David Barr (“Battalion4”, he/him) became a Black Rock Ranger in 1998, with red and blue dots. In 2001, he departed the Rangers to help form the Burning Man Emergency Services Department. Most of his ESD career was as the Planning Section Chief until his departure after the 2013 burn. He joined the SOAK Fire Safety Team in 2014 and was the Team Lead between 2016 and 2022.

In 2018, Precipitation Northwest, Portland’s Regional organization, invited David and Tacy Brotherton (“HugBoss”) to go to Safetyside and bring back everything they learned. In 2019, he and HugBoss founded Safety Northwest as Safetyside’s peer in the Pacific Northwest. David and Tacy still produce Safety Northwest, with Lauren Stewart (“Sweetie”) and Ben Heredia (“Brother”).