Chicago Fire Season 13 is now here, and with it comes change. Wallace Boden (Eamonn Walker) is now the Deputy Commissioner of the Chicago Fire Department and his role as Chief of Firehouse 51 has been filled with a new character,

As Chicago Fire enters a new season, significant changes are on the horizon as the series welcomes a new chief at Firehouse 51. With Eamonn Walker’s beloved character, Chief Wallace Boden, stepping down after 12 seasons,

When I spoke with Andrea Newman ahead of Season 13, Dermot Mulroney's casting had been announced but there was still no saying how the firefighters who had worked with Boden for so long would react to him.