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BRONX TIMES R 8 EPORTER, MAY 10-16, 2019 BTR
FDNY appoints two heroic
Bronx EMS’ to lead bureau
Chief Lillian Bonsignore. FDNY Chief Alvin Suriel. FDNY
BY ALEX MITCHELL
Two of New York’s and the Bronx’
bravest were promoted to top-ranking
chief positions by the FDNY
commissioner.
FDNY members Lillian Bonsignore
and Alvin Suriel were sworn
in as Chief and Assistant Chief of
EMS on Tuesday, May 7.
Bonsignore is the first woman to
head the FDNY’s EMS bureau, while
Suriel is the first Hispanic FDNY
Assistant Chief of EMS, and of
course they both served previously
in the Bronx.
Chief Bonsignore, a 28-year EMS
worker previously stationed out of
Lincoln Hospital, will now supervise
4,100 EMT’s, paramedics, EMS
officers and civilian employees in
the EMS Bureau.
She will also be responsible for
overseeing operations, planning,
strategic initiatives and logistics.
After responding to September
11th and instructing a 9/11 relief program,
Chief Bonsignore returned to
her south Bronx garage, this time as
a lieutenant.
Following that she was appointed
Chief of EMS Academy.
“Lillian Bonsignore is a dedicated
and a proven manager who
has ensured the next generation of
EMTs and Paramedics are trained
and equipped to provide the highest
level of pre-hospital medical
care,” said Fire Commissioner Daniel
Nigro, who proudly appointed the
chief.
Meanwhile, Chief Suriel who
was a paramedic coordinator in the
south Bronx and most recently a
Deputy Assistant Chief of EMS Operations,
will serve as Chief Bonsignore’s
second-in-command.
The 30-year department veteran
was also a responder on 9/11 and
spent days at Ground Zero in recovery
efforts.
“In his decades as a member of
EMS, Alvin Suriel has demonstrated
an unwavering commitment to excellence
as an EMT, Paramedic, and
in multiple roles as an EMS officer,”
Nigro also said.
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