Twenty students will graduate from the Kilgore College Fire Academy No. 82 on Wednesday, March 28.

The ceremony is set for 6:30 p.m. in the Bert E. Woodruff Adult Education Center Auditorium in Kilgore.

The KC Fire Academy is accredited by the Texas Commission on Fire Protection and the State Firemen and Fire Marshal's Association and approved by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

The academy offers certification schools for NFPA 1001 Basic Structural Firefighter I and II certification, the Texas Volunteer certification, Fire Inspector and Fire and Arson Investigation courses.
It is also a designated institution by the Canadian Province of British Columbia.

The following candidates, listed by hometown, are part of KC Fire Academy No. 82:

Burns Lake, B.C. Canada: Rylan Horni
Canton: Dylan T. Louis
Fort Worth: Chace Hobbs
Garland: Preston Jenkins
Henderson: Jeffery Cox and Kevin W. Temple
Kelowna, B.C. Canada: Tyler Evans
Kilgore: Travis Crews
Lindale: James Cooper and Jay Wieneke
Longview: Luis Israel Encalada, Phillip Recio and Jimmy Su
Overton: Dylan Lantz
Pampa: Jack D. Ware
Rowlett: Mason Wilmany
Salmon Arm, B.C. Canada: Jesse Foster
Tyler: Jesus Alvarado, Isai Hernandez
Union Grove: Richard Pittman