USFA Gives 4 Outstanding Research Awards

Emmitsburg, MD. - The U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) has awarded four fire service executives the National Fire Academy's (NFA) Outstanding Research Award. The four honorees were selected from all of the academy's Executive Fire Officer Program (EFOP) applied research papers submitted in 2002. Awarded annually, the NFA Outstanding Research Award recognizes excellent applied research projects completed by EFOP students.

"These four individuals were selected from a field of over 800 current Executive Fire Officer Program participants who submitted research projects during 2002. These four research papers are literally the best of the best," said USFA Administrator R. David Paulison.