Brett M
Fire Response Manager at Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Top SchoolBrett M is a fire management specialist and wildfire modeller with 10 years of hands-on experience across provincial and federal agencies, currently leading the Support wing of Wildfire Intelligence and Predictive Services at Natural Resources Canada. He holds an MSc in Forest Biology and Management with a focus on probabilistic fire growth modelling and combines field incident experience (helitack, IMT roles) with operational analytics and R coding to deliver decision-ready wildfire intelligence. Brett has built provincial-scale interpolated weather forecast products, advanced probabilistic modelling using Prometheus and works to validate forecasts against observations to improve operational confidence. He aims to become a Fire Behavior Analyst and Ignition Specialist, translating quantitative modelling into rapid, practical guidance for fire managers. A practical problem-solver, he deliberately explores multiple solutions for situational best-fit rather than one-size-fits-all approaches.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Forest Biology and Management, Master’s Degree, Forest Biology and Management at University of AlbertaBachelor of Science (BS), Biology/Biological Sciences, General, Bachelor of Science (BS), Biology/Biological Sciences, General at Red Deer College
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Github Skills (53)
cran10
r9
burn9
sampling9
python-modules8
gis6
export-to-excel6
ggplot6
plot6
dataframe6
raster6
r-package6
reshape6
wait5
forestry4
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
BadgerOnABike/BurnP3.HelpR
Mar 2022 - Oct 2022
A package for R that assists with Burn-P3 input generation.
Contributions:17 releases, 18 commits, 7 PRs in 7 months
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WISE-Developers/fire_growth_modelling_documentation
Apr 2023 - Sep 2024
Meeting and Document Information
Contributions:1 PR, 6 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 5 months
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