37 Fire Service Leaders Graduate from Management Training Program

STOW—More than three dozen fire service leaders from across Massachusetts graduated today from the 30th class of the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy’s Chief Fire Officer Management Training Program, State Fire Marshal Jon M. Davine said.

The four-month program for new chief officers and chief officer candidates is delivered jointly by the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy and the University of Massachusetts Edward J. Collins Jr. Center for Public Management. Through classroom instruction, out-of-class assignments, and student presentations, the course delivers intensive training in the managerial aspects of leading a municipal fire department.

“The Chief Fire Officer program is a tremendous opportunity for new chiefs and rising officers,” said State Fire Marshal Jon M. Davine, who graduated from the program in 2016. “The rigorous instruction in such a wide variety of topics will help these graduates provide the leadership that their departments and communities deserve. Completing the program is a major accomplishment and I want to congratulate all of them on their initiative and dedication to professional development.”

The Chief Fire Officer Management Training Program covers a spectrum of topics considered essential for effective public sector management. It includes human resource management, ethics, executive leadership, governmental and organization structures, information management, customer-focused strategic planning, legal issues, budgets and public finance, community awareness, and labor relations. The curriculum helps fire officers improve their ability to lead and manage personnel, understand employees’ needs and problems, communicate effectively to a variety of audiences, and leverage inter-agency cooperation.  The Massachusetts Firefighting Academy, a division of the Department of Fire Services, offers this program tuition-free.

Graduates:

Acton Fire Department                    Deputy Chief Chris Sammet

Bellingham Fire Department           Deputy Chief Robert Provost

Bondsville Fire Department            Acting/Interim Chief Michael Germaine

Boylston Fire Department               Deputy Chief Matthew Ronn

Braintree Fire Department              Acting/Interim Chief Frederick Viola

Bridgewater Fire Department         Deputy Chief Glen Grafton

Centerville-Osterville-Marstons

Mills Fire Department                      Deputy Chief Patrick Hill

Chelmsford Fire Department          Deputy Chief Ryan Houle

Edgartown Fire Department           Assistant Chief Joshua Baker

Fitchburg Fire Department              Assistant Chief Patrick Haverty

Framingham Fire Department        Deputy Chief Will Gingras

Franklin Fire Department                Battalion Chief William Blanchard

Georgetown Fire Department         Chief Matthew McKay

Holden Fire Department                  Assistant Chief Christopher Montiverdi

Holliston Fire Department               Assistant Chief Brian Kelley

Hudson Fire Department                 Deputy Chief Brian Harrington

Lexington Fire Department             Assistant Chief Donald Chisholm

Longmeadow Fire Department      Deputy Chief John Rigney

Marlborough Fire Department        Assistant Chief Jeffrey Gogan

Medford Fire Department                Chief Todd Evans

Nahant Fire Department                 Chief Austin Antrim

Newbury Fire Department               Acting/Interim Chief David Evans

Plainville Fire Department              Acting/Interim Chief Robert Skinner

Plymouth Fire Department              Battalion Chief Brian Baragwanath

Reading Fire Department               Assistant Chief Richard Nelson

Rutland Fire Department                 Deputy Chief Ryan Quinn

Seekonk Fire Department               Chief Shaun Whalen

South Hadley-District 2

Fire Department                               Chief Ryan Moore

Springfield Fire Department           District Chief Miguel Rivera

Sutton Fire Department                   Deputy Chief Robin Dresser

Three Rivers Fire Department       Chief Stephen Nodurf

Tisbury Fire Department                 Acting/Interim Chief Patrick Rolston

Turners Falls Fire Department       Chief Todd Brunelle

Webster Fire Department               Deputy Chief Jeffrey Saad

Westborough Fire Department       Deputy Chief Stephen Doucet

Westwood Fire Department            Deputy Chief Christian Pierce

Wilbraham Fire Department           Deputy Chief Mathew Walch

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