Everyone sets goals. Josh Livermore’s goal is to keep improving himself, and his employer, the Bullhead City Fire Department. One objective he set for himself was getting into the National Fire Academy. “It was on my list for personal development,” Livermore said. “My plan for things I (eventually) wanted to do.” While it’s rare for a captain to get into the academy’s Executive Fire Officer program, he was accepted in 2014. “I was a little surprised that I was accepted the first time I applied,” Livermore said. He had just started a master’s degree program, and the good news meant that would have to be scaled back. He said that he thinks his role as program director at the Mohave Community College fire academy and involvement in leadership roles within the department boosted his application.