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Ronald B. Tezzano, EMT-P
With company since:  1972
HOMETOWN:  Fell Twp. 
OFFICES HELD:  Lieutenant

Experience:
November 2000 – present Lord & Taylor (Division of Federated Department Stores)
 Executive - Industrial Health & Safety Manager
June 1999 – January 2001 City of Carbondale – Bureau of Fire
 Fire Chief
June 1997 - present Lackawanna Jr. College
Instructor-Emergency Medical Response instructor in the ACT 120 Municipal Law Enforcement Officers Training Program.

September 1990 - July 1994 Bucks County Community College, Fire Training Program
Northeastern Pennsylvania Fire/Hazardous Materials Training Coordinator

March 1975 - July 1987 Community Medical Center 
Mobile Intensive Care Unit-National Registered/State Certified
 Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic  COMMAND #103
 

INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATIONS

AMERICAN RED CROSS
1999 Automated External Defibrillation (AED) 
1993 CPR & Emergency Response

AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
1999 Basic Cardiac Life Support 

PENNSYLVANIA STATE FIRE ACADEMY 
Emergency Response to Terrorism: Basic Concepts
Carbon Monoxide Detector Response
Emergency Vehicle Drivers Training 
Essentials of Fire Fighting - Module I
Introduction to Safety & the State Training System
Hazardous Material: Right to Know 
Hazardous Material: Awareness Level
Hazardous Material: First Responder Operations
Fire Service Rescue
Basic Vehicle Rescue
Special Vehicle Rescue
High Angle Rescue

PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 
Emergency Medical Technician (EMT-1)
Basic Vehicle Rescue Technician
EMS Continuing Education 

NATIONAL SKI PATROL
Outdoor Emergency Care 

CERTIFICATION

National Certification for Building Code Inspectors – BOCA 
Continuing Education Sponsor- PA Dept. of Health -EMS Systems #05-0016
National Ski Patrol-Montage Mt.- Winter Emergency Care 
Basic Trauma Life Support - American College of Emergency Physicians
Advance Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Provider - American Heart Association 
Emergency Medical Technician ? Paramedic II (EMT-PII) 
Basic Municipal Police Officer Training (Act 120) - PA State Police Academy
Emergency Medical Technician (EMT-1) - PA Department of Health 
 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Board of Directors - Emergency Medical Services of Northeastern Pennsylvania, Inc. (EMSNP)
1993 - 1997 Pennsylvania State Fire Commissioners' Task Force       "President's Firefighter Death Review Committee"
1992 - 1998 Protective Services Committee, Lackawanna County Vo-Tech School
1992 - 1995 Hazardous Material Officer, Lackawanna County Emergency Management
1990 - present Pocono International Raceway, Fire Department (NASCAR) Firefighter 
1985 -2000   National Ski Patrol / Montage Mountain Ski Patrol 
2000 - present   National Ski Patrol / Elk Mountain Ski Patrol 
1984 -1993   National Registry of EMT-Paramedics 
1973 - present   Carbondale Fire Department - Fire Fighter
     Captain (1978 - 1981 & 1993)
     Assistant Chief (1981 - 1983) 
1972 - present Cottage Hose Company Ambulance & Rescue
     Lieutenant (1991 - 2001)
     Paramedic (1997 - present)

CERTIFICATIONS & TRAINING
Uniform Building Code BOCA & ICC One & Two Family Dwelling Codes (60Hrs)
Instructor Development: Phase I, National Ski Patrol (20Hrs)
Automated External Defibrillation & CPR Instructor, American Red Cross (4Hrs) 
Emergency Response to Terrorism: Basic Concepts  (16Hrs)
Chemistry of Hazardous Materials, National Fire Academy (80Hrs)
Burn Trauma /Management of Prehospital Burn Patient -Lehigh Valley Hospital/ CMC (3Hrs)
Hazardous Materials EMS Operations Level II -USEPA (16 Hrs.)
ICS & The Hazmat Incident (3 Hrs.) -HAC
Hazmat Decontamination Principles & Practices-Advanced - HAC (3 Hrs.)
Computer Applications in Hazmat Response -HAC (1.5 Hrs.)
Roles & Responsibilities of the LEPC - HAC (1.5 Hrs.)
Accident Care Training, Charlotte Motor Speedway/Rowan-Cabarrus College, Concord, NC (16 Hrs)
American Red Cross CPR & First Aid Instructor (16Hrs)
HS-6 Portable Emergency Data System (PEDS) - Federal EMA 
Emergency Response to Hazardous Material Incidents - U.S. EPA (40 Hrs.)
Essentials Module I Instructor - PA State Fire Academy (4 Hrs.)
Hazardous Material Right to Know Instructor - PA State Fire Academy (8 Hrs.) 
Hazardous Material Operational (UPRR) - PA State Fire Academy (16 Hrs.)
Fire Officers - PA State Fire Academy (16 Hrs.)
Hazardous Material: Awareness Instructor - PA State Fire Academy (8 Hrs.)
Hazardous Material: Recognizing & Identifying (4 Hrs.)
Protective Breathing Apparatus 2 - PA State Fire Academy (16 Hrs.)
Basic Fire Prevention Inspections -PA State Fire Academy (16 Hrs.)
Rural Water Supply - PA State Fire Academy (16 Hrs.)
Aeromedical Safety - PA State Fire Academy (8 Hrs.)
Winter Emergency Care Instructor - Montage Mountain Ski Patrol
PA State Fire Academy Instructor
Basic Trauma Life Support - American College of Emergency Physicians (16 Hrs)
Bus Rescue 2 - PA State Fire Academy (16 Hrs.)
Advance Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Provider, American Heart Association (20Hrs) 
Fundamentals of Fire Fighting - PA State Fire Academy (45 Hrs.)
Basic Rescue Practices - PA Department of Health (68 Hrs.)
Basic Vehicle Rescue Instructor - PA Department of Health
Basic Vehicle Rescue - PA Department of Health (40 Hrs.)
Emergency Medical Technician Instructor - PA Department of Health (24 Hrs)
Structure Fire Fighting - NE PA Fire School (12 Hrs.)
Emergency Medical Technician ? Paramedic II (EMT?PII)  (500Hrs)
Basic Municipal Police Officer Training (Act 120) - PA State Police Academy (480Hrs)
Fundamentals of Fire Fighting - PA Fire School (45 Hrs.) 
Standard Fire Fighting - NE PA Fire School (16 Hrs.)
Emergency Medical Technician (EMT?1) - PA Department of Health (81Hrs)
 Emergency Ambulance Attendant - PA Department of Health (40Hrs)

 
For Emergency, Non-emergency and Wheelchair transportation call:
(570)282-4649
Cottage Hose Ambulance
provides Basic Life Support and Rescue services
to the City of Carbondale, 
Carbondale Township and  Fell Township. 
We also provide Advanced Life Support to over 20 surrounding 
communities with our Paramedic Services.
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