Incident Management Experience

Ross has 35 years of experience with large incident management utilizing the Incident Command System.  Recent assignments and incidents have included:

2005 - PSC Type 2 - Wasson Fire

2005 - Deputy IC Type 2 - Deer Creek Fire

2005 - PSC Type 2 - Louisiana Interagency IMT (Hurricane Katrina)

2005 - IC Type 2 - Louisiana Interagency IMT

2006 - Deputy IC Type 1 - Shake Table Complex

2006 - PSC Type 2 - Middle Fork Fire

2007 - Agency Administrator - NW Oregon December Windstorm Incident

2008 - SITL - Canyon Complex (PNW IMT#3)

2008 - PSC Type 1 - Canyon Complex (PNW IMT#3)

2010 - ICS Advisor - Gulf Oil Spill

2013 - Deputy Agency Administrator - Big Windy Complex (Type 1 IMTs)

2014 - PSC Type 2 and PSC Mentor - Bryant Fire

2014 - PSC Type 2 and PSC Mentor - White River Fire

2014 - PSC Type 2 - Rye Valley Fire

2014 - PSC Type 2 - Bridge 99 Complex

2014 - IC Type 1 (Unified Command) - Deception Complex

2014 - IC Type 2 (Unified Command) - 36 Pit Fire

2015 - PSC Type 2 - Sugarloaf Fire

2015 - PSC Type 1 - Corner Creek Fire

2015 - PSC Type 1 - Eldorado Fire

2017 - PSC and IC Type 2 - ODF Eclipse Event Team

2018 - PSC Type 1 - Garner Complex

2020 - ICS Advisor and OSC - Denver Department of Public Health and Environment COVID 19 Incident Management Team

2020 - PSC Type 1 and NW MAC Representative for Oregon Department of Forestry's Salem Coordination Center.

2021 - PSC Type 1 and NW MAC Representative for Oregon Department of Forestry's Salem Coordination Center.

2023 - PSC for Reed Point Montana Train Derailment and Yellowstone River Clean-Up incident.

2024 - PSC for Portland Fentanyl Crisis IMT

2024 - Oregon Department of Forestry Agency Administrator for the Willamette South Complex