37 Fire Service Leaders Graduate from Massachusetts Management Training Program

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More than three dozen fire service leaders from across Massachusetts graduated last Friday from the 28th class of the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy’s Chief Fire Officer Management Training Program.

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 and out-of-class assignments, the course delivers intensive training in the non-fire suppression aspects of managing a municipal fire department.

“The Chief Fire Officer program is a tremendous opportunity for new chiefs and rising officers,” said State Fire Marshal Peter J. Ostroskey, who graduated from the program in 2002. “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 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.

The 2022-2023 graduating class was drawn the fire departments of Acushnet, Barnstable, Belmont, Billerica, Bridgewater, Chelsea, Easthampton, Everett, Fitchburg, Framingham, Grafton, Granby, Halifax, Hanover, Holyoke, Hyannis, Ipswich, Lakeville, Maynard, Medway, Methuen, New Bedford, Newton, North Andover, North Attleboro, Oakham, Palmer, Pelham, Russell, Seekonk, Sturbridge, Tewksbury, Three Rivers, Truro, West Brookfield, Westport, and Worcester, where its members serve as chiefs, deputy chiefs, and captains.

Graduates:

Deputy Chief Daniel Baldwin Westport Fire Department
Chief Christopher Beal Barnstable Fire Department
Deputy Chief Kevin Benson Easthampton Fire Department
Chief William Bernat Palmer Fire Department
Deputy Chief Michael Caddell Newton Fire Department
Chief Christopher Coleman North Attleboro Fire Department
Chief Timothy Collins Truro Fire Department
Captain Jeffrey Cuozzo Halifax Fire Department
Chief David DeStefano Belmont Fire Department
Chief Michael Dutcher Framingham Fire Department
Chief Thomas Farland Acushnet Fire & EMS Department
Deputy Chief Michael Fasolino Medway Fire Department
Deputy Chief Frederick Freeman Hanover Fire Department
Deputy Chief Paul Guttadauro Tewksbury Fire Department
Chief Timothy Howe Oakham Fire Department
Chief John Kadlewicz Holyoke Fire Department
Deputy Chief Stephen Kennedy Billerica Fire Department
Chief Richard Lapierre West Brookfield Fire Department
Captain Angela Lawless Maynard Fire Department
Deputy Chief Sabato LoRusso Everett Fire Department
Chief Sandra Lowery Seekonk Fire Department
Deputy Chief David Martell Sturbridge Fire Department
Chief Eric Mathieu Grafton Fire Department
Deputy Chief Edward McGarry Chelsea Fire Department
Deputy Chief Brian Medeiros New Bedford Fire Department
Chief Dennis Nazzaro Pelham Fire Department
Chief Michael O’Brien Lakeville Fire Department
Chief Michael O’Neill Granby Fire Department
Deputy Chief Lee Prentiss Ipswich Fire Department
Chief Edward Renauld Russell Fire Department
Deputy Chief Adam Roche Worcester Fire Department
Deputy Chief Graham Rowe North Andover Fire Department
Deputy Chief John Schlatz Bridgewater Fire Department
Deputy Chief Mark Storie Hyannis Fire Department
Chief Dante Suarez Fitchburg Fire Department
Deputy Chief David Toto Methuen Fire Department
Chief Scott Turner Three Rivers Fire Department

About Michael Silvia

Served 20 years in the United States Air Force. Owner of New Bedford Guide.

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