John Norman

Mar 30, 2024 | fireengineeringbooks.com | John Salka |John Norman |Paul Combs |Anthony Avillo

Battalion Chief John Salka (ret.) is a 40-plus year veteran of the fire service. He served with the FDNY for over 33 years, the last 15 years a battalion chief in the 18th Battalion in the Bronx. Chief Salka received the FDIC Lifetime Achievement Award in 2022. He has presented and lectured at FDIC International where he received the 2001 FDIC Training Achievement Award for his "Get Out Alive" firefighter survival training program.

Mar 29, 2024 | fireengineeringbooks.com | Rick Lasky |John Norman |Paul Combs |Anthony Avillo

Chief (ret.) Rick Lasky, a 40-year veteran of the fire service, served as chief of the Lewisville (TX) Fire Department for 12 years. Chief Lasky followed in his father’s footsteps, beginning his career as a firefighter in the suburbs on the southwest side of Chicago, and has been a line firefighter, firefighter-paramedic, company grade officer, training officer, and command-level officer.