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.
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. 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 Greg Megaard, NREMT, 2016
Office Administrator Alecia Fischer, 2009
Administrative Assistant Mara Mitchell, 2016
Operations
A Shift
Captain Seth Barker, NRP, 2000
Firefighter/Maintenance Coordinator Greg Clark, NRP, 2006
Firefighter Mark Loomis, NREMT, 2007
Firefighter Dennis Rush, NREMT, 2012
Firefighter Travis DuBois, NRP, 2015
B Shift
Captain Dan Sheil, NRP, 2004
Firefighter Jason Gras, NRP, 1998
Firefighter Matt Mohr, NREMT, 2004
Firefighter Matt Kendziorski, NREMT, 2010
Firefighter Adam DuComb, NREMT, 2016
C Shift
Captain Stephen Pruiett, NRP, 2011
Firefighter Mitch Hamel, NREMT, 2010
Firefighter John Foster, NREMT, 2010
Firefighter Michael Ketschek, NRP, 2015
Firefighter Aaron Kammann, NREMT, 2016
On-Call Members
Captain Bart Mitchell, NREMT, 2000
Rich Piercy, NREMT, 2007
Firefighter Ryan Blechta, NREMT, 2012
Chuck Tufts, NREMT, 2013
Heather Walker, NREMT, 2014
Firefighter Jay Miller, 2014