We are also excited to announce the advancement of two of our scholarship firefighters to full-time paid positions with our department. Liam Homka has joined A-shift as a Firefighter/Medic and Julien Dreher has joined B-shift as a Firefighter/Medic. Congratulations to you both.
Recently we had a new group of Scholarship Firefighters and Volunteer Firefighters who participated in a two-week Jump Seat Qualification (JSQ) Course. This course familiarizes new members with Department procedures and allows them to get the training they need to be entry Firefighter. This year we had a mixed group of Scholarship Firefighters and Volunteer Firefighters. Congratulations to Zayden Blair, Dylan Heckle, Matthew Hudson, Dagmawi Kebede, Trevor Kroening, Trevor Nay, Greg Novak Christoph Reier, and Zachary Warner.
Firefighter Zayden Blair receiving his badge.
August 2021 JSQ Recruits
Firefighter Matthew Hudson receiving his badge.
Firefighter Zachary Warner receiving his badge.
Firefighter Christoph Reier receiving his badge.
Firefighter Trevor Nay receiving his badge.
Firefighter Dylan Heckle receiving his badge.
Firefighter Trevor Kroening receiving his badge.
Firefighter Dagmawi Kebede receiving his badge.
Firefighter Greg Novak receiving his badge.
Kaden Monzingo’s first fire call acting as officer. Yesterday was Kaden’s first day with us as a full time staff member, another great employee from our scholarship program. Remember don’t dispose of hot ashes at the transfer site.
Remember don’t dispose of hot ashes at the transfer site.
Thank you, Hunter Family Foundation for the donation. Their donation made it possible for us to buy a step mill for our firefighter fitness program.
Congratulations to Justin Willams who was promoted to Lieutenant today.
Today Dawson Hunter earned his promotion to Engineer. Congratulations on your achievement. 
Connor Dayton was promoted to Engineer today congratulations on all your hard work!
We are very happy to announce that one of our volunteers Samanatha Hatfield graduated from the UAF Paramedic Academy today. Her hard work and perseverance have paid off and she will soon leave for her externship. Congratulations Hatfield, you have done a great job and we are proud that you are a member of our Department
We would like to congratulate the following student firefighters for making the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Chancellors and Dean’s lists. This is a great accomplishment while volunteering 56 hours a week and being a full-time student.
Chancellor’s list (Students receiving a 3.9-grade point average or higher are placed on the chancellor’s list.):
Noah Hamm
Linsey Murphy
Adrian Rodriquez
Dean’s list (Students receiving a grade point average of between 3.5 and 3.89 are named to the deans’ list.):
Zachary Yoder
Congratulations to Kiana Johnson & Kate Hughes, they have finished their Jump Seat Qualifications. Keep up the good work!
