Jeff Pricher
Jeff Pricher is a Division Chief with Columbia River Fire & Rescue & Scappoose Fire District. He manages the Special Operations Program (Marine, Rope Rescue, Water Rescue, and UAS) and is the Fire Marshal for both districts. Overall, he has 24 years in the fire service working both in the continental United States and on the continent of Antarctica. Jeff is also a member of a regional type 2 incident management team that responds to wildfires and with a Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT) with the Department of Health and Human Services.
Jeff started in UAS in 2011 as a hobby and continues to closely follow the development of professionalism and standards in the UAS industry. He is an associate member of the National Wildfire Coordination Group (NWCG) Interagency Fire Unmanned Aircraft Systems Subcommittee and is in the process of developing an aviation program for UAS in the Portland UASI/RDPO region (Clackamas County, Multnomah County, Washington County, Columbia County Oregon and Clark County Washington).