Fire Academy to graduate 27

Kilgore College Fire Academy will hold graduation ceremonies 6:30 p.m., May 28, in the Bert E. Woodruff Adult Education Center Auditorium in Kilgore.

Twenty-seven students are slated to graduate. 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. 70.

Lee Brady -- Tyler Daniel W. Brousseau -- Tyler Chad A.T. Elliott -- Oshawa, Ontario, Canada

Cody Gean -- Slocum

Casey D. Gunn -- Gladewater

Justin Halbert -- Jacksonville Shelby S. Henderson -- Gladewater Lucas J. Hepting -- Dashwood, B.C., Canada Nick Hoag -- Grapeland Mike Johnson -- Carthage

George Kouba -- Squamish, B.C., Canada

Dennis D.Y. Lee -- Maple Ridge, B.C., Canada

J. P. Manley -- Elkhart Bryan E. McAteer -- Brownsboro Steve Menunzio -- Surrey, B.C., Canada Ryan Moore -- Elgin

Dustin Newsom -- Gladewater

Peter Hansen Percival -- Dashwood, B.C., Canada

Dakoda Robinson -- Jacksonville Kyle Smith -- Tyler

Tim Snow -- Carthage

Maxwell Thompson -- Campbell River, B.C., Canada

Rob Tuit -- Victoria, B.C., Canada Daniel Wells -- Tyler Donald Willeford -- Gilmer Michael Williams -- Tyler Joshua Wilson -- Brownsboro