Jerry Knapp
Jerry Knapp is the chief of the Rockland County (NY) hazmat team and a former nationally certified paramedic. His is a 39-year veteran firefighter/EMT with the West Haverstraw (NY) Fire Department and a training officer at the Rockland County Fire Training Center in Pomona, NY. He is a member of the technical panel for the Underwriters Laboratories research on interior and exterior fire attack at residential fires. He has a degree in fire protection and is an adjunct professor of fire technology. He is a frequent contributor to Fire Engineering.