APEX - Key Persons


Conner Nelson - Founder

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  • Co - Founder
Conner has four years of experience working on a national deployment hand crew along with working on local fuel mitigation projects. He is a Certified Wildfire Mitigation specialist who is dedicated to helping home owners keep their properties safe. He received his Bachelor's in Health and Kinesiology with a Minor in business management from the University of Utah. Conner is on the NFPA Certified Wildlfire Mitigation Specialist Advisory Board He is currently in the Fire Ecology Masters Program at the University of Idaho and is a nationally certified Advanced EMT.

Trevor Searle - Founder

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  • Co - Founder
Trevor grew up along the Wasatch Front and has lived there his whole life. This helped inspire his love of the area and concern for keeping it safe. He has five years of experience on wildland crews, engines and local fuel mitigation projects. His time working wildland allowed him to gain expertise in structure protection and tree felling. Trevor works at two different fire departments in Northern Utah as a firefighter and as an Advanced EMT. Those departments cover areas in the wildland urban interface so he is constantly engaged in the community that the company works in.