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Denis Onieal

Principal
Onieal and Associates, LLC
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States

As the Deputy United States Fire Administrator, Dr. Denis Onieal was the senior career federal fire official responsible leading the United States Fire Administration (USFA) staff in the day-to-day operation of the organization — the annual training of over 140,000 first responders at and through the National Fire Academy; the National Fire Incident Reporting System, the USFA’s fire prevention, public information and public education programs; and the 26 campus buildings and the grounds of the historic National Emergency Training Center in Emmitsburg, Maryland.

Prior to his appointment as Deputy Fire Administrator, he served as Superintendent of the National Fire Academy. He began his career in the Jersey City Fire Department, rising through the ranks from firefighter to deputy chief, and then to acting chief, leading a uniformed force of 650 firefighters and officers. He spent his entire time "in the street" as a line firefighter and officer, including 15 years on the city’s two busiest ladder companies as a firefighter, lieutenant and captain.

Beginning on Sept. 12, 2001, he led the USFA’s team at the World Trade Center, working behind the scenes to help the New York City Fire Department re-establish their systems of command, control and on-site communications. In 2005, he was sent to Atlanta, Georgia, to lead the in-processing, training and dispatch of 4,000 firefighters to assist in the response to Hurricane Katrina. He served in leadership roles in almost every national disaster.

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