Devon Wells is a 30-year veteran of the fire service and retired Fire Chief of Hood River Fire and EMS in Oregon. He has been on the Board of Directors of the International Society of Fire Service Instructors since 2008, serving as the President of the organization from 2018 to 2020. 

Chief Wells is a graduate of the National Fire Academy’s Executive Fire Officer Program, serves on several national advisory boards for conferences, magazines, and college programs and manages the Facebook page the “Rural Fire Officer.”