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Executive Skills Series: Exercising Leadership Within Communities F0520

Training Specialist


Derrick Sawyer
301-447-1247

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://apps.usfa.fema.gov/ax/pcm/BYOD_Instructions_0520.pdf PDF 131KB
: https://apps.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
October 2 - 3, 2023 Tacoma, Washington
Howard Scartozzi
Chief Deputy State Fire Marshal
Washington Sate Patrol - Fire Prevention Bureau
425-401-7732
howard.scartozzi@wsp.wa.gov
Andy McAfee
Lieutenant
Pierce County Fire Training Consortium
253-538-6552
andy.mcafee@pcftc.org
CCP
October 28 - 29, 2023 Indianapolis, Indiana
John Shafer
Director
Indiana Fire Academy
317-281-2346
joshafer@dhs.in.gov
Jim Campbell
NFA State Contact
Indiana Fire Academy
317-987-4231
jacampbell1@dhs.in.gov
CCP
October 28 - 29, 2023 Cancelled Plainfield, Indiana
Jim Campbell
NFA State Contact
IDHS Fire & Public Safety Training Academy
317-281-2346
JaCampbell1@dhs.IN.gov
Robin Nicoson
Curriculum Director
IDHS Fire & Public Safety Training Academy
317-518-4645
rnicoson@dhs.in.gov
CCP
February 1 - 2, 2024 Pinetop, Arizona
Jeff Johnston
Certification Coordinator
AZCFSE
602-775-3387
jeff.johnston@azcfse.org
Charles Rose
Training Specialist
Pinetop Fire District
928-367-2199
crose@pinetopfire.com
CCP
June 11 - 12, 2024 Tupelo, Mississippi
David Pitts
Instructor Advanced
Mississippi State Fire Academy
601-932-2444
dpitts@msfa.ms.gov
Luke Smith
Instructor Advanced
Mississippi State Fire Academy
601-932-2444
jsmith@msfa.ms.gov
Brad Robinson
Chief of Operations
Tupelo Fire Department
662-841-6439
brad.robinson@tupeloms.gov
CCP
August 19 - 20, 2024 Columbia, South Carolina
Mike Dunlap
Education Specialist, NFA State Coordinator
South Carolina Fire Academy
803-896-9842
mike.dunlap@llr.sc.gov
Bonita Watters
Curriculum Manager
South Carolina Fire Academy
803-896-4074
bonita.watters@llr.sc.gov
CCP