Our Leadership

COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE

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D.J. Cline FP-C MICP

Founder - CEO

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Jeff Kepple MD

Medical Director

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Diane Dawson

Chief Financial Officer

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Ricky Johnson AEMT MA

Operations Manager

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Sam Blesse FP-C MICP

Director of Operations

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Director of Nursing

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Art Hinton

Fleet Manager

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Training Officer

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Our History

In 1999, D.J. Cline, CEO, founded Frontline Medical. For the past twenty-five years, DJ has been responsible for the business development and contractual success of Frontline.

By providing professional patient care and thorough management, Frontline Medical quickly became the industry standard for wildland fire medical support. Frontline Medical has been directly involved with creating a standard of care at wildland fire camps, never before seen.

Frontline Medical developed a proprietary system of statistics to track injuries and illnesses, to aid in improving safety and incident cost containment.

Frontline Medical has been nationally recognized for providing leadership, direction, and medical management in the wake of multiple catastrophic disasters, where local infrastructure is virtually nonexistent. Frontline Medical has provided management and support to multiple large disasters, such as Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Gustav, Ike, Harvey, Maria, countless forest fires, COVID support, and Immigration Shelter Support.

Frontline Medical provides expert knowledge in treating illnesses related to poisonous plants, food-borne illnesses, heat-related illnesses, burn trauma, and orthopedic trauma. Frontline Medical routinely provides disaster management consultations to several government agencies and emergency rooms.

Over the years, Frontline Medical has increased our level of care to include critical care flight nurses. Our paramedic personnel are also flight qualified, with extensive critical care and trauma experience.

Frontline Medical routinely reduces medical expenses for wildland fires, large disasters, and private sector support camps. We have developed appropriate assessment and treatment modalities to reduce lost man-hours. We look forward to providing your incident with “professional patient care".