Frank Bigelow
Deputy Director of Community Wildfire Preparedness & Mitigation and Fire Engineering & Investigations Division
Chief Bigelow was integral in the development of the Online Burn Permit process. In 2018, Chief Bigelow was a part of a small group who implemented the CALFIRS system. He also co-developed an application for field data collection on fuels reduction projects used by the Fuels Crews.
Chief Bigelow represents the department in various capacities. He is a Board of Directors member for the California Fire Safe Council and is a member of the newly created CAL POLY Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) Fire Institute Steering Committee. Additionally, he chairs the CalMAPPER Steering Committee, serves on various Wildfire & Forest Resilience Taskforce working groups, and is part of the eGIS Committee, as well as many others. Chief Bigelow is also a State Fire Marshal instructor, and a California Specialized Training Institute (CSTI) instructor. His knowledge of GIS and Environmental Science Research Institute (ESRI) products will be of great benefit in this new role.
Please join me in congratulating Chief Bigelow on his assignment as we work to fill the position permanently.
Deputy Director of Community Wildfire Preparedness & Mitigation and Fire Engineering & Investigations Division
HQ.Executive@fire.ca.gov
(916) 653-7772