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GENERAL STAFF

As incidents grow in size and complexity, it is necessary to add additional sections to manage functioal areas and maintain an efficient span of control. The four sections in the Incident Command System are Operations, Logistics, Planning and Finance and are each managed by a Section Chief.

 

OPERATIONS SECTION CHIEF
Dana Burwell
 

​​Dana has been a volunteer with McKenzie Fire for 37 years. He has been their paid Chief several times, and is currently Assistant Chief.

 

He has also been a Battalion Chief for Eugene Springfield-Fire for the last 12 years of his 28 year career there.

 

Dana brings vast experience in wildland firefighting having worked on Wildland fire crews and as a timber faller for 15 years for Rosboro Lumber Company.

 

Appointed Operations Chief in 1993 for the first ODF/OSFM team

Appointed Operations Chief for the Green Team in 2001 after the new 3-team format is introduced.

DEPUTY OPERATIONS SECTION CHIEF
Glen Phillips
PLANNING SECTION CHIEF
Tad Pedersen
 

Tad

DEPUTY PLANNING SECTION CHIEF
Jason Cane
 

Cane

LOGISTICS SECTION CHIEF
Kevin Shanders
 

Kevin started as a firefighter during college in Fairbanks, Alaska in the early 1980’s and worked as a wildland firefighter in Alaska for 3 years after school. He began working for Portland Fire & Rescue as a paramedic 24 years ago, and is currently a Battalion Chief in the Emergency Operations Division.  

 

Kevin became involved in the IMT while assigned to the Portland Fire's Logistics Section in 2005.   He has a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from PSU and has pursued extensive training to prepare him to respond in any eventuality. He is a key instructor with the FEMA Community Emergency Response Team training in Portland.

 

In his free time, Kevin enjoys sailing the Columbia River with his wife and son.

DEPUTY LOGISTICS SECTION CHIEF
Steve Bregman
 

​​Bregman

FINANCE SECTION CHIEF
Jamie Kometz
 

​​Kometz

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