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Professional Development

Mission: The IAFC Professional Development Committee sets the strategic direction for professional development to meet the leadership challenges of today and tomorrow.

Vision: Guiding the professional development of Leaders.

Featured Recommended Reading

The IAFC affirms professional development is the planned, progressive, career-long process of education, training, self-development, and experience. To assist the professional development of our members, the IAFC Professional Development Committee recommends the following publications which will be rotated on a quarterly basis. These books come recommended from our committee members. They are valuable resources that have assisted their continual growth and development as a leader in fire and emergency services. The Professional Development Committee members hope that others will find them valuable too.

Is everyone really equal?

Is Everyone Really Equal?: An Introduction to Key Concepts in Social Justice Education

This provided a great overview of the key movements and ideas discussed in the media, did so through examples that illustrated the concepts

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PDC Atomic Habits

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

The importance of small habits resulting in exponentially positive improvements in various spaces in your life or career

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Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

To raise the awareness levels of human health in our firefighters

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Recommended Learning: Love Works

Love Works: Seven Timeless Principles for Effective Leaders

The book provides an overview on how to positively engage your emotions to be a better leader

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7 Habits of Highly Effective People

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

Principles that give us the security to adapt to change

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Complete list of reading recommendations

Committee Members

Cody Larque
Searcy Fire Department (AR)

Colleen Walz
St. John's Fire District (PA)

Debbie Carpenter
Carrollton Fire Department (TX)

Eriks Gabliks
National Fire Academy (MD)

Fernando Gray Sr.
Aurora Fire Department (CO)

Ian Emmons
Washington Township Fire Department
Montgomery County (OH)

James Schultz
McAllen Fire Department (TX)

Jason Krusen
Charleston Fire Department (SC)

Jeremy Moore
Broken Arrow Fire Department (OK)

Jerry Hughes
Bothell Fire Department (WA)

Matthew Caward
Bernalillo County Fire & Rescue (NM)

Michael Doan
Little Rock Fire Department (AR)

Noah Brownlow
Richmond Fire Department (CA)

Oren Bersagel-Briese
Castle Rock Fire Rescue (CO)

Patrick R Montague
St Matthews Fire Department (KY)

Robert Borker
Kingman Fire Department (AZ)

Rocco Alvaro
Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department (VA)

Laurent McDonald
Oxford Fire/EMS (MA)

Trisha Wolford
Anne Arundel County Fire Department (MD)

Committee Contacts

Chair
Chief Trisha Wolford
Anne Arundel County (MD) Fire Department

Vice-Chair
Ian Emmons
Washington Township Fire Department - Montgomery County

Staff Liaison
David Becker

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