Our Team

Principals

Mike Etches

Forty years of experience in managing wildland fire at the crew, duty officer, incident management teams and executive management levels. Mike’s focus includes tactical and strategic planning, the planning section chief function and team development

Rick Kubian

Thirty-Five years of experience in managing landscape wildland fire in protected areas, prescribed fire, duty officer. Incident management teams and executive management. Rick’s focus includes tactical and strategic planning, the incident commander function and team development.

Associates

Subject area specialists that will assist on specific projects.