South Dakota Wildland Fire
3305 West South Street
Rapid City, SD 57702
Phone: 605.393.8011
Fax: 605-393-8044

Office Hours:

Monday - Friday
8:00am - 5:00pm Mountain Time
Closed for New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Native Americans Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Saturday holidays are observed on Friday. Sunday holidays are observed on Monday.

Call 911 to report a smoke or fire sighting.

Staff Directory

Jay Wickham Director

 

State Duty Officer Phone Number:  605-301-0563

Title	Name, Email, Phone	Reason to Contact
Assistant Fire Management Officer - Custer District	Quentin Cordell 605-910-4435	Permits in Custer County. FDs in Custer, Jerauld, Sanborn, Miner, Lake, Moddy, Aurora, Davison, Hanson, McCook, Minnehaha, Charles Mix, Douglas, Hutchinson, Turner, Lincoln, Bon Homme, Yankton, Clay, and Union Counties.
Assistant Fire Management Officer - Hot Springs District	Seth Stevens 605-910-4456	Permits in Fall River County. FDs in Fall River, Brown, Marshall, Roberts, Day, Grant, Spink, Clark, Codington, Hamlin, Deuel, Beadle, Kingsbury, and Brookings Counties.
Assistant Fire Management Officer - Lead District	Ray Black 605-584-2301	Permits in Lawrence County. FDs in Lawrence, Butte, Harding, Perkins, Corson, Zieback, Haakon, Jackson, Bennett, Oglala Lakota Counties.
Assistant Fire Management Officer - Rapid City District	Logan Scott 605-393-8109	Permits in Pennington and Meade Counties. FDs in Pennington, Meade, Campbell, McPherson, Walworth, Edmunds, Dewey, Potter, Faulk, Sully, Hyde, Hand, Stanley, Hughes, Jones, Lyman, Buffalo, Brule, Mellette, Tripp, Todd, and Gregory Counties.
Assistant Fire Management Officer - Fuels - Custer Office	Lane Ostenson 605-252-5701	Fuel mitigation "cost-share" projects and Firewise Community presentation in Custer County.
Assistant Fire Management Officer - Fuels - Lead Office	Jordon Harrington 605-252-5648	Fuel mitigation "cost-share" projects and Firewise Community presentation in Lawrence County.
Assistant Fire Management Officer - Fuels - Rapid City Office	Adam Fritz 605-394-5203	Fuel mitigation "cost-share" projects and Firewise Community presentation in Pennington and Lawrence Counties.
Aviation Officer	Anthony "Tony" Pritzkau 605-393-8055	Anything regarding fixed wing or rotary aircraft.
Chief of Administration	Joannah "Jo" Tornow 605-393-8120	Supervisor for contracts, finance, facilities/vehicle maintenance, and fuel mitigation.
Chief of Operations / Deputy Director	Vacant	Supervisor for dispatch, training, aviation, and suppression.
Crew Boss - Bear Mountain Suppression Module	Bill Cina 605-393-8011	All matters pertaining to the Bear Mountain Suppression Module.
Crew Boss - Black Hat Handcew	Tony Thurnau 605-209-0035	All matters pertaining to the Black Hat Handcrew.
Engine Captain - Custer District	Anthony "Tony" Graves 605-222-3317	Permits in Custer County. FDs in Custer, Jerauld, Sanborn, Miner, Lake, Moddy, Aurora, Davison, Hanson, McCook, Minnehaha, Charles Mix, Douglas, Hutchinson, Turner, Lincoln, Bon Homme, Yankton, Clay, and Union Counties.
Engine Captain - Hot Springs District	Riley Stevens 605-910-4412	Permits in Fall River County. FDs in Fall River, Brown, Marshall, Roberts, Day, Grant, Spink, Clark, Codington, Hamlin, Deuel, Beadle, Kingsbury, and Brookings Counties.
Engine Captain - Lead District	Jake Murdie 605-393-8011	Permits in Lawrence County. FDs in Lawrence, Butte, Harding, Perkins, Corson, Zieback, Haakon, Jackson, Bennett, Oglala Lakota Counties.
Engine Captain - Rapid City District	Sean Weber 605-393-8011	Permits in Pennington and Meade Counties. FDs in Pennington, Meade, Campbell, McPherson, Walworth, Edmunds, Dewey, Potter, Faulk, Sully, Hyde, Hand, Stanley, Hughes, Jones, Lyman, Buffalo, Brule, Mellette, Tripp, Todd, and Gregory Counties.
Equipment Mechanic / Dozer Operator	Brady Rothschadl 605-593-7460	Fire dozer and facility/vehicle maintenance.
Equipment Technician	Monty Bollock 605-381-7263	FEPP equipment, fire dozer and facility/vehicle maintenance.
Finance Assistant	Abby Trobaugh 605-393-8011	Anything finance related.
Finance Officer	Brenda Even 605-393-8115	Anything finance related.
Fire District Manager	Mike Reed 605-394-1705	UAS drones and supervisor for district offices.
Fire Management Officer - Custer District	James Bachelor 605-910-4464	Permits in Custer County. FDs in Custer, Jerauld, Sanborn, Miner, Lake, Moddy, Aurora, Davison, Hanson, McCook, Minnehaha, Charles Mix, Douglas, Hutchinson, Turner, Lincoln, Bon Homme, Yankton, Clay, and Union Counties.
Fire Management Officer - Hot Springs District	John Haskvitz 605-910-4420	Permits in Fall River County. FDs in Fall River, Brown, Marshall, Roberts, Day, Grant, Spink, Clark, Codington, Hamlin, Deuel, Beadle, Kingsbury, and Brookings Counties.
Fire Management Officer - Lead District	Cody Griffee 605-584-2300	Permits in Lawrence County. FDs in Lawrence, Butte, Harding, Perkins, Corson, Zieback, Haakon, Jackson, Bennett, Oglala Lakota Counties.
Fire Management Officer - Rapid City District	Casey Glines 605-394-2583	Permits in Pennington and Meade Counties. FDs in Pennington, Meade, Campbell, McPherson, Walworth, Edmunds, Dewey, Potter, Faulk, Sully, Hyde, Hand, Stanley, Hughes, Jones, Lyman, Buffalo, Brule, Mellette, Tripp, Todd, and Gregory Counties.
Fire Prevention Specialist	Amanda Sage-Morris 605-394-1658	Fire prevention presentations and Smokey Bear.
Foreman - Bear Mountain Suppression Module	Bradan Seidler 605-381-1893	All matters pertaining to the Bear Mountain Suppression Module.
Foreman - Black Hat Handcrew	Kevin Salazar 605-430-6048	All matters pertaining to the Black Hat Handcrew.
Fuels Coordinator	Brittany Seidl 605-394-2638	Contracts/agreements pertaining to cost-share.
Fuels Program Manager	Logan Brown 605-394-2584	Supervisor of fuel mitigation "cost-share" and Firewise community presentations.
Handcrew Program Manager / Prescribed Fire Program Manager	Dewey Arnold 605-394-2582	Supervisor of handcrew/suppression module and prescribed fire burning.
Management Analyst	Brandon Andersen 605-393-8114	All contracts/agreements except fuels mitigation "cost-share", VFA grant, and Fedmall orders.
Public Information Officer	Steve Long 605-393-8119	Information regarding active/recent fires, media request, and social media pages.
Training and Aviation Program Manager	Tamara Dierks 605-393-4229	IQS, NWCG training and certifications, and supervisor of fixed wing and rotary aviation.
Wildland Fire Assistant Center Manager	Megan Jaros 605-399-3160	IROC status and Resource Order questions.