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Biographies

Hans Scott

Beginning his career on the front range of Colorado, Hans worked as a structural firefighter/EMT and as a member of a wildland fire module for six years. This gave him a well rounded understanding of the various facets of the fire service, to include wildland firefighting, structural firefighting, rescue operations, EMS, and prevention. From there, he transferred to an Interagency Hotshot Crew out of Pocatello, Idaho for several years. This provided him with the opportunity to gain valuable experience, and observe both the short and long term effects of common fire management practices across the American West and Canada. After leaving ICH employment, he transferred to an interagency wildfire program in western Colorado. This program has a strong emphasis on interagency coordination and collaboration, and integrates operations across multiple agency and jurisdictional boundaries. While employed in western Colorado, he has participated in multiple capacities. These include functioning in various operational overhead roles, overseeing large scale fuels reduction projects, providing annual and ongoing training to firefighters across the county and region, developing community fuels reduction and prescribed fire plans, participating in prescribed fire operations, and supporting the national response framework.  The focus of his experience has been in Region 2 and Region 4.

Katie Scott

Katie began her career on the front range of Colorado, working on a wildfire module before transitioning to an Interagency Hotshot Crew out of Fairbanks, Alaska. In Alaska she was able to observe and participate in the unique lifestyle and fire environment that Alaska has to offer. After several years of hotshotting in Alaska, she transferred to another IHC based out of Pocatello, Idaho for two more years. After leaving Pocatello, she transferred to an interagency wildfire program in Western Colorado. While living in Colorado, she has functioned in multiple operational overhead roles, in addition to providing extensive administrative support to an interagency wildfire program. Administratively, she has successfully obtained and administered over six million dollars in grant funding. Katie is a graduate of the University of Alaska Fairbanks with a degree in Emergency Management, with a focus in Forestry. The operational focus of her experience has been in Region 10 and Region 2.

Associates

Grey Squirrel Dynamics maintains a strong team of associates. This team has extensive operational and administrative experience, with focuses on community fuels reduction planning, hazard recognition and mitigation, wildfire program development, organizational leadership, and early wildfire detection.