Provincial and Territorial Liaisons

Michael Coutu

Position: FireSmart Specialist
Organization: Forest Management and Wildfire Mitigation Branch – Forestry Division
Email: michael.coutu@gov.ab.ca

Mike brings a wealth of experience in emergency services and emergency management. His career began as a firefighter and primary care paramedic, later evolving into a focus on training and development. Most recently, Mike served as a Fire Service Development Coordinator, working closely with Indigenous communities across Alberta to enhance emergency response capabilities and strengthen fire department operations.

A lifelong learner, Mike holds a Bachelor of Technology in General Management and is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Adult Education.

In his new role, Mike will support communities in reducing wildfire risk through FireSmart education, planning, and collaborative initiatives.

Lucy Grainger

Position: FireSmart BC Provincial Liaison for Non-First Nations
Organization: British Columbia Wildfire Service
Email: education@firesmartbc.ca
Phone: 250-804-3027

Lucy Grainger (she/her) works as the FireSmart Education Officer for FireSmart BC. She recently joined the FireSmart BC program, where she is dedicated to working with communities to build resiliency and implement practices to reduce wildfire impacts in their regions. She graduated from Quest University Canada in 2018 with a Bachelor of Arts and Sciences, where she focused on education and social-emotional learning. With over a decade of experience in wildfire, Lucy has worked with the BC Wildfire Service since 2013, primarily on a ground crew through the Rapattack Program.

Lucy is grateful to live and work is the unceded traditional territories of the Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh), and xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations.

Dan Stevens

Position: FireSmart BC Provincial Liaison for First Nations
Organization: First Nations Emergency Services Society
Email: firesmart@fness.bc.ca
Phone: 778-694-4352

Dan Stevens (he/him) is the FireSmart Education and Outreach Coordinator for the First Nations’ Emergency Services Society. In this position, Dan supports FireSmart education and outreach within Indigenous communities. With a commitment to inclusivity, he ensures that Indigenous knowledge and perspectives is integrated into all phases of the FireSmart program. Dan’s role also involves co-leading workshops for Local FireSmart Representatives (LFRs), evaluating program initiatives, supporting LFRs and FireSmart Coordinators, and fostering relationships with First Nations, professional associations, and resource agencies to promote FireSmart. Dan has dedicated over 15 years to structure fire, wildfire mitigation, and emergency management through volunteer and professional experience. He has worked with the FireSmart program as a volunteer LFR and a full-time Wildfire Mitigation Specialist. Dan graduated from the Training Division Fire Academy in 2009, meeting the Standard for Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications. He also graduated from the Justice Institute of British Columbia in 2023 with a Diploma in Emergency and Security Management.

Dan is grateful to live and work on the unceded traditional territory of the Secwépemc Peoples.

Delilah Bergen

Position: Fire Prevention and Communications Coordinator
Organization: Manitoba Wildfire Service
Email: delilah.bergen@gov.mb.ca
Phone: 431-294-2866

As Manitoba’s Wildfire Prevention and Communications Coordinator and the provincial FireSmart liaison, Delilah Bergen has worked in various positions and jurisdictions within wildfire and forest management since 2015. She looks forward to collaborating and assisting in integrating the Wildfire Service and communities with prevention and FireSmart initiatives

Travis Judd

Position: Provincial FireSmart Coordinator
Organization: New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources – Wildfire Management Branch
Email: FireSmart@gnb.ca

Travis Judd is the New Brunswick Provincial FireSmart Coordinator with the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). He began his wildfire career in 2012 as a summer wildland firefighter and has since built extensive experience across multiple roles within the department. Travis became a full-time employee in 2016 with DNR and has served as a Forest Ranger in the Fredericton District office, Licensee Management Forester for the Forest Operation and Development Branch, and the Regional Operations Coordinator for the West Region Headquarters.

Travis holds a diploma from the Maritime College of Forest Technology (2013) and a Bachelor of Science in Forestry from the University of New Brunswick (2015). Throughout his career, he has maintained a strong passion for wildfire management and has deployed across Canada numerous times in support of wildfire response efforts.

In his current role, Travis is focused on increasing awareness and education around FireSmart principles, working to help New Brunswick residents and communities become safer and better prepared for the growing threat of wildfires.”

Dylan Rumbolt

Position: Special Projects Officer
Organization: Government of Newfoundland and Labrador – Forestry, Agriculture and Lands

Email: dylanrumbolt@gov.nl.ca

Dylan is the current FireSmart liaison for Newfoundland and Labrador. He has joined Newfoundland and Labrador’s Wildland Fire Management Program, where he works as a Special Projects Officer dealing with wildland fire mitigation, preparedness, and public awareness. Dylan previously worked as an RPF (Registered Professional Forester) in British Columbia where he gained experience in wildland fire risk reduction and fuel management planning.

Amber Simpson

Position: Wildfire Prevention Coordinator
Organization: Department of Environment and Climate Change, GNWT
Email: amberlee_simpson@gov.nt.ca
Phone: 867-872-0323

Ken Cox

Position: Wildfire Prevention Officer
Organization: Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources and Renewables
Email: ken.cox@novascotia.ca
Phone: 902-220-3135

Ken is a graduate from the Maritime Forest Ranger School in Fredericton New Brunswick. After graduating, he spent 22 years working in Alberta, 10 of those years were in Land/Forest Management and 12 were with Wildfire Management in both Operations and Prevention Technologists roles. He came back to Nova Scotia in 2020 where he worked as a District Forestry Technologist with the NS Department of Natural Resources until taking the current Wildfire Prevention Officer position in August of 2024.

Currently, there are no neighbourhoods in Nunavut participating in the FireSmart Neighbourhood Recognition Program.

Chelsea Osesky

Position: Mitigation and Partnerships Lead
Organization: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources & Forestry
Email: affes.mitigation@ontario.ca

Chelsea provides leadership and coordination of the mitigation, fire management agreements and FireSmart programs for Ontario’s wildland fire mitigation program. She has worked in natural resources for twelve years in a variety of areas, including both wildland fire prevention and mitigation.

She is excited to support FireSmart activities and programs across Ontario and with partner organizations.

Emily Foster

Position: Wildfire Prevention and Mitigation Coordinator 
Organization: Government of Prince Edward Island, Forests, Fish and Wildlife
Email: efoster@gov.pe.ca
Phone: 902-218-6159

Simon Massé

Position: Coordonnateur à l’atténuation des risques
Organization: SOPFEU
Email: smasse@sopfeu.qc.ca
Phone: 418-725-7446 #1210

Camille Harrison

Position: Wildfire Prevention and Mitigation Specialist
Organization: Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA)
Email: Camille.Harrison@gov.sk.ca
Phone: 306-940-6158

Camille Harrison is the program lead for the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency FireSmart Program. Camille has a background in Renewal Resource Management and has been employed with the Government of Saskatchewan’s wildfire division since 2004. Currently working out of Prince Albert in the SPSA’s Mitigation Unit, Camille and her colleagues manage the provinces’ forest fuel mitigation projects around communities to build wildfire resiliency and have conducted case studies on the effectiveness of fuel breaks and the benefits of fuel mitigation.

Dawn Hansen

Position: FireSmart and Fuels Management Specialist
Organization: Government of Yukon Wildland Fire Management
Email: Dawn.Hansen@yukon.ca
Phone: 867-332-8657