Andrew A. Fredericks
Andrew A. Fredericks, a 21-year veteran of the fire service, was a firefighter with the Fire Department of New York (FDNY) Squad 18, one of five squad companies inside the First World Trade Center tower rescuing people when it collapsed on September 11, 2001. He was a New York state-certified fire instructor at the Rockland County Fire Training Center in Pomona, New York; an adjunct instructor at the New York State Academy of Fire Science; a field instructor for the Illinois Fire Service Institute; an instructor for the New York State Association of Fire Chiefs; and an adjunct lecturer at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City.
He was coauthor of FDNY’s engine company operations manual. He was a member of the editorial advisory board of Fire Engineering and FDIC International. He was president of Andrew A. Fredericks & Associates, Inc., a firm specializing in municipal fire service training and consulting. He had two bachelor’s degrees, one in political science and one in public safety, with a specialization in fire science, and a master’s degree in fire protection management from John Jay College of Criminal Justice. He developed the Fire Engineering “Bread and Butter” operations videos Advancing the Initial Attack Handline (1997), Stretching the Initial Attack Handline (1998), and Methods of Structure Fire Attack (1999).
