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City of Ashland WI Fire Department
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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.

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F-1 Stuart Matthias
Fire chief
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Emily Hanson
Administrative assistant
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Shift 1

​​Shift 2

Shift 3

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