Fire Planning Task Force
Fire Planning Task Force
The New Mexico Fire Planning Task Force (Task Force) was created by the NM Legislature in 2003. The Task Force is made up of local, state, federal, and tribal cooperators who assist Forestry to identify and protect areas most vulnerable to wildfires. The Task Force meets once per year to approve Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPP), develop model ordinances and standards for building codes, and consider the benefits of thinning, prescribed burns, and defensible space to reduce the threat of wildfires to communities.
Fire Planning Task Force Members:
Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department
Laura McCarthy, State Forester
Forestry Division Director
Indian Nation, Tribe or Pueblo
Lynn Trujillo, Cabinet Secretary
New Mexico Indian Affairs Department
New Mexico Department of Finance
Donnie Quintana, Division Director
Local Government Division
Commission of Public Lands
Stephanie Garcia Richard, State Land Commissioner
Dana V. Strang, Assistant Commissioner
New Mexico State Land Office
New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department
Clay Bailey, Director
Construction Industries Division
State Fire Marshal’s Office
John Kondratick, Acting State Fire Marshal
NM Department of Homeland Security & Emergency Management
Members of Fire Department
Joe Kenmore, Emergency Services Director
Lincoln County
New Mexico Municipal League
A.J. Forte, Executive Director
Designee: Jackie Portillo
New Mexico Association of Counties
Steve Kopelman, Executive Director
Designee: Joy Esparsen, Associate Director
United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (USFS)
Michiko Martin, Southwest Regional Forester
United States Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Melanie Barnes, Acting State Director
Bureau of Land Management
Local Government Fire Department
Nicolas Cardenas, Fire Marshal
Colfax County