Twenty students will graduate from the Kilgore College Fire Academy No. 82 on Wednesday, March 28.

 

The ceremony is set for 6:30 p.m. in the Bert E. Woodruff Adult Education Center Auditorium in Kilgore. 

 

The KC Fire Academy is accredited by the Texas Commission on Fire Protection and the State Firemen and Fire Marshal's Association and approved by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

The academy offers certification schools for NFPA 1001 Basic Structural Firefighter I and II certification, the Texas Volunteer certification, Fire Inspector and Fire and Arson Investigation courses. 

It is also a designated institution by the Canadian Province of British Columbia.

 

The following candidates, listed by hometown, are part of KC Fire Academy No. 82:

 

 

Burns Lake, B.C. Canada: Rylan Horni

Canton: Dylan T. Louis

Fort Worth: Chace Hobbs

Garland: Preston Jenkins

Henderson: Jeffery Cox and Kevin W. Temple

Kelowna, B.C. Canada: Tyler Evans

Kilgore: Travis Crews

Lindale: James Cooper and Jay Wieneke

Longview: Luis Israel Encalada, Phillip Recio and Jimmy Su

Overton: Dylan Lantz

Pampa: Jack D. Ware

Rowlett: Mason Wilmany

Salmon Arm, B.C. Canada: Jesse Foster

Tyler: Jesus Alvarado, Isai Hernandez

Union Grove: Richard Pittman