Firescope Governance Groups Roster

Roster and Biographies

Damian Guilliani
Encinitas Fire Department Chair

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Small Cities South

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Steve Walterscheid
Bureau of Land Management Vice Chair

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Bureau of Land Management

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Steven Walterscheid is a GIS Specialist for the Bureau of Land Management at the State Office in Sacramento. His main tasks have been doing mapping and analysis for landscape level planning, congressional mapping, and fire GIS since 2012. Education and Accomplishments Steve received both his B.S. (2009 and M.A. (2011) from Kansas State University in Geography and GIS. For his thesis he created a climate classification system for the Earth’s oceans, based on Wladimir Köppen’s system, by using LANDSAT satellite data beginning in the 1970’s. Specialized Training He is a qualified GISS and started doing fire assignments in 2015. Steve has been on over 50 fires with various teams throughout the country, but mainly CIIMT 10, Great Basin Team 4, Southwest Team 3, but is willing to go where help is needed! FIRESCOPE History Steve joined the GIS Subcommittee of FIRESCOPE in 2017. He uses his experiences with his onsite challenges to try to improve the products and direction that the specialist group provides to the task force as a whole. Personal Interests In his free time Steve loves to travel with his wife and two children. He enjoys hiking and cycling as well as watching sports, especially Australian and American football.
Matt Marsh
Santa Barbara County Fire Department

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Santa Barbara County Fire Department

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Matt Marsh was appointed to the Santa Barbara County Fire Department in October of 2017. Matt has served the citizens of Santa Barbara County for the past 3 years.
Matt attended South Tahoe High School in Lake Tahoe and completed his Bachelor of Science at Cal Poly- San Luis Obispo. Matt also holds a FAA Remote Pilot Part 107 Commercial Drone Certification. Matt has most recently assisted in the development of the agency ArcGIS Online platform and the creation of detailed Wildland Fire Preplans.
Matt provides mapping support for the local Type 3 Incident Management Team (XSB) and acts as a Geographic Information Systems Specialist (GISS) on incidents state-wide. Matt also acts in a Technical Specialist role where he provides geospatial support on wildland fire incidents.
In 2017, Matt was asked by Division Chief Woody Enos to serve on the FIRESCOPE GIS Specialist Group. Being associated with such a prestigious organization is one of Matt's greatest honors where he works alongside a talented group of emergency management professionals to improve and develop geospatial data systems.
During his time away from work, Matt enjoys spending time with family and friends and engaging in all types of outdoor activity. Hiking, snowboarding and mountain biking are activities Matt participates in most frequently in his free time.
Suzann Leiniger
CalFIRE

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CalFIRE

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Suzann Leininger started her career in public safety on 2006 as a volunteer firefighter in a small rural community in Northern San Diego County. Mrs. Leininger has been doing GIS since 1997 but quickly learned she could combine these interests shortly after joining the fire department. Mrs. Leininger joined a Federal Incident Management Team in 2009 as a GISS. In 2014 Mrs. Leininger accepted a position at the Los Angeles Fire Department as the Fire Statistical Manager. In 2016 Mrs. Leininger had to opportunity to work in San Diego, closer to her family, and worked at the North County Dispatch JPA supporting the Fire and EMS dispatch center, CAD and 14 fire agencies. In 2020 Mrs. Leininger moved to a GIS/Intel position with CALFIRE (MVU) to be involved in more operational activities at a fire agency.
Mrs. Leininger attended Fern Creek High School (Ky) and the University of Louisville. After graduating from college she enlisted in the United States Marine Corps as a Second Lieutenant. Her time in the Marine Corps took her to many places around the globe but ended her commitment in San Diego County. Mrs. Leininger continued her education with an Advanced Certificate in GIS from Palomar College. She also continues her education through many courses provided through ESRI and local colleges. Mrs. Leininger graduated at the top of her class at her volunteer firefighter academy given by CALFIRE.
Mrs. Leininger has completed a volunteer firefighter academy, passed the EMT-B National Registry and many other fire specific trainings. Along with her GISS training, this has made her better able to understand what can help a firefighter in the field.
In March of 2019, Mrs. Leininger was appointed to the Firescope GIS Specialist Group. She is looking forward to working with the other members to make positive change in the Fire GIS community.
During her time away from work, Mrs. Leininger enjoys spending time with her husband and three rescue German Shepherds. She also does volunteer botany research with the San Diego Natural History Museum.
Angie Saldivar
Los Angeles County Fire Department

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Los Angeles County Fire Department

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Angie Saldivar has worked as a GIS professional for over 16 years. Angie joined LA County Fire Department in 2006 as a student worker in the Geographic Information Systems Unit. Angie went on to work in the GIS utilities industry before returning to LA County Fire in 2008. Angie has worked as Senior Survey Mapping Technician, Senior GIS Analyst, Principal GIS Analyst and was promoted to GIS Manager in 2021. She now oversees a team of GIS professionals who manage geospatial data and cartography for 5,000 Department personnel, 177 fire stations and over 2,300 square miles of jurisdiction.
Angie attended California State University, Los Angeles, and holds a bachelor's degree in Geography with emphasis on urban analysis and a master's degree in Geography. Angie has taught GIS part time at Rio Hondo Community College for 8 years. Angie is GISS lead on LA County Fire's Type 3 IMT and worked as GISS-t for several seasons with Type 2 California Incident Management Team 12.
Angie holds a GIS Professional Certification, #91508 and serves on various GIS committees for LA County.
In September of 2022, Angie Saldivar was selected by Acting Fire Chief Marrone to serve on the FIRESCOPE GIS Subcommittee Group.
During her time away from work, Angie enjoys spending time with her husband and two little boys, DIY home improvement and gardening.
Billy Ferguson
Cal OES

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Cal OES

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Rene Gonzalez
Los Angeles City Fire Department

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Los Angeles City Fire Department

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Steve Kennedy
Ventura County Fire Department

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Ventura County Fire Department

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Steve joined VCFD in 2005 where he provides GIS support to the Regional Fire Communication Center. Steve designed and manages the mobile GIS unit, responding to initial attack incidents and supporting the evolving situational awareness workflows.
Previously Steve worked as a GIS Specialist at the Port of Long Beach managing hydrographic and geotechnical data and producing civil engineering map products for the nation's largest and busiest seaport.
Steve began his GIS career at the US Census Bureau preparing for the 2000 Census and producing demographic map products. He also worked as a freelance cartographer producing maps the old-fashioned way – pen and Ink on mylar overlays.
Steve earned a BA in Geography from Cal State University Northridge and certificates in Oracle database development and administration from Long Beach City College. Steve holds a GIS Professional Certification, #82870
ICS qualified GISS and DPRO
Steve joined the FIRESCOPE GIS SG in 2016, served as Secretary in 2018 and Chair for 2019 and 2020. He is honored to work alongside this talented group of GIS professionals, especially during this exciting period of growth and development in cloud based geospatial technology.
Apart from work Steve enjoys mountain biking, unending home-improvement, and managing screen time on his daughters' cell phones. In his spare time Steve serves on the Ventura Land Trust Stewardship Committee providing GIS support and trail-building labor.
Erin Opliger
San Bernadino County Fire Department

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Fire Districts South

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Pedro Arreguin
Task Force Liaison

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Task Force Liaison

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Tiffany Meyer
CAL FIRE

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Associate Advisor

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Tiffany Meyer has been at CALFIRE in the Fire Resource Assessment Program for twelve years, assuming the tasks of GIS analysis, application design, system management and planning, and overseeing the FRAP GIS program. Tiffany has been involved in GIS support on incident management teams since 2012 and helped develop the incident Damaged Inspection program. She is also a member of the California S-341 GISS cadre.
Tiffany received her B.A. in Biology from U.C. Santa Cruz in 1993 and her M.A. in Geography from San Francisco State University in 2005. Tiffany has authored chapters in both the 2010 and 2017 CAL FIRE Forest and Rangeland Assessments. Tiffany received the 2017 and 2018 Superior Accomplishment Director's Award for her contribution to the technical development of the Defensible Space Inspection Application and Damage Inspection Application.
Tiffany is a qualified GIS Specialist for Type 1 Fire Incident Management Teams and is a cadre member for the S-341 GISS training course.
Tiffany was selected to join the Firescope GIS Specialist Group in 2014. She was nominated for and accepted the position of Vice Chair in 2015 and was honored to serve as Chair for the year of 2016.
During her time away from work, Tiffany enjoys the outdoors, engaging in activities such as trail running, hiking, back country skiing and mountain climbing.
Mark Campbell
Oceanside Fire Department Secretary

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Associate Advisor

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Mark Campbell was hired as a Firefighter/Paramedic by the Oceanside Fire Department in 2001. He promoted to the position of Engineer in 2006 and then to Captain in 2011. He is currently assigned to the Community Risk Reduction Division where he manages the fire department mapping and GIS, Records Management System (RMS), reporting and data analytics, and responsibilities as the Deputy Fire Marshal and Fire Investigator. Prior to his career in the fire service, Mark was an ocean lifeguard for 9 years as a seasonal and 2 years as a full-time lifeguard lieutenant.
Mark graduated from El Camino High School in Oceanside, CA. He attended the University of California, Santa Barbara where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Biopsychology.
Mark has been assigned to a California Interagency Incident Management Team since 2016 as a Geographic Information Systems Specialist (GISS) and Situation Unit Leader (SITL).
In February of 2022, Mark was appointed to the FIRESCOPE GIS Subcommittee. Mark has been a member of the San Diego Regional Public Safety Geodatabase Group (RPSG) since 2007, where the group has worked to develop a platform to regionally share GIS data & helps create a common operating picture and improved situational awareness for first-responders throughout the County of San Diego.
During his time away from work, Mark enjoys spending time with family and friends and engaging in all types of outdoor activities.
Roberta Lim
CAL FIRE

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Associate Advisor

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Chris St.Pierre
Task Force Liaison

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Task Force Liaison

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