Twenty-five students will graduate from the Kilgore College Fire Academy No. 76 on Monday, May 24.

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

The 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. 76:



Carrollton: Michael Howard and Aaron M. Wood

Chapel Hill: Taylor Simmons

Delta, B.C., Canada: Harry Bining

Gladewater: Samuel Edwards

Henderson: Caleb Rountree

Irving: Michael Thomas

Jacksonville: Santiago Lozano

Kerrville: Taylor Wright

Kilgore: Travis Daniel

Lindale: Trevor B. Smyrl

Paris: Derek Patrick

Plantersville: Cody Kelley

Tatum: Colby Mize, Josh Mize and Nathan Turner

Tyler: Seth Cooke, Kevin Londoff, Joshua Ramirez, Angel Santibanez, Blake Tarver and Matthew Wedgeworth

Van: Ethan Crow

Vancouver, B.C., Canada: Josh Iwanaka

White Oak: Houston Spakes