Chief Bobby Halton is currently editor-in-chief of Fire Engineering magazine, editorial director for the Clarion Fire Rescue Group and education director of FDIC. A native New Yorker, he began his career in structural firefighting with the Albuquerque (NM) Fire Department and rose through the ranks to include chief of training.

Bobby was chief of operations until his retirement from Albuquerque in 2004. He then became chief of the Coppell (TX) Fire Department, then Bobby left Coppell to assume the duties as editor-in-chief of Fire Engineering Magazine.