Aberdeen Mayor Bill Simpson finally handed Fire Chief Tom Hubbard a plaque honoring his completion of the Executive Fire Officer Program Wednesday evening, something he’s been aiming to do since November.
Due to vacations and scheduling conflicts, saluting Hubbard for his “PhD-like” accomplishment took awhile, Simpson said
The four year program is run by FEMA’s U.S. Fire Administration, National Fire Academy.
“The intensive (program) is designed to provide senior fire officers with a broad perspective on various facets of fire administration,” said U.S. Fire Administrator Ernest Mitchell, Jr. in a release Hubbard brought along.
The executives then “apply what they have learned in the classroom to existing situations in their own communities,” Mitchell added. The required courses concern executive development, community risk reduction, fire service operations in emergency management and executive leadership.
Hubbard also provided abstracts of his work. One concerned reducing the risk of heart attacks among local firefighters, the second concerned why people wouldn’t leave during fire alarm activation at the Housing Authority of Grays Harbor Manors, the third, how to implement an Incident Management Team for complex or large scale incidents and the fourth, how to effectively coordinate police and fire response to “active shooter” incidents in Aberdeen, Cosmopolis and Hoquiam.
Erin Hart, 360-537-3932, ehart@thedailyworld.com, Twitter: @DW_Erin.
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