Captain Brian Wilson of the Forsyth County Fire Department has completed the National Fire Academy’s Executive Fire Officer Program.
The Executive Fire Officer Program provides senior fire officers with a broad perspective on various facets of fire and emergency services administration. The program’s participants enhance their professional development through resident graduate-level and upper-level college-equivalent courses and accompanying research, completed over a four-year span.
“One of the prerequisites is that each student must complete an Applied Research Project that relates to his or her organization within six months of each of the four courses,” said Fire Chief Danny Bowman. “Only individuals who have demonstrated having provided leadership with their organization may apply to participate. Captain Wilson certainly exceeds all of those requirements.”
“As can best be determined there are approximately 1.2 million firefighters in the United States,” said Bowman. “Of that figure, 3,563 nationally and 53 in the state of Georgia have ever challenged and successfully completed the requirements.”
Captain Wilson works in the department’s Training Division and has been with the department since 2000 and served as a volunteer for two years prior.
Wilson was presented with his Executive Fire Officer Program completion certificate on June 25 at the Forsyth County Public Safety Complex by Forsyth County Manager Doug Derrer and Chief Bowman.
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