Chief Harry Carter, PhD-Rest In Peace

We regret to pass on that Dr. Harry R. Carter has passed away after an illness.

Harry retired in 1999 as a Suppression Division Battalion Commander with the Newark FD. During his tenure in Newark, he served as Chief of Training, Commander of the Hazardous Materials Response Team, and Administrative Assistant to the Fire Chief. He was also a past Fire Chief and former Training Officer of the Adelphia Fire Company, located in the Adelphia section of Howell Township, New Jersey. He also served as the Chaplain for Adelphia and the East Freehold Fire Company in Freehold Township, New Jersey.

Harry, a Vietnam Veteran (USAF) is a Fellow of the United States of America Branch of the Institution of Fire Engineers, Great Britain (FIFireE) and was Past President for the branch. He is a Life Member and former President of the International Society of Fire Service Instructors and is also a former President of the New Jersey Association of Fire Districts and the New Jersey Society of Fire Service Instructors.  He is a Life Member of the National Fire Protection Association. Harry had also served on the adjunct faculty of a number of community colleges in New Jersey, as well as the National Fire Academy in Maryland. He formerly served on the faculty of the School of Public Safety Leadership at Capella University in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Harry has been a contributing editor for Firehouse Magazine since 1990, and has been a long-time participant at their Firehouse EXPO, FDIC (since 1979) and IAFC’s Fire Rescue International.

Harry has lectured in twenty-six of the United States and in three Canadian Provinces, and is an honorary Citizen of the Province of Nova Scotia. Harry has authored or co-authored fourteen textbooks and written more than 2,500 articles for all of the major fire service trade journals and websites, as well as peer-reviewed journals.

More to follow.

Rest In Peace Chief.