1.You are a lieutenant in a small career fire depart ment located in the southern United States. Your de partment’s total staffing is 52 personnel working out of two fire stations. There is no fire training acad emy or training staff available on a full-time basis. The battalion chief attempts to provide training on an unscheduled basis, but other duties normally in terrupt this effort. The state fire training academy is over 100 miles from your department’s location. You have a desire to acquire additional knowledge involving how to be a better manager and also how to maintain firefighter safety at a higher level. How would you go about accom plishing this and developing a plan that would make progress toward these objectives? Describe the professional development opportunities that you would recommend.