About
Quinn MacLeod is the president and lead instructor of Integrated Fire Solutions. He began his fire service career in 1985, which includes 20 years on the line with the Parker Fire Protection District in Parker, Colorado. He sought out challenges in addition to station life and for 14 years served as the developer and supervisor of the districts Wildfire Program. This led to a system for fire fighters, fire officers, and chief officers to gain large wildfire, all-hazard, and incident management team experience from incidents across the country.
Mr. MacLeod has worked his way up through the NWCG wildfire qualification system and is currently qualified at the Division / Group Supervisor level. He has worked in wildfire suppression all over the nation. He holds an Associate's Degree in Fire Science, Fire Officer, Fire Instructor, and numerous other state and national certifications in structural and wildland fire operations.
Post PFPD service has Quinn developing and instructing fire training workshops centered on managing risk and the study of human factors. He also contract instructs fire leadership courses for Mission Centered Solutions as a part of a three person cadre on a national and international level. During wildfire season you will find him working as a Division Supervisor on fires across the country. The Division Supervisor role enables him to manage risk, hone his leadership skills, and observe first-hand human factors on the fireground.
Quinn also served as the Pueblo Zone Interagency Training Representative for four years, which included a position on the Rocky Mountain Region's training working group. During his tenure he was an active member striving to improve interagency training both within the zone and nationally.
Quinn has authored published articles for structural and wildfire publications. He has presented conference sessions of the workshops at the Firehouse World Expo in San Diego among other venues.
In his personal life Quinn is an avid mountaineer and cyclist, and he enjoys spending time with his wife and dogs in Boulder, Colorado.
"If the assignment cannot be carried out safely and safety concerns cannot be mitigated, tactics must be adjusted."