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Executive Skills Series: Exercising Leadership Within Communities F0520

Training Specialist


Keith Heckler
301-447-1380

Delivery type


2-day off-campus

Continuing education units


1.4

ACE recommendation


In the upper-division baccalaureate degree category, 1 semester hour in public administration.

The objective of this 2-day course is to provide fire service authority figures with knowledge and skills that enable them to exercise leadership when confronting adaptive challenges presented by increasingly diverse internal and external communities. The goal of the course is for participants to use the diversity of ideas, peoples and cultures as resources in exercising leadership to address adaptive challenges in their communities.

Pre-course materials and course syllabus

Instructions to download student manual.: https://nfa.usfa.fema.gov/ax/pcm/BYOD_Instructions_0520.pdf PDF 131KB
: https://nfa.usfa.fema.gov/ax/syll/syllabus_f0520.pdf PDF 138KB

The primary target audience is fire and emergency service personnel in positions of authority (executive-level officers) who have an opportunity to exercise leadership.

Note: Participants must be minimally assigned to a supervisory-level position (for example, a Company Officer).

Upcoming offerings

Email or call the official under Contact(s) if you are interested in attending a course.
Dates Availability Location Contact(s) CCP
April 15 - 16, 2023 Cancelled Salem, Oregon
Julie Olsen
Fire Program Manager
DPSST
503-378-2297
julie.olsen@dpsst.oregon.gov
Kayla Ballrot
Fire Certification Supervisor
DPSST
503-378-2596
kayla.ballrot@dpsst.oregon.gov
Aaron Bielemeier
Fire Training Coordinator
DPSST
503-302-5523
Aaron.Bielemeier@dpsst.oregon.gov
CCP
May 12 - 13, 2023 Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Daniel Copeland
Instructor
Louisiana Fire Marshal Fire Emergency Training Academy
318-451-3181
dcopeland343@outlook.com
TK Devall
Manager
Louisiana Fire Marshal Fire Emergency Training Academy
225-572-5094
timothy.devall@la.gov
CCP
June 5 - 6, 2023 Winnsboro, Louisiana
Daniel Copeland
Instructor
Louisiana Fire Marshal Fire Emergency Training Academy
318-451-3181
dcopeland343@outlook.com
Johnny Ogden
Instructor
Louisiana Fire Marshal Fire Emergency Training Academy
318-729-2677
johnny.odgen@la.gov
CCP
June 8 - 9, 2023 Lexington, Kentucky
Jimmy VanCleve
Coordinator
KY State Fire Rescue Training
270-273-3187
jimmy.vancleve@kctcs.edu
Marc Rudder
Director
KY State Fire Rescue Training
859-256-3189
marc.rudder@kctcs.edu
CCP
September 16 - 17, 2023 Brunswick, Maine
James A. Graves
Director
Maine Fire Service Institute
207-844-2078
jgraves@smccme.edu
James E. Roy
Deputy Director
Maine Fire Service Institute
207-844-2076
jroy2@smccme.edu
CCP