MARK CARR

Mark A Carr was born in Gravesend, Kent, United Kingdom. He began his formal education at the University of West London (Thames Valley) in Ealing, London where he completed his bachelor's degree in Management and Master's degree in Business Administration. He became a graduate and member of the Institution of Fire Engineers. He was one of the few Fire Chiefs in the United States to obtain competence based qualifications from the International Fire Service College in the United Kingdom. He became a member of the National Fire Protection Assoication, and the International Association of Fire Chiefs Human Relations Committee. He was also 1 of 635 Fire Chiefs worldwide achieving the Chief Fire Officer Designation status from the Center of Public Safety Excellence. He was recognized for his work by the UK Government and international fire departments as far away as Hong Kong, China. He was a graduate of th Executive Fire Officer Program at the National Fire Academy. He was the first Fire Chief selected from Connecticut as one of the top eight Fire Chiefs within the United States and Canada to complete a Fellowship at Harvard Unviersity. He was a recent graduate of the Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and Security where he obtained a Master of Arts degree in Security studies. Mark was voted on two occasions as one of the Top 100 most influential blacks in Connecticut by the NAACP. He received the Lola Choice Community Leadership Award in 2005 and received a General Assembly Official Citation from the State of Connecticut. He was a member of the Congressional Fire Chief Officers Committee, American Red Cross, International Assoication of Black Professional Fire Fighters, and the National Fire Protection Assoication.

 

Mark went on to produce publications for USFA Applied Research in 2006.