The City of Buffalo Fire Department now has its first-ever female Division Chief, Wendy Majtyka-Hartman.
Majtyka-Hartman had been a battalion chief for the past four years and joined the Fire Department in 1998. She is the daughter, sister and wife of Buffalo firefighters.
During her career, she served in an instructional leadership role at numerous Buffalo Fire Academies, as well as officer development in the department’s Officer School. She commanded several Technical Rescue Teams, including MCI, Hazmat, Collapse, Extrication, Confined Space, Water and Ice Rescue and Trench.
A Buffalo native, Wendy Majtyka-Hartman attended Waterfront Elementary School and Mount Mercy Academy, earned a bachelor’s degree in Earth Science from SUNY Buffalo State and completed master’s-level courses in Elementary Education.
