Guymon Fire Chief Grant Wadley recently graduated from the 2023
Oklahoma Executive Fire Officer Leadership Program at Oklahoma State
University in Stillwater. Graduation took place on OSU campus on September 19,
2023.
The Oklahoma Executive Fire Officer Leadership Program is a partnership
between Oklahoma State University – Fire Service Training, Oklahoma Fire Chiefs
Association, Oklahoma State Firefighters Association, and the Office of the State
Fire Marshal. The 160 hour program utilizes the curriculum from the International
Public Safety Leadership and Ethics Institute and has been developed to bring the
concepts of leadership and ethics to the forefront of an individual’s career. Topics
include: Developing a Personal Philosophy of Leadership and Ethics, Leading
Others Ethically, Ethical Leadership in Organizations, Ethics and the Challenge of
Leadership.
This course brings these type issues to the forefront of the fire service and place
both younger and veteran officers in learning situations that help bolster their
leadership capabilities within their own Fire Departments and within the
Oklahoma Fire Service.
Chief Wadley is a 27-year veteran of the Guymon Fire Department and a 35 year
veteran of EMS in the Oklahoma Panhandle. He moved through the ranks within
the Guymon Fire Department starting as a Volunteer Firefighter. In 2006, he was
promoted to Assistant Fire Chief and became the EMS Director of the Fire
Department. In 2018, he was promoted to Fire Chief of the Department where
he leads today.
