Brighton Deputy Fire Chief Completes Course For Fire OfficersBrighton Deputy Fire Chief Completes Course For Fire Officers

8/25/14 - A local fire official has completed a national course to improve his effectiveness within the department. Brighton Area Fire Deputy Chief Michael Evans has completed the Executive Fire Officer Program from the US Fire Administration’s National Fire Academy. The program is intended to improve a fire officer’s leadership, executive development, and ability to analyze community risk reduction and emergency management. The program takes four years and the completion of several applied research projects within the student’s own organization to show they know how to apply the material. Fire Chief Mike O’Brian says Evans has already put his new education to work and it is benefiting the department. (TD)