Dr. Harry R. Carter, MIFireE, CFO, is an internationally-known municipal fire protection consultant, author, lecturer, and veteran fire officer.  He currently serves as a fire commissioner and is Chairman of the Board of Fire Commissioners for Fire District #2 in Howell Township, New Jersey.   Dr. Carter has also served on the adjunct faculty of a number of community colleges in New Jersey, as well as the National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg, Maryland.

He retired in 1999 as a Suppression Division Battalion Commander with the Newark Fire Department in New Jersey. During his tenure in Newark, he served as Chief of Training, Commander of the Hazardous Materials Response Team, and Administrative Assistant to the Fire Chief.  He is also a past Fire Chief and former Training Officer of the Adelphia Fire Company, located in the Adelphia section of Howell Township, New Jersey.  He currently serves as Chaplain.

Dr. Carter is a former President of the International Society of Fire Service Instructors, and is currently serving on the Board of Directors of the New Jersey Society of Fire Instructors as the Secretary/Treasurer.  He is also the Vice President of the New Jersey Association of Fire Districts.  Dr. Carter also is a Member of the Institution of Fire Engineers, Great Britain (MIFireE) and serves as Secretary of the American Branch.

He has been a contributing editor for Firehouse Magazine since 1990, and is a frequent participant at their Firehouse EXPO in Baltimore, Maryland.   His weekly commentary appears on the front page of Firehouse.Com as well as on this website. He also serves as a contributing editor for the Pennsylvania Fireman, and as a national correspondent for 1st Responder Newspapers.

He has been a frequent contributor to American Fire Journal, Fire Chief, and Fire Engineering magazines. For many years he wrote a monthly column for The Voice, the membership magazine of ISFSI.  A frequent lecturer at seminars in the United States and Canada, Dr. Carter has appeared at the Fire Department Instructors Conference (FDIC) since 1979. He has lectured in twenty-three of the United States and in three Canadian Provinces. He is an honorary Citizen of the Province of Nova Scotia.

He has authored seven textbooks and written more than 1,500 articles for all of the major fire service trade journals and websites.  He has also been published in the New York Times, and the Asbury Park Press.  He is currently listed in Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in America, and Who's Who in the East.