Firefighters and Fellow Authors Celebrate Retired Chief Vincent Dunn’s Birthday
Retired Fire Department of New York (FDNY) Deputy Chief Vincent Dunn is nationally known for his firefighting, life-saving, and literary accomplishments.
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The Mikey G. and Mikey D. Show: Vincent Dunn
Mike Gagliano and Mike Dugan speak with fire service legend Vincent Dunn.
Podcast: The Built Environment
In this episode of "The Built Environment," host James Johnson is joined by special guests John Mittendorf and Vinnie Dunn to talk building construction.
Dunn’s Dispatch: Debris Disposal
Disposing of fire debris by throwing objects out of windows poses a threat to other firefighters on the fireground. Chief Vincent Dunn discusses salvage and overhaul operations.
More Vincent Dunn
Dunn’s Dispatch: Evacuating a Burning Building
There are several strategies for evacuating a burning building. Chief Vince Dunn discusses each of these strategies and their implications for fire suppression operations.
Dunn’s Dispatch: Terrorist Bomb Searching
Today, first-responding firefighters are being asked to take life-saving action at suspected bomb incidents. Vincent Dunn reviews some scenarios you may encounter and things to consider on such a response.
Dunn’s Dispatch: Rekindle Fires
Preventing a rekindle is a team responsibility. Vincent Dunn discusses the implications of a rekindle and the importance of overhaul operations.
Dunn’s Dispatch: Wood-Frame Collapse
Do you really know the dangers of wood-frame building collapse? Vince Dunn discusses some construction types that pose a danger to firefighters.
Dunn’s Dispatch: Conflagrations
Do you really know what the word "conflagration" means? Vince Dunn examines terms to classify large-scale fire incidents in various environments.
Dunn’s Dispatch: High-rise Fire Secret
How easy is it for firefighters to extinguish a fully involved high-rise office floor? Vince Dunn debunks one of the fire service's long-standing myths.
Dunn’s Dispatch: Stopping Fire Spread
Fire officers must know the basic construction types and understand the various ways flames can spread throughout each type of burning building.
Dunn’s Dispatch: Deadly Elevators
Fire experience and testing reveals flame, heat, and water cause elevators to malfunction. Vincent Dunn writes about a close call at a high-rise.