Port Ludlow Fire & Rescue Chief Brad Martin recently received his certificate of completion for the National Fire Academy's Executive Fire Office Program (EFOP).
The EFOP spans a four-year period, with four mandatory core courses divided into two-week resident classes that provide senior fire officers with a broad perspective on various facets of fire and emergency services administration.
The executive-level courses include executive development, analysis of community risk reduction, analysis of fire service operations in emergency management and leadership.
To graduate from the program, participants must write and submit a graduate-level applied research project that relates to their organization after each course.
Each project is highly scrutinized and graded by an external evaluator.
Martin was hired as the assistant chief of Fire District No. 3 in May 2011 and appointed chief in August 2012.
He holds a bachelor's degree in occupational studies and a master's degree in executive fire service leadership.