The ceremony held at the FDNY headquarters in Brooklyn cemented Lillian Bonsignore, 56, as the second woman and the first openly gay individual to lead the department.

A person was critically injured after an apartment caught fire in Brooklyn on Tuesday, according to the FDNY. Fire officials said flames broke out on the 3rd floor of the Colonial Road building in Bay Ridge around 10:30 p.

"A commissioner's greatest duty isn't to command the fire, but to protect and empower the hands that fight it," FDNY Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore said.

A massive inferno ripped through a Bronx apartment building early Monday — injuring three people, including two firefighters — as the FDNY’s response was hampered by illegally parked cars too close to hydrants, according to officials.