37 fire service leaders graduate from Management Training Program

STOW — Thirty-seven fire service leaders from throughout the state have graduated from the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy’s Chief Fire Officer Management Training Program.

In a press release, state fire officials describe the program, which ran for four months, as being designed for new chief officers and chief officer candidates. It’s delivered by the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy in collaboration with the UMass Boston Edward J. Collins Jr. Center for Public Management.

The course provides intensive training in the managerial aspects of leading a municipal fire department through classroom instruction, out-of-class assignments and student presentations.

State Fire Marshal Jon M. Davine, a 2016 program graduate, praised it as being a valuable opportunity for new chiefs and rising officers.

“The rigorous instruction in such a wide variety of topics will help these graduates provide the leadership that their departments and communities deserve,” Davine said in a statement. “Completing the program is a major accomplishment and I want to congratulate all of them on their initiative and dedication to professional development.”