New Executive Chief Officer

Where:  Vermont Fire Academy
When: March 9 - 14, 2025
Application deadline:  January 31, 2025

Please submit an application to DPS.VFAApplications@vermont.gov

This 6-day course is designed to develop the managerial, administrative, and leadership skills necessary for the first-time executive chief officer and chief officers who desire a leadership position in their agency. This course addresses critical knowledge and skills pertaining to the responsibilities of an executive chief officer such as:

• Leadership and management.
• Politics and the role of an executive chief officer.
• Planning.
• Liability and risk management.
• Financial management and capital asset planning.
• Human resources management.
• Collaboration, cooperation and community engagement.

Pre-course materials and course syllabus