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| March 12, 2010 | Lawrence Art Center, 940 New Hampshire St., Lawrence, Kan. |
This full-day training program examines in detail offensive and defensive firefighting strategy and tactics for the seven different occupancies listed below. Size-up, hose line positioning, aerial and ground ladder placement, interior and exterior fire spread problems, ventilation principles, search and rescue techniques, collapse-explosion-flashover dangers, and most important, safety and survival on the fire ground, will be studied. This firefighting strategy and tactic session will apply all of the above tactics to the following occupancies:
Vincent Dunn, M.A., B.A., A.A.S., Queens College, C.U.N.Y, served 42 years with the New York City Fire Department; seven as firefighter, nine as a company officer, and 26 years as chief officer, field commander—directing strategy and tactics at fires in high-rise buildings, low-rise buildings, major emergencies and hazardous material incidents. He is a fire analyst for NBC, CNN, FETN, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health; reviewer and commentator for national firefighter death investigations, National Institute of Standards and Technology; investigator of emergency response to World Trade Center on 9-11. As adjunct professor, Officer Dunn has taught fire courses at Manhattan College, John Jay College, and has taught at the National Fire Academy. He is the author of four fire-training textbooks, editor for FDNY Home Page, contributing editor for WNYF Magazine, Firehouse Magazine, & Fire Engineering Magazine, and is a longstanding member of the National Fire Protection Association, New York City Fire Chief Association, and New York State Association of Fire Chiefs.
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