Randy Hansen is a 20-year veteran and Battalion Chief with the Seattle Fire Department. His present assignment is the TOPOFF-2 Planning Lead. He has extensive background as a 9-1-1 Dispatcher, Disaster Exercise Design Coordinator, and instructs in Weapons of Mass Destruction preparedness and the Incident Command System.

He has been active with the Puget Sound US&R Task Force since its inception in 1991, participating in deployments to the Oklahoma City bombing and World Trade Center terrorist attack. He regularly assists agencies with the design and execution of WMD tabletop and field exercises, including a recent one-year contract with the Department of Justice for the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah.