Chris Noeldner
Chris joined the Lake Area Tech team in August 2024 as an HEO adjunct instructor. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Fire Science from Purdue University, graduating in 2018. He completed NREMT-P training as a paramedic through Brookings Hospital in 2007 and has numerous state and regional instructor certifications for HAZMAT, Technical Rescue, Firefighting and OSHA.
Chris started as a volunteer firefighter in South Shore in 1992. He joined the US Army in 1992 as a heavy construction equipment mechanic. Through his 14 years in the Army and Reserves he became an equipment operator, mechanic, truck driver and medic. In 1996 he left the US Army as a full time soldier and moved to Texas where he was in the Reserves and drove truck. In 2001, he and his wife moved back to Watertown so he could be a full-time firefighter. While being a firefighter he has had multiple side jobs as a truck driver for different companies trucking milk, farm products, new trailers, gravel and equipment.
Chris enjoys teaching, farming, and running heavy equipment. He is married to Kerri and they have a son, Joey, who graduated from LATC and a daughter, Elli, who is a freshman at Mount Marty in Watertown. They live in Watertown.
Chris Noeldner
Adjunct Heavy Equipment Operator
