Mike Gagliano has more than 33 years of fire/crash/rescue experience with the Seattle (WA) Fire Department and the United States Air Force. He retired as the captain of Ladder 5 and is an (honorary) member of Fire Station 31. He has written numerous fire service articles and is co-author of the bestselling books Air Management for the Fire Service, Challenges of the Firefighter Marriage, and the SCBA chapter of Fire Engineering’s Handbook for Firefighter I and II. He is a member of the Fire Engineering/FDIC International Advisory Board, a Firefighter Air Coalition board member, and an advisory board member of UL’s Fire Safety Research Institute. He co-hosts the FireEngineering.com radio Webcast “The Mikey G and Mikey D Show” and partners with his wife Anne to teach strategies for developing and maintaining a strong marriage/family.
