ABOUT SFRT AREA 15

Area Coordinator's Welcome,

Welcome to the official website for KCTCS State Fire Rescue Training Area 15.  It is our goal to make your experience as helpful and informative as possible.

Area 15 is one of 14 regional offices of State Fire Rescue Training (SFRT) that serves the firefighters and rescue personnel of Kentucky with training and support.  SFRT is a Division of the Kentucky Fire Commission within the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS).

Area 15 carries out its duties with a part-time faculty of 35 field instructors, a full-time office coordinator, and a full-time area coordinator. The Area 15 office is located inside the Kentucky Fire Commission office at 110 Cleveland Drive, Paris, KY 40361.

If you need further assistance or just can't find what you may be looking for, give us a call at 859-256-3596.

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Sincerely,

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Brian D. Steele

Area Coordinator

State Fire Rescue Training Mission

The mission of Fire Rescue Training is to plan, direct, and administer a quality, comprehensive and uniformly delivered training program through the most efficient use of available resources to assist in meeting the training needs of fire, rescue and other emergency services personnel so that lives and property for industries, institution, government agencies and other such entities to assist in meeting their training needs mandated by federal, state and local laws.

The vision of Fire Rescue Training is to be recognized as a national leader in providing comprehensive educational programs for current and future emergency responders at the local, regional, state and national levels.

Our Instructors

Alex Altman

Ernie Barnes

Gregg Bayer

Chuck Bonta

Tim Brumfield

Buzzy Campbell

Daniel Clark

Sean Davenport

Adam Day

Josh Day

Danny Eades

David Earnest

Brooks Elder

​Catherine Elder-Ramnes

Carl Faulconer

Michael Felty

Rob Forehand

Les Fryman

John Gentry

Robert Gresham

Doug Hargreaves

Robert Harrison

Ryan Hogsten

Justin Hollen

Doug Hurt

James Kanavy

Billy McIntosh

Ed Murner

Bart Powell

Zachary Ryer

Robbie Smith

Dustin Whited

Charles Woods

Dee Wooley

Shane Yocum

Our Fire Departments

Please use our Fire Department Information Update form if your department has any contact information that needs to be updated. 

Anderson County

Anderson County Fire Department

Lawrenceburg Fire Department

Bourbon County

Bourbon County Fire Department

Centerville Volunteer Fire Department

Clintonville Fire Department

Hutchinson Station Fire Department

Little Rock Volunteer Fire Department

Millersburg Fire Department

North Middletown Fire Department

Paris Fire Department

Ruddles Mill-Shawhan Volunteer Fire Department

Boyle County

Boyle County Fire Department

Danville Fire Department

Junction City Fire Department

Perryville Fire Department

Clark County

Clark County Fire Department

Winchester Fire/EMS

Estill County

Estill County Fire Department

Hargett Fire & Rescue Department

Irvine Fire Department

Ravenna Fire Department

Fayette County

Bluegrass Airport Fire Department

Lexington Fire Department

Franklin County

Frankfort Fire Department

Franklin County Fire Department

Garrard County

Buckeye Fire Department

Camp Dick Fire Department

Cartersville-Paintlick Fire & Rescue

Garrard County Fire District #1

Lancaster Fire Department

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Harrison County

Berry Fire Department

Cynthiana Fire Department

Harrison County Fire Protection District

Jessamine County

Jessamine County Fire Department

Nicholasville Fire Department

Wilmore Fire Department

Lincoln County

Crab Orchard Fire Department

Hustonville City Fire Department

Lincoln County Fire Department

Stanford Fire Department

Madison County

Berea Fire Department

Kirksville Fire Department

Madison County Fire Department

Red Lick Volunteer Fire Department

Richmond Fire Department

Union City Volunteer Fire Department

Waco Volunteer Fire Department

White Hall Fire Department

Mercer County

Burgin Fire Department

Harrodsburg Fire Department

Mercer County Fire Protection District

Nicholas County

Carlisle Fire Department

Nicholas County Fire Department

Powell County

Clay City Fire Department

Middle Fork Fire Department

Stanton Fire Department

Scott County

Georgetown Fire & Rescue

Scott County Fire Department

Stamping Ground City Fire Department

Woodford County

Midway Fire Department

Versailles Fire Department

Woodford County Fire Department