John Coyle

Actively involved in the Atascocita Volunteer Fire Department since 1986.  Joined as a volunteer Fire Fighter, and later became an EMS EMT-I.  Served AVFD as both Fire and EMS Lieutenants and Captains and as the Department Chief in 1990.John comes from a volunteer fire fighting family.  His father was volunteer Fire Fighter on Long Island, NY and he joined Wantagh FD in 1965.Joined ESD #46 in 2008. Was appointed to a vacated term of Gene Lubocki.  Successfully ran election campaign in 2009 and elected to current position.John had over 37 years of engineering and supervisory experience with ExxonMobil before retiring in 2006.  These experiences provide insight and direction for working with AVFD.John and his wife Karen have lived in Atascocita since 1986.  They have five adult children and four grandchildren.