Jim Stumpf
Meridian, Idaho
jimstumpf@q.com
Jim Stumpf retired from the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management after 37 years' experience. During that time, he held a variety of positions in Fire and Aviation Management in Southern California, Washington D.C. and Boise, ID. His last assignment was with the BLM National Fire Program and Policy Office. He served as a wildland fire fighter starting in 1958, assuming additional responsibilities as a Type 1 Incident Commander, Operations and Planning Section Chief, Assistant Area Commander and Area Commander. He is currently working as Planning and Operations Section Chief with the Health and Human and Services, National Disaster Medical System, Management Support Team.
He is active in instruction of the National Incident Management System and has been actively involved with the development and delivery of numerous training courses involving Incident Command and the U.S. Fire Administration Training and National Curriculum development for the U.S. Coast Gurad. Thirty five years lead instructor for NWCG, EMI, and NFA courses outlined as: Advanced Incident Management and Area Command; Command and General staff; Advanced Fire Management, AHIMT course, Advanced Incident Leadership for Agency Administrators, C&G for Local IMT's ; Instructor and Course Coordinator for Multi Agency Coordination Groups. Instructor for I-100 through, I-400, L-280 and ICS for Executives and ICS position courses in: Command, Operations, Planning and Logistics. He is an the Chair NFPA 1140/1051 Fire Committee on Wildland Fire Fighter and Supervisory Standards, member of NFPA 1143 Standards for Wildland Fire and a member of the AHIMT and National Emergency Management Association.
Honors and Awards
- Seven USFS Certificate of Merits
- Federal Executive Board, Distinguished Service Award
- Southern California Association of Forester and Fire Wardens, Certificate of Appreciation, Honorary Life Member, Past President
Special Assignments
- Steering Committee member for the national courses, Advanced Incident Management and Area Command
- Executive Secretary for The National Wildfire Coordination Group (NWCG)
- Program Director and Instructor for Pasadena City College
- Senior Consultant in Emergency Management for Titan Corporation
- Participant in the development of the Federal National Fire Plan
- Education Chair and Board of Directors for the National Association for Search and Rescue (NASAR)
- Developed and assisted in the implementation of ICS training courses for (NASAR)
- Fire Management Development Team Member for the Honduras Wildland Fire Program
- Consultant on NIMS ICS for the Disaster Recovery Institute, Kobe Japan
- DHS/FEMA/NDMS Applications and Management Support Team development for Emergency Operations Centers
- Education Committee Member, National Wildfire Suppression Association
- Board of Directors, Pasadena, CA American Red Cross
Graduate of Pasadena City College and studied at the University of California, Los Angeles.
