JACK J. MURPHY, MA, retired fire marshal & former deputy chief of the Leonia (NJ) Fire Department, chairman of the New York City High-Rise Fire Safety Directors Association, a member of the NFPA High-Rise Building Safety Advisory, member of the 1620 Pre-Incident Planning committees. He has authored the RICS: Rapid Incident Command System Field Handbook, wrote the Preincident Planning chapter of Fire Engineering's Handbook for Firefighter I and II, coauthored Bridging the Gap: Fire Safety and Green Buildings, recipient of the 2012 Fire Engineering Tom Brennan Lifetime Achievement Award.