List of heads of the Chicago Fire Department

The current head, holding the position of "fire commissioner", is Annette Nance Holt, appointed by Mayor Lori Lightfoot in 2021.

This position was created by an ordinance passed by the then-village of Chicago's board of trustees in November 1835.

In December 1835, Chicago's board of trustees appointed its president Hirman Hugunin to be the inaugural occupant of this position.

[3] ^A Hirman Hugunin and George E Snow's tenures predate the incorporation of Chicago as a city.

While no mayor was serving at the time they were High Constable, John H. Kinzie was Town President