STOW, Mass. (WWLP)– The Massachusetts Firefighting Academy’s Chief Fire Officer Management Training Program held their graduation on Friday.

Thirty-seven fire service leaders from across the state, including several from western Massachusetts, completed the four month management development course designed for Chiefs, chief officer candidates, and rising officers. The training 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, and labor relations. 

 The program is delivered jointly by the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy and the University of Massachusetts Edward J. Collins Jr. Center for Public Management, and is tuition-free.

The 2022-2023 graduating class list:

  • Deputy Chief Daniel Baldwin              Westport Fire Department
  • Chief Christopher Beal                       Barnstable Fire Department
  • Deputy Chief Kevin Benson                Easthampton Fire Department
  • Chief William Bernat                           Palmer Fire Department
  • Deputy Chief Michael Caddell            Newton Fire Department
  • Chief Christopher Coleman                North Attleboro Fire Department
  • Chief Timothy Collins                          Truro Fire Department
  • Captain Jeffrey Cuozzo                      Halifax Fire Department
  • Chief David DeStefano                       Belmont Fire Department
  • Chief Michael Dutcher                        Framingham Fire Department
  • Chief Thomas Farland                        Acushnet Fire & EMS Department
  • Deputy Chief Michael Fasolino           Medway Fire Department
  • Deputy Chief Frederick Freeman       Hanover Fire Department
  • Deputy Chief Paul Guttadauro           Tewksbury Fire Department
  • Chief Timothy Howe                           Oakham Fire Department
  • Chief John Kadlewicz                         Holyoke Fire Department
  • Deputy Chief Stephen Kennedy         Billerica Fire Department
  • Chief Richard Lapierre                        West Brookfield Fire Department
  • Captain Angela Lawless                     Maynard Fire Department
  • Deputy Chief Sabato LoRusso           Everett Fire Department
  • Chief Sandra Lowery                          Seekonk Fire Department
  • Deputy Chief David Martell                 Sturbridge Fire Department
  • Chief Eric Mathieu                              Grafton Fire Department
  • Deputy Chief Edward McGarry          Chelsea Fire Department
  • Deputy Chief Brian Medeiros             New Bedford Fire Department
  • Chief Dennis Nazzaro                         Pelham Fire Department
  • Chief Michael O’Brien                         Lakeville Fire Department
  • Chief Michael O’Neill                          Granby Fire Department
  • Deputy Chief Lee Prentiss                  Ipswich Fire Department
  • Chief Edward Renauld                        Russell Fire Department
  • Deputy Chief Adam Roche                 Worcester Fire Department
  • Deputy Chief Graham Rowe              North Andover Fire Department
  • Deputy Chief John Schlatz                 Bridgewater Fire Department
  • Deputy Chief Mark Storie                   Hyannis Fire Department
  • Chief Dante Suarez                            Fitchburg Fire Department
  • Deputy Chief David Toto                    Methuen Fire Department
  • Chief Scott Turner                              Three Rivers Fire Department