Employment:
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection - 1980 – Present - 26 years,.

Primary Duties:
Information and Education
Volunteer In Prevention Coordinator

Specialized Training:
Emergency Medical Technician
Certified State Purchaser
HazMat First Responder Operational

Accomplishments:
Designed Smokey Bear Heart Shaped Pin – used nation-wide
Co - Starred in and designed the “Team Teaching A Program Guide”
Photographed Smokey and Padre Steve Garvey for Smokey & The Pro’s Poster
Created Trading Cards – Featuring Smokey and The Blue Angels

Awards:
1996 – San Diego County “Fire Prevention Officer of the Year”
2001 - Bronze Smokey – National Fire Prevention Award
2003 – Exceptional Service Award “Above And Beyond The Call of Duty” Firestorm 2003

Major Fire Assignments:
The Millar Fire 8,000 acres in 1985 (burned the same time as the Normal Heights Fire)
The Palomar Fire 16,100 acres in 1987 (threatened the Observatory)
The Guejito Fire 20,722 acres in 1993 (Santa Ana Driven Fire)
The Butterfield Fire 7,083 acres in 1995 (with 3 fatalities – air tanker collision
The Sycamore Fire 9,410 acres also in 1995 (6 fatalities – Mexican Nationals)
The Harmony Fire 8,600 acres in 1996 (1 fatalitiy – civilian)
The Otay #322 Fire 14,720 acres also in 1996 (Created B.A.F.C.)
The La Jolla Fire 7,700 acres (1 fatality – Firefighter Crushed by boulder)
The Viejas Fire 10,353 acres in 2001 (Winter Fire In San Diego)
The Gavilan Fire 5,763 acres in 2002(43 Multi Million Dollar Homes destroyed)
The Pines Fire 61,690 acres in 2002 (started by Calif. National Guard)
The Coyote Fire 18,705 acres in 2003(caused by lightning storm)
The Roblar II Fire 6,892 acres in 2003 (on Pendleton – start of Firestorm 2003)
The Cedar Fire 273,246 acres in 2003 (13 fatalities, over 5,000 structures destroyed)
The Paradise Fire 56,700 acres in 2003 (The Forgotten Fire)
The Otay Fire 45,971acres in 2003 (Largest fire in the state, with the fewest crews assigned)
The Mataguay Fire 8,867 in 2004 (Threatened hundreds of Boy Scouts)
The Border #50 Fire 4,100 in 2005 (started in Mexico)