Your partner in reducing wildfire risk.
Blue Pine Fuels began in our hometown of Roslyn, Washington, where we helped harden our community against wildfire and learned invaluable lessons in the process. We’d like to share what we know with you.
Our Team
Chris Martin, President
Chris has helped mitigate the threat of fire in the Roslyn area since 2017. When the Jolly Mountain Fire threatened the city that year, Chris, a volunteer firefighter, was asked to take on the role of emergency management coordinator. Since then he has written multiple grants for the city, helping to bring in over $1.5 million to reduce fuels around the city. In 2021, Chris initiated the interagency Roslyn Fuels Crew (now Upper Kittitas County (UKC) Fuels) to manage wildfire fuels in the area. Chris has helped facilitate the treatment of hundreds of acres of forestland, including the use of prescribed fire on both private and municipal land. He is a Director of the Washington Prescribed Fire Council, a firefighter/EMT with Roslyn Fire, and a member of the Washington DNR’s Wildfire Advisory Committee.
Our being named “Blue Pine” is no accident. It’s a reference to the hue you find in dead pines that have been infested by mountain pine beetles, leading to the introduction of a fungus (that’s Ophiostomatales to you) that streaks the wood with blue and ultimately kills the tree. These pines are fuel-in-waiting for forest fires—and they’re just the kind of fuels we’re ready to help you eradicate as part of our fire-management strategy.