Webinar - Initial Steps for Organizing an Emerging Wildfire Incident Response - Sponsored by AT&T

Mark is Oklahoma’s State Forester/Director of Forestry, working for the Oklahoma Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Forestry - Forestry Services Division for thirty-eight years.  He graduated from Oklahoma State University in 1981 with a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture – Forest Management.

Goeller began fighting wildland fire in 1980.  He has experience in wildland fire and all-hazards incidents in twenty-two states.  He is currently qualified as a Type 1 Incident Commander and Type 1 Operations Section Chief.  Since 1998 Mark has served a primary role on multiple Incident Management Teams, most recently as the Incident Commander for Northern Rockies Team 1. Goeller’s other incident management-related activities include:  past Chairperson of the National Wildfire Coordinating Group Risk Management Committee; NASF Representative on the S-520 Advanced Incident Management Steering Committee; past National Governor’s Association Representative to the Wildland Fire Leadership Council; and NASF Fire Committee member.  Mark is also the current Chairperson of the Southern Group of State Foresters; and current member of the Oklahoma Incident Management Team Advisory Committee.