A VINCE DUNN MEMORY MY LAST TOUR Around midnight on my last night tour in the FDNY, I looked out through the old wavy glass front windows from the second-floor office of the 1902 firehouse of Di­vision 3. There was snow falling and the glare of the old streetlight made the

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A VINCE DUNN MEMORY FUEGO! FUEGO! It is near the Christmas holidays, and I have two years on the job and am finally the senior guy with the nozzle assignment. We respond second due engine on the first alarm assignment to a top-floor fire in a six-story brick and joist tenement

A BIG QUESTION MOMENT: OPERATING ON A PEAKED ROOF OVER AN ATTIC FIRE IS A “BIG QUESTION” MOMENT! THE QUESTION IS WHAT IS THE RISK/BENEFIT OF THIS OPERATION? FOR MORE: vincentdunn.com

A VINCE DUNN MEMORY A 9/11 FIREFIGHTER/RESCUE/RECOVERY WORKER’S DEATH Tom Dunn joined FDNY in 2000 and assigned to Engine 240 Brooklyn 1. September 11, 2001 he responded to the world trade center terrorist attack where he survived collapse of the two towers. That whole day he

True or false 1. Over the past 50 years the fire service made more command life and death decisions than the military service (“The war that never ends.”) Answer_______ FOR MORE: vincentdunn.com

ABOUT LIFE-OR-DEATH DECISIONS DO YOU KNOW THERE ARE PRINCIPLES OF LIFE-OR-DEATH DECISIONS FIREFIGHTERS MAKE AT FIRES? IF YOU DON’T KNOW THE PRINCIPLES OF LIFE-OR-DEATH DECISIONS YOU MAKE AT FIRES READ THIS POST. FIREFIGHTERS MAKE THEM! PHILOSOPHERS/ THEOLOGIANS ONLY TALK

· BIG NEWS: The second edition of “My War Years,” (2026) is now available! Check out Amazon.com, only available here. · Soon, with old friends, FSP Books in Massachusetts. · WHATS NEW: This second edition contains 13 new vignettes, including: “Future of

ABOUT FIRE COMMAND Which is an incorrect answer when evacuating people during a bomb threat? A. Tell them to take coats and packages B. Tell them to lock desks and lockers C. Leave windows and doors open D. Designate a specific stair for occupants to leave the building Answer

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