about us
fjørdland fire solutions
We are the leading experts in the field of wildfire prevention with 20+ years of experience as top tier wildland firefighters.
Fjordland Fire Solutions LLC is a fire prevention company that specializes in comprehensive protection plans, structure, land and asset protection for extreme wildfire situations. Our team of experienced wildland firefighters are experts in the defense and protection of all types of assets from the most extreme wildland fire behavior.
Our wildfire experience stems from 20+ years on the highest ranked wildland firefighting crew in the US, the BLM Alaska Smokejumpers. Simply stated, we parachute out of airplanes into areas where extreme running fires are threatening structures, homes, and people. With very little resources, we extinguish or deter fires away from threatened areas. This repeated and extensive exposure has given us the skills and knowledge of wildfire behavior in structure and land protection that is unparalleled by any other fire specialist.
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We know how to protect your land and assets from wildfire.
our team
russell kennedy
founder, alaska smokejumper
Russell Kennedy has been fighting wildfires since 2001. He was lead saw for 5 years on the Idaho City Hotshots until he became an Alaska Smokejumper in 2014. His speciality is in wildfire behavior recognition, saw work, and protective systems design and implementation. His B.A. in English Literature has given him a unique combination of skills for writing our protection plans.
ezra butterfield
partner, alaska smokejumper
Ezra Butterfield has been fighting wildfires since 1997. He has been in leadership roles on multiple hotshot crews across the nation. He became an Alaska Smokejumper in 201o. Within his tenure he has amassed a mixture of wildfire experience and operational exposure that is unparalleled in the field.
kale donley
partner, alaska smokejumper
Kael has been fighting wildfires since 2003, including 7 seasons as an Alaska Smokejumper. His specialty is his knowledge of the Wildfire Use Module- a unit that steers wildfire instead of extinguishing so-as to restore fire-dependent ecosystems to their natural equilibriums.
sasha berleman, Ph.D.
advisor
Dr. Sasha Berleman holds a doctorate in wildland fire science from University of California at Berkeley. Since 2017, Dr. Berleman has advised on fuels treatment and fire risk reduction projects across the greater Bay Area, including for Stanford University, Dry Creek Rancheria, Moraga Orinda Fire District, East Bay Regional Park District, Sonoma County's CWPP, and more. Sasha is a board member of American Wildfire Experience.
our clients
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