Deputy Chief Vincent Dunn (ret.) is safety consultant to the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), reviewing and commenting on firefighter fatalities. He was an expert consultant with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) department, investigating the World Trade Center emergency response on September 11, 2001. Dunn writes the column “Safety and Survival on the Fireground” for Firehouse magazine; he is an adjunct Professor at John Jay College, City University of New York; and he taught fire protection design at the Manhattan College civil engineering department. He was one of the original developers of the National Fire Academy’s course Command and Control of Fire Department Major Operations. Chief Dunn is a contributing editor for B Shifter e-magazine and Fire Engineering magazine. He is the author of four textbooks published by Fire Engineering Books and Videos: Safety and Survival on the Fireground (2nd edition, 2015); Collapse of Burning Buildings (2nd edition, 2010); Strategy of Firefighting (2007); and Command and Control of Fires and Emergencies (2000).
During a 42-year career with the FDNY, he served 7 years as firefighter, 10 years as a company officer, and 25 years a fireground chief officer, attending college at night with the assistance of the G.I. Bill, receiving an AAS in fire administration, a BA in sociology, and an MA in urban studies from Queens College, City University of New York.