Instructors
Tony Tricarico
Tony Tricarico
Tony Tricarico
Captain Tony Tricarico has been a member of the fire service since 1977 and was hired by the FDNY in 1981. Tony has served in the South Bronx, Brooklyn and Manhattan.
In 2002 he was assigned to the Special Operations Command where he served as the Captain of Squad 252 until his retirement on the last day of 2008.
Tony is a National, New Yo
Captain Tony Tricarico has been a member of the fire service since 1977 and was hired by the FDNY in 1981. Tony has served in the South Bronx, Brooklyn and Manhattan.
In 2002 he was assigned to the Special Operations Command where he served as the Captain of Squad 252 until his retirement on the last day of 2008.
Tony is a National, New York State and Maryland Fire Service Instructor III. He was an
instructor at the FDNY Technical Rescue School, with multiple disciplines, training many agencies as well as military personnel. Captain Tricarico has trained many FD’s throughout the country and is a former Deputy Chief Instructor at the Suffolk County Fire Academy. He additionally instructs and lectures throughout the country on engine op’s, truck op’s, RIT/ firefighter survival, and special operations tactics.
He has been the Lead
Instructor in the Fire Emergency Training Network and American Heat training video's on collapse, elevator operations and SCBA emergencies, to name a few.
Tony continues
to do training with different agencies and is formerly the Technical Operations Advisor
and Northeast Regional Director for Gel Tech Solutions FireIce operations, where he has
trained firefighters in the U.S., Europe and Asia Minor.
Tony studied Fire Science and Building Construction at John Jay College for Criminal
Justice in Manhattan and has been a presenter at FDIC, Firehouse Expo & World, as well as other major venues in the U. S. & Europe.
He was the keynote speaker at the Magirus International Valor Awards in Ulm, Germany in 2014, and presented to the Airport Fire Officers Association, Gatwick London on the attacks on 9/11/01, as well as other various venues in the U. S.
He is formerly a member of the Brentwood Volunteer Fire Department and the Mount
Sinai Volunteer Fire Department on Long Island and a former Chief of Department for Mount Sinai.
Tony was also a member of the United Communities Volunteer Fire Department on Kent Island Maryland, holding the PIO position and supervising the cadet program.
Captain Tricarico is a Contributing Editor and has had articles published in multiple fire related periodicals both in the U. S. and Europe.
John Cagno
Tony Tricarico
Tony Tricarico
Battalion Chief (ret.) John Cagno is a 40yr member of the Fire Service. He is a Nationally Recognized instructor and has previously presented classes at various venues such as Firehouse, FDIC Jersey City College and throughout Southern New England. He is an author and the founder of LEAD IT