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.
In 2018, an increased mill levy will take effect and there will be 11 positions added to the department over a several year period, eventually allowing for Station 2 in Mountain Village to be staffed 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Career members work 48 hour shifts and are then off for 96 hours before returning to duty. There are three separate shifts that make up the 24 hour station coverage.
Below is a list of our staff, what position they hold and what year they started with (or rejoined) BSFD as either a volunteer, paid on-call or career member. All of our staff hold National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians certifications in addition to their state prehospital emergency medical licenses. Where shown, NRP stands for Nationally Registered Paramedic and NREMT stands for Nationally Registered Emergency Medical Technician.
Administration
Fire Chief William Farhat, NRP, 2011
Deputy Fire Chief – Operations Greg Megaard, 2016
Deputy Fire Chief – Fire Prevention, to be filled 2018
Office Administrator Alecia Fischer, 2009
Administrative Assistant Mara Mitchell, 2016
Training
Captain – Position Vacant, to be filled in 2018
Operations
A Shift
Battalion Chief Seth Barker, NRP, 2000
Captain Jason Gras, NRP, 1998
Firefighter/EMT John Foster, 2010
Firefighter/EMT Dennis Rush, 2012
Firefighter/Paramedic Travis DuBois, 2015
Firefighter/Paramedic Cory Phillips, 2017
Firefighter/EMT Seth Nowlin, 2017
B Shift
Battalion Chief Dan Sheil, NRP, 2004
Captain Mitch Hamel, NREMT, 2010
Firefighter/EMT Matt Mohr, 2004
Firefighter/Paramedic Michael Ketschek, 2015
Firefighter/EMT Adam DuComb, 2016
Firefighter/Paramedic David Parker, 2017
C Shift
Battalion Chief Stephen Pruiett, NRP, 2011
Captain Mark Loomis, NREMT, 2007
Firefighter/Maintenance Coordinator Greg Clark, NRP, 2006
Firefighter/Paramedic Matt Kendziorski, 2010
Firefighter/EMT Aaron Kammann, 2016
Firefighter/Paramedic Jeff Bolton, 2017
On-Call Members
Rich Piercy, NREMT, 2007
Firefighter Ryan Blechta, NREMT, 2012
Chuck Tufts, NREMT, 2013
Heather Walker, NREMT, 2014
Firefighter Jay Miller, 2014
Firefighter/Paramedic Chris Moon, 2017