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New Fire Chief: Challenging Issues O0760

Training Specialist


Ed Kensler
301-447-1158

Delivery type


2-day off-campus

ACE recommendation


There is no American Council on Education credit recommendation for this course.

Please note: This course is scheduled and delivered through your state's fire training agency. Please contact your state fire training agency for more information.

This 2-day course is designed to develop the managerial, administrative and leadership skills necessary for the first-time fire chief or chief officer who desires a leadership position in their department. This course addresses critical knowledge and skills pertaining to the responsibilities of a fire chief.

Topics covered include:

  • Local politics and the role of the chief officer.
  • Liability and risk management.
  • Resources and items of knowledge needed to become a first-time leader in a new position in an agency.

The primary recommended candidates for this course include new or emerging chief officers in a volunteer or combination fire department or emergency service organization.

The secondary recommended candidates are new career chiefs, department leaders or emerging leaders of a fire department or emergency service organization.

This course is open to all interested emergency services personnel, including volunteer, career and allied professionals.

The class is intended primarily for those who have served or will begin to serve soon in leadership positions and who seek to learn more effective ways of managing and leading their agency.

Recommended: Incident Command System (ICS)-100-level and ICS-200-level training. Preferred courses are Q0462 and Q0463, available through NFA Online.