Ian served in Moose Jaw; Chilliwack; St Hubert and Holberg then retired from CFSPER after a tour in Cyprus in 1973. He moved to Port Alice BC and became the mill safety co-ordinator with Western Pulp Mill Ltd. He also was a Port Alice Alderman and the local provincial emergency co-ordinator.  While attempting to clean up a mud slide that was blocking a main road he was killed in a secondary unsuspected slide.