Mark is a founding member (2004) of the Grizzly Flats Fire Safe Council.  His first term as Chair was from 2007-2017.  He started his second term as Chair in 2019.  Mark has also served on the Grants and Public Education Committees.  He is also the Emergency Preparedness Coordinator; which involves coordinating the biennial Wildland Fire Table Top Exercise that brings over twenty different public service and governmental agencies together for a mock wildland fire that occurs in the Grizzly Flats area.