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The Suffolk Police and Dix Hills Fire Department responded to an driver was trapped. Firefighters removed the driver and transportaccident at the intersection of Vanderbilt Parkway and Deforest ed him to Huntington Hospital suffering non-life threatening - Fire News photo by Joseph C. Sperber Road on October 21, 2016. A vehicle traveling east on Vanderbilt injuries. Parkway lost control striking a tree and overturning. The male
FDIC Speakers Corner Rick Lasky Rick Lasky, a 35-year veteran of the fire service, is Chief (ret.) of the Lewisville (Texas) Fire Department. He began his career as a firefighter on the southwest side of Chicago. While in Illinois, he received the 1996 International Society of Fire Service Instructors Innovator of the Year award for his part in developing the “Saving Our Own” program. He was the co-lead instructor for the H.O.T. Firefighter Survival program at FDIC for more than 10 years, is an editorial advisory board member of Fire Engineering, and also serves on the FDIC advisory board. He is the author of Pride and Ownership - A Firefighter’s Love of the Job and Five Alarm Leadership: from the Firehouse to the Fireground (Fire Engineering) and is the co-host of the radio show “The Command Post” on Fire Engineering Talk Radio. He has an associate’s degree in fire science from Columbia Southern University and was selected as the CSU 2012 Distance Education and Training Council Outstanding Graduate. Don’t miss the 2017 FDIC Int’l Opening Ceremony Presentation of the Tom Brennan Lifetime Achievement Award to Chief (ret.) Rick Lasky, and a look at previous winners including such fire service legends as Alan Brunacini, Ray Downey, Denis Onieal, John Norman, Vincent Dunn, Francis Brannigan, Bill Peters, and Ron Siarnicki. This award is named for Fire Engineering Editor in Memoriam Tom Brennan, who embodied a lifetime of achievement in the fire service.