Fire Academy Graduation
Posted/updated on: March 30, 2012 at 2:35 am
KILGORE — Twenty students have graduated from the Kilgore College Fire Academy. The ceremony was held Wednesday night in the Bert E. Woodruff Adult Education Center Auditorium in Kilgore.
The KC Fire Academy is accredited by the Texas Commission on Fire Protection and the State Firemen and Fire Marshal’s Association and approved by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. The academy offers certification schools for NFPA 1001 Basic Structural Firefighter I and II certification, the Texas Volunteer certification, Fire Inspector and Fire and Arson Investigation courses. It is also a designated institution by the Canadian Province of British Columbia.
The following candidates, listed by hometown, are part of KC Fire Academy No. 82:
*Burns Lake, B.C. Canada: Rylan Horni
*Canton: Dylan T. Louis
*Fort Worth: Chace Hobbs
*Garland: Preston Jenkins
*Henderson: Jeffery Cox and Kevin W. Temple Kelowna, B.C. Canada: Tyler Evans
*Kilgore: Travis Crews
*Lindale: James Cooper and Jay Wieneke
*Longview: Luis Israel Encalada, Phillip Recio and Jimmy Su
*Overton: Dylan Lantz
*Pampa: Jack D. Ware
*Rowlett: Mason Wilmany
*Salmon Arm, B.C. Canada: Jesse Foster
*Tyler: Jesus Alvarado, Isai Hernandez
*Union Grove: Richard Pittman
