Leadership & Incident Management Training for Junior Fire Officers

JOLA

Strategy and Tactics of Leading Fire/Rescue Organizations

CAFC Educational Workshop

The Caribbean Association of Fire Chiefs (CAFC) formerly CACDACFO is pleased to offer an educational training course designed by practicing chief officers that delivers real world expertise through an interactive educational experience. The course is titled “Junior Officers Leadership Academy --“JOLA” is the brain child of CAFC President Chief Gregory N. Richards and Chief Reginald Freeman of the Freeman Group, LLC.

The Principal Consultant on this project is Chief Reginald Freeman of The Freeman Group, LLC based in Atlanta, Georgia. The United States Fire Administration, FEMA, NFPA, and the National Emergency Training Center provided technical support in the development of course material and supporting documents.

Program coordination and logistical support is provided by the CAFC Operations and Communications Committee, Chaired by Chief Anthony Lewis of the British Virgin Islands. A cadre of instructors has been selected to present this course throughout the Caribbean in an effort to support the CAFC commitment – to provide junior fire officers with incident command training, management skills, leadership information, education, and representation to enhance their professionalism and capabilities.

Our vision is to be the leading organization with sustained performance in representing the interests of the professional firefighters and Rescuers who staffs Volunteer and Combination Fire Departments in the region. We will be a dynamic organization, characterized by our integrity, customer focus, and membership growth, the value placed on people and superior application of technology. We will be the best at generating and applying new ideas and learning faster than other regional organizations.

Visit us at www. Joincafc.org or on our social network at http// cacdacfo.ning.com

        “Junior Officers Leadership Academy” offers instruction in the following areas:

                      1.• Leadership Skills

                      2.• Incident Command

                      3.• Recruitment

                      4.• Retention

                      5.• Basic Supervision & Problem solving

                      6.• Team Building

                      7.• Training Development

                      8.• Conflict Resolution

                      9.• Principles of Negotiation

                     10.• Verbal Communications

The course includes multiple activities and learning scenarios.

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