Gene Holcomb
Assistant Director for Fire & Life Safety
205-348-9581
Gene started at EHS in 2019 as the Assistant Director Fire and Life Safety. Prior to being at UA, Gene retired from Tuscaloosa Fire Rescue as Fire Marshal with 29 years of service. He received his B.A. in Criminal Justice from UA in 1984. Gene is a member of International Code Council and National Fire Protection Association.
Certifications:
ALABAMA FIRE COLLEGE AND PERSONNEL STANDARDS COMMISSION
- FIRE FIGHTER I – 1990
- FIRE FIGHTER II – 1996
- BREATHING APPARATUS SPECIALIST – 1990
- EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN – 1991
- FIRE INSTRUCTOR I – 1995
- FIRE INSTRUCTOR II – 2007
- RESCUE TECHNICIAN – 1995
- HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TECHNICIAN – 1999
- FIRE INVESTIGATOR I – 2002
- FIRE INVESTIGATOR II – 2015
- APPARATUS OPERATOR – 2003
- FIRE OFFICER I – 2003
- FIRE OFFICER II – 2004
- FIRE OFFICER Ill – 2009
- FIRE INSPECTOR I – 2004
- FIRE INSPECTOR II – 2010
- FIRE DEPARTMENT SAFETY OFFICER – 2003
- INCIDENT SAFETY OFFICER – 2003
- AIRPORT RESCUE FIRE FIGHTER (ARFF) – 2004
- CHILD SAFETY RESTRAINT TECHNICIAN – 2013
INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL
- FIRE INSPECTOR I – 2013
- FIRE INSPECTOR II – 2013
- FIRE PLAN EXAMINER – 2016
NATIONAL FIRE ACADEMY
- FIRE INSPECTOR – 2010
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
- NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 100 – 2009
- NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 300 – 2014
- NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 700 – 2005
- NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 704 – 2010
- NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 800 – 2007
. PUBLIC INFORMATION IN AN ALL-HAZARDS INCIDENT – 2014
TENNESSEE FIRE SERVICE AND CODES ENFORCEMENT ACADEMY
- WILDLAND- URBAN INTERFACE – 2013
Training:
- ALABAMA FIRE CHIEFS’ EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 2013 – 2018
- NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION {NFPA) FIRE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION
- NFPA CONFERENCE, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS – 2017
- NFPA ALABAMA SAFETY SUMMITT 2016 AND 2017
- NFPA 72 NATIONAL FIRE ALARM CODE SEMINAR 2013 – 2017
- FIRE MARSHAL ASSOCIATION OF ALABAMA SEMINAR 2013- 2016
- SOUTHEASTERN ASSOCIATION OF FIRE CHIEFS’ CONFERENCE – 2015
- CAMPUS FIRE SAFETY F OR UM, CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA – 2017