Executive Fire Officer Program Application Date for FY 08 Closing Soon

News Release Date: June 13, 2007

EMMITSBURG, MD- The U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) is taking this opportunity to remind interested candidates that the application date for the Executive Fire Officer Program (EFOP) is approaching. Interested candidates must submit their application package no later than June 30, 2007. Applicant packages received by this date will be considered for entry into the program scheduled between October 1, 2007 – September 30, 2008.

The EFOP is the USFA/National Fire Academy’s longstanding executive education program. With over 2,500 graduates, the EFO program is designed to provide senior officers and others in key leadership roles with:

An understanding of:
1. the need to transform fire and emergency services organizations from being reactive to proactive, with an emphasis on leadership development, prevention, and risk-reduction;
2. transforming fire and emergency services organizations to reflect the diversity of America's communities;
3. the value of research and its application to the profession; and
4. the value of lifelong learning.
Enhanced executive-level knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to lead these transformations, conduct research, and engage in lifelong learning.

The selected fire officers enhance their professional development through a unique series of four graduate and upper-division-baccalaureate equivalent courses. The EFOP spans a 4-year period with 4 core courses. Each course is 2 weeks in length. Each EFOP participant must complete an Applied Research Project that relates to their organization within 6 months after the completion of each of the four courses. A certificate of completion for the entire EFOP is awarded only after the successful completion of the final research project.

For more information and application forms, please visit the EFOP section of our Web site.