Dan Frazen has been hired to serve as the first agriculture emergency coordinator in Colorado.

The Colorado Department of Agriculture created the position to improve emergency response capabilities. Frazen will lead response to hazardous incidents that affect agricultural communities and coordinate with other government agencies and stakeholders for disaster management.

Frazen will serve on multiple emergency planning teams and respond to myriad threats, including wildfire and drought, proactively strengthening Colorado’s agricultural resilience through coordination, mitigation and recovery efforts.

Frazen is a Colorado certified emergency manager, certified fire investigator and incident command system instructor. He recently graduated from the Federal Emergency Management Agency advanced academy.

He brings to his position almost 30 years of public safety and emergency response experience. He previously served as emergency manager for the City of Greeley.