Fire Commissioner Robert S. Tucker to host the 2025 FDNY Foundation Dinner at the FDNY Fire Academy

August 19, 2025

FDNY Commissioner Robert S. Tucker will join the FDNY Foundation, the official nonprofit organization of the Department, to host the 2025 FDNY Foundation Dinner and the Fire Commissioner's Humanitarian Awards on Thursday, Sept. 4, at the FDNY Fire Academy on Randall's Island.

The annual event recognizes the service of New York’s Bravest and Best and honors those who have provided overwhelming support to the New York City Fire Department and the FDNY Foundation by helping to raise millions of dollars to support the FDNY's mission and initiatives, including funding fire and life safety education efforts and providing professional development and state-of-the-art equipment for Department members.

"The FDNY Foundation is crucial to supporting the FDNY's public safety mission," said FDNY Commissioner Robert S. Tucker, who is also a longtime FDNY Foundation Board Member. "Thanks to the generous support of the Foundation, the FDNY is able to save more lives. We cannot thank them enough for all they have made possible for our Department."

This year, the FDNY and the FDNY Foundation will bestow top honors to Adena T. Friedman, Chair and CEO of Nasdaq, as the 2025 Fire Commissioner's Humanitarian of the Year.   

The annual FDNY Service Recognition Awards and the Chief William Feehan Excellence in Fire & Life Safety Education Awards will also be presented at the dinner. 

In addition to helping support the FDNY Foundation and celebrate the Department, dinner attendees get a firsthand look at the world-renowned FDNY Fire Academy, also known as "The Rock."

"This has become one of the most unique and recognizable charity events in New York City, so I'm excited to welcome our guests back to The Rock to not only raise money for the FDNY Foundation and our mission, but I also like that the guests have the opportunity to be among so many firefighters, EMTs and paramedics and watch them do their thing and also thank them for their service," said Matthew J. DiLiberto, Chairman of the FDNY Foundation. "The dinner is a spectacle. They are at one of the most advanced training facilities in the world watching New York's Bravest and Best in action."

Established in 1981 to promote fire and life safety education and help the FDNY to better protect New York City, the FDNY Foundation supports free awareness and outreach programs for the public, funds training and support for FDNY members, and assists in providing the technology and equipment that helps keep the FDNY as the premier fire department in the world.

Learn more about the FDNY Foundation and this year's dinner by going to FDNYFoundation.org/Dinner.