Wildfire Experience.
Strategic Perspective.
Practical Solutions.

25+ years across wildfire operations, government leadership,
private-sector response, and emerging wildfire technology.

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About JT

I’ve spent more than 25 years working across the wildfire system—from the fireline to leading complex state fire programs and private-sector operations.My career has included serving as Fire Management Bureau Chief for the Idaho Department of Lands and Fire Management Officer for Wyoming State Forestry, along with leadership roles in interagency coordination, emergency management, and private-sector wildfire operations.Along the way, I’ve led large operational workforces and programs, worked across state, federal, local, and private organizations, and helped build systems designed to perform when conditions become complex.That experience gives me a perspective that crosses organizational boundaries. I understand how wildfire decisions are made in the field, inside government, and within private organizations—and where good ideas can struggle to become operational reality.Today, I bring that experience to organizations working at the intersection of wildfire, government, operations, technology, and business.My approach is practical: understand the problem, understand the operating environment, and develop solutions that can actually be implemented.

Advisory Services

Rocky MTN Wildfire Pro provides strategic and operational advisory support to organizations working within—or entering—the wildfire environment.Engagements are built around the problem at hand, drawing on operational experience, government and agency perspective, program leadership, and private-sector implementation.Wildfire Strategy & OperationsProgram development, operational planning, preparedness, response systems, organizational readiness, and practical problem solving for complex wildfire environments.Government, Agency & Market EngagementHelping organizations understand agency structures, decision processes, procurement environments, operational expectations, funding pathways, and the relationships that influence how wildfire products, programs, and services move forward.Technology & Operational AdoptionBridging the gap between what a technology or capability can do and what it takes to make it useful in the field—from operational fit and end-user needs to agency adoption, integration, and implementation.Wildfire Risk & MitigationStrategic and practical support for wildfire risk reduction, defensible space, fuels and vegetation management, community mitigation, program development, and implementation.Organizational & Business AdvisorySupporting organizations operating within—or entering—the wildfire environment with program design, operational structure, partnerships, market development, growth strategy, and complex problem solving.

From Capability to Operational Value

A product, program, or strategy can be technically sound and still struggle in the field.Wildfire organizations operate within complex systems of policy, funding, procurement, interagency coordination, operational doctrine, risk, and culture. Understanding those systems matters.Rocky MTN Wildfire Pro helps organizations identify and work through the issues that can determine whether a capability moves from a good idea to operational reality:Does it solve a real operational problem?Where does it fit within existing wildfire systems?Who needs to use it, approve it, fund it, or trust it?What could prevent adoption or implementation?What has to happen to move it from concept to operational use?The objective isn't simply to provide advice. It's to help turn capability into operational value.

WAYS TO WORK TOGETHER

Rocky MTN Wildfire Pro offers flexible engagement models based on the problem, timeline, and level of support required.Strategic AdvisoryOngoing advisory support for leaders and organizations navigating complex wildfire-related decisions, initiatives, or opportunities.Project-Based ConsultingDefined engagements with a specific scope, objective, and deliverable—from program and market strategy to operational planning and implementation.Fractional SupportEmbedded senior-level expertise on a recurring basis for organizations that need wildfire, operational, government, or market perspective.Specialized EngagementsNot every problem fits a standard model. Engagements can be structured around a specific challenge, opportunity, timeline, or organizational need.

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Not every engagement starts with a defined scope.If you're working through a wildfire-related operational challenge, developing a new capability, evaluating a market opportunity, or trying to understand how something will work in the field, let's have a conversation.Rocky MTN Wildfire Pro works with public agencies, private companies, technology providers, insurers, nonprofits, and other organizations operating in or around the wildfire environment.Based in North Idaho | Available for projects throughout the U.S. and Canada

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