston’s Corporation Counsel for the past nine years, has been named by as a Deputy Commissioner of Labor and Management for the Boston Fire Department (BFD) and Kathleen Kirleis, currently the civilian chief of administrative services for BFD, has been named the Deputy Commissioner of Administration and Finance. Read More »