Our Staff

Committed to Providing the Big Sky Area with the Highest Quality Service

The Big Sky Fire Department is a career fire department that provides 24 hour coverage that is provided by members working 48 / 96 schedules.

Below is a list of our staff, what position they hold and what year they started with BSFD.  All of our staff holds National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians certifications in addition to numerous other State of Montana and National pre-hospital emergency medical licenses and certifications.  Where shown, NRP stands for Nationally Registered Paramedic and NREMT stands for Nationally Registered Emergency Medical Technician.

Administration

Administrative Officer Alecia Fischer, 2009 

Administrative Assistant Mara Mitchell, 2016 

Operations

Deputy Fire Chief Seth Barker, NRP, 2000 

Training Captain – Cory Phillips, NRP, 2017 

A Shift

Battalion Chief Jeff Bolton, NRP, 2017 

Captain Shane Farmer, NREMT, 2018

Firefighter John Foster, NREMT, 2010 

Firefighter Dennis Rush, NREMT, 2012 

Firefighter Travis DuBois, NRP, 2015

Firefighter Seth Nowlin, NREMT, 2017 

Probationary Firefighter Dan Skilling, NRP, 2021

Probationary Firefighter Jay Van Voast, NREMT, 2021

B Shift

Battalion Chief Dan Sheil, NRP, 2004 

Captain Mitch Hamel, NREMT, 2010 

Firefighter Matt Mohr, NREMT, 2004 

Firefighter Michael Ketschek, NRP, 2015 

Firefighter/Maint. Coord. Adam DuComb, NREMT, 2016 

Firefighter Dave Parker, NRP, 2017

Firefighter Taylor Lee, NRP, 2018 

Probationary Firefighter Chris Laukant, NREMT, 2021