RACERS MARKS PASSING OF JAMES MURTAGH, FORMER FDNY ASSISTANT CHIEF, AUTHOR, JOHN JAY FACULTY

RaCERS Faculty, Fire and Emergency Services faculty marked the passing of James Murtagh. Murtagh, reached the rank of Assistant Chief of Training for the FDNY, and  was widely known and respected visionary for the fire service. Murtagh also taught for any years as an adjunct in the Fire Service Administration and Protection Management programs, where he influenced several generations of leaders in fire and emergency services.

Former RaCERS Director Charles Jennings and former Adjunct Instructor and alum John Grasso represented the College’s programs at the wake.  Murtagh taught Jennings and Grasso. Grasso also worked directly with Chief Murtagh at FDNY.

For more information, please refer to this announcement from Fire Engineering books, publishers of his co-authored book on High Rise Buildings, coauthored with Jerry Tracy and Jack Murphy, also an alum and adjunct in the emergency services administration program. https://www.fireengineering.com/fire-safety/longtime-fdic-instructor-fire-service-icon-james-murtagh-passes/