About

Quinn MacLeod is the president and lead instructor of Integrated Fire Solutions. He began his fire service career in 1985. His professional fire service career includes 20 years on the line with Parker Fire Protection District in Parker, Colorado. He retired at the rank of Engineer / Acting Company Officer. In addition, he managed the Wildfire Program which led to the development of a system for fire fighters and chief officers to gain large wildfire and incident management team experience from incidents across the country.

Mr. MacLeod has worked his way up through the NWCG wildfire qualification ranks and is currently qualified at the Division / Group Supervisor level. He has worked in wildfire suppression in 12 states with numerous Type 1 and Type 2 incident management teams across the nation. He holds an Associate's Degree in Fire Science, Fire Officer, Fire Instructor, and numerous other state and national certifications in wildland and structural fire operations.

Quinn served as the Pueblo Zone Interagency Training Representative for four years, which included a position on the Rocky Mountain Region's training working group.

Post fire service has Quinn contract instructing leadership courses as a part of a three person cadre on a national and international level. In addition he still works as a Division Supervisor on wildfires across the country.

Quinn has authored published articles for structural and wildfire publications. He is set to present the conference session version of "Risk Management at the Company Level" during the Firehouse World Expo in San Diego.

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."