KC Fire Academy No. 71 to award 18 students at graduation ceremony

Eighteen students are slated to graduate from the Kilgore College Fire Academy at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 3, in the Bert E. Woodruff Adult Education Center Auditorium on the KC campus.

The academy is certified 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. 72:

Chandler: Jamey Hamby

Conroe: Luke J. Lewis

Daingerfield: Glenn McFarland

Emory: Kenneth E. Reed, Jr. Gladewater: Joel Wesley Duraso Kilgore: Robert Ivan Collins

Mineola: Michael Lusty

N. Vancouver B.C., Canada: Mark Reid

Pampa: Travis K. Dosch

Rowlett: Brian C. Lee and Justin O'Neil Dyson

Terrace, B.C., Canada: Brandon Corey Braam

Vancouver, B.C., Canada: Kevin J. Elliot

Whitehouse: Jeff Sanders

Whitsler B.C., Canada: Andrew W. Haig and Nick Velan

Wills Point: Matthew R. Bradshaw and James Eric Keierleber