Who advises and instructs the Roadrunner Hand Crew?
The crew’s staff consist of: Chief Tracy Rickman: Tracy Rickman began his Career in 1982 as a Firefighter with the US. Air Force. He was stationed at Grand Forks North Dakota, Egland Air Force Base, Florida and March Air Force Base in California. He obtained his Associate Degree in Fire Technology in 1986 from the Community College of the Air Force and his Bachelor’s Degree in Management in 1989 from Park College, Parkville MO. In 1990 he left the Air Force with 2 Commendation Medals and 1 Acheivement Medal and was hired by Northrop Grumman Fire Department (B-2 Division) as the Assistant Chief of Operations and Training. He became a State Certfied Hazardous Materials Instructor and State Certified Fire Instructor and was certified as a Fire Code Inspector by ICBO in 1992. In 1997, he was hired by Rio Hondo College and the South Pasadena Fire Department. He was the Fire Specialist for the South Pasadena Fire Department and left in 1999 for his tenure track position with Rio Hondo Colleg