Chief Anthony Avillo's Bigger Picture
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Anthony Avillo, a 25-year veteran, is a deputy chief in North Hudson Regional (N.J.) Fire & Rescue, assigned as 1st Platoon Regional Tour Commander. Chief Avillo has a B.S. in Fire Science from New Jersey City University. He is an instructor at the Bergen County (N.J.) and Monmouth County (N.J.) Fire Academies. Avillo, an FDIC instructor, is a member of the FDIC advisory board and is an editorial advisor to Fire Engineering Magazine. He is the author of Fireground Strategies, 2nd edition (Pennwell 2008) and Fireground Strategies Workbook Volume II (Pennwell, 2009). Anthony is a contributing author of the Fire Engineering Firefighters Handbook (Pennwell 2008) and will be co-author of the Fire Engineering Firefighters Handbook Study Guide (Pennwell 2009).
“The Bigger Picture” is a monthly publication
featuring Chief Anthony Avillo’s thoughts, commentary and
perspective on a wide range of topics facing the Fire Service.
If you have any questions for Chief Avillo please feel free to
e-mail us at
staysafe@firenuggets.com.