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.

David Wegener
Fire Chief
Barb Henry
Administrative Assistant

Shift 1

​​Shift 2

Shift 3
Stuart Matthias
Captain/paramedic
Kurt Blakeman
Lieutenant/paramedic
Julie Le Blanc
MPO/paramedic
Wade Koistinen
Firefighter/Paramedic
Tim Schmidtke
firefighter/EMT
Derrick Ponkauskas
Firefighter/emt
Scott Thimm
Captain/paramedic
Matt Spangler
Lieutenant/Paramedic
Rayne Edinger
Mpo/paramedic
Erin Geraghty
Firefighter/Paramedic
David Rekemeyer
Firefighter/EMT
Dale Jolma
Firefighter/emt
Andrew Mayer
Firefighter/Paramedic
Kevin Alajoki
Captain/paramedic
Chris Pribek
Lieutenant/Paramedic
John Granger
MPO/Paramedic
John Baker
mpo/paramedic
Brian Best
​Firefighter/paramedic
Kyle Ayvazzadeh
Firefighter/EMT
Austin Manglitz
Firefighter/EMt
Auxillary Staff 
Greg Alexander
EMT