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FEPP, FFP, and VFA Coordinator Contacts


United States and Territories

State FEPP and FFP Coordinator

Adam Ball
Alabama Forestry Commission
2973 Miller Nursery RD 
Autaugaville, AL 36003
334-931-7124


State VFA Coordinator

Nicklas Jordan
Alabama Forestry Commission
1109 W. Market ST, Suite F
Athens, AL 35611
256-618-1645

State FEPP and FPP Coordinator

Vacant
Alaska Department of Natural Resources / Division of Forestry
550 West 7th Ave, Suite 1450
Anchorage, AK 99501 
907-269-8461
Fax: 425-220-4488


State VFA Coordinator

Alaska Department of Natural Resources / Division of Forestry
3700 Airport Way
Fairbanks, AK 99709
907-451-2675
Fax: 907-451-2690

FFP Coordinator Position is currently vacant

VFA Program unestablished


State FEPP Coordinator

Duke Vele
Department of Public Safety
P.O. Box 1086
Pago Pago, AS 96799
684-633-1111, Ext 57
Fax: 684-633-7296

State FEPP Coordinator

Douglas McDonald
Arizona State Forestry & Fire Management
2901 W. Pinnacle Peak RD
Phoenix, AZ 85027
Office: 623-474-1461
Cell: 602-341-0004


State FFP Coordinator
Vacant


State VFA Coordinator

John Truett
Arizona State Forestry & Fire Management
1110 W. Washington, Suite 100
Phoenix, AZ 85007
Cell: 619-204-6196

State FEPP, FFP, and VFA Coordinator

Kathryn Mahan-Hooten
Arkansas Forestry Commission
20 Industrial Blvd.
Greenbrier, AR 72058
501-679-3581

State FEPP and FFP Coordinators

Alicia Hastings 
916-955-4108

Melissa Hillis 
916-956-7610

California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
PO Box 944246
Sacramento, CA 94244-2460
Fax: 916-894-9880


State VFA Coordinator

Megan Esfandiary
Grant Analyst
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
PO Box 944246
Sacramento, CA 94244-2460
916-653-3649

State FEPP and FFP Coordinator

Matt O'Leary
Division of Fire Prevention & Control
3843 W. Laporte Ave., Bldg. 1053
Fort Collins, CO 80523
720-544-2274 or
720-544-2278


State VFA Coordinator

Division of Fire, Prevention and Control
690 Kipling St., Ste. 2000
Lakewood, CO 80215
303-239-4600

State FEPP, FFP, and VFA Coordinator

Tom Trask
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
79 Elm Street
Hartford, CT 06106-5127
860-424-3325

State FEPP, FFP, and VFA Coordinator

Sam Topper
Delaware Forest Service
2320 S. DuPont Hwy.
Dover, DE 19901
302-856-2893 

State FEPP, FFP, and VFA Coordinator

Kasie Crowe
Florida Forest Service
3125 Conner Blvd., RM-290
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1650
850-681-5918

State FEPP and FFP Coordinator

Michelle Newman
Georgia Forestry Commission
5645 Riggins Mill Road
Dry Branch, GA 31020
478-550-5959


State VFA Coordinator

Mark Millirons
Georgia Forestry Commission
5645 Riggins Mill Road
Dry Branch, GA 31020
478-751-3504

State FEPP and FFP Coordinator

Christine Camacho Fejeran
Guam Forestry and Soil
163 Dairy Road
Mangilao, Guam 96913
671-300-7975


No VFA program available

 

State FEPP, FFP, and VFA Coordinator

Michael Walker
Hawaii Division of Forestry
Kalanimoku Building
1151 Punchbowl St., Rm. 325
Honolulu, HI 96813
808-587-4188

State FEPP and FFP Coordinator

Bjorn Jordan
Idaho Department of Lands
3284 W. Industrial Loop
Coeur d'Alene, ID 83815
208-666-8654

Jessica Wirth
FEPP and FFP Program Specialist
Idaho Department of Lands
3328 W Industrial Loop
Coeur d’Alene, ID 83815
208-666-8657 


State VFA Coordinator

Josh Harvey
Idaho Department of Lands
3284 W. Industrial Loop
Coeur d'Alene, ID 83815
208-769-1525

State FEPP, FFP and VFA Coordinator

Benjamin Snyder
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
52 Cinder Hill Drive
Murphysboro, IL 62966
618-565-2828

State FEPP, FFP, and VFA Coordinator

Lonnie Kern
Indiana Division of Forestry
6220 Forest Road
Martinsville, IN 46151-0650
765-792-4647

State FEPP, FFP, and VFA Coordinator

Jason Walker
IDNR Forestry - Fire Program
2404 South Duff Ave.
Ames, Iowa 50010-8093
515-689-0083

State FEPP and FFP Coordinator

Eric Ward
Kansas Forest Service
2610 Claflin FD
Manhattan, KS 66502-2798
785-532-3307


State VFA Coordinator

Mark Neely
Kansas Forest Service
2610 Claflin FD
Manhattan, KS 66502-2798
785-532-3314

State FEPP, FFP, and VFA Coordinator

William (Hank) Duncan
Kentucky Division of Forestry
300 Sower Blvd.
Frankfort, KY 40601
606-337-3939

State FEPP and FFP Coordinator

Brian Thacker
LDAF Forestry
515 Forestry Rd.
Woodworth, LA  71485
Office: 318-487-5867
Fax: 225-237-5933


 State VFA Coordinator

Matthew Polk
Louisiana Office of Forestry
5825 Florida Blvd., Suite 600
Baton Rouge, LA 70806
225-925-4500

State FEPP, FFP, and VFA Coordinator

Terri Teller
Maine Forest Service
22 SHS, 18 Elkins Ln.
Augusta, ME 04330
207-287-4993

State FEPP, FFP, and VFA Coordinator

Shannon Wolfe
Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service
10201 Bee Oak Road
Brandywine, MD 20613
301-331-6432

State FEPP and FFP Coordinator

Keith Robbins
Massachusetts Department of Conservation & Recreation
51 Military Rd.
Amherst, MA 01002
413-387-3046


State VFA Coordinator

Alex Belote
Massachusetts Department of Conservation & Recreation
1048 North Road/Route 202
Westfield, MA 01085
857-248-2741

State FEPP Coordinator

Matt Feldpausch
Michigan Department of Natural Resources, 
525 West Allegan, PO Box 30452
Lansing, MI 48909
517-614-0435

State FEPP, FFP, and VFA Coordinator

Tim Oland
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources  -  Forestry / Minnesota Interagency Fire Center
402 SE 11th Street
Grand Rapids, MN 55744
218-322-2688

State FEPP, FFP, and VFA Coordinator

Kory Williams 
Mississippi Forestry Commission
3139 Highway 468 West
Pearl, MS 39208
601-264-7493

State FEPP and FFP Coordinator

Kent Bassett
Missouri Department of Conservation
2652 S. Jefferson Ave.
Lebanon, MO 65536
417-532-7904


State VFA Coordinator

Ben Webster
Missouri Department of Conservation
PO Box180
Jefferson, MO 65102
573-751-4115

State FEPP and FFP Coordinator

Eugene Shepard
Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation
2705 Spurgin Road
Missoula, MT 59804-3199
406-542-4271

Rose Kirschenheiter
Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation
FEPP and FFP Program Specialist
2705 Spurgin Road
Missoula, MT 59804-3199
406-542-4228


State VFA Coordinator

Rhea Blankenship
Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation
2705 Spurgin Road
Missoula, MT 59804-3199
406-542-4267

State FEPP and FFP Coordinator

Lew Sieber
Nebraska State Forestry
1071 Country Road G
Ithaca, NE 68033
402-624-8061


State VFA Coordinator

Matt Holte
Nebraska Forest Service
101 Forestry Hall
Lincoln, NE 68583-0815
402-472-6060

State FEPP and FFP Coordinator

Ron Bollier
Nevada Division of Forestry
2478 Fairview Drive
Carson City, NV 89701
775-684-2556


State FEPP, FPP, and VFA Coordinator

Barry Stone
Nevada Division of Forestry
2478 Fairview Drive
Carson City, NV 89701
775-684-2511

State FEPP and FFP Coordinator

Michael Matson
New Hampshire Division of Forests and Lands
PO Box 1856
Concord, NH 03302-1856
603-227-8730


State VFA Coordinator

Steven Sherman
New Hampshire Division of Forests and Lands
PO Box 1856
Concord, NH 03302-1856
603-271-2214

State FEPP and FFP Coordinator

Ed Lord
New Jersey Fire Service
PO Box 420
Trenton, NJ 08625-0420
609-816-3356


State VFA Coordinator

Shawn Judy
New Jersey Fire Service
PO Box 420
Trenton, NJ 08625-0420
609-209-2474

State FEPP Coordinator

Robert Brown
New Mexico State Forestry Division
1220 S. Francis Drive
Santa Fe, NM 57504-1948
505-660-5705

Vernon Muller
New Mexico State Forestry Division
1220 S. Francis Drive
Santa Fe, NM 57504-1948
505-476-3349


State FFP Coordinator

None at this time


State VFA Coordinator

Robert Brown
New Mexico State Forestry Division
1220 S. Francis Drive
Santa Fe, NM 57504-1948
505-660-5705

State FEPP, FFP and VFA Coordinator

Trish Sawyer
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Division of Forest Protection
625 Broadway Street, 11th Floor
Albany, NY 12233-2560
518-402-8618

State FEPP and FFP Coordinator

James Rogers
North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services - Forest Service
2411 Old US 70 West
Clayton, NC 27520
919-553-6178


State VFA Coordinator

Randy Kearney
North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Conservation Services - Forest Service
2411 Old US 70 West
Clayton, NC 27520
919-553-6175

State FEPP, FFP, and VFA Coordinator

Aaron Bucholz
North Dakota State University - North Dakota Forest Service
916 E. Interstate Avenue
Bismarck, ND 58503
Office: 701-328-9946
Cell: 701-934-4149

State FEPP, FFP, and VFA Coordinator

Claudio K. Norita
The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands - Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services
Station 1 Tekken Street
Saipan, MP 96950
670-664-9904

State FEPP, FFP, VFA Coordinator

Aaron Kloss
Ohio Division of Forestry
2045 Morse RD H-1
Columbus, Ohio 43229
614-265-6896

State FEPP, FFP and VFA Coordinator

Andy James
Oklahoma Department of Agriculture
2800 N. Lincoln Blvd.
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
405-823-6742

State FEPP and FFP Coordinator

David Allen
Fire Cache Manager
Oregon Department of Forestry
2600 Lee St. SE, Bldg. H
Salem, OR 97310
503-945-7466

Skip Morton
Oregon Department of Forestry
2600 Lee St. SE, Bldg. H
Salem, OR 97310
503-945-7325

Cesar Morfin
FEPP and FFP Disposition Coordinator
Oregon Department of Forestry
2600 Lee St. SE, Bldg. I
Salem, OR 97310
971-701-5732
 


State VFA Coordinator

Mary Schmelz
Oregon Department of Forestry
2600 State Street
Salem, OR 97310
503-945-7369

State FEPP, FFP, and VFA Coordinator

Charlie Choplick
Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry
PO Box 8552
Harrisburg, PA 17105-8552
717-772-0256

State FEPP and FFP Coordinator

Carlos Ripoll Olmeda
Puerto Rico Forestry
PO Box 13325
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00908-3325
787-725-3444


State VFA Coordinator

Lt. Joel Figueroa Betancourt
Puerto Rico Forestry
PO Box 13325
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00908-3325
787-725-3444

State FEPP, FFP, and VFA Coordinator

Greg Rathburn
Rhode Island Division of Forest Environment
260 Arcadia Road
Hope Valley, RI 02832
401-539-2356

State FEPP, FFP, and VFA Coordinator

Jonathan Calore
South Carolina Forestry Commission
5500 Broad River Rd.
Columbia, SC 29212
803-896-8840

State FEPP and FFP Coordinator

Joannah Tornow
South Dakota Department of Public Safety
3305 West South St.
Rapid City, SD  57702-8160
605-393-8120


State VFA Coordinator

Brandon Anderson
South Dakota Department of Public Safety
3305 West South St.
Rapid City, SD  57702-8160
605-393-8114

State FEPP, FFP, and VFA Coordinator

Shannon Sims
Tennessee Division of Forestry
400 Hogan Road
Nashville, TN 37204
731-412-8437

State FEPP and FFP Coordinator

Kelly Scott
Texas Forest Service
481 Texas Forest Service Loop, Bldg. A456
Lufkin, TX 75904
936-639-8144


State VFA Coordinator

Merrie Noak
Texas A&M Forest Service
200 Technology Way, Suite 1162
College Station, TX 77845-3424
979-458-7354

State FEPP and FFP Coordinators

Jon Arndt
Statewide Logistics Specialist
Utah Division of Forestry
1594 West North Temple
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-5703
801-560-7783

Warren Findley
Utah Division Forestry
1594 West North Temple
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-5703
801-834-2894


State VFA Coordinator

Brett Ostler
Utah Division of Forestry
1594 West North Temple
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-5703
801-538-5389

State FEPP and FFP Coordinator

Dan Dillner
Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation
111 West St.
Essex Junction, VT 05452
802-777-3079


State VFA Coordinator

Kathy Decker
Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation
374 Emerson Falls Road, Suite 4
Saint Johnsbury, VT 05819
802-473-0007

State FEPP, FFP, and VFA Coordinator

Bernice Verret
Virginia Department of Forestry
900 Natural Resources Drive, Suite 800
Charlottesville, VA 22903
434-978-8903

State FEPP and FFP Coordinators

Dan Boyle
Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR), 
Eastern Washington Fire District Assistance and FFP/FEPP Manager
Wildland Fire Management Division
360-480-0490

Nick Cronquist
Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR), 
Western Washington Fire District Assistance and FFP/FEPP Specialist,
Wildland Fire Management Division
360-480-2700

Jamie Kuryllo
Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR), 
Western Washington Fire District Assistance and FFP/FEPP Coordinator
Wildland Fire Management Division
360-522-3770

Cindy Preston
Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR),  
Eastern Washington Fire District Assistance and FFP/FEPP Coordinator
Wildland Fire Management Division
509-607-9724

State FEPP, FFP and VFA Coordinator

Eric Jarrell
West Virginia Division of Forestry
1900 Kanawha Blvd, East
Charleston, WV 25305
304-352-4873

State FEPP and VFA Coordinator

Ron Schneider
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
1706 Academy Ave.
Tomah, WI 54660
608-438-6528

State FEPP, FFP, and VFA Coordinator

Charles Thompson
Wyoming State Forestry Division
5500 Bishop Blvd.
Cheyenne, WY 82002
307-630-5975

 


Please notify Michael Huneke with updates to this list.