To www.NYFIRETraining.com, your destination for real world firefighting training and education. Text books are filled with all kinds of fundamentals on how to stay safe in the challenging and hostile environments we face in the fire service. NYFIRETraining’s programs exceed any text book’s approach to firefighting by applying numerous years of real world experience gained on countless runs in some of the busiest fire companies in the world.

NYFIRETraining was founded in 1994 by Captain Michael M. Dugan, a 32 year veteran of the fire service. Capt. Dugan has been a member of the FDNY for more than 20 years, currently serving as Captain of Ladder Co. 123, in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. He was an instructor at the inception of the FDNY's Annual Education Day and has developed programs currently taught to all FDNY members during the Annual Education Day. Captain Dugan has been a featured lecturer around the country and at both the "Firehouse Expo" and the "FDIC.” He is the lead instructor of the "Firehouse Expo” and “Firehouse Road Show" Engine and Truck Company Operations program and a "HOT" instructor at the "FDIC". He is a contributing editor to "Firehouse" magazine and the Firehouse.com Member’s Zone.

Now Captain Dugan has joined forces with several of the most sought-after instructors in the country to share valuable information about keeping firefighters alive. From basic fire company operations to managing dynamic emergency scenes through Incident Command, this NYFIRETraining will provide each student real world experience applying street fundamentals to solve problems they are sure to encounter in today’s fire service.