BIO – E.A. “TED” GEARE III

Assistant Fire Chief (Ret.), Tucson Fire Department

Founding Member

Ted Geare, a native Tucsonan, served with the Tucson Fire Department for over 32 years, retiring in October 2005. He earned an associate degree in fire science from Pima Community College, a bachelor’s degree in management from the University of Phoenix, and is a graduate of the Executive Fire Officer Program at the National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg, Maryland. Ted has served on the State of Arizona Emergency Medical Services Council boards, the American Red Cross Association, and, from 1991 to the present, the Comstock Children’s Foundation of Tucson. He has volunteered with a group of retired firefighters for nearly two decades, restoring TFD antique fire apparatus. The completed projects include a 1928 Ahrens-Fox pumper, a 1923 American-LaFrance pumper, and a 1923 American-LaFrance ladder truck. The restoration team is now working on their fourth and final apparatus, a 1930 ALF Quad.