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Lieutenant (ret)
Fire Department of New York
Massapequa, New York, United States
Tony Mussorfiti was a member of the Fire Department of New York (FDNY) from 1988 to 2010. During his tenure, he served as a Firefighter, Lieutenant, a Hazardous Materials Technician Specialist and a Hazardous Materials Instructor. Along with Battalion Chief Robert Ingram, he established the FDNY Hazardous Materials Technician Training School and emergency response programs specific to terrorist incidents involving Hazardous Materials & Weapons of Mass Destruction. The school has trained more than 10,000 members of the FDNY.
He was assigned to the FDNY Center for Terrorism and Domestic Preparedness, where he was involved with the development of response protocols and drills & exercises for terrorist incidents. Since 2006, he represented the fire department and the city as a member or Chairperson on the following Working Groups:
• NFPA 475 Recommended Practices for Organizing, Managing, & Sustaining a Hazardous Material/WMD Emergency Response Program
• NFPA 472 Standards for Response to Hazardous Material and Weapons of Mass Destruction
• ASTM E 54 Department of Homeland Security’s Standard Practice for Response to Radiological Emergencies.
Since 2003, he has been a member of the Inter-Agency Board (IAB) Training & Exercise Sub-Group. Additionally, he has been involved with the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Hazardous Materials Training and International Counter-proliferation Program in the former Soviet Union since its inception.