About Us

Gary Chang

Founder
Director of Wildfire Resources

Gary Chang has lived in Northern California since 1983. He has 34 years of experience helping businesses analyze problems and design solutions to operate more efficiently. He graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a degree in Business Administration, emphasizing in Marketing and Distribution. He has worked with small entrepreneur owned businesses to large international companies.

With the beauty of large open areas and the forested foothills around his hometown of Chico are also high fire hazard environments that possess the ingredients for intense wildfires. He has seen many communities throughout California, Nevada, and Hawaii destroyed by wildfire. While working as the Director of Marketing for a Private Fire Suppression Company, he helped to develop initiatives that connected the company's fire safety capabilities with the needs of landowners and homeowners.

In 2009, Gary founded WILDFIRE COMMUNITY RESOURCES (WCR) to provide resources for landowners and homeowners to be "READY WHEN FIRE COMES."

As a communication professional, Gary realized that there are many issues about fire that people do not understand. The fact is "Fire has been on this earth forever and it's not going away." He believes that in these tight economic times with government budget cuts, it is important that landowners and homeowners do the following:

• Understand the "Principles of Wildfire and Resources Available."
• Have a plan to take care of your land and home.
• Get to know your neighbors and help one another.
• Work with your community and local fire agencies.

His interest and hobbies include tennis, golf, gardening, traveling, and family activities.

Bob Donohue

Wildfire Resources Coordinator

Bob Donohue has been part of the Wildland Fire World for the past 30 years. He has been a Fire Break Technician, Park Ranger, and Senior Park Ranger.

In 2009, he retired as the Supervising Park Ranger for Bidwell Park in Chico, CA, one of the largest municipal parks in the United States (3670 acres). His experience in dealing with the threats of wildfire in large open spaces with deep canyons and dry chaparral areas can help landowners and homeowners understand the hazards they face when living in the Wildland Urban Interface.

A Certified Instructor with the Park Ranger Association of California, he has taught courses in Emergency Communications, Ranger Safety, Fire Safety, and Prescribe Burns as a Vegetation Management Tool.

Bob is a firm believer that if homeowners take proper steps to make their property and homes defensible, fewer fire fighters will be put at risk and more homes can survive wildfire.

His interests include tennis, golf, travel, history, and his family.