Jeff Fortney

editor of Principles of Vehicle Extrication and Fire and Emergency Services Orientation and Terminology

February 4, 2012

Jeff Fortney is a senior editor at Fire Protection Publications (FPP). He has served as project manager on International Fire Service Training Association's (IFSTA) Plans Examiner (1st edition), Industrial Exterior and Structural Fire Brigades (1st edition), Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (5th edition), Vehicle Extrication (3rd edition), Orientation and Terminology (5th edition), and Company Officer (5th edition) manuals. He has also served as a photographer on numerous FPP and IFSTA projects over the last 10 years.

Fortney spent more than 12 years in the United States Air Force as a Fire Protection Specialist, Rescue Crew Chief, and ARFF Driver/Operator and Crew Chief at Davis-Monthan AFB (AZ), Kunsan AB (ROK), and Williams AFB (AZ). He served as a Master Instructor at the USAF Fire School at Chanute AFB (IL) during his time in the USAF and as a Department of Defense civilian Master Instructor and Training Specialist at the DOD Fire Training Academy at Goodfellow AFB, Texas.

The 3rd edition of Principles of Vehicle Extrication contains updated information on the hazards presented by extrication operations, vehicle extrication incident management, vehicle anatomy, passenger restraint systems, vehicle extrication tools and equipment, hybrid-powered vehicles, machinery extrication situations and procedures, and emergency medical system considerations at extrication operations.

URL: https://library.okstate.edu/news/celebratingbooks/2012-honorees/jeff-fortney

Last Updated: 12 January 2022