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 via email simply click their name located below their picture.

Stuart Matthias
Interim Fire chief

Shift 1

​​Shift 2

Shift 3
Chris Pribek
Lieutenant/Paramedic
Kurt Blakeman
Lieutenant/paramedic
Julie Le Blanc
MPO/paramedic
Tim Schmidtke
firefighter/EMT
David Rekemeyer
Firefighter/EMT
Brandon Friermood
Firefighter/Paramedic
John Bush
Firefighter/EMT
Scott Thimm
Captain/paramedic
Rayne Edinger
Mpo/paramedic
Wade Koistinen
Firefighter/Paramedic
Erin Geraghty
Firefighter/Paramedic
Dale Jolma
Firefighter/emt
Lance Loftus
FIrefighter/EMT
John Swanson
Firefighter/Paramedic
Kevin Alajoki
Captain/paramedic
Matt Spangler
Lieutenant/Paramedic
John Granger
MPO/Paramedic
John Baker
mpo/paramedic
Brian Best
​Firefighter/paramedic
Kyle Ayvazzadeh
Firefighter/EMT
Hunter VanDenElzen
FIrefighter/paramedic
Auxillary Staff 
Greg Alexander
EMT