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.

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 2019

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

Two Firefighting Positions to be filled 2021-2022

 

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 David Parker, NRP, 2017

Firefighter Taylor Lee, NRP, 2018

Two Firefighting Positions to be filled 2021-2022

 

On-Call Members

Heather Walker, NREMT, 2014

Matt Knight, NREMT, 2018