Equipment and Technology

The Equipment and Technology Working Team (ETWT) is composed of the wildland fire equipment specialists from the member agencies. It develops, schedules, and manages field testing of equipment, check and/or resolve equipment compatibility issues amongst the member agencies, track agency equipment inventories, and set equipment exchange standards. In addition, the ETWT keeps track of new innovations in equipment and technology that can be used for wildland fire management.

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Each agency, whether a state or province as full members, or federal or city agencies as associate members, have one seat on the Equipment and Technology Working Team. The Equipment and Technology Working Team reports to the Operations Committee and is responsible to formulate equipment plans and ensure that the work plans are carried out.

They work very closely with the Executive Director to oversee and manage their grant allocations and carry out their business. They are assigned a liaison from the Operations Committee in order to form good communications and guidance from the Operations Committee.

The ETWT meets or has a conference call once every quarter in order to coordinate, manage, monitor and conduct their business. They are responsible for developing, coordinating, and managing the vendors at the Annual Winter meeting conducted in January/February.

They also develop, schedule, and manage field testing of equipment, check and/or resolve equipment compatibility issues amongst the member agencies, track agency equipment inventories, and set equipment exchange standards.

In addition, the ETWT keeps track of new innovations in equipment and technology that can be used for wildland fire management. They stay informed of new information from national technology and development centers and from vendors. Occasionally the ETWT will conduct mini mobilizations amongst the agencies to test equipment compatibility and to exercise crossing equipment between the U.S. and Canada.

They also assimilate and post annual agency and contractor aircraft cost rates for use amongst the agencies when mutual is needed. The ETWT also plans and conducts pump mechanic training courses and sends members to wildlfire equipment development tours in order to capture and share information throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Contacts

Michael Kronick (CT)

Work Email: michael.kronick@ct.gov
Work Phone: +1 860-989-4729

Address:
1279 Middlebury Road
Middlebury, CT 06762
United States

Art Lavoie (ME)

Chair

Work Email: art.lavoie@maine.gov
Mobile Phone: +1 207-650-2413

Address:
Maine Forest Service
2870 North Belfast Ave.
Augusta, ME 04330
United States

Roy Liard (MA)

Vice Chair

Work Email: roy.liard@state.ma.us
Work Phone: +1 508-476-7006

Address:
MA Bureau of Forest Fire Control
Southern Worchester County
108 Wallum Lake Rd.
Douglas, MA 01516
United States

Matthew Ruff (NB)

Work Email: matthew.ruff@gnb.ca
Work Phone: +1 506-470-2428
Work Fax: +1 506-453-2412

Address:
Dept. of Energy and Resource Development Forest
Fire Management Section
1350 Regent St.
P.O. Box 6000
Fredericton, NB E3C 2G6
Canada

Mike Matson (NH)

Work Email: michael.matson@dncr.nh.gov
Work Phone: +1 603-419-9149

Address:
Dept. of Natural and Cultural Resources
Division of Forests and Lands
172 Pembroke Road
P.O. Box 1856
Concord, NH 03302-1856
United States

Timothy Carpenter (NY)

Work Email: timothy.carpenter@dec.ny.gov
Work Phone: +1 607-664-1021
Work Fax: +1 607-776-4392

Address:
New York State Dept. of Environmental Conservation
Division of Forest Protection
7291 Coon Rd.
Bath, NY 14810
United States

Dana Stack (NL)

Work Email: danastack@gov.nl.ca
Work Phone: +1 709-256-1466
Work Phone: +1 709-422-1794

Address:
Forest Fire Protection Center
800 Marix Blvd
Gander, NL A1V 2V7
Canada

Nick Johnson (NS)

Work Email: nick.johnson@novascotia.ca
Work Phone: +1 902-751-0227
Office Phone: +1 902-758-7230

Address:
Dept. of Natural Resources
Forest Protection
P.O. Box 130
Shubenacadie Hants CO, NS B0N 2H0
Canada

Joel Tremblay (PE)

Work Email: jdtremblay@gov.pe.ca
Work Phone: +1 902-213-4185

Address:
Dept. of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Forests, Fish, and Wildlife Division
183 Upton Road
P.O. Box 2000
Charlottetown, PE C1A 7N8
Canada

Daniel Chalifour (QC)

Past Chair

Work Email: dchalifour@sopfeu.qc.ca
Work Phone: +1 819-449-6473 ext. 3423

Address:
SOPFEU
Base Principale de Maniwaki, Aéroport de Maniwaki
176 Route 105
Messines, QC J0X 2J0
Canada

Martin Mantha (QC)

Work Email: mmantha@sopfeu.qc.ca
Work Phone: +1 819-449-4271
Work Fax: +1 819-449-2139

Address:
SOPFEU
Base Principale de Maniwaki, Aéroport de Maniwaki
176 Route 105
Messines, QC J0X 2J0
Canada

Gregory Rathbun (RI)

Work Email: gregory.rathbun@dem.ri.gov
Work Phone: +1 401-539-2356 ext. 3
Work Fax: +1 401-539-1157

Address:
RI Division of Forest Environment
260 Arcadia Road
Hope Valley, RI 02832
United States

Brett Gore (USFWS)

Work Email: brett_gore@fws.gov
Work Phone: +1 973-702-7266 ext. 20
Mobile Phone: +1 973-907-4694

Address:
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Wallkill River NWR
1547 County Route 565
Sussex, NJ 07461-4013
United States

Bryan Daigle (NPS)

Work Email: bryan_daigle@nps.gov
Work Phone: +1 207-288-8778
Mobile Phone: +1 207-316-3949
Mobile Phone: +1 207-801-1826

Address:
National Park Service
Acadia National Park
20 Mcfarland Hill Dr.
P.O. Box 177
Bar Harbor, ME 04609
United States

Liam Farley (VT)

Work Email: liam.farley@vermont.gov
Work Phone: +1 802-793-1467

Address:
Dept. of Forests, Parks and Recreation
111 West Street
Essex Junction, VT 05452-4695
United States