Collectively, the Brunacini’s have more than 100 years of experience in the fire service.
Alan Brunacini joined the Phoenix Fire Department in 1958. He served in every department position. He was promoted to Fire Chief in 1978 and retired in 2006. He is a graduate of the Fire Protection Technology program at Oklahoma State University. He has a degree in Political Science and MPA from Arizona State University. He is the past Chairman of the Board of the National Fire Protection Association and the NFPA Fire Service Occupational Safety Committee (standard 1500). He is the current Chairman of the NFPA Career Fire Service Organization and Deployment Committee (standard 1710). He is the author of Fire Command, Command Safety, Timeless Tactical Truths, Essentials of Fire Department Customer Service and The Anatomy and Physiology of Leadership. He is currently working on several other fire service books.
Nick Brunacini retired from the Phoenix Fire Department as a South Shift Commander in 2009. He joined the dept. in 1980. Nick worked his way through the ranks of the dept, working 7 years as a Firefighter on Engine Companies, then promoting to Captain and working 9 years on a Ladder Company. Nick served as a Battalion Chief for 5 years. He was then promoted to the rank of Shift Commander in 2001 and spent 5 years developing and instructing the Blue Card curriculum package taught at the PFD’s Command Training Center from 2002 to 2006. Nick is the author of B-Shifter – A Firefighters Memoirs, and is also the co-author of Command Safety, Fire Command and the Anatomy and Physiology of Leadership.
John Brunacini, is a retired Fire
Captain from the Phoenix Fire Dept (Oct. 2006). He served 26 years in the
positions of Firefighter, Engineer and his last 14 years as a Captain. As a
Captain he developed and managed the Phoenix Fire Network, he worked in the
field as the Company Officer on Ladder 11 B-shift for 9 years and he managed
the Command Training Center his last 3 years on the job, where he developed the
curriculum media packages used for Blue Card Command and Battalion training.
Prior to retirement he was working for the Glendale (AZ) Fire Dept as an
instructor at the GFD Regional Training Center. He is now instructing and
developing curriculum packages for both the Blue Card Command Certification
process.
