James P. Smith

JAMES P. SMITH, a Firehouse^® contributing editor, is a retired deputy chief of the Philadelphia, PA, Fire Department. He is an adjunct instructor at the National Fire Academy and the author of the newly published third edition of the book Strategic and Tactical Considerations on the Fireground, published by Brady/Pearson, and the accompanying Strategic and Tactical Considerations on the Fireground Study Guide, third edition, published by Trafford Press. He may be contacted at JPSmithPFD@aol.com.