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 contributions (5)
BadgerOnABike/BurnP3.HelpR
Mar 2022 - Oct 2022
A package for R that assists with Burn-P3 input generation.
Contributions:14 releases, 18 commits, 4 PRs in 7 months
PSaaS-Developers/psaas_demo
Mar 2021 - Nov 2021
The Demonstration of Prometheus Software as a Service, as well as developer discussion and bug logging
Contributions:4 PRs, 31 pushes, 7 branches in 8 months
prometheus-exporterloggingsoftware-as-a-serviceas-a-servicekubernetes
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