The Greenwich Board of Selectmen voted on Thursday to appoint Fire Department of the City of New York Battalion Chief Joseph O. McHugh as Chief of the Greenwich Fire Department.
McHugh steps into the department following the retirement of Chief Peter Siecienski earlier this year. McHugh will officially be sworn in at an outdoor ceremony at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 31. Assistant Chief Robert Kick, who served as the interim chief this summer, will continue to lead the department until McHugh begins his role on Sept. 14.
McHugh was selected from a pool of 40 applicants who responded to a national search. A series of interviews was conducted with eight finalists by a committee, comprised of First Selectman and Fire Commissioner Fred Camillo, Town Administrator Ben Branyan, Human Resources Director Mary Pepe, Kick, Greenwich Firefighters Local 1042 President Matt Brooks, and Byram Volunteer Fire department Chief, David Walko.