-EAST SIDE FIRE DEPARTMENT
Listed below are East Side's Officers.
Last Updated 03/24/2008
Name |
Rank |
Joined ESFD |
Education &Certifications |
| S. Dale Hancock | Fire Chief Past President, East Baton Rouge Parish Fire Chiefs' Association |
1980 | BS Electrical Engineering, 1974 Registered Professional Engineer, Louisiana NFPA Firefighter-I, II & III NFPA Fire Officer-I, II & III NFPA Fire Service Instructor-I & II NFPA Fire Inspector-I & II NFPA Apparatus Operator & Aerial Apparatus Operator NFPA Fire Investigator NAFI Nationally Certified Fire & Explosion Investigator ERT Certified Technical Rescue-I NAUI Scuba Rescue Diver NAUI Search & Recovery Diver PADI Master Diver Nationally Registered EMT-B La. Fire Marshal Certified Inspector-II HazMat Technician Certified |
| George R. "Bob" Gateley | Assistant Chief Fire Prevention Officer |
1983 | NFPA Firefighter-I & II ERT Certified Technical Rescue-I NAUI Search & Recovery Diver PADI Master Diver Nationally Registered EMT-B NFPA Certified Inspector-I HazMat Technician Certified |
| Kory Toma | Assistant Chief PIO (Public Information Officer), ISO & Accreditation Manager, Fire Inspector Grant Writer Fire Investigator |
1997 | BS Health, Physical Education & Recreation, 1993 AAS Fire Science Technology, 2001 NFPA Firefighter-I & II NFPA Fire Officer-I & II NFPA Fire Service Instructor-I NFPA Fire Inspector-I & II NFPA Hazardous Materials Operations NFPA Apparatus Operator YMCA SCUBA Rescue Diver PSDA Public Safety Diver I ERT Certified Technical Rescue-I Nationally Registered EMT-B LA Fire Marshal Certified Inspector-II HazMat Technician Certified |
| Keith Smith | Assistant Chief
Fire Inspector Fire Investigator Training Officer |
2004 |
NFPA Firefighter-I & II NFPA Fire Investigator NFPA Fire Officer-I, II, III, IV NFPA Fire Service Instructor-I & II NFPA Hazardous Materials Operations NFPA Apparatus Operator LA Fire Marshal Certified Inspector-I ROCO Technical Rescue-I ROCO Structural Collapse Rescue NAUI SCUBA Rescue Diver PSDA Public Safety Diver I Nationally Registered EMT-B POST Certified |
| John Taylor | Captain | 1998 | BS Computer Science, 1985 NFPA Firefighter-I & II NFPA Fire Officer-I NFPA Fire Service Instructor-I NFPA Hazardous Materials Operations ERT Certified Technical Rescue-I PADI SCUBA Rescue Diver PSDA Public Safety Diver I Nationally Registered EMT-B La State Police - HazMat Technician |
| Sam "Trip" Haynes III | Captain
Training Officer |
1999 | NFPA Firefighter-I, II NFPA Fire Service Instructor-I NFPA Fire Officer-I NFPA Hazardous Materials Operations NFPA Structural Collapse Rescue Specialist Technical Rescue-I, II, III Nationally Registered EMT-P La State Police - HazMat Technician |
| "Buster" Dewailly | Captain | 1990 | NFPA Firefighter-I & II NFPA Apparatus Operator NAUI Search/Recovery Diver ERT Certified Technical Rescue-I NFPA Hazardous Materials Operations Nationally Registered EMT-B |
| Chris Gibson | Captain Training Officer |
1987 | NFPA Firefighter-I, II & III NFPA Fire Service Instructor-I & II NFPA Fire Officer-I, II & III NFPA Apparatus Operator NFPA Fire Investigator-I NFPA Hazardous Materials Technician Technical Rescue-I, II & III Technical Rescue Instructor NAUI Search & Recovery Diver NAUI Divemaster PSDA Public Safety Diver I Nationally Registered EMT-P LA State EMS Instructor AHA BCLS Instructor Trainer |