Darren Hutchinson started his fire service career in Canada in 1992 as a firefighter with the Duncan, BC, Fire Department. After that, he served with the British Columbia Forest Service and the Alberta Forest Service. In 1998, Hutchinson was the first person to use firefighting gels on an interface incident. In 1999, he started Quintech Fire Services, which focuses on all aspects of wildland urban interface firefighting, training and tools.