# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-w-pfeifer
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:19:10.338Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-w-pfeifer"
name: "Joseph W. Pfeifer"
slug: "joseph-w-pfeifer"
description: "Joseph W. Pfeifer is a retired American firefighter who served with the New York City Fire Department (FDNY). Pfeifer served as First Deputy Commissioner of the FDNY from February 2023 until September 2024, and as Acting Fire Commissioner of the FDNY in August 2024. Prior to his civilian work in the FDNY, Pfeifer was an Assistant Chief. He retired in 2018."
tagline: "American fighfighter (FDNY) and university teacher"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joseph_W_Pfeifer_-_NYPD_Conducts_Active_Shooter_Training_Exercise_(23265274449).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1956"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.62
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.946916
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/fdnychiefpfeifer"
    handle:    "fdnychiefpfeifer"
  - platform:  "LINKEDIN"
    url:       "https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-pfeifer-4a48b87/"
    handle:    "joseph-pfeifer-4a48b87"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1246517/"
    handle:    "nm1246517"
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%B1"
    title: "چوزيف دبليو فايفر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_W._Pfeifer"
    title: "Joseph W. Pfeifer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_W._Pfeifer"
    title: "Joseph W. Pfeifer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_W._Pfeifer"
    title: "Joseph W. Pfeifer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_W._Pfeifer"
    title: "Joseph W. Pfeifer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1659601"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump