The Operations Committee is composed of the fire supervisors in charge of the fire program within each member agency. The Chair of the Operations Committee is a two (2) year term and rotates among the member agencies.
Implement and direct Compact business under the direction of the Commission.
Objectives:
Support each member agency, individually and as a Compact, in maintaining an effective forest fire control capability (preparedness).
Objectives:
Support member agencies in maintaining an effective fire prevention program.
Objectives:
Establish and maintain close liaison with other compacts and cooperating agencies.
Objectives:
Provide the means for member agencies and cooperating partners to manage fires that might be beyond the capabilities of their respective agency.
Objectives:
Maintain a full complement of active commissioners who take an active and participatory role in Compact activities.
Objectives:
Work Email: reese.kerbow@bia.gov
Mobile Phone: +1 828-736-0952
Office Phone: +1 615-564-6780
Address:
32 Drowning Bear St.
Bldg #32
P.O. Box 1959
Cherokee, NC 28719
United States
Work Email: thomas.trask@ct.gov
Work Phone: +1 860-424-3325
Mobile Phone: +1 860-543-9260
Address:
Forest Protection Supervisor
CT Dept. of Energy and Environmental Protection
79 Elm Street
Hartford, CT 06106-5127
United States
Work Email: brett.bachman@fdny.nyc.gov
Work Phone: +1 917-488-4035
Mobile Phone: +1 516-721-2623
Work Email: eric.hughes@usda.gov
Mobile Phone: +1 970-456-8268
Work Phone: +1 802-747-6740
Address:
Green Mountain/Finger Lakes National Forest
P.O. Box 220
Rutland, VT 05702
United States
Work Email: robby.gross@maine.gov
Mobile Phone: +1 207-712-8603
Mobile Phone: +1 207-227-4367
Address:
Dept. of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry
Maine Forest Service
18 Elkins Lane, Harlow Bldg, SHS #22
Augusta, ME 04333
United States
Work Email: david.celino@mass.gov
Work Phone: +1 508-326-2403
Address:
Dept. of Conservation and Recreation
Bureau of Forest Fire Control and Forestry
251 Causeway Street, Suite 600
Boston, MA 02114
United States
Work Email: troy.adams@gnb.ca
Work Phone: +1 506-440-9332
Address:
Dept. of Energy and Resource Development
Forest Fire Management Section
1350 Reqent St.
P.O. Box 6000
Fredericton, NB E3C 2G6
Canada
Work Email: steven.sherman@dred.nh.gov
Work Phone: +1 603-788-4157 ext. 312
Work Fax: +1 603-788-0956
Address:
NH Forest Protection Bureau
629 B Main Street
Lancaster, NH 03584
United States
Work Email: scott.jackson@dec.ny.gov
Work Phone: +1 315-625-7261
Address:
New York State Dept. of Environmental Conservation
1285 Fisher Ave.
Cortland, NY 13045
United States
Work Email: jeffmotty@gov.nl.ca
Work Phone: +1 709-637-2404
Mobile Phone: +1 709-640-0087
Work Fax: +1 709-637-2403
Address:
Dept. of Fisheries and Land Resources
Forestry and Wildlife Branch
192 Wheeler's Road
P.O. Box 2006
Corner Brook, NL A2H 0J1
Canada
Work Email: tbrady@nffpc.org
Mobile Phone: +1 603-273-8477
Address:
Northeastern Forest Fire Protection Commission
7 Palomino Rd.
Gilford, NH 03249
United States
Work Email: eearle@nffpc.org
Work Phone: +1 709-388-8888
Address:
1 Mountainview Rd
Massey Drive, NL A2H 7A7
Canada
Work Email: scott.tingley@novascotia.ca
Work Phone: +1 902-758-5250
Office Phone: +1 902-758-7230
Address:
Dept. of Natural Resources
Forest Protection
P.O. Box 130
Shubenacadie Hants CO, NS B0N 2H0
Canada
Work Email: mmontigny@gov.pe.ca
Work Phone: +1 902-368-4709
Mobile Phone: +1 902-314-9291
Address:
Dept. of Communities, Land, and Environment
Forests, Fish, and Wildlife Division
183 Upton Road
P.O. Box 2000
Charlottetown, PE C1A 7N8
Canada
Work Email: sguitard@sopfeu.qc.ca
Work Phone: +1 418-871-3341
Work Fax: +1 418-874-2629
Address:
SOPFEU
Aéroport International Jean-Lesage
715, 7e rue de l'Aéroport
Québec, QC G2G 2S7
Canada
Work Email: patrick.macmeekin@dem.ri.gov
Work Phone: +1 401-595-1075
Address:
RIDEM Division of Forest Environment
260 Arcadia Road
Hope Valley, RI 02832
United States
Work Email: michael_pagoaga@fws.gov
Mobile Phone: +1 413-800-6517
Address:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
300 Westgate Center Drive
Hadley, MA 01035
United States
Work Email: helene.hochholzer@usda.gov
Work Phone: +1 860-861-7322
Address:
Cooperative Fire Specialist
Forest Service, Eastern Region, Fire and Aviation Management
626 East Wisconsin Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53202
United States
Work Email: jordan_collier@nps.gov
Work Phone: +1 765-913-0790
Work Email: dan.dillner@vermont.gov
Mobile Phone: +1 802-777-3079
Address:
Dept. of Forests, Parks and Recreation
111 West Street
Essex Junction, VT 05452-4695
United States
Work Email: nicholas.jeros@usda.gov
Work Phone: +1 208-768-7034