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JAMES PHARR

Jim is the Program Director of the Fire and Safety Engineering Program at Eastern Kentucky University. With more than 30 years in the fire service, Jim retired in 2006 after serving as a fire fighter, investigator, fire chief, fire marshal and emergency management director in North Carolina counties. His teaching experience includes both training and education delivery for more than 30 years with community colleges in NC. He holds an AAS in Fire Science, BS in Fire Safety Engineering, MS in Fire Service Leadership, and is a graduate of the National Fire Academy's Executive Fire Officer Program.

EKU is listed by Forbes Magazine as being in the top 10 percent of America’s colleges and universities for the second year in a row.

EKU is included again in the US News and World Report’s annual listing of top colleges and universities as a Tier I intuition.

EKU was also designated as one of America’s most Veteran Friendly campuses by GI Jobs magazine.

EKU’s Fire & Safety Engineering Technology bachelor’s degree program is accredited by IFSAC, the International Fire Service Accreditation Congress.

EKU is among only 175 of America’s 5,000 colleges and universities to be recognized for community engagement – both curricular and in practice - by the Carnegie Foundation.