FDNY EMS chief and wife under city investigation: sources

The FDNY’s Chief of EMS Operations Michael Fields is under investigation, possibly over his wife’s meteoric rise in the bureau or the handling of her recent drunk-driving arrest, sources told The Post.

Agents with the city Department of Investigation went to FDNY headquarters in Brooklyn this month and copied the data in Fields’ FDNY-issued phone and computer, officials confirmed.

Fields, 52, who was not in the building at the time, insisted last week he “had no contact with anyone from the Department of Investigation.”

“I have no further comment about these false rumors that seem bent on bringing a blemish to my reputation,” he said via email.

Some sources speculated the probe might involve the promotion of his wife, Nikcola Combs-Fields, 51, or is related to her recent DUI arrest. The couple live in East Orange, N.J.

The FDNY suspended Combs-Fields for 28 days without pay following that arrest last fall. The case is still pending.

She is under investigation by the FDNY’s Bureau of Investigations and Trials, an insider confirmed.

Combs-Fields, was promoted from lieutenant to captain on Jan. 14, 2024 — a year after then-FDNY commissioner Laura Kavanagh appointed her husband to the top post on Jan, 20, 2023.

The EMS chief “is not involved” in the promotional process for captain, FDNY officials said. Candidates are “placed on a promotional list based on interview, education and experience.” Three EMS officials and an Equal Employment Opportunity staffer conduct the interviews.

Combs-Fields made $108,446 in salary last year. She could not be reached for comment.

FDNY officials confirmed that Michael Fields, who made $259,485 last year, is the subject of a DOI “inquiry,” but did not explain why.

“Everyone is quite tight-lipped about it,” an insider said.

Fields “was not removed” from his post, and “remains on his duties as EMS Chief,” an FDNY official said.

The FDNY referred inquiries to DOI, which declined to comment.

Fields is a 28-year veteran of the department.

The first black man to hold the EMS Chief position, Fields oversees more than 4,000 EMTs, paramedics, EMS officers, and civilian employees.

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