Miami Beach Fire Chief Digna Abello Selected into 2025 Fire Service Executive Development Institute

Miami Beach, FL – The Miami Beach Fire Chief Digna Abello has been accepted into the Fire Service Executive Development Institute (FSEDI). Chief Abello competed with new fire chiefs and chief officers from across the country and Canada to become a member of the 2025 cohort program.

The FSEDI is a year-long leadership-development program. It was created and implemented by the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) to provide new and aspiring chiefs with the tools they need to have successful and productive tenures. The members of the cohort will meet four times in the coming year. One of the meetings will take place in August at the Fire Rescue International conference in Orlando, Florida. Between onsite sessions the cohort group will communicate virtually.

"We are incredibly proud of the dedication and hard work our Fire Chief puts in every single day,” said Miami Beach City Manager Eric T. Carpenter. “Being part of the FSEDI will only further strengthen her leadership and impact within our city.”

The IAFC's Fire Service Executive Development Program has become the premier career- and leadership-development program in the fire and rescue services thanks to the generous support of the Motorola Solutions Foundation.

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