Texas Fire Chiefs Academy

Texas Fire Chiefs Academy is a comprehensive training opportunity for current fire chiefs and those who aspire to be fire chiefs. After completing Year 2 training, you’ll earn your Certified Fire Executive “CFE” professional designation. Years 1 & 2 are available at both spring and fall academies.

Fire Chief Academy Graduates

Clay Huckaby Buda Fire Department	James Mallinger Cedar Park Fire Department	Jerry Duffield Farmers Branch Fire Department	David Jones Addison Fire Department
Eric Thompson Red Oak Fire Department	Jeff Patterson Addison Fire Department	Mike Wisko Galveston Fire Department	Rob Bocanegra Hutto Fire Department
J.P. Steelman Longview Fire Department	Victor Conley Irving Fire Department	Les Stephens San Marcos Fire Department	Howie Minor San Marcos Fire Department
Tom Hines Hutto Fire Department	Ryan Tucker Baytown Fire Department	Harold Watkins Melissa Fire Department	Adam Story Cedar Park Fire Department
Michael Galloway Borger Fire Department	Ted Stephens Lucas Fire Department	Fred Barnett San Angelo Fire Department	Justin Calhoun San Marcos Fire Department
Michael Christenson Lake Worth Fire Department	Jonathon Fontenot Belton Fire Department	Lee Godbold Haslet Fire Department	Michael Goodreau Olmos Park Fire Department
Dennis Gwyn Canyon Fire Department	Billy Hughes Taylor Volunteer Fire Department	Jason Nored Bryan Fire Department	Jesse Rubio III Texas City Fire Department
Bryan Southard DeSoto Fire Rescue	Michael Tully Midland Fire Department	Mike Vasil Kyle Fire Department	Drew Neal Hutto Fire Department
Kevin Allen Victoria Fire Department	Sean Richardson Little York Fire Department	Jason Tharp Harris County ESD #48	Lance Grant Lucas Fire Department
Ryan Arthur Lake Worth Fire Department	Darren Brinkkoeter Canyon Lake Fire Department	Joe Castaneda Leon Springs Fire Department	Daniel Chavez Odessa Fire Rescue
Jason Corthell Cypress Creek Fire Department	Sean Davis Balch Springs FD	Shannon Davis Palestine Fire Department	Tim Davis Taylor Fire Department
Christopher Delacerda Bell Fire Rescue	Charles Dittman Round Rock Fire Department	Jon Dixon	Keith Drewry
William Durham	Jayme Farmer Midland Fire Department	Davis Farquhar Bellaire Fire Department	Scott R. Green University Park Fire Department
Greg Grimes Allen Fire Department	Madison Johnson City of Whitehouse Fire Department	Jacob Johnson Pearland Fire Department	Brandon Kitchens Kyle Fire Department
Dan Kramer Windcrest Fire Department	Adam Laird Kyle Fire Department	Brad Landi Jollyville Fire Department	Cory Matthews Bryan Fire Department
Jerry Mckay Levelland Fire Department	Tom Montes Olmos Park Fire Department	Scott Moreland Helotes Fire Department	Cody Nelson Anna Fire Department
Tino Paredes Mckinney Fire Department	Michael Parks Hutto Fire Rescue	Justin Pfitzner Harris County ESD #48	Craig Ramon Leon Springs Fire Department
Rafael Reyes Cedar Hill Fire Department	Aristeo Rodriguez Mt. Pleasant Fire Department	Jeffry Smith Lampasas Fire Department	Joe Sykora Tomball Fire Department
Steven Tusing Little York Fire Department	Ricky Vaughan Carrolton Fire Rescue	Gunther von Seltmann Round Rock Fire Department	Clayton Adams Selma Fire Dept
Trey Baxter Timber Lakes Volunteer Fire Department	Patrick Brody San Angelo Fire Department	Curtis Brown Dalhart Fire Dept.	Gary Cochran Trophy Club FD
Brian Cruz Midland Fire Department	Tanner Dietz Royse City Fire Department	Kenneth Dobson Baytown Fire Department	Wayne Donovan Selma Fire Dept
Matt Ford Bryan Fire Department	David Gifford La Porte Fire Department	Jody Horton Brownwood Fire Deptartment	Johnny Hyde Buda Fire Department
Jason Jackson Pearland FD	Josh Kennedy Timber Lakes Volunteer Fire Department	Kelly Kistner San Marcos FD	Ariana Kistner Rockwall Fire Department
Shane Martin Webster Fire Department	William McDugle Cypress Creek FD	Jacob Mitchell Randall County Fire Dept.	Mitchell Randles Temple Fire Rescue
Rick Reeg Aldine Fire and Rescue HCESD # 24	Brent Sauble North Richland Hills FD	Raymond Seyfried Buda Fire Department	Alton Trubee Travis County ESD No. 6 / Lake Travis Fire Rescue
Joe Tumbleson Texas City Fire Department	Kevin Vadnais Selma Fire Dept	Jeffrey Walling Longview Fire Department	Thomas Walters Katy Fire Department
Dan Warner Keene Fire Rescue	Ryan Watson Lufkin Fire Department	Ira Yardley La Marque Fire Department	Aaron Alderdice Lucas Fire-Rescue
Robert Alvarez Mission Fire Department	Eduardo Alvarez Harlingen Fire Department	David Atkinson Eastman Chemical Company	Jason Baber Wichita Falls Fire Department
Danny Beard Mt. Pleasant Fire Department	Shon Cavett Waco Fire Department	Jonathan Christian Temple Fire & Rescue	Henry Coleman Office of Fire Prevention San Angelo FD
Chad Donnally Atascocita Fire Rescue	Jennifer Drake West University Fire Dept.	Rogelio Esparza El Paso County ESD#2	Brittney Garner Travis County ESD 1
Wade Gillen Corsicana Fire Department	Steven Harvey Haslet FD	Jeremy Hatcher City of Kaufman Fire Rescue	Daniel Hernandez Buda Fire Department
Jason Herrman Magnolia Fire Department	Kevin Ivy Lubbock Fire Rescue	Jon-Eric Johnson Longview Fire Department	James LeMond Brownwood Fire Department
Chad Leavitt Carrollton Fire Rescue	Randy Liedtke Carthage Fire Department	Darrell Loftus Harlingen Fire Department	Jose Magana Stafford Fire Department
Kirt Mays Haslet FD	Michael McDowell Coppell Fire Dept.	Cory McLaurin Lubbock Fire Rescue	David Merryman La Marque Fire Department
Barry A Mitchell McKinney Fire Department	John Moore DeSoto Fire Rescue	Tanner Morgan Grand Prairie Fire Department	Jason Oltman Hutto Fire Rescue WCESD #3
Douglas Parks Roanoke Fire Department	Ranson Pipes Dekalb VFD ESD#6	Michael Prather Lake Travis Fire	Brian Quackenbush San Marcos FD
James Richardson Bedford	David Rossetti Brownsville Fire Dept	Bud Sanford Canton Fire Dept	Brandon Shafer Porter Fire Department
David Slay Eastex Fire Department	Thayer Smith Austin Fire Department	Ryan Spencer Coppell Fire Department	Sean Stephens McKinney Fire Department
Christopher Sukup Travis County ESD#1	Joshua Tanner Longview Fire Department	Jeff Taylor Porter Fire Department	Russell Thomas Royse City FD
Mike Varela Galveston Fire Dept.	Ben Walker Travis County ESD 1	Larry Weaver Montgomery Co.ESD4	Mark Williams Bedford FD
Nick Wilson Lubbock Fire Rescue	Sonny Ybarra Henderson Fire Department	Andrew Ailara Lockheed Martin	John Ard Westlake FD
Phillip Arroyo Deer Park VFD	Barrett Barbour San Marcos FD	Jason Blackman HCESD #13 (Cypress Creek FD)	Jason Bolejack Flower Mound FD
Russell Brannon Cedar Hill FD	Benjamin Carrizales Annaville FD (NCESD #1)	James Cone HCESD #17 (Little York FD)	Erik Cook North Richland Hills Fire-Rescue
Jeff Cooper Palestine FD	Jimmy Cox Grapevine FD	Chad Dismukes Katy FD	Quentin Dobmeier Odessa Fire Rescue
Michael Dunnam Harker Heights FD	Eric Everson Celina FD	Johnny Fisher San Angelo FD	Matthew Fuentes Friendswood VFD
Ray Gandara Harker Heights FD	Stuart Grant Grapevine FD	Tommy Green Mesquite FD	Cindy Hicks Harker Heights FD
Joey Hooton Tyler FD	Ozzie Jarman Lufkin FD	James Jones Tomball FD	Joe Leggett HCESD #24 (Aldine Fire Rescue)
Richard Lieder HCESD #13 (Cypress Creek FD)	Kevin Lisman Farmersville FD	Herc Meier Sugar Land FD	Kris Norred Odessa Fire Rescue
John Norris Forest Bend FD	Gregory Obert Houston FD	Troy Pritchard Lindale VFD	Kevin Ramon Annaville FD (NCESD #1)
Richard Saul HCESD #17 (Little York FD)	Matthew Schumacher Haslet FD	Landy Setzer Temple Fire Rescue	Brandon Shafer Porter FD (MCESD #6)
Daniel Shelor HCESD #29 (Champions ESD)	Jamey Shipler Grapevine FD	Ray Sidwell HCESD #48	Blaine Stroud Keene Fire Rescue
Robert Wade Midland FD	Eric Watson Copperas Cove FD	Robert Weidenbach Windcrest FD	Bryan Whitacre Desoto Fire Rescue
Rob Zimmerman Volente FD (TCESD#14)	Garrett Allbright City of Pearland	Jeff Allen League City Fire Department	Ruben Balboa Harlingen
Elizabeth Baldinger San Marcos	Jeff Bell Fairview	Kevin Bragg Duncanville	William Brad Campbell Wylie Fire Rescue
Ryan Carlton Taylor Fire Department	William Clay Carpenter Frisco Fire Department	Justin Crow Deer Park Fire Department	Kenneth Cullins Rockwall Fire Department
Jared Defoore Missouri City Fire Department	Jacob Duke Katy Fire	Travis Ellington Corsicana Fire Rescue	Michael Frost City of Tyler Fire Department
Louis Gonzales San Marcos Fire	Steve Gutierrez City of Forest Hill	Jamie Hall Borger Fire	Billy Hartsfield Sherman Fire-Rescue
Scott Hitchman District 7 Fire Rescue	Bryan Holmes Friendswood Fire Marshal's Office	Nathan Huffman South Montgomery County Fire Department	Terry Hunter Lancaster Fire Department
Kenneth Johnson City of Lancaster Fire Department	Garrett Jordan San Marcos	Jeffrey Kennedy City of Austin Fire Department	Charles Kimble Cypress Creek Fire Department
Wesley Kizer Pittsburg Fire Department	Bryce Klusovsky City of Carrollton	Randy Lammons Lubbock Fire Rescue	Brian Mansfield Friendswood Fire Marshal's Office
Mark Moellenberg Travis County ESD #2	Michael Molis Galveston Fire Department	Christopher Motley Freeport Fire & EMS	Eric Neal Balch Springs Fire Department
Adam North Krum Fire Department	Jason Payne Grand Prairie Fire Department	Christopher Perez Laredo Fire Department	Jeremy Petersma Lake Travis Fire Rescue / ESD # 6
James Pitts POHA Fire Department	Shane Reddout Bexar County ESD No. 8	Chad Reed Melissa Fire Department	David Roark Atascocita Fire Department
Christopher Robbins Wimberley Fire Rescue	Ronnie Salter Temple	Samuel Schuleman Buda Fire Department	Dutch Schultz Missouri City Fire and Rescue
Brandon Seery Heath Department of Public Safety	Scott Seifert Spring Fire Department - Harris County ESD No. 7	Michael Self Nacogdoches Fire and Rescue	Jason Shafer Freeport Fire/EMS
Jarrett Sheldon Brownsville Fire Department	John Sherwood Grapevine Fire Department	Jeff Smith Mansfield Fire Department	Ryan Smith Travis County ESD No.12
Mike Stallings Little York Fire Department	Lee Stanphill District 7 Fire Rescue	Carrie Stewart Austin Fire Department	Randall Stidham Dallas Fire and Rescue
Chris Thornton Magnolia Fire Department	Edward Jared Turner McKinney Fire Department	Jeremy VanAusdall New Braunfels Fire Department	Tel Walden Borger Fire Department
KC Ward Midland Fire Department	Justin Wells Houston Fire Department	Cory White Cleburne Fire Department	Chad Whitney Grand Prairie
Justin Williams Borger Fire Dept	Daniel Wilson Cleburne Fire Department	Lance Wilson Cypress Creek Fire Department	Dustin Zamboni Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Fire Department
Terry Wygal Atascocita Fire Department	Scott Funderburg Flower Mound FD	Kelley Cato Flower Mound FD	Strider Floyd Flower Mound FD
Scott Lail Cleburne Fire Department	Shane Gainer Keller Fire Rescue	Tom Legler Victoria Fire Dept.	Gilbert Caldwell Roanoke Fire Deartment
Robert Barron Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX)	Rob Franklin Pantego Fire Department	Michael Clements College Station Fire Department	Derrick Gaskin Baytown Fire Department
Ronald Roberts Baytown Fire Department	Robert McKay Baytown Fire Department	Todd Weidman Travis County ESD 1	Ralph Rodriguez Bexar County ESD No. 2

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