Senior Leadership

A diverse team of talented leaders provide vision and strategic direction to support all of CAL FIRE and its mission through innovation, inclusion, and collaboration.

Joe Tyler

Director/Fire Chief

Daniel Berlant

State Fire Marshal

Wendy Collins

Assistant State Fire Marshal

Jim Hosler

Assistant Deputy Director, Pipeline Safety and CUPA

Andrew Henning

Assistant Deputy Director, Fire & Life Safety, State Fire Training and Code Development & Analysis

Frank Bigelow

Acting Deputy Director, Community Wildfire Preparedness & Mitigation