Ernie Tolin had wanted to go to the US Naval Academy. He would not
be able to realize that dream. He would pursue a second dream of
working with aircraft and being able to work on the National
Forest. He gave up a full time job to pursue this dream and would
spend the majority or his life working for the US Forest Service.
His first assignment was the "Air Attack Unit" at Chino airport. He
would be reassigned to an aerial reseeding project on the San Dimas
Experimental Forest. He would continue working on research projects
and would receive a permanent appointment and work for the "Fuel
Break Project." Ernie would eventually get transferred to the new
Forest Fire Laboratory in Riverside California. Helicopter
projects, fire fighting, re vegetation and vegetation survey work
would keep Ernie busy for a couple of years. Working at the Fire
Lab would require analysis of large volumes of data. The only way
to do the analysis was to use hand calculators or learn how to use
mainframe computers. Ernie became a computer programmer and began
writing programs to analyze not only field data but use the
technology to dispatch fire equipment and make maps of fuel types
for fire simulations. Ernie would be reassigned to Washington DC to
work on automated mapping systems. Soon, he would be heading up a
technical group of computer specialist. He would help develop
specifications for major computer purchases. By the late 1970's
Ernie would head up a group of specialist to analyze data for the
Roadless Area Review (RARE II). Ernie would be named as the
Director of Computer Science in the California Pacific Island
Region and he would move to the San Francisco Bay area. Ernie
continued working as the Director of Computer Science &
Telecommunications Staff until his retirement.
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