FIREWISE COMMUNITIES/USA STATE LIAISONS LIST
(States NOT listed below do not have a liaison designated)
AK Arlene Weber-Sword
National Fire Plan Coordinator
AK Division of Forestry
550 West 7th Avenue
Suite 1450 Anchorage 99501
(907) 269-8471
(907) 269-8921
AL Gerald Steeley
Wildland Urban Interface Specialist
AL Department of Forestry
P.O. Box 2757
Florence 35630
(256) 767-1414
AR David Samuel
Firewise Coordinator
AR Forestry Commission
3821 W. Roosevelt Rd.
Little Rock 72204-6396
501-296-1872
501-296-1949
AZ Cliff Pearlberg
Assistant Fire Management Officer
Arizona State Land Department – Fire Management
2901 W. Pinnacle Peak Road
Phoenix 85027
602-255-4059
602-255-4627
CA Tom Hoffman
Chief, Fire Prevention and Pre-Fire Management
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
P.O. Box 34244-2460
Sacramento 94244-2460
916-653-7472
916-653-8961
CO Scott Woods
Assistant Project Forester
Colorado State Forest Service
9769 W. 119th Drive Suite 6
Broomfield 80021
303-404-9057
303-465-9048
DE Bryan Hall
Sr. Forester/Urban Forestry Prog. Coordinator
Delaware Forest Service
2320 S. Dupont Highway
Dover 19901
302-349-5754
FL Jim Harrell
Fire Mitigation Coordinator
FL Division of Forestry
3125 Conner Blvd.
Tallahassee 32399-1650
(850) 921-3733
(850) 488-4445
GA Roger Browning
Rural Fire Defense Coordinator
GA Forestry Commission
P.O. Box 819
Macon 31202-0819
(478) 751-3505
(478) 752-1194
HI Wayne F. Ching
State Protection Forester
HI Division of Forestry & Wildlife
1151 Punchbowl Street Room 325
Honolulu 96813
(808) 587-4173
ID Vickie Ellickson
Idaho Department of Lands
3780 Industrial Avenue
Coeur D’Alene 83815
(208) 666-8656
(208) 769-1524
KS Jason Hartman
Fire Protection Specialist
Kansas Forest Service
2610 Claflin Road
Manhattan 66502-2798
(785) 532-3300
(785) 532-3305
KY Jennifer Turner
Firewise Coordinator
KY Division of Forestry
627 Comanche Trail
Frankfort 40601
(502) 564-4496
(502) 564-6553
LA H. Alan Small
Prevention & Education Assistant Branch Chief
Louisiana Office of Forestry
515 Forestry Road
Woodworth 71485
(318) 487-5172
MA Philip Gilmore
Acting Bureau Chief, District Forest Fire Warden
MA DCR Bureau of Forest Fire Control
Erving State Forest
200 East Main Street
Erving 01344
(978) 544-2760
(978) 544-2651
MD David Robbins
Wildfire Mitigation Specialist
Maryland DNR Forest Service
1260 Maryland Avenue Suite 103
Hagerstown 21740
(301) 791-4010
(301) 791-0173
MI Paul Kollmeyer
Fire Prevention Specialist
MI Dept. of Natural Resources - Forest, Mineral & Fire Management
8015 Mackinaw Trail
Cadillac 49601
(213) 775-9727
(213) 775-9727
MN Tom Eiber
Wildland Urban Interface Program Consultant
Minnesota DNR – Division of Forestry
500 Lafayette Road, Box 44
St. Paul 55155-4044
(651) 297-3417
(651) 296-5954
MO Bill Altman
Fire Program Supervisor
MO Dept. of Conservation
P.O. Box 248
Sullivan 63080-0248
(573) 468-3335 x225
(573) 468-5434
MS Leslie Blackwell
Area Forester
Mississippi Forestry Commission
P.O. Drawer 429
Philadelphia 39350
(601) 656-1381
(601) 656-9247
MT Pat Cross
State Prevention Specialist
MT DNRC - Forestry Division
2705 Sprugin Road
Missoula 59804
406-542-4251
406-542-4242
NC Robin Carter
PIO, Fire Prevention Specialist
NC Div. of Forest Resources
1616 Mail Service Center
Raleigh 27699-1616
(919) 733-2162 x262
ND Colleen Reinke
Fire Planning & Prevention Specialist
ND Forest Service
1511 East Interstate Avenue
Bismarck 58503
(701) 328-9990
(701) 328-9947
NH Robert Boyd
Forest Ranger
NH Division of Forests and Lands
PO Box 1856
Concord 03302-1856
(603) 271-2217 x347
(603) 271-6488
NJ Gregory McLaughlin
Assistant Division Forest Firewarden
New Jersey Forest Fire Service
c/o NJ Forest Resource Education Center
370 East Veterans Highway
Jackson 08527
(732) 833-4847
(732) 928-4925
NM Karen Lightfoot
WUI Forester
EMNRD - Forestry Division
Bernalillo District
5105 Santa Fe Hills Blvd. NE
Rio Rancho, NM 87144
505-867-2334
505-867-2225 fax
OH Aaron Kloss
Firewise Coordinator
OH Division of Forestry
1455 Fountain Square Court H-1
Columbus 43224-1383
(614) 265-6896
(614) 447-9231
OK Steve Mattax
Staff Forester
OK Department of Agriculture, Food & Forestry
830 NE 12th Avenue
Goldsby 73093-9017
(405) 288-2385
(405) 288-6363
OR Richard Gibson
Fire Policy and Prevention Manager
OR Department of Forestry
2600 State Street
Salem 97310
(503) 945-7440
(503) 945-7454
PA Glenn Bell
Wildfire Prevention Specialist
PA Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources
400 Market Street - RCSOB 6th Floor
PO Box 8552
Harrisburg 17105-8552
717-787-2925
717-787-7960
SC Calvin Bailey
State WUI Coordinator
SC Forestry Commission
413 Sidneys Road
Walterboro 29488
(843) 538-3708
(843) 538-2193
SD Kurt Buer
Black Hills RC&D
1530 Samco Road, Suite 4
Rapid City 57702-8007
605-348-2611
605-343-6310
TN Robin Bible
Staff Forester - Fire Management
TN Dept. of Agriculture - Div. of Forestry
P.O. Box 40627
Nashville 37204
(615) 837-5537
(615) 837-5129
TX P. J. Pearson
Urban/Wildland Interface Specialist
Texas Forest Service
P.O. Box 8841 – 6400 FM 2147, Suite 106
Horseshoe Bay 78657
(830) 596-1173
UT Susan Lauman
Fire Management Coordinator
Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands
1594 West N. Temple Suite 3520
Salt Lake City 84114
(801) 538-5555
(801) 533-4111
VA John Miller
Chief, Resource Protection
VA Department of Forestry
900 Natural Resources Drive Suite 800
Charlottesville 22903
(434) 977-6555
(434) 977-9839
WA Bob Bannon
Fire Prevention Program Coordinator
WA Department of Natural Resources
P.O. Box 47037
1111 Washington Street
Olympia 98504-701
(360) 902-1315
WI Jolene Ackerman
WI Department of Natural Resources
101 S. Webster Street
P.O. Box 7921
Madison 53707
(608) 267-7677
WV M. Rodger Ozburn
Wildland Fire Specialist
West Virginia Division of Forestry
P.O. Box 6125
Morgantown 26506-6125
(304) 293-2941 x2475
(304) 293-2441
WY James Webster
National Fire Plan Coordinator
Wyoming State Forestry Division
1100 West 22nd Street
Cheyenne 82002
(307) 777-3368
(307) 777-5986
Bureau of Indian Affairs contacts:
Gary Hilton
Fire Prevention Forester, BIA Midwest and Eastern Regions
US DOI Bureau of Indian Affairs, Midwest Ofc.
Whipple Federal Building
One Federal Drive, Room 550
Fort Snelling, Minnesota 55111
(612) 713-4400 x1079
(612) 713-4401
Val Christianson
BIA – National Interagency Fire Center
2205 Columbia SE
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106
(505) 842-3864
(505) 841-3130