Our Staff
Committed to Providing the Big Sky Area with the Highest Quality Service
The Big Sky Fire Department utilizes both career members, who staff Station 1 in Westfork Meadows 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and paid on-call members, who respond from home when needed.
The 24 hour coverage is provided career members work 48 hour shifts and are then off for 96 hours before returning to duty.
Below is a list of our staff, what position they hold and what year they started with (or rejoined) BSFD as either a paid on-call or career member. All of our staff hold National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians certifications in addition to State of Montana prehospital emergency medical licenses. Where shown, NRP stands for Nationally Registered Paramedic and NREMT stands for Nationally Registered Emergency Medical Technician.
Fire Chief
William Farhat, NRP, 2011
Administration
Administrative Officer Alecia Fischer, 2009
Administrative Assistant Mara Mitchell, 2016
Operations
Deputy Fire Chief Greg Megaard, 2016
Training Captain – Vacant, to be filled in 2018
Community Risk Management
Deputy Fire Chief – Vacant, to be filled in 2018
A Shift
Battalion Chief Seth Barker, NRP, 2000
Captain Jason Gras, NRP, 1998
Firefighter John Foster, NREMT, 2010
Firefighter Dennis Rush, NREMT, 2012
Firefighter Travis DuBois, NRP, 2015
Firefighter Cory Phillips, NRP, 2017
Firefighter Seth Nowlin, NREMT, 2017
B Shift
Battalion Chief Dan Sheil, NRP, 2004
Captain Mitch Hamel, NREMT, 2010
Firefighter Matt Mohr, NREMT, 2004
Firefighter Michael Ketschek, NRP, 2015
Firefighter Adam DuComb, NREMT, 2016
Firefighter David Parker, NRP, 2017
C Shift
Battalion Chief Stephen Pruiett, NRP, 2011
Captain Mark Loomis, NREMT, 2007
Firefighter/Maint. Coord. Greg Clark, NRP, 2006
Firefighter Matt Kendziorski, NRP, 2010
Firefighter Aaron Kammann, NREMT, 2016
Firefighter Jeff Bolton, NRP, 2017
On-Call Members
Firefighter Ryan Blechta, 2012
Chuck Tufts, NREMT, 2013
Heather Walker, NREMT, 2014
Firefighter Jay Miller, 2014
Chris Moon, NRP, 2017