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Volunteer State Community College

FireScience Instructors

Name Title Phone Email
Phillip Barber Adjunct Faculty (615) 230-3330 Phillip.Barber@volstate.edu
Travis Ford Program Director (615) 230-3354 Travis.Ford@volstate.edu
Michael.Pardue@volstate.edu Adjunct Faculty (615) 230-3341 Michael.Pardue@volstate.edu
Douglas Williams Natural Science Faculty (615) 230-3709 Douglas.Williams@volstate.edu

Program Director

Travis Ford
  • A.I.E. Nashville State Technical Institute
  • A.M.E. Nashville State Technical Institute
  • A.S. Tennessee State University
  • B.S. University of Memphis
  • M.S. University of Tennessee

Instructors with 10 Years of Service

Al Thomas
  • A.S. Tennessee State University
Douglas Williams
  • B.S. Tennessee State University
  • M.S. Meharry Medical College

Instructors with More Than Five Years of Service

Philip Barber
  • A.A.S. Volunteer State Community College
Mike Pardue
  • A.A.S. Volunteer State Community College

Previous Fire Science Instructors:

  • Shelton Barnett
  • Jody Britt
  • Steve Carter
  • Tony Dye
  • Darrell Fleming
  • Gentry Fox
  • Jerry Hodge
  • Laura Hoffman
  • John Kendrick
  • Jay Moore
  • Garry Neal
  • Don Ridley
  • Gene Schmid
  • Al Thomas
  • Rodney Waddell
  • Richard White
  • Danny Yates