Sergeant/Paramedic Kurt Hillier was promoted to the position of Lieutenant effective October 30, 2017. Kurt has his Firefighter I and II and was awarded Kiwanis Firefighter of the year in 2005 and Marquette County Firefighter of the year in 2014. Before being hired by the Marquette Fire Department as a Firefighter in 2001, he was a volunteer firefighter with the Marquette Township Fire Department.