Lane Spalla

Lane Spalla has been with The University of Arizona’s Office of Emergency Management since March of 2018. He works within various statewide university campus and community partner agencies emergency preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery efforts. 

He began public service a professional firefighter in 1981 serving numerous roles before departing Tucson’s Northwest Fire District a Battalion Chief in 2015 as a Shift Commander and manager of the Special Operations Team's hazardous materials and technical rescue programs. He served on the Command Staff of Arizona’s Urban Area Security Initiative assisting our state and nation in preventing, preparing for, and responding to terrorist attacks. He was a Command Staff member of Arizona's Metropolitan Medical Response System for public health emergencies involving mass casualties, epidemic disease outbreaks, hazardous materials exposures, and natural disasters. Lane has been an instructor with various organizations including Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs and the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation. He served 15 years as a Master Instructor with the International Association of Firefighters where he helped develop and facilitate weapons of mass destruction and hazardous materials preparedness and response training in over 40 national and international communities. 

Lane holds advanced professional certifications from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and U.S. Department of Homeland Security in the National Preparedness System, National Incident Management System, and is a Certified Emergency Manager with the International Association of Emergency Managers. He is a lifelong learner and graduate of the University of Arizona’s College of Medicine Paramedic Program, attended Arizona State University where he received his Bachelor’s in Public Administration, and a Master’s Degree in Emergency Management and Homeland Security. Lane is married and together he and his wife are proud parents of two University of Arizona graduates.