Twelve students will graduate from the Kilgore College Fire Academy July 29 in the Bert E. Woodruff Adult Education Center Auditorium in Kilgore. The ceremony is set for 6:30 p.m.



The academy is certified 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. 74:



Denver, Col.: Jeffery Brock

Gladewater: Claudraus Dickens

Kerrville: Landon Anderson

Longview: Matt Greene, Leroy Taylor

Lufkin: Loren Head

Martin’s Mill: Parker Stringer

Nanaimo, B.C.: Jacob McPherson

Pittsburg: Kevin Harkey

Price: Freddie Beall

Quitman: Shane Whittington

Wills Point: Jacob Keierleber