Mission The Executive Fire Officers Section of the IAFC is focused on two main priorities:
- To identify and develop contemporary executive leaders
- Develop business, political, and organizational acumen
Vision The vision of the Executive Fire Officers Section is to create a professionally recognized leadership environment in which all executive fire officers possess the appropriate combination of formal higher education, on-the-job experience and nationally, regionally and locally recognized credentials needed to lead the fire service through an ever-changing response environment.
In addition:
- It is the EFO Section's charge to develop and then recommend to the IAFC Board higher-education requirements and acceptable credentials that are properly matched to the executive fire officer's hands-on knowledge, skills and abilities in order to meet the evolving mission of the fire/EMS service.
- The organizational culture of local fire/EMS departments, with the adoption by reference of the IAFC, must continually evolve and place a greater emphasis on the standardization of professional development as it pertains to current and future fire service leaders.
- The section will work with elected and appointed officials to help educate them on the need for professional and contemporary executive leadership as they develop local fire/EMS departmental management teams.
- The EFO Section will work closely with the IAFC Company Officers Section and Professional Development Committee. These groups have a charge that fits directly into the mission and vision of the EFO Section. They are the backbone of the development of strong leaders in the fire service and compliment what this section is tasked to accomplish, through the IAFC, in leadership development and the promotion of executive-officer requirements.
EFO Section Bylaws (pdf)
Board Minutes
**All minutes are PDF files