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David McCormack, Ex-Fire Chief And UFOA Head, Dies

By SARAH DORSEY
Posted 5/11/15

Retired Deputy Chief David McCormack, a former president of the Uniformed Fire Officers Association, died April 25 at the age of 83, leaving behind a decades-long legacy in fire safety in addition to his labor work.

The officers’ union released a statement telling of Mr. McCormack’s birth in Brooklyn to Irish immigrants in 1931, his enlistment in the Navy at age 17, and his rise through the FDNY ranks, beginning as a Firefighter in 1954. He became the department’s youngest Captain in 1965; by 1968, he’d risen to be the youngest Battalion Chief in the FDNY’s history.

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