Local fire leader among 43 chiefs and senior officers completing the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy’s intensive management and leadership training.
Chiefs and Senior Officers Represent Communities Across Massachusetts
STOW—Dozens of fire service leaders from across Massachusetts graduated today from the 31st class of the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy’s Chief Fire Officer Management Training Program, State Fire Marshal Jon M. Davine said.
The four-month program for new chief officers and chief officer candidates is delivered jointly by the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy and the Edward J. Collins Jr. Center for Public Management at UMass Boston. Through intensive classroom instruction, challenging out-of-class assignments, and student presentations, the course delivers multifaceted training in the managerial aspects of leading a municipal fire department.
“The Chief Fire Officer program is a tremendous opportunity for new chiefs and rising officers,” said State Fire Marshal Jon M. Davine, who graduated from the program in 2016. “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 all of 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, media relations, 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.
This year’s graduates were:
| Department | Title | Name |
|---|---|---|
| Ashburnham Fire Department | Deputy Chief | Corey Leary |
| Berkley Fire Department | Chief | Jason Perry |
| Blackstone Fire Department | Chief | Kevin Roy |
| Boxborough Fire Department | Chief | John Kivlan |
| Brewster Fire Department | Deputy Chief | Jeffrey Sivert |
| Centerville-Osterville-Marstons Mills Fire Department | Deputy Chief | Michael Rogers |
| Charlton Fire Department | Chief | Robbie Barton |
| Chicopee Fire Department | Deputy Chief | Matthew Cross |
| Devens Fire Department | Deputy Chief | Timothy Shea |
| East Bridgewater Fire Department | Chief | John Dzialo |
| East Longmeadow Fire Department | Deputy Chief | Edward Linehan |
| Falmouth Fire Department | Deputy Chief | Scott Thrasher |
| Hamilton Fire Department | Deputy Chief | Daniel Sullivan |
| Hatfield Fire Department | Chief | Robert Flaherty |
| Haverhill Fire Department | Deputy Chief | Justin Borden |
| Haverhill Fire Department | Chief | Christopher Cesati |
| Hopkinton Fire Department | Deputy Chief | Scott Jurasek |
| Lawrence Fire Department | Chief | Patrick Delaney |
| Longmeadow Fire Department | Deputy Chief | Andrew Markt |
| Lynn Fire Department | District Chief | Thomas Hines |
| Mashpee Fire Department | Deputy Chief | Brenden Ramsey |
| Massport Fire-Rescue | Assistant Chief | Paul Ingeno |
| Medway Fire Department | Deputy Chief | Paul Molla |
| Mendon Fire Department | Deputy Chief | Peter Ostroskey |
| Millville Fire Department | Deputy Chief | James Foster |
| Montague Fire Department | Chief | Luke Hartnett |
| Natick Fire Department | Assistant Chief | Christopher Hampton |
| North Attleboro Fire Department | Assistant Chief | George McKinnon |
| Northborough Fire Department | Deputy Chief | Neal Aspesi |
| Oak Bluffs Fire Department | Chief | Stephen Foster |
| Pembroke Fire Department | Deputy Chief | James Shea |
| Plainville Fire Department | Deputy Chief | Daniel Moore |
| Provincetown Fire Department | Deputy Chief | Othaine Rance |
| Reading Fire Department | Assistant Chief | John Keough |
| Scituate Fire Department | Deputy Chief | Patrick Reilly |
| Sharon Fire Department | Deputy Chief | Daniel Greenfield |
| Somerset Fire Department | Acting/Interim Chief | Robert Durette |
| Walpole Fire Department | Deputy Chief | Allen Hover |
| Wellfleet Fire Department | Deputy Chief | Shawn Clark |
| Wendell Fire Department | Chief | Matthew O’Donnell |
| Westfield Fire Department | Deputy Chief | Christopher King |
| Westford Fire Department | Chief | Michael Denehy |
| Wrentham Fire Department | Deputy Chief | Patrick McMorrow |
Video of the ceremony will be posted to the Department of Fire Services’ YouTube channel.
The MFA provides recruit and in-service training at three separate campuses for Massachusetts firefighters and delivers courses to upward of 13,000 students at every level of the fire service each year.
