Jerry Clements:  

After High School, I attended Diablo Valley Junior College. I then went to work for the U.S. Forest Service in McCloud California. I transferred to the Redding Office in 1975 and worked until at I retired at the Northern California Service Center, where I retired as the Assistant Director Fire Management for Region 5 of the U.S. Forest Service. Primary Duties: Managing the Northern California Service Center. Located there was the 20 person Redding Hot Shot Crew, 40 person Redding Smokejumpers, National Fire Cache, Training Center, Administrative Unit and the Northern California Coordination Center (responsible for the movement of all wildland fire resources in northern califor...Expand for more