Updates

June, 2010: Demobed from the Beaver Fire in Norwood Colorado and built our first house start to finish in 30 days with the help of a small crew of hard working folks. Ironically, July has been the quiet fire month while all through June I turned down work. We are happy to have a sweet home in a beautiful part of Western Colorado with views of the West Elk and Raggeds wilderness areas. It is a ten sided energy efficient structural insulated panel house with heavy cedar shake siding and next to no heating or utliity costs.

March, 2010: Won a scholarship to the Arizona Wildfire Incident Management Academy in Prescott Arizona and took the Advanced Public Information Officer S-403 class.

January 27, 2010: Enjoying the S-372 Helicopter Manager Class being held at Coyle Field in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey. Most of the students are local but we have a couple of guys from Minnesota and one from New Mexico.

January 2-9, 2010: Spent a challenging and fun filled week at the Colorado Wildland Fire and Incident Management Academy in Greeley, Colorado as a Public Information Officer trainee under Lead Laura McConnell.