Timothy J. Solobay (born March 20, 1956) is a Pennsylvania politician who served as the Fire Commissioner of Pennsylvania from 2015 to 2017. A Democrat, he previously served as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate.

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Tim Solobay
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Pennsylvania Fire Commissioner
In office
January 20, 2015  December 2017
GovernorTom Wolf
Preceded byEd Mann
Member of the Pennsylvania Senate
from the 46th district
In office
January 4, 2011  January 6, 2015
Preceded byBarry Stout
Succeeded byCamera Bartolotta
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
from the 48th district
In office
January 5, 1999  November 30, 2010
Preceded byAnthony Colaizzo
Succeeded byBrandon Neuman
Personal details
Born (1956-03-20) March 20, 1956 (age 68)
Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
ResidenceCanonsburg
Alma materCalifornia University of Pennsylvania
California Coast University
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Formative years

Born in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania on March 20, 1956, Solobay graduated from the Washington Hospital School of Radiologic Technology (Washington, Pennsylvania) in 1976. He received a B.S. in Radiologic Technology from California University of Pennsylvania in 1984 and a B.S. in Business Management from an online program through the California Coast University in 1990. (California Coast University was not nationally accredited at the time he was taking online classes there; however, it was accredited by the State of California, and gained national distance learning accreditation in 2005.)[1][2]

Public service career

Solobay is the chief of the Canonsburg Volunteer Fire Department, and he was formerly a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives before his election to the Pennsylvania Senate. He was defeated for re-election to the state senate in 2014 by Republican Camera Bartolotta. He was then named the new State Fire Commissioner by Governor Tom Wolf. He resigned as Pennsylvania Fire Commissioner in late December 2017. Bruce Trego has been appointed as acting commissioner by Gov. Tom Wolf.[3]

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