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Lives in:: Fort Worth, TX

Department:: Dallas Fire Department

Title/rank:: Lieutenant

Years of public service:: 17

Agency structure:: Paid fire department

Top issues in your department:: EMS morale
EMS call volume out of control
Training paradigm change

Professional Qualifications:: AAS in Fire Protection

Texas Commission Certifications:
Driver/Operator- Pumper
Master Firefighter
Hazmat Tech
Instructor I
Fire Officer I

Topics you provide training for:: none yet (stay tuned!)

Areas of expertise:: Tactics, but really just an area of much personal study which I hope will one day make it an "area of expertise".

Bio:: 39 yo male/ married with no children
Grew up in Fort Worth area
Worked for the Grapevine Department for 5 years prior to working for DFD where I've been for 11 years.

Web site:: http://<a href="http://www.facebook.com/people/Michael-Hughes/16...

Ventilation - Removing the smoke or stoking the fire? Are we really removing heat & smoke from possible victims and working firefighters or are we providing the air every fire is seeking?

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At 7:49am on November 6, 2008, Ronnie Tocci said…: I'd love to have a friend. I don't have many of those. Hell... I am not even a real Lieutenant because of my assignment. I'm kinda like the guy the 7-11 store manager calls when the Slurpee machine breaks.

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