Todd Stubbs

Interim Operations Chief

The Operations Division for Ashland Fire & Rescue oversees the daily operational readiness related to personnel and equipment needs for Structural/Wildland/and EMS functions within the department. The Operations Divisions in conjunction with day-to-day functions coordinates and plans for future growth to include collaborative efforts with external partners.

Mark Shay

Deputy Chief of Fire & Life Safety

The Wildfire / Community Risk Reduction Division is responsible for reducing Ashland’s fire risk.  The Division looks at the City’s fire risk holistically, understating that our risk from wildfire and business / home fire safety are directly correlated.  We will continue the innovative practices that made Ashland a leader in wildfire mitigation and prevention, integrating those with data driven community risk reduction practices.

Chris Chambers

Forestry Officer

Chris primarily oversees management of municipal forestlands under the Ashland Forest Plan for community wildfire safety and forest health. He also coordinates the City’s role in the Ashland Forest Resiliency Stewardship Project, a 15-year, multi-partner effort convened by the USDA Forest Service to reduce community wildfire risk, promote water quality, and sustain late-successional habitat in the Ashland Creek Watershed and surrounding landscape, source of the City’s drinking water. Chris is also leading the process during 2024-2025 to rewrite the City’s Community Wildfire Protection Plan, or CWPP. Once the CWPP is rewritten, the CWPP will guide critical community risk reduction programs to make our community safer from the threat of wildfire.