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The Massachusetts Firefighting Academy recently kicked off this year's Chief Fire Officer Management Training Program, a four-month program for new chiefs and rising officers. The course is delivered jointly by the MFA and the UMass Boston Edward J. Collins Jr. Center for Public Management, and addresses the administrative, organizational, and executive leadership duties that today's chief officers are entrusted with. Good luck to all our students! | Massachusetts Department of Fire Services

The Massachusetts Firefighting Academy's Chief Fire Officer Management Training Program provides new and rising command staff with intensive training in the non-fire suppression aspects of managing a municipal fire department. The annual course is offered in partnership with the UMass Boston Collins Center and covers human resource management, executive leadership, governmental and organization structures, and much more. State Fire Marshal Davine recently spoke with this year's class, followed b

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