CRANFORD – Fire Chief Dan Czeh is proud to announce that Lieutenant Mark Bagniewski has successfully completed the National Fire Academy’s Managing Officer Program. The Managing Officer Program’s goals are to promote and enhance the professional growth of fire service leadership while preparing future leaders through a combination of education and networking. Participants in this program receive instruction on leadership, community risk reduction, firefighting and community safety, contemporary training issues and analytical tools for decision making. This important two-year program comprises four unique courses requiring the participant to develop and complete a Capstone project directly benefitting the participant’s department and community. This Capstone project permits the student an opportunity to demonstrate application of course theory and concepts to real-life situations. The final project is then evaluated through a formal peer review.