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Managing the Transition to a New Fire Chief

February 11, 2025
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Join to learn crucial best practices that every newly appointed fire chief needs to succeed.
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    Managing the Transition to a New Fire Chief
    February 11, 2025
    Online
    Join to learn crucial best practices that every newly appointed fire chief needs to succeed.
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    Critical Thinking Academy Course - Canonsburg, PA
    March 8 - 9, 2025
    Canonsburg, PA
    Join VCOS for a course to help build your critical thinking skills
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    Wildland-Urban Interface Conference 2025
    March 27 - 29, 2025
    Kansas City, MO
    Three essential tracks - Fire Adapted Communities, operations & suppression, and policy & tools - ensure you and your team get everything you need to minimize and manage threats in the WUI.
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    Fire-Rescue Med 2025
    May 5 - 7, 2025
    Las Vegas, NV
    Education for fire-based EMS leaders, including new and aspiring chiefs, on hiring and retaining, public/private integration, technology, billing for services, illness prevention & more.
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    International Hazardous Materials Response Teams Conference 2025
    June 12 - 15, 2025
    Baltimore, MD
    The training offered at the Hazmat Conference provides immediate, practical and valuable information designed to ensure you successfully meet the demands of hazmat response in today's challenging environment.
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    Critical Thinking Academy Course - Pittsburg, PA
    July 12 - 13, 2025
    Pittsburg, PA
    Join VCOS for a course to help build your critical thinking skills
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    Fire-Rescue International 2025
    August 13 - 16, 2025
    Orlando, FL
    FRI, the IAFC's annual conference and expo, provides senior-level leadership training for chiefs and officer development education for chief and company officers, new ways to connect with vendors and colleagues, and the latest solutions to today's toughest challenges.
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    Critical Thinking Academy Course - Pittsburg, PA
    September 20 - 21, 2025
    Pittsburg, PA
    Join VCOS for a course to help build your critical thinking skills
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    Symposium in the Sun 2025
    November 13 - 16, 2025
    Clearwater, FL
    The Symposium in the Sun addresses the unique needs of volunteer and combination departments including transitioning from a volunteer to a combination department, recruitment and retention, leadership and management, staffing and more.

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