The Danbury Fire Department's Assistant Fire Chief has been accepted into a year-long leadership-development program.  William Lounsbury was accepted into the Fire Service Executive Development Institute, competing with new fire chiefs and chief officers from across the country and Canada.  Lounsbury is a 36-year veteran of the career fire service, joining the Danbury Department in 1991. Lounsbury worked his way up the ranks and was promoted to Assistant Chief in September 2021.  This is the tenth year that the Motorola Solutions Foundation has provided the Institute with a grant to fund the program to provide new and aspiring chiefs with the tools they need to have successful and productive tenures.  Members will meet 4 times over the year for onsite training sessions, but also communicate virtually.