Roy Johnson
Boise, Idaho
royandstarr@gmail.com

Roy Johnson former Director, Office of Wildland Fire for the Department of  the Interior coordinated wildland fire management programs within the  Department and with other federal and non-federal partners. Prior to his  work as Director of the Office of Wildland Fire, Roy served in numerous  leadership positions for the Department of the Interior, and the Bureau of Land Management in Fire Management and Emergency Response. Roy has  over 40 years experience on Type 1 and Type 2 Incident Command Teams and  Area Command in Command, Operations and Planning in the management of incidents related to fire, earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, 911 response to terrorist attack, and pandemic disease. Qualified as an Area  Commander, Assistant Area Commander for Planning and Logistics, Type 1  Incident Commander, Operations Section Chief and Planning Section Chief.

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, ICS for Executives and ICS  position courses in: Command, Operations, Planning and Logistics.  Exercise design and facilitation. Roy has led and participated in numerous response exercises such as Top off, Eagle Horizon Exercise, and  developed and lead table top exercises. Member of the Member, National  Wildfire Suppression Association, AHIMT Association and National  Emergency Management Association.

Special Assignments

• Past Chairperson for the Wildland Fire Leadership Council.
• Co-Chairperson for the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management.
• Past Chairperson for the Interior Fire Executive Council responsible for the policy, oversight, and budget for DOI
• Past Chairperson of the Prescribed Fire and Fire Effects Working Team for NWCG.
• Past Chairperson for the National Fuels Management Committee.
• Past Chairperson and current member of the National Type 1 Incident Commander/Area Commander Council.
• Member of the Interagency Accident Investigation Team for the South Canyon fire fatalities.
• International Assignments in which I represented the Wildland Fire Services in the Philippines and South America.
• Steering  Committee member for the national courses: Advanced Incident Management  and Area Command, Fire Management for Agency Administrators, Fire and  Ecosystem Management, Fire Behavior Analyst, and National Fire Danger  Rating System.
• Member of the Quadrennial Fire and Fuels Management Review of 2005 and the Quadrennial Fire Review 2009.
• Roy  has a degree in Business and Education from Boise State University and  graduate studies in Counseling and Guidance and Natural Resource  Management from University of Idaho and Colorado State University