Meet our Associates
Stephen Fillmore, PhD
As the Principal of Wildfire Solutions International, Stephen leads a network of wildfire experts who are dedicated to serving you, just as they have done for their careers in public service. Stephen worked for Federal fire management agencies for 23 years before starting WSI, and is qualified as a Complex Incident Commander, Operations Section Chief, and a Type 1 Prescribed Fire Burn Boss. He holds degrees in Forest Resource Management as well as a Doctorate in Wildfire Social Science. His academic research focuses on risk decision processes and decision making.
Billy Lee Rickard
Billy retired after spending 31 years in the Federal fire service. He retired as the Regional Fire Director for the Fish and Wildfire Service in Sacramento, CA, but also worked as the Zone Fire Management Officer in Colorado and California for the National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, and US Forest Service. Before that he spent 4 years working on Hotshot Crews and 15 years as an elite 'Smokejumper' in Boise and McCall, ID. He is qualified as a Type 2 Incident Commander, Operations Section Chief, Type 2 Burn Boss, Air Attack Supervisor, and is a qualified private pilot.
Billy Lee is WSI's Vegetation Management Coordinator, and is an expert at home inspection and risk mitigation assessments.