About Us
2006 Idaho State Fire Plan Working Group Contact List
History
Meeting Minutes/Schedule
Who We Are
The Idaho State Fire Plan Working Group includes the following individuals who represent the following interests. Please click on the name of the individual for a short bio.
- Steve Kimball, Idaho National Fire Plan Coordinator
- Brian Shiplett, Idaho Department of Lands
- David Jackson, Idaho Bureau of Homeland Security
- Mark Larson, Idaho State Fire Marshal
- Jerry Miller, Idaho Department of Commerce and Labor
- Mark Compton, Idaho Governor’s Office
- Tim Droegmiller, Nez Perce Tribe
- Patrick Warker, Coeur d'Alene Tribe
- Julie Thomas, Resource Conservation and Development Councils (RC&Ds)
- Dean Ellis and Lynn Borders, Idaho Fire Chiefs Association
- David Hasz, Idaho Emergency Managers Association
- Dr. Robert Cope and Joe Daniels, Idaho Association of Counties
- Len Diaz, USDI Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Leonard Wehking, USDI Bureau of Land Management
- Dennis Seidman, USDI Fish & Wildlife Service
- Bob Appling, USDI National Park Service
- Gary Jarvis and Pat Garbutt, USDA Forest Service
The Idaho State Fire Plan Working Group (ISFPWG) is a multi-agency collaborative body charged with assisting counties with their County Wildfire Protection Plans and their associated countywide working groups, dissemination of information, and oversight and prioritization of grant assistance programs in order to facilitate the implementation of the National Fire Plan in Idaho.
The ISFPWG focuses its efforts on the following activities:
- Collaboration between local, state, and federal partners.
- Prioritization of grant/financial assistance projects as requested by agencies. For more information about
funding opportunities, click here. - Alignment of hazardous fuels reduction work on non-federal and federal lands in order to more effectively
reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires at the wildland-urban interface. - Encourage the formation of County Wildland Fire Interagency Groups of all partners and development of
local fire mitigation plans. Currently, all 44 of Idaho's counties have completed County Wildland Fire
Mitigation Plans. - Integrate local, state, and federal program funds for the most effective outcomes.
- Educate local partners on the availability of grant resources to assist with program implementation.
- Provide a scientific basis of decisionmaking in the prioritization of hazardous fuels programs.