DOUG LEIHBACHER is a longtime fire service veteran and a battalion chief (ret.) with the Yonkers (NY) Fire Department. Leihbacher has written numerous articles on firefighting tactics for Fire Engineering, authored the vehicle fires chapter for Fire Engineering’s Handbook for Firefighter I and II, and has been an instructor at FDIC. He has a bachelor’s degree in education and an associate degree in fire protection technology. A certified fire investigator since 2000, Leihbacher conducts investigations of fires in the New York metropolitan area as a senior fire investigator with Russo Consultants.
