Skyscraper Battlespace: High-Rise Firefighting
The second edition of the high-rise firefighting title focused on the tactics, hazards, and command decisions that shape operations above the reach of the longest ladder.
Vincent Dunn Fireground Library
Street-tested command for the modern fireground.
Books, tactical training, and field lessons from retired FDNY Deputy Chief Vincent Dunn, built for officers, instructors, and companies that need clearer decisions under fire.
- 42
- Years FDNY command
- 11
- Fire service books
- NYC
- High-rise and collapse
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Build the reflex before the alarm.
Short, original lessons turn Chief Dunn's fireground experience into quizzable 5-minute studies
Terrorists Bomb Explosions
A fire truck, responding to an alarm during a street riot in upper Manhattan is firebombed; two FDNY firefighters are badly burned. A North Caldwell, N. J. executive opens a mailed package bomb in the kitchen
Training pathways
Choose the next way to study.
Study by format: books for depth, videos for demonstration, podcasts for context, and drills for the station table.
Drill
Training
Long-form fireground lessons for officers and companies.
Downloadable PDFsApplyStrategy Challenge
Test your size-up and command decisions with practical fireground scenarios.
Scenario drillsReadBooks
Explore Chief Dunn's books on command, construction, safety, and strategy.
11 fire service booksDiscussArticles
Brief articles designed for kitchen-table critique before the next alarm.
Company-level readsNew and essential
Featured books
Start with the second edition high-rise firefighting book, then move into the memoir, The Firefighter's Battlespace, and Life-or-Death Decisions.
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Authority forged in service
About Chief Vincent Dunn
Retired FDNY Deputy Chief Vincent Dunn brings the field notes, command experience, and plainspoken instruction firefighters trust when the building is already telling a story.
1957-1999
FDNY
Chief Vincent Dunn worked as a firefighter for 42 years in Manhattan and the Bronx where he climbed through the ranks to become Commander of FDNY Division 3.
Early 1970s-1980s
Professor
Chief Vincent Dunn taught at Manhattan College, and John Jay, City University where he taught Fire Design and Strategy and tactics.
2002
WTC Investigator
The National Institute of Standards and Technology selected Chief Vincent Dunn to serve as a consultant in its investigation into why the collapse of the World Trade Center.
2010-Present
Author, Teacher, Consultant
An accomplished author, Chief Vincent Dunn has written 11 books, including "Collapse of Burning Buildings." His books have served as the teaching curriculum and testing material in many fire departments.