25th Annual Executive Fire Officer Program Graduate Symposium
May 3-5, 2013

"Celebrating 25 Symposia: A Call Of Renewal"

The Executive Fire Officer Program (EFOP) Graduate Symposium represents the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA)/National Fire Academy’s (NFA’s) official weekend for alumni. It is an opportunity for alumni to return home to the NFA in Emmitsburg, MD.

Since 1985, the EFOP has challenged its Executive Fire Officers (EFOs) to lead. Its over 3,200 alumni have responded and continue to exercise leadership within their communities. For the 25th time, USFA/NFA will provide to its alumni a "battery charging" event filled with new and reinforcing information with a spirited sense of renewal, as there is a great deal of work yet to accomplish.

The 25th symposium program focus will further examine existing EFOP curricula themes and discover new information within the areas of exercising leadership, homeland security, firefighter safety and health, public policy, political perspectives, and applied research. This milestone year the symposium programming will review its own history with the intent of creating an agenda for areas of adaptive work which remain for executive fire officers to exercise leadership within their communities and areas of practice.

In the history of the 24 symposia, there has never been a single participant who stated she or he would not attend a future symposium based on the quality and content of the program.

The USFA invites all EFOP alumni to be a part of this milestone 25th symposium! The National Fire Academy anticipates releasing the preliminary Symposium program in February of 2013. Reserve your calendar to be in Emmitsburg on May 3-5, 2013.