SAUGUS — Deputy Fire Chief Thomas D’Eon was one of 36 fire service leaders from across the state to graduate from the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy’s 14-week Chief Fire Office Management Training program.
The program trains non-fire suppression aspects of managing fire departments, including human resource management, ethics, executive leadership and legal issues, public finance, community awareness, public relations, and labor relations.
It was developed in accordance with National Fire Protection Association Standards for chief fire officers, and is delivered jointly by the Edward J. Collins Jr. Center for Public Management at the University of Massachusetts and the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy.
“These fire service leaders are committed to continually developing their management and leadership skills in order to provide the highest level of service to the communities they protect,” said State Fire Marshal Peter Ostroskey in a statement.
Participants write a formal applied research paper that identifies a current problem or challenge faced by their organization and proposes a viable solution. They must then present it to a panel of municipal officials for their consideration.
