Meet the Staff of Grand Lake Fire
Fire Chief
Seth St. Germain
19 Years of Service
Q: What’s your spirit animal?
A: Tortoise, I am hard headed, committed, and family oriented.
Wildland Coordinator
Brian Faith
29 Years of Service
Q: What’s in your fridge right now?
A: Organic whole milk.
Executive Assistant
Krystal Steward
7 Years at Grand Lake Fire
Q: If you were a flavor of cupcake, what would you be?
A: I’d be a chocolate, coffee and peanut butter cupcake!
Fire Marshal
Dan Mayer
40 Years of Service
Q: Would you rather look like a potato or feel like a potato?
A: Well, I kind of look like one now so I guess I’d rather feel like one.
Assistant Chief of Special Operations
Tyler Campbell
21 Years of Service
Q: What’s the dumbest way you’ve been injured?
A: Tweaked my back in a NERF battle.
Jennifer Gelbhaus
Administrative Assistant
for Grand Fire and Grand Lake Fire
Q: What is your spirit animal?
A: Sea Turtle - resilient and determined. I go with the flow but never lose sight of where I’m headed.
Gary Edwards
Fire Inspector
for Grand Fire and Grand Lake Fire
4 Years of Service
Q: What is your spirit animal?
A: Kodiak Bear. The biggest of the grizzlies, they look cuddly, but can be dangerous.
Jarred Nelson
Lieutenant Firefighter EMT
16 Years of Service
Q: What one thing would you uninvent?
A: Social Media (from peanut gallery: “How dare you!”)
Mike Arntson
Lieutenant Firefighter EMT
17 Years of Service
Q: What’s the dumbest way you’ve been injured?
A: Falling off a ladder…at the station.
Chance Shaffner
Lieutenant Firefighter Paramedic
17 Years of Service
Q: What book could you read over and over?
A: Louis Lamoure’s, “The Sacketts”
Sean Ratzmann
Firefighter EMT
Approved Acting Lt.
10 Years of Service
Q: What’s in your fridge?
A: Chocolate milk for the gains.
Jake Dunn
Firefighter EMT
Approved Acting Lt.
8 Years of Service
Q: One meal for the rest of your life?
A: Grouper :)
Joe Starika
Firefighter EMT
Approved Acting Lt.
17 Years of Service
Q: What’s the dumbest way you’ve been injured?
A: Kicked in the head by a horse… that’s not very smart is it?
Kylar Hayden
Firefighter EMT
4 Years of Service
Q: What’s your favorite terrible movie?
A: Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Benjamin Hochhalter
Firefighter Paramedic
9 Years of Service
Q: Who’s your favorite superhero?
A: Captain America
Patrick Wagner
Firefighter EMT
7 Years of Service
Q: What’s your spirit animal?
A: Raccoon, cause they’re fueled by chaos and up late searching for midnight snacks!
John Jax Vargas
Seasonal Wildland
Erik Chadick
Seasonal Wildland
Hannah Crawford
Seasonal Wildland
Emily McDougald
Administrative Support
Joint Wildland Team
Jacob Schauer
Lead Wildland Firefighter
Shannon McGill
Reserve Paramedic
19 Years of Service
Q: What one thing would you uninvent?
A: Let’s uninvent Cell phones. They’ll be the death of us!
Jimmy Cowan
Volunteer Firefighter
Jeff Palumbo
Volunteer Firefighter
Wes Morosco
Volunteer Paramedic
Chris Malucelli
Volunteer Firefighter Driver/Operator
Pension Board President
Drew Mustari
Reserve Firefighter EMT
8 Years of Service
Q: Random fact about you?
A: I’m tall…Also I can eat more than anybody at this station.
Cade Kuxhausen
Reserve Firefighter EMT
Matthew Moore
Reserve EMT
PJ Plummer Jr
Reserve Firefighter EMT
Jeanne Power
Reserve Medic
Taylor Griffith
Reserve Paramedic
Zapata Faith
A very good girl
Freya Wagner
A scaredy-cat…dog
Lady Mayer
The stinky old lady. But still a good girl. (German Shepard)
Loretta Dunn
The OG very good girl
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Page updated 08.14.2026