Pacific Northwest Wildfire Coordinating Group
To: Mike Matlick
Washington State Fire Marshal
January 26, 2010
/s/ Ken Snell
From: Ken Snell
Chair, Pacific Northwest Wildfire Coordinating Group
Dear Mike:
Congratulations on your upcoming retirement! On behalf of the Steering Committee
please accept this letter as an indication of the gratitude that we feel for your active and
thoughtful contributions to PNWCG. With your unique background you’ve been able to
offer advice resulting in improved decisions by the Steering Committee.
Your ideas on reforming the Fire Prevention, Fire Investigations and Communications
Work Teams have been adopted by the Steering Committee and with your leadership they
are well on their way to implementation.
Best wishes and thanks again for the highly professional leadership that you have provided
as both a Steering Committee member and Working Team Liaison.