S. Dale Hancock
Fire Chief
Joined ESFD 1980
B.S., Electrical Engineering, 1974
Registered Professional Engineer, Louisiana
NFPA - Firefighter-I, II & III
NFPA - Fire Officer-I, II, III &IV
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
Keith Smith
Assistant Chief, Fire Inspector, Fire Investigator, Training Officer, PIO (Public Information Officer)
Joined ESFD 2004
AOS Fire Science 2002
NFPA - Firefighter-I & II
NFPA – Industrial Firefighter
NFPA - Fire Officer-I, II, III, IV
NFPA - Fire Service Instructor-I & II
NFPA - Hazardous Materials Operations
NFPA - Apparatus Operator
NFPA - Fire Investigator
NFPA - Inspector I
NAFI - Nationally Certified Fire & Explosion Investigator
NAFI - Nationally Certified Fire & Explosion Investigator Instructor
LA Fire Marshal Certified Inspector-I
ROCO - Technical Rescue-I
ROCO - Structural Collapse Rescue
NAUI - SCUBA Open Water Diver
PSDA - Public Safety Diver I
Nationally Registered EMT-B
POST Certified
Brian Besson
Captain, PIAL / ISO & Accreditation Manager, Geographic Information Systems, PIO (Public Information Officer), Public Education Officer
Joined ESFD 2002
B.S., Business Management, 2000
NFPA - Firefighter-I & II
NFPA - Fire Officer-I, II, III, IV
NFPA - Fire Service Instructor-I & II
NFPA - Fire Service Inspector -I
NFPA - Hazardous Materials Operations
NFPA - Apparatus Operator
NAUI - SCUBA Advanced Diver
NAUI - SCUBA Rescue Diver
PSDA - Public Safety Diver I
Nationally Registered EMT-B
ESRI - ArcGIS I & II
CPSE - Accreditation Manager
CPSE - Peer Assessor Level II
Larry Montelaro
Captain, Training Officer, Maintenance Officer, Inspector
Joined ESFD 2000
NFPA - Firefighter-I & II
NFPA - Fire Officer-I, II,
NFPA - Fire Service Instructor-I, II
NFPA - Fire Service Inspector -I
NFPA - Hazardous Materials Operations
NFPA - Apparatus Operator
NFPA - Fire Investigator
NAFI - Nationally Certified Fire & Explosion Investigator
NAUI - SCUBA Open Water Diver
PSDA - Public Safety Diver I
Nationally Registered EMT-B
John Taylor
Captain, MIS / Network Administrations
Joined ESFD 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
Chris Gibson
Captain, Chief Medical Officer, Training Officer, Technical Rescue Officer, Dive Team Officer
Joined ESFD 1987
Nationally Registered EMT-Paramedic
NFPA – Firefighter I, II & III
NFPA – Apparatus Driver Operator – Pumper
NFPA – Fire Officer I, II & III
NFPA – Fire Instructor I & II
NFPA – Fire Investigator I
NFPA – Fire Inspector I
NFPA – Hazardous Materials Technician
National Fire Academy Haz-Medic
Technicial Rescue I, II & II
Technicial Rescue Instructor
NAUI – Divemaster
PSDA – Master Public Safety Diver
Louisiana EMS Instructor
AHA – BCLS Instructor
AHA – ACLS Instructor
NAEMT – Advanced Medical Life Support Instructor
Adjunct Faculty – Louisiana State University Fire & Emergency Training Institute
Peppy Doughty
Captain
Joined ESFD 1976
NFPA - Firefighter-I, II & III
NFPA - Fire Service Instructor-I & II
NFPA - Fire Officer-I, II & III
NFPA - Apparatus Operator
NFPA - Hazardous Materials Operations
Technical Rescue-I
Safety Officer
Vehicle Rescue
Nationally Registered EMT-B
Sam “Trip” Haynes III
Captain, Training Officer
Joined ESFD 1999
NFPA - Firefighter-I & II
NFPA - Fire Service Instructor-I & II
NFPA - Fire Officer-I
NFPA - Apparatus Operator
NFPA - Hazardous Materials Technician
Technical Rescue-I & II
Structural Collapse
Confined Space Rescue
Trench Rescue
Vehicle Rescue
Nationally Registered EMT-P
Emergency Vehicle Training
Christopher Toucey
Firefighter / Operator, Assistant Accreditation Manager, Inspector
Joined ESFD 2008
NFPA - Firefighter-I & II
NFPA - Fire Service Instructor-I & II
NFPA - Fire Officer-I & II
NFPA - Fire Service Inspector -I
NFPA - Apparatus Operator
NFPA - Hazardous Materials Operations
Nationally Registered EMT-B
NAUI – SCUBA Advanced Diver
Chase Hebert
Firefighter / Operator
Joined ESFD 2008
NFPA - Firefighter-I & II
NFPA - Apparatus Operator
NFPA - Hazardous Materials Operations
Nationally Registered EMT-B
NAUI – Open Water Diver
Rescue I & II
Cory Torres
Firefighter / Operator
Joined ESFD 2009
NFPA - Firefighter-I & II
NFPA - Apparatus Operator
NFPA - Hazardous Materials Operations
NFPA - Fire Service Instructor-I
Nationally Registered EMT-B
Aaron Cousino
Firefighter / Operator
Joined ESFD 2009
NFPA - Firefighter-I & II
NFPA - Hazardous Materials Operations
NFPA - Apparatus Operator
First Responder
Kavon Ghassemi
Firefighter / Operator
Joined ESFD 2009
B.S., Industrial Technologies 2008
NFPA - Firefighter-I & II
NFPA - Hazardous Materials Operations
NFPA - Apparatus Operator
NFPA - Fire Service Instructor-I
Nationally Registered EMT-B
Lee Dagro
Firefighter / Operator
Joined ESFD 2010
NFPA - Firefighter-I & II
NFPA - Hazardous Materials Operations
NFPA - Apparatus Operator
NFPA - Fire Service Instructor-I
Nationally Registered EMT-B
Trent Thibodeaux
Firefighter / Operator
Joined ESFD 2011
NFPA - Firefighter-I & II
NFPA - Hazardous Materials Operations
NFPA - Apparatus Operator
First Responder
Matt Gallman
Firefighter / Operator
Joined ESFD 2011
NFPA - Firefighter-I & II
NFPA - Hazardous Materials Operations
Bobby Westbrook
Firefighter / Operator
Joined ESFD 2011
NFPA - Firefighter-I & II
NFPA - Hazardous Materials Operations
NFPA - Apparatus Operator
NFPA - Fire Service Instructor-I
First Responder