Martin Richard Scott was born in Brooklyn, New York. His primary education was obtained in both public and parochial schools in Brooklyn and he attended Cathedral College in Manhattan. During World War I he worked at the New York Navy Shipyard (a.k.a. Brooklyn Navy Yard) as an Assistant Shop Superintendent. On April 3, 1924 he joined the FDNY as a Dispatcher but took the civil service examination for Fire Marshal and was successfully appointed on January 1, 1925. Chief Fire Marshal Thomas Brophy assigned him to the investigation and trial preparation of arson fires. As part of this very effective team, several significant arsonists were apprehended and successfully prosecuted, including one gang affiliated with the infamous "Murder, Inc." In January 1934 he became the Fire Marshal in charge of Broolyn and Queens. Scott stepped in as Acting Chief Fire Marshal upon the retirement of Brophy on January 1, 1949 and was appointed Chief on January 1, 1951.
Chief Fire Marshal Scott became a national expert and sought-after lecturer and instructor of arson investigation. He served under nine Fire Commissioners. Commissioner Edward Cavanaugh made him his Executive Assistant where he became more intimately familiar with the administration of the Department. Commissioner Cavanagh, who is credited with reorganizing the organizational structure of the Department, put Scott in charge of Management and Planning.
Martin Scott was appointed Fire Commissioner by Mayor Robert F. Wagner on August 6, 1964 and served in that position until the end of the Wagner Administration on December 31, 1965. Commissioner Scott had the unique privilege of overseeing the FDNY through its Centennial Celebration in 1965. After his retirement, he went to work for ADT as an assistant to the president until 1970. From there he was a consultant and expert witness on arson cases, including the fatal Gulliver's Discoteque fire in Port Chester, New York where twenty-four people perished.
In 1967 Honorary Fire Commissioner Thomas Coleman endowed a medal in honor of Commissioner Scott. It is awarded annually to a member of the Bureau of Fire Investigation "for distinguished service and a display of unusual initiative, resourcefulness and capability in the investigation of arson and apprehension of a perpetrator."
Commissioner Scott died of cancer at his daughter's home in Edison, New Jersey.
Chief Fire Marshal Scott became a national expert and sought-after lecturer and instructor of arson investigation. He served under nine Fire Commissioners. Commissioner Edward Cavanaugh made him his Executive Assistant where he became more intimately familiar with the administration of the Department. Commissioner Cavanagh, who is credited with reorganizing the organizational structure of the Department, put Scott in charge of Management and Planning.
Martin Scott was appointed Fire Commissioner by Mayor Robert F. Wagner on August 6, 1964 and served in that position until the end of the Wagner Administration on December 31, 1965. Commissioner Scott had the unique privilege of overseeing the FDNY through its Centennial Celebration in 1965. After his retirement, he went to work for ADT as an assistant to the president until 1970. From there he was a consultant and expert witness on arson cases, including the fatal Gulliver's Discoteque fire in Port Chester, New York where twenty-four people perished.
In 1967 Honorary Fire Commissioner Thomas Coleman endowed a medal in honor of Commissioner Scott. It is awarded annually to a member of the Bureau of Fire Investigation "for distinguished service and a display of unusual initiative, resourcefulness and capability in the investigation of arson and apprehension of a perpetrator."
Commissioner Scott died of cancer at his daughter's home in Edison, New Jersey.
Martin Richard Scott was born in Brooklyn, New York. His primary education was obtained in both public and parochial schools in Brooklyn and he attended Cathedral College in Manhattan. During World War I he worked at the New York Navy Shipyard (a.k.a. Brooklyn Navy Yard) as an Assistant Shop Superintendent. On April 3, 1924 he joined the FDNY as a Dispatcher but took the civil service examination for Fire Marshal and was successfully appointed on January 1, 1925. Chief Fire Marshal Thomas Brophy assigned him to the investigation and trial preparation of arson fires. As part of this very effective team, several significant arsonists were apprehended and successfully prosecuted, including one gang affiliated with the infamous "Murder, Inc." In January 1934 he became the Fire Marshal in charge of Broolyn and Queens. Scott stepped in as Acting Chief Fire Marshal upon the retirement of Brophy on January 1, 1949 and was appointed Chief on January 1, 1951.
Chief Fire Marshal Scott became a national expert and sought-after lecturer and instructor of arson investigation. He served under nine Fire Commissioners. Commissioner Edward Cavanaugh made him his Executive Assistant where he became more intimately familiar with the administration of the Department. Commissioner Cavanagh, who is credited with reorganizing the organizational structure of the Department, put Scott in charge of Management and Planning.
Martin Scott was appointed Fire Commissioner by Mayor Robert F. Wagner on August 6, 1964 and served in that position until the end of the Wagner Administration on December 31, 1965. Commissioner Scott had the unique privilege of overseeing the FDNY through its Centennial Celebration in 1965. After his retirement, he went to work for ADT as an assistant to the president until 1970. From there he was a consultant and expert witness on arson cases, including the fatal Gulliver's Discoteque fire in Port Chester, New York where twenty-four people perished.
In 1967 Honorary Fire Commissioner Thomas Coleman endowed a medal in honor of Commissioner Scott. It is awarded annually to a member of the Bureau of Fire Investigation "for distinguished service and a display of unusual initiative, resourcefulness and capability in the investigation of arson and apprehension of a perpetrator."
Commissioner Scott died of cancer at his daughter's home in Edison, New Jersey.
Chief Fire Marshal Scott became a national expert and sought-after lecturer and instructor of arson investigation. He served under nine Fire Commissioners. Commissioner Edward Cavanaugh made him his Executive Assistant where he became more intimately familiar with the administration of the Department. Commissioner Cavanagh, who is credited with reorganizing the organizational structure of the Department, put Scott in charge of Management and Planning.
Martin Scott was appointed Fire Commissioner by Mayor Robert F. Wagner on August 6, 1964 and served in that position until the end of the Wagner Administration on December 31, 1965. Commissioner Scott had the unique privilege of overseeing the FDNY through its Centennial Celebration in 1965. After his retirement, he went to work for ADT as an assistant to the president until 1970. From there he was a consultant and expert witness on arson cases, including the fatal Gulliver's Discoteque fire in Port Chester, New York where twenty-four people perished.
In 1967 Honorary Fire Commissioner Thomas Coleman endowed a medal in honor of Commissioner Scott. It is awarded annually to a member of the Bureau of Fire Investigation "for distinguished service and a display of unusual initiative, resourcefulness and capability in the investigation of arson and apprehension of a perpetrator."
Commissioner Scott died of cancer at his daughter's home in Edison, New Jersey.
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