Application deadline has been extended to March 15, 2010.

The Virginia Fire Officer Academy is an interactive, highly challenging, educational initiative of the Virginia Fire Chiefs Association. The academy provides modern, ethical leadership values while promoting best practices in fire and emergency services health and safety by providing fire and emergency service professionals a comprehensive certificate program designed to provide the key skills and techniques of exemplary leadership necessary to enhance firefighter safety and to advance a culture of leadership through ownership and safety in today's ever-changing fire and emergency services.