John Lightly is a battalion chief for a career urban fire department in northeastern Ohio. He has been a member of the fire service for 27 years, getting his start as a volunteer in a small rural department. Lightly is a state of Ohio Paramedic, Fire Instructor, Live Fire Instructor, Incident Safety Officer, Fire Officer 1 and Fire Officer 2. He is part of the instructor cadre for Insight Training LLC and is certified as a Level 1 Thermographer.