page_title: Rick Lasky
section_title: Lewisville chief
hierarchical_section_title: Rick Lasky / Lewisville chief
caption_attribution_description: English: drums fire groups
context_page_description: Richard "Rick" Lasky is an emergency services consultant, author, motivational speaker, and former chief of the Lewisville, Texas Fire Department. Originally from the Chicago area, Lasky worked in various capacities for police and fire departments in Illinois and Idaho before moving to Lewisville, where he was the city's fire chief for 11 years. He retired as chief in 2011 to become a full-time consultant and educator. He has written one book and co-authored another.
context_section_description: Lasky was hired as chief of the fire department in Lewisville, Texas in April 2000. After the September 11 attacks, Lasky, who knew many New York firefighters and was a close friend of chief Peter Ganci, and the Lewisville Fire Department gained national attention when they raised over $200,000 for the families of New York Firefighters. The fundraising effort caught the attention of John Travolta, who visited Lewisville as a favor to Lasky while promoting the film Ladder 49. In 2004, Lasky formed a pipe band honor guard for the Lewisville Fire Department, and in 2008, the department began holding the Keeping Tradition Alive Symposium, which brings hundreds of members of various pipe honor guards representing various firefighting units across the country. In 2011, Lasky was honored on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives by Congressman Michael C. Burgess.
caption: Stacked bass drums during the 2011 Keeping Tradition Alive event in Lewisville
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