January 1994
Mayor Thomas M. Menino vows to implement "tough standards" for the Fire Department, weeks after he was sworn in as mayor.
July 1994
The Boston Finance Commission completes a review of the department. The review makes many recommendations for reform, including the elimination of some divisions.
1995
A review by the MMA Consulting Group of the department supports most of the Finance Commission's suggestions and makes additional recommendations.
2000
The O'Toole Commission, a panel led by the state Public Safety secretary Kathleen M. O'Toole, releases report on the department. Among its recommendations is random drug and alcohol testing of firefighters.
2001
Firefighters who had been working for 18 months without a contract picket the mayor's State of the City address and spit at administration officials.
2004
Days before the Democratic National Convention is held in Boston, the union reaches agreement on a contract.
2006
Menino appoints Roderick J. Fraser Jr. as the new fire commissioner, the first time since 1968 someone from outside the department is chosen.
2007
Autopsy results on two firefighters who died fighting a fire are made public, showing one with alcohol in his system and the other with cocaine.
