Section 5

Ronald Tocci

Dallas Fire Dept. (DAL)

469-693-9876

section5director@arffwg.org

Ronnie Tocci entered the fire service in 1985, became a career firefighter in 1992, and has been a member of the Dallas Fire Department since 2000. He currently holds the rank of Fire Captain and is assigned to the Emergency Response and Special Operations Bureau as the Training Coordinator for the department’s Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) Program. He functions as the Assistant ARFF Coordinator and is responsible for management of the ARFF training program. This includes curriculum development and revision, training record management, compliance reporting, as well as administration of both the recurrent ARFF training program as well as the ARFF apparatus driver qualification program. He also serves as a liaison between the fire department and the Department of Aviation regarding ARFF matters at Dallas Love Field (DAL), Dallas Executive Airport (RBD), and the Dallas CBD Vertiport (49T). He earned a B.A. from Southeastern Louisiana University (Hammond, Louisiana), two A.A.S. degrees from Weatherford College (Weatherford, Texas), and holds numerous professional certifications, designations, and/or licensure from the Texas Commission on Fire Protection (TCFP), the American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE), and the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS). He is also involved the following ARFF-related projects: • Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Panel Member – ACRP 04-31 • International Fire Service Training Association (IFSTA) ARFF 7th Edition Textbook Validation Committee • National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) ARFF Technical Committee (Alternate Member) • Texas Commission on Fire Protection’s (TCFP) ARFF Ad-Hoc Committee He has been a member of the ARFFWG since 2013. Prior to his election to the Board of Directors, he served for several years as the Texas State Coordinator and later, the Section 5 Manager.