Congratulations to the City of Guymon's Fire Chief, Grant Wadley!

Guymon Fire Chief Grant Wadley recently graduated from the 2023 Oklahoma Executive Fire Officer Leadership Program at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater.

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.



Pictured with Chief Wadley is Interim City Manager, Micheal Shannon, at the graduation and completion of Chief Wadley’s Oklahoma Executive Fire Officer program at OSU in Stillwater