Staffing

The Ashland Fire Department is staffed by one Chief, one administrative assistant, and 18 Career Firefighter/Paramedics and 6 Career Firefighter/EMT's. Staffing is divided among three, eight person shifts. Each shift is made up of one Captain, one Lieutenant, and six line staff. To contact a department member click the email button below their photo.

F-1 Stuart Matthias
Fire chief
Emily Hanson
Administrative assistant

Shift 1

​​Shift 2

Shift 3
C-1 Chris Pribek
Captain/Paramedic
L-1 Rayne Edinger
Lieutenant/paramedic
#32 Brian Best
MPO/paramedic
#34 Tim Schmidtke
MPO/paramedic
#43 John Blakeman
Firefighter/paramedic
#61 Sam Roman
Firefighter/EMT
C-2 Matt Spangler
Captain/Paramedic
L-2 Kurt Blakeman
Lieutenant/paramedic
#28 John Granger
MPO/Paramedic
#33 Erin Geraghty
MPO/Paramedic
#103 Dale Jolma
Firefighter/paramedic
#106 Lance Loftus
FIrefighter/EMT
C-3 Kevin Alajoki
Captain/paramedic
L-3 John Baker
Lieutenant/paramedic
#101 David Rekemeyer
MPO/PAramedic
#104 Brandon Friermood
Firefighter/Paramedic
#42 Paul Oliver
Firefighter/paramedic
#44 Chris Tesnow
Firefighter/EMT
#46 John Swanson
firefighter/Paramedic
Auxiliary Staff 
#26 Greg Alexander
EMT
#63 Ryanne Alajoki
EMT
#62 Dana Cohen
EMT
#105 John Bush
EMT