Mike Lohrey
Treasurer

Fairview, OR
mlohrey@hotmail.com

Mike retired from the Forest Service after 38 years of experience. During  that time he held a variety of positions in the Pacific Northwest Region, predominately in hydrology and fire and aviation management. His last few years were spent working for the Washington Office in a detached position focusing on incident management related issues.Mike  served seventeen years as a Single Resource and Division Supervisor;  twenty years as Type 1 and 2 Incident Commander; Command and General Staff; four years as an Area Commander and Assistant Area Commander; Served on All Hazard incidents including wildland fire, law enforcement,  Terrorist (World Trade Center), space shuttle disaster, hurricanes and  disease incidents. He is currently on an Area Command Team. He is an instructor, course developer and simulations evaluator for Advanced  Incident Management and Area Command. Instructor for I-300, I-400 and Multi Agency Coordination Groups, ICS for Executives and L-280. Lead Instructor for Command and General Staff. Instructor for the USFA AMIMT course and EMI and NWCG position courses. Mike is a member of the National Wildfire Suppression Association, AHIMT Association and National Emergency Management Association.

Special Assignments

• Past Chairperson of the National Incident Commander/Area Commander Council
• Past Chair of the Interagency Management Review Team for National Fire Centers Contracting Organization
• ICS expert to assist APHIS with the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
• Represented the USFS on with to Sri Lanka to develop ICS and their emergency response national policy
• Member of the National Incident Management Organizational Study and Implementation Plan
• Instruction of Incident Commander and Operations Section Chief courses in the Nation of India
• Developed and provided training for Incident Commanders on liability issues associated with incident fatalities
• Developed/delivered nationally significant reports on incident management to the DHS, and other Federal Agencies
• Team member for updating the Federal Fire Policy Implementation Guide
• Member of the National Incident Management Organization Study and report

Awards

• FDNY Secretary of Agriculture Group Honor Award of Excellence
• Department of Army Recognition of Leadership and Assistance to Steel Dragon
• US Forest Service Implementation of the President's Northwest Forest Plan
• State of India, High Achievement Award

Mike  has a Bachelor of Science and a Master's of Science Degree in Forestry  and Watershed Management from the University of Nevada at Reno.