East Camden, AR – September 6, 2024: Southern Arkansas University Tech is proud to announce the appointment of Grant Warner as the new Director of the Arkansas Fire Training Academy (AFTA), effective October 1, 2024. Warner brings a wealth of experience in fire training, safety management, and emergency services.
Warner is no stranger to the AFTA, having previously served as an Instructor from September 2021 to September 2022. He rejoined the AFTA in July 2023, following his tenure as a Safety Supervisor at
Mid-South Environmental Services from September 2022 to June 2023.
With a career spanning over three decades, Warner's extensive background includes fifteen years of service with the Jacksonville Fire Department, where he rose to Division Chief in Training from March 2006 to August 2021. Before that, he served in the U.S. Army Reserve as a Radiological Technologist from March 1992 to February 2016. Warner also gained international experience as a firefighter and Lieutenant with WSI in Iraq from February 2005 to February 2006.