Position History By Year

Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows:

Deleted from "These Positions Maintain Currency For RCDM":

• Service Branch Director (SVBD)
• Support Branch Director (SUBD)

Added: Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For RCDM."

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Removed: ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents (ICS-200) from "Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills." 

Added: ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents (ICS-200) to Required Training.
Added: Transition Plan:

• All qualified individuals will remain qualified. Individuals will be granted ICS-200 in responder’s records.
• All trainee RCDM will be required to complete ICS-200 prior to position qualification.

Position created.

Added: 

• Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC) to These Positions Maintain Currency For FSC3
• Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC) to FSC3 Maintains Currency For These Positions

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: to Qualification Requirements:  Note: Once qualified as TIME, COST, or ICT3, the FSC3 qualification may be granted by the certifying official. Certification must be documented on a “verification/certification” page of the FSC3 Position Task Book (311-50).

Added: Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team (O-305) to "Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills".

Added: Introduction to ICS (ICS-100) and NIMS: An Introduction (IS-700) to Required Training.

Removed: Finance Section Chief Type 1 (FSC1) from "These Positions Maintain Currency for FSC3" and from "FSC3 Maintains Currency for These Positions".
Added: of the following language: FEMA PTBs are available on the NWCG website.

Position created.

Type 3 Position standards are being introduced to provide an agreed to minimum standard for National Mobilization and to help develop local capability.  Currently the PSC3, LSC3, and FSC3 positions are utilized by FEMA and the Department of the Interior All Hazard qualification program.

NWCG recognizes the ability of cooperating agencies at the local level to jointly define and accept each other’s qualifications for initial attack, extended attack, large fire operations, and prescribed fire.

Position qualification pathways for the LSC3, PSC3, and FSC3 positions include both equivalency and position task book alternatives for position qualification.   FEMA position task books will be utilized for these positions and are available at training.fema.gov/position%20specific%20taskbooks/taskbook_list.asp.

Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows:

Deleted from "These Positions Maintain Currency For SPUL":

• Service Branch Director (SVBD)
• Support Branch Director (SUBD)

Deleted from "SPUL Maintains Currency For These Positions":

• Support Branch Director (SUBD)

Added:

• Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For SPUL."
• Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC) to "SPUL Maintains Currency For These Positions."

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: to Qualification Requirements:  Note: Once qualified as a SPUL, the LSC3 qualification may be granted by the certifying official. Certification must be documented on a “verification/certification” page of the LSC3 Position Task Book (311-35).

Position created.

Position archived.

Added: to Required Experience Section:  Note: Once qualified as a COMP, the INJR qualification may be granted by the certifying official. Certification must be documented.

Updated: Required experience modified as follows:  Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-47) as a Compensation/Claims Unit Leader (COMP)*

Added: the following language:  *Certification as COMP will allow certification as INJR.

Position created.

Added: 

• Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For PROC."
• Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC) to "PROC Maintains Currency For These Positions."

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Position created.

Added: Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For PTRC."

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Position created.

Added:

• Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) and Operation Section Chief Complex (OSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For OPS3."
• Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) and Operation Section Chief Complex (OSCC) to "OPS3 Maintains Currency For These Positions."
   

Added: Position-Specific publication added under Standards and References: NWCG Position-Specific Standards for Operations Section Chiefs, PMS 350-8.

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: to Qualification Requirements:  Note: Once qualified as DIVS or ICT3, the OPS3 qualification may be granted by the certifying official. Certification must be documented.

Added: Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team (O-305) to "Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills."

Removed: Operations Section Chief Type 1 (OSC1) from the "OPS3 Maintains Currency for These Positions."

Removed: Safety Officer Type 1 (SOF1) from "These Positions Maintain Currency for OPS3" and from "OPS3 Maintains Currency for These Positions."

Position created.

Type 3 Position standards are being introduced to provide an agreed to minimum standard for National Mobilization and to help develop local capability.  Currently the PSC3, LSC3, and FSC3 positions are utilized by FEMA and the Department of the Interior All Hazard qualification program.

Removed: Required Training and Required Experience and replaced with "The qualification pathway for this position is discontinued per NWCG direction on January, 2023. Responders with an active PTB will transition to the corresponding complex position PTB." 

Added: Position-Specific publication added under Standards and References: NWCG Position-Specific Standards for Operations Section Chiefs, PMS 350-8.

Added: Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For OSC2" and "OSC2 Maintains Currency For These Positions".

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Position created. 

Operations Section Chief (Multi-Branch), Operations Section Chief (Multi-Division) and Operations Section Chief (Multi-Leader) in 1984 PMS 310-1.

Removed: from "These Positions Maintain Currency For STCR":

• Safety Officer, Line (SOFR)

Removed: from "STCR Maintains Currency For These Positions ":

• Safety Officer, Line (SOFR)

Added: to "These Positions Maintain Currency For STCR":

• Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3)

Added: to "STCR Maintains Currency For These Positions ":

• Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3)

Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows:

Added to "STCR Maintains Currency For These Positions":

• Safety Officer Field (SOFF)

Added: Operation Section Chief Complex (OSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For STCR."

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Removed: Tactical Decision Making in the Wildland Fire (S-336) from "Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills."

Added: Crew Representative (CREP) to "STCR Maintains Currency for These Positions."

Updated: The Task Force Leader (TFLD) and Strike Team Leader (STDZ, STEN, STCR, STPL) Position Task Books (PTB)(311-10) have been combined. However, the positions have not been combined. Strike Team Leader tasks are completed only once. The Required Experience for TFLD must be met prior to completing additional TFLD tasks. Upon satisfactory performance in the prerequisite single resource boss position, the specific strike team leader task book may be initiated. Once qualified as a Strike Team Leader, any additional single resource boss qualifications will also qualify the individual in that corresponding strike team leader position—without having to complete the Strike Team Leader PTB for the new position—once agency certification is documented on the PTB Certification page.

Added: S-205 (28 hrs) to Required Training.

Position created. Task Force/Strike Team Leader in 1984 PMS 310-1.

Removed: from "These Positions Maintain Currency For STEN":

• Safety Officer, Line (SOFR)

Removed: from "STEN Maintains Currency For These Positions ":

• Safety Officer, Line (SOFR)

Added: to "These Positions Maintain Currency For STEN":

• Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3)

Added: to "STEN Maintains Currency For These Positions ":

• Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3)

Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows:

Added to "STEN Maintains Currency For These Positions":

• Safety Officer Field (SOFF)

Added: Operation Section Chief Complex (OSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For STEN."

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Removed: Tactical Decision Making in the Wildland Fire (S-336) from "Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills."

Updated: The Task Force Leader (TFLD) and Strike Team Leader (STDZ, STEN, STCR, STPL) Position Task Books (PTB)(311-10) have been combined. However, the positions have not been combined. Strike Team Leader tasks are completed only once. The Required Experience for TFLD must be met prior to completing additional TFLD tasks. Upon satisfactory performance in the prerequisite single resource boss position, the specific strike team leader task book may be initiated. Once qualified as a Strike Team Leader, any additional single resource boss qualifications will also qualify the individual in that corresponding strike team leader position—without having to complete the Strike Team Leader PTB for the new position—once agency certification is documented on the PTB Certification page.

Position created. Task Force/Strike Team Leader in 1984 PMS 310-1.

Removed: from "These Positions Maintain Currency For STEQ":

• Safety Officer, Line (SOFR)

Removed: from "STEQ Maintain Currency For These Positions "":

• Safety Officer, Line (SOFR)

Added: to "These Positions Maintain Currency For STEQ":

• Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3)

Added: to "STEQ Maintain Currency For These Positions ":

• Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3)

Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows:

Added to "STEQ Maintains Currency For These Positions":

• Safety Officer Field (SOFF)

Added: Operation Section Chief Complex (OSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For STEQ."

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Removed: Tactical Decision Making in the Wildland Fire (S-336) from "Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills."

Position created.

Combined STDZ and STPL positions into a Strike Team Heavy Equipment (STEQ) position.

Removed: from "These Positions Maintain Currency For TFLD":

• Safety Officer, Line (SOFR)

Removed: from "TFLD Maintain Currency For These Positions "":

• Safety Officer, Line (SOFR)

Added: to "These Positions Maintain Currency For TFLD":

• Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3)

Added: to "TFLD Maintain Currency For These Positions ":

• Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3)

Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows:

Added to "TFLD Maintains Currency For These Positions":

• Safety Officer Field (SOFF)

Added: Operation Section Chief Complex (OSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For TFLD."

Added: to Qualification Requirements:  If a TFLD meets the prerequisite experience and qualifications of a STL, the appropriate STL qualification may be granted by the certifying official. Certification must be documented on a ‘verification/certification’ page of the TFLD Position Task Book (311-10).

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Removed: Tactical Decision Making in the Wildland Fire (S-336) from "Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills."

Added: Crew Representative (CREP) to "TFLD Maintains Currency for These Positions."

Added: the following qualification pathway for required experience:
Satisfactory performance in any two Strike Team Leader positions (STCR, STEQ, STEN).

Updated: The Task Force Leader (TFLD) and Strike Team Leader (STDZ, STEN, STCR, STPL) Position Task Books (PTB)(311-10) have been combined. However, the positions have not been combined. Strike Team Leader tasks are completed only once. The Required Experience for TFLD must be met prior to completing additional TFLD tasks. Upon satisfactory performance in the prerequisite single resource boss position, the specific strike team leader task book may be initiated. Once qualified as a Strike Team Leader, any additional single resource boss qualifications will also qualify the individual in that corresponding strike team leader position—without having to complete the Strike Team Leader PTB for the new position—once agency certification is documented on the PTB Certification page.

Deleted: S-330 (24 hrs.) and S-390 (16 hrs.) from Required Training.

Position created.

Added: 

• Air Tactical Group Supervisor (ATGS) and Operation Section Chief Complex (OSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For ICT3."
• Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) and Operation Section Chief Complex (OSCC) to "ICT3 Maintains Currency For These Positions."

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: to Qualification Requirements:  Note: Once qualified as a ICT3, the OPS3, PSC3, LSC3 and FSC3 qualifications may be granted by the certifying official. Certification must be documented on a “verification/certification” page of the applicable Position Task Book.

Added: Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team (O-305) to "Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills".

Removed: Incident Commander Type 1 (ICT1) from "These Positions Maintain Currency for ICT3".

Added: Advanced ICS (ICS-400) to Required Training to align position with FEMA Type 3 standards.

Transition Plan:

• All qualified individuals will remain qualified. Individuals will be granted ICS-400 in responder’s records.
• All ICT3 trainees will be required to complete ICS-400 prior to position qualification.

Position created. 

Incident Commander (Multi-Branch), Incident Commander (Multi-Division) and Incident Commander (Multi-Leader) in 1984 PMS 310-1.

Removed: from "These Positions Maintain Currency For ICT4":

• Safety Officer, Line (SOFR)

Added: to "These Positions Maintain Currency For ICT4":

• Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3)

Added: to "ICT4 Maintains Currency For These Positions ":

• Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3)

Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows:

Added to "ICT4 Maintains Currency For These Positions":

• Safety Officer Field (SOFF) 

Added: Operation Section Chief Complex (OSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For ICT4."

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added:  “except HMGB” to "ICT4 Maintains Currency for These Positions".

Added: Any Single Resource Position (CRWB, DOZB, ENGB, FELB, FIRB, TRPB, HMGB) meets the prerequisite experience for Incident Commander Type 4 (ICT4).

Position created.

Removed: Required Training and Required Experience and replaced with  "The qualification pathway for this position is discontinued per NWCG direction on January, 2023. Responders with an active PTB will transition to the corresponding complex position PTB." 

Updated: Position Endorsement
The position for this endorsement is currently being evaluated to the new standards for Complex Incident Management, for current information regarding this change, please contact your NIMSIC representative.

Added: Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For PSC2" and "PSC2 Maintains Currency For These Positions."

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: “Individuals utilizing this pathway must complete the Planning Section Chief Course (S- 440) prior to position qualification.”

Updated: Prerequisite experience modified as follows:

Satisfactory performance as a Situation Unit Leader (SITL).
     +
Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (PMS 311-23) as a Planning Section Chief Type 2 (PSC2) on a wildfire incident.
     OR
Satisfactory performance as a Resources Unit Leader (RESL).
     +
Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (PMS 311-23) as a Planning Section Chief Type 2 (PSC2) on a wildfire incident.
     OR
Satisfactory performance as a Planning Section Chief Type 3 (PSC3).
     +
Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (PMS 311-23) as a Planning Section Chief Type 2 (PSC2) on a wildfire incident.
     OR
Satisfactory performance as an Operations Section Chief Type 2 (OSC2).
     +
Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (PMS 311-23) as a Planning Section Chief Type 2 (PSC2) on a wildfire incident*.
     OR
Satisfactory performance as a Logistics Section Chief Type 2 (LSC2).
     +
Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (PMS 311-23) as a Planning Section Chief Type 2 (PSC2) on a wildfire incident*.
     OR
Satisfactory performance as a Safety Officer Type 2 (SOF2).
     +
Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (PMS 311-23) as a Planning Section Chief Type 2 (PSC2) on a wildfire incident*.

Added: S-420 Command & General Staff (32 hrs.).

Position created. 

Planning Section Chief (Multi-Branch), Planning Section Chief (Multi-Division) and Planning Section Chief (Multi-Leader) in 1984 PMS 310-1.

Added: 

• Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For PSC3."
• Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) to "PSC3 Maintains Currency For These Positions."

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: Qualification Requirements:  Note: Once qualified as SITL, RESL, or ICT3, the PSC3 qualification may be granted by the certifying official. Certification must be documented on a “verification/certification” page of the PSC3 Position Task Book (PMS 311-55).

Added: Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team (O-305) to Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills.

Added: Introduction to ICS (ICS-100) and NIMS: An Introduction (IS-700) to Required Training.

Updated:  footnote language:

The Planning Section Chief Type 3 (PSC3) position is also utilized in the DOI All Hazard Qualification System. The FEMA All Hazard Planning Section Chief PTB is appropriate for use with this position and is available on the NWCG website.

Position created.

Type 3 Position standards are being introduced to provide an agreed to minimum standard for National Mobilization and to help develop local capability.  Currently the PSC3, LSC3, and FSC3 positions are utilized by FEMA and the Department of the Interior All Hazard qualification program.

NWCG recognizes the ability of cooperating agencies at the local level to jointly define and accept each other’s qualifications for initial attack, extended attack, large fire operations, and prescribed fire.

Position qualification pathways for the LSC3, PSC3, and FSC3 positions include both equivalency and position task book alternatives for position qualification.   FEMA position task books will be utilized for these positions and are available at training.fema.gov/position%20specific%20taskbooks/taskbook_list.asp.

Added: Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) to "RESL Maintains Currency For These Positions."

Added: Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For RESL."

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: to Qualification Requirements :  Note: Once qualified as a RESL, the PSC3 qualification may be granted by the certifying official. Certification must be documented on a “verification/certification” page of the PSC3 Position Task Book (PMS 311-55).

Position created.

Added: 

• Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) to  "SITL Maintains Currency For These Positions."

Added: Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For SITL."

Added:

• ICS-100, Introduction to the Incident Command System
• ICS-200, ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents
• IS-700, National Incident Management System, An Introduction

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: to Qualification Requirements:  Note: Once qualified as a SITL, the PSC3 qualification may be granted by the certifying official. Certification must be documented on a “verification/certification” page of the PSC3 Position Task Book (311-55).

Updated: Prerequisite experience modified as follows:
Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-24) as a Situation Unit Leader (SITL).

Updated: The prerequisite Required Experience for Situation Unit Leader (SITL) is Incident Commander Type 4 (ICT4).

Position created.

Added: Public Information Officer Type 3 (PIO3) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For PIOT."

Added: IS-700, NIMS: An Introduction added to Required Training.

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Position created.

Removed: X-520, NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form

Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows:

Added:

To ICCI Qualification Requirements:

• ***S-420, Command and General Staff or L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff or O-305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team, and I-400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff, must be completed before initiating the NWCG Incident Commander Complex, Position Task Book, PMS 311-101.

To Required Training: 

• OR a completed X-520, NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form (PDF)

Added: 

To Required Training:

• ICS-400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff 
• S-420, Command and General Staff OR L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff OR 0305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team  

To Required Experience:

OR

• Satisfactory performance as an Incident Commander Type 3 (ICT3)
• AND Satisfactory performance as an Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) Position Task Book, PMS 311-101

OR

• Satisfactory performance as an Incident Commander Type 3 (ICT3)
• AND Satisfactory performance as a Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) Position Task Book, PMS 311-101

OR

• Satisfactory performance as an Incident Commander Type 3 (ICT3)
• AND Satisfactory performance as a Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) Position Task Book, PMS 311-101

OR

• Satisfactory performance as an Incident Commander Type 3 (ICT3)
• AND Satisfactory performance as a Safety Officer Complex (SOFC)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) Position Task Book, PMS 311-101

OR

• Satisfactory performance as an Incident Commander Type 3 (ICT3)
• AND Satisfactory performance as a Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) Position Task Book, PMS 311-101

To These Positions Maintain Currency For ICCI:

• Area Commander (ACDR)
• Assistant Area Commander Logistics (ACLC)
• Assistant Area Commander Planning (ACPC)
• Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC)
• Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 1 (FSC1)
• Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 2 (FSC2)
• Incident Commander Type 3 (ICT3)
• Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC)
• Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC1)
• Logistics Section Chief Type 2 (LSC2)
• Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC)
• Operations Section Chief Type 1 (OSC1)
• Operations Section Chief Type 2 (OSC2)
• Operations Section Chief Type 3, Wildland Fire (OPS3)
• Planning Section Chief Type 1 (PSC1)
• Planning Section Chief Type 2 (PSC2)
• Safety Officer Complex (SOFC)
• Safety Officer Type 1 (SOF1)
• Safety Officer Type 2 (SOF2)

To ICCI Maintains Currency For These Positions:

• Agency Representative (AREP)
• Area Commander (ACDR)
• Assistant Area Commander Logistics (ACLC)
• Assistant Area Commander Planning (ACPC)
• Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC)
• Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 1 (FSC1)
• Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 2 (FSC2)
• Liaison Officer (LOFR)
• Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC)
• Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC1)
• Logistics Section Chief Type 2 (LSC2)
• Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC)
• Operations Section Chief Type 1 (OSC1)
• Operations Section Chief Type 2 (OSC2)
• Operations Section Chief Type 3, Wildland Fire (OPS3)
• Safety Officer Complex (SOFC)
• Safety Officer Type 1 (SOF1)
• Safety Officer Type 2 (SOF2)

To Other Training Which Supports Development Of Knowledge And Skills:

• E/L 950, All-Hazards Position Specific Incident Commander
• L-480, Organizational Leadership in the Fire Service
• L-580, Leadership is Action

Added: Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC)  to "These Positions Maintain Currency For ICCI" and "ICCI Maintains Currency For These Positions."

Position created.

Removed: X-520, NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form

Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows:

Added:

1. To FSCC Qualification Requirements Summary:

•   ***S-420, Command and General Staff or L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff or O-305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team, and I-400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff, must be completed before initiating the NWCG Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex, Position Task Book, PMS 311-146.

2. To Required Training: 

•  OR a completed X-520, NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form (PDF)

Added: 

To Required Training:

• S-420, Command and General Staff OR L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff OR 0305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team

To Required Experience:

• Satisfactory performance as a Time Unit Leader (TIME)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-146

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Cost Unit Leader (COST)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-146

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Procurement Unit Leader (PROC)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-146

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 3 (FSC3)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-146

To These Positions Maintain currency for FSCC:

• Compensation/Claims Unit Leader (COMP)
• Cost Unit Leader (COST)
• Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 3 (FSC3)
• Incident Commander Complex (ICCI)
• Incident Commander Type 1 (ICT1)
• Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2)
• Procurement Unit Leader (PROC)
• Time Unit Leader (TIME)

To FSCC Maintains Currency For These Positions:

• Cost Unit Leader (COST)
• Compensation/Claims Unit Leader (COMP)
• Equipment Time Recorder (EQTR)
• Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 3 (FSC3)
• Incident Commander Complex (ICCI)
• Incident Commander Type 1 (ICT1)
• Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2)
• Personnel Time Recorder (PTRC)
• Procurement Unit Leader (PROC)
• Time Unit Leader (TIME)

To Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills:

• E/L 973, All-Hazards Position Specific Finance/Admin. Section Chief
• L-480, Organizational Leadership in the Wildland Fire Service
• L-580, Leadership is Action

Position Created.

Removed: X-520, NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form

Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows:

Added to "LSCC Qualification Requirements":

•  *** S-420, Command and General Staff or L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff or O-305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team, and I-400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff, must be completed before initiating the NWCG Logistics Section Chief Complex, Position Task Book, PMS 311-133.

Updated Required Training: 

• S-520, Advanced Incident Management OR Complex Incident Management Course (CIMC) OR Complex Incident Management Field Evaluation (PDF) OR a completed X-520,NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form (PDF).

Deleted from  "These Positions Maintain Currency For LSCC" and from "LSCC Maintains Currency For These Positions":

• Service Branch Director (SVBD)
• Support Branch Director (SUBD)

Added:

To Required Training:

• ICS-400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff 
• S-420, Command and General Staff OR L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff OR 0305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team

To Required Experience:

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Facilities Unit Leader (FACL)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Logistic Section Chief Complex (LSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-133

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Ground Support Unit Leader (GSUL)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Logistic Section Chief Complex (LSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-133

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Supply Unit Leader (SPUL)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Logistic Section Chief Complex (LSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-133

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Logistics Section Chief Type 3 (LSC3)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Logistic Section Chief Complex (LSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-133

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Logistic Section Chief Complex (LSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-133 (see note)

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Logistic Section Chief Complex (LSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-133

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Safety Officer Complex (SOFC)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Logistic Section Chief Complex (LSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-133

Note: Individuals utilizing this pathway must complete the Logistics Section Chief Course (E/L 967) prior to position qualification.

To These Positions Maintain Currency for LCSS:

• Assistant Area Commander, Logistics (ACLC)
• Facilities Unit Leader (FACL)
• Ground Support Unit Leader (GSUL)
• Incident Commander Complex (ICCI)
• Incident Commander Type 1 (ICT1)
• Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2)
• Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC3)
• Service Branch Director (SVBD)
• Supply Unit Leader (SPUL)
• Support Branch Director (SUBD)

To LSCC Maintains Currency for These Positions:

• Assistant Area Commander Logistics (ACLC)
• Base/Camp Manager (BCMG)
• Equipment Manager (EQPM)
• Facilities Unit Leader (FACL)
• Ground Support Unit Leader (GSUL)
• Incident Commander Complex (ICCI)
• Incident Commander Type 1 (ICT1)
• Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2)
• Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC3)
• Ordering Manager (ORDM)
• Receiving/Distribution Manager (RCDM)
• Service Branch Director (SVBD)
• Supply Unit Leader (SPUL)
• Support Branch Director (SUBD)

To Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills:

• E/L 967, All-Hazards Position Specific Logistics Section Chief
• L-480, Organizational Leadership in the Fire Service
• L-580, Leadership is Action

Position created.

Removed: from "These Positions Maintain Currency For SOFC":

• Safety Officer, Line (SOFR)

Removed: from "SOFC Maintain Currency For These Positions "":

• Safety Officer, Line (SOFR)

Added: to "These Positions Maintain Currency For SOFC":

• Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3)

Added: to "SOFC Maintains Currency For These Positions ":

• Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3)

Removed: X-520, NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form

Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows:

Added to SOFC Qualification Requirements:

• *** S-420, Command and General Staff or L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff or O-305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team, and I-400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff, must be completed before initiating the NWCG Safety Officer Complex, Position Task Book, PMS 311-104.

Updated Required Training:

• S-520, Advanced Incident Management OR Complex Incident Management Course (CIMC) OR Complex Incident Management Field Evaluation (PDF) OR a completed X-520,NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form (PDF).

Added: 

To Required Training:

• ICS-400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff
• S-420, Command and General Staff OR L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff OR 0305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team

To Required Experience:

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Division/Group Supervisor (DIVS)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Safety Officer Complex (SOFC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-104

To These Positions Maintain Currency For SOFC:

• Division/Group Supervisor (DIVS)
• Incident Commander Complex (ICCI)
• Incident Commander Type 1 (ICT1)
• Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2)
• Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC)
• Operations Section Chief Type 1 (OSC1)
• Operations Section Chief Type 2 (OSC2)
• Safety Officer, Line (SOFR)

To SOFC Maintains Currency For These Positions:

• Division/Group Supervisor (DIVS)
• Incident Commander Complex (ICCI)
• Incident Commander Type 1 (ICT1)
• Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2)
• Safety Officer, Line (SOFR)

To Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills:

• L-480, Organizational Leadership in the Wildland Fire Service
• L-580, Leadership is Action
• S-404, Safety Officer

Position created.

Removed: X-520, NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form

Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows:

Added:

To OSCC Qualification Requirements: 

• ***S-420, Command and General Staff or L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff or O-305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team, and I-400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff, must be completed before initiating the NWCG Operations Section Chief Complex, Position Task Book, PMS 311-108.

Updated:

Required Training:

• S-520, Advanced Incident Management OR Complex Incident Management Course (CIMC) OR Complex Incident Management Field Evaluation (PDF) OR a completed X-520,NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form (PDF)

Added: 

To Required Training:

• ICS-400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff
• S-420, Command and General Staff OR L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff OR 0305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team

To Required Experience:

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Division/Group Supervisor (DIVS)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Operation Section Chief, Complex (OSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-108

To These Positions Maintain Currency For OSCC:

• Area Commander (ACDR)
• Assistant Area Commander Logistics (ACLC)
• Assistant Area Commander Planning (ACPC)
• Division/Group Supervisor (DIVS)
• Incident Commander Complex (ICCI)
• Incident Commander Type 1 (ICT1)
• Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2)
• Incident Commander Type 3 (ICT3)
• Operation Branch Director (OPBD)
• Operation Section Chief 3, Wildland Fire (OPS3)

To OSCC Maintains Currency For These Positions:

• Assistant Area Commander Planning (ACPC)
• Division/Group Supervisor (DIVS)
• Incident Commander Complex (ICCI)
• Incident Commander Type 1 (ICT1)
• Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2)
• Incident Commander Type 3 (ICT3)
• Incident Commander Type 4 (ICT4)
• Operations Brand Director (OPBD)
• Operations Section Chief Type 3, Wildland Fire (OPS3)
• Safety Officer Complex (SOFC)
• Safety Officer Type 1 (SOF1)
• Safety Officer Type 2 (SOF2)
• Strike Team Leader including (STCR, STEQ, STEN)
• Structure Protection Specialist (STPS)
• Task Force Leader (TFLD)

To Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills: 

• S-430, Operations Section Chief
• L-480, Organizational Leadership in the Fire Service
• L-580, Leadership is Action

Added: Position-Specific publication added under Standards and References: NWCG Position-Specific Standards for Operations Section Chiefs, PMS 350-8.

Position created.

Removed: X-520, NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form

Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows:

Added:

• To PSCC Qualification Requirements: ***S-420, Command and General Staff or L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff or O-305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team, and I-400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff, must be completed before initiating the NWCG Planning Section Chief Complex, Position Task Book, PMS 311-123.

Updated: 

• S-520, Advanced Incident Management OR Complex Incident Management Course (CIMC) OR Complex Incident Management Field Evaluation (PDF) OR a completed X-520,NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form (PDF).

Added:

To Required Training:

• ICS-400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff
• S-420, Command and General Staff OR L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff OR 0305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team

To Required Experience:

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Situation Unit Leader (SITL)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-123

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Resources Unit Leader (RESL)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-123

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Planning Section Chief Type 3 (PSC3)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-123 (see note)

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-123 (see note)

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-123 (see note)

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Complex Incident Safety Officer (SOFC)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-123 (see note)

Note: Individuals utilizing this pathway must complete the Planning Section Chief Course (S-440) prior to position qualification.

To These Positions Maintain Currency for PSCC:

• Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2)
• Planning Section Chief Type 3 (PSC3)
• Resources Unit Leader (RESL)
• Situation Unit Leader (SITL)

To PSCC Maintains Currency For These Positions:

• Demobilization Unit Leader (DMOB)
• Documentation Unit Leader (DOCL)
• Planning Section Chief Type 3 (PSC3)

To Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills:

• L-480, Organizational Leadership in the Wildland Fire Service
• L-580, Leadership is Action
• S-440, Planning Section Chief

Added: Area Commander (ACDR), Assistant Area Commander, Planning (ACPC), Incident Commander Complex (ICCI), and Incident Commander Type 1 (ICT1) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For PSCC ".

Added: Assistant Area Commander, Planning (ACPC), Incident Commander Complex (ICCI), Incident Commander Type 1 (ICT1), Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2), Resources Unit Leader (RESL), Situation Unit Leader (SITL), and Status/Check-In Recorder (SCKN) to "PSCC Maintains Currency For These Positions."

Position created.

Removed: X-520, NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form

Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows:

Added:

• To PIOC Qualification Requirements:  ***S-420, Command and General Staff or L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff or O-305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team, and I-400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff, must be completed before initiating the NWCG Public Information Officer Complex, Position Task Book, PMS 311-106.

Updated: 

• S-520, Advanced Incident Management OR Complex Incident Management Course (CIMC) OR Complex Incident Management Field Evaluation (PDF) OR a completed X-520,NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form (PDF).

Removed: NOTE: This qualification standard is effective until December 31, 2022, per NWCG Memorandum 22-002, Amended

Added:

To Required Training:

• ICS-400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff
• S-420, Command and General Staff OR L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff OR 0305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team

To Required Experience:

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Public Information Officer Type 3 (PIO3)
• AND Completion and Certification of Public Information Officer Complex (PIOC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-106

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC)
• AND Completion and Certification of Public Information Officer Complex (PIOC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-106 (see note)

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Incident Logistics Section Complex (LSCC)
• AND Completion and Certification of Public Information Officer Complex (PIOC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-106 (see note)

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Safety Officer Complex (SOFC)
• AND Completion and Certification of Public Information Officer Complex (PIOC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-106 (see note)

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC)
• AND Completion and Certification of Public Information Officer Complex (PIOC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-106 (see note)

Note: Individuals utilizing this pathway must complete the Public Information Officer Course (E/L 952) prior to position qualification.

To These Positions Maintain Currency For PIOC:

• Public Information Officer Type 3 (PIO3)

To PIOC Maintains Currency For These Positions:

• Public Information Officer Type 3 (PIO3)

To Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills:

• E/L 952, All-Hazards Position Specific Public Information Officer
• IS-42, Social Media in Emergency Management
• L-580, Leadership is Action

Position created.

Position created.

Position title changed to Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3) from Safety Officer, Line (SOFR).

Added: 

• Safety Officer Complex (SOFC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For SOFR."
• Safety Officer Complex (SOFC) to "SOFR Maintains Currency For These Positions."

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: Advanced ICS (ICS-400) required training to align position with FEMA Type 3 standards.
Added: Transition Plan:

• All qualified SOFR individuals will remain qualified. Individuals will be granted ICS-400 in responder’s records.
• All SOFR trainees will be required to complete ICS-400 prior to position qualification.

Updated: Position Task Book language to reflect the following: Once qualified as a SOF2, the SOFR qualification may be granted by the certifying official. Certification must be documented on a “verification/certification” page of the SOFR Position Task Book (311-82).

Position created.

The title of the Safety Officer Type 3 position has been changed to Safety Officer, Line (SOFR). This position is entry level, is not a prerequisite for higher qualifications, and is not tied to the complexity of an incident.
 

Removed: Required Training and Required Experience and replaced with "The qualification pathway for this position is discontinued per NWCG direction on January, 2023. Responders with an active PTB will transition to the corresponding complex position PTB."

Added: Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) to "ICT2 Maintains Currency For These Positions."

Updated: Position Endorsement
The position for this endorsement is currently being evaluated to the new standards for Complex Incident Management, for current information regarding this change, please contact your NIMSIC representative.

Added:  Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) and Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For ICT2".

Added: Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) to "ICT2 Maintains Currency For These Positions".

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: Liaison Officer (LOFR) to "ICT2 Maintains Currency For These Positions".

Added: the following Required Experience: Satisfactory performance as an Incident Commander Type 3 (ICT3).

Satisfactory performance as a Safety Officer Type 2 (SOF2).

Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-01) as an Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2) on a wildfire incident.

Added: Safety Officer Type 1 (SOF1) and Type 2 (SOF2) to "These Positions Maintain Currency for ICT2" and "ICT2 Maintains Currency For These Positions".

Added: Agency Representative (AREP) to "ICT2 Maintains Currency for These Positions".

Added:

Position created. 

Incident Commander (Multi-Branch), Incident Commander (Multi-Division) and Incident Commander (Multi-Leader) in 1984 PMS 310-1.

zd

Removed: Required Training and Required Experience and replaced with "The qualification pathway for this position is discontinued per NWCG direction on January, 2023. Responders with an active PTB will transition to the corresponding complex position PTB."

Added:

• Public Information Officer Type 3 (PIO3) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For PIO2."
• Public Information Officer Type 3 (PIO3) to "PIO2 Maintains Currency For These Positions."

Updated: Position Endorsement
The position for this endorsement is currently being evaluated to the new standards for Complex Incident Management, for current information regarding this change, please contact your NIMSIC representative.

Added: Public Information Officer Complex (PIOC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For PIO2."

Added: Public Information Officer Complex (PIOC) to "PIO2 Maintains Currency For These Positions."

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Removed: IS-800, National Response Framework, An Introduction from Required Training.

Added: to "Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills."

• IS-42, Social Media in Emergency Management
• L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff (if not taken in lieu of S-420)
• S-420, Command and General Staff (if not taken in lieu of L-481)

Added: “Individuals utilizing this pathway must complete the Public Information Officer Course (E/L952) prior to position qualification.”

Removed: Intermediate ICS for Expanding Incidents (ICS-300) and Advanced ICS (ICS-400) from Required Training.

Added: Bridging experience pathways for qualified OSC2, LSC2, and PSC2 to move into the PIO2 position.

Updated: Required Experience for PIO2 from Successful to Satisfactory performance as a PIOF.

Updated: PIO2 information on the position flow chart.

Added: Annual Fireline Safety Refresher (RT-130) to Required Training.

Added: PIOF to Required Experience.

Position created. Replaced IOF2.

Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: 

Deleted from  "These Positions Maintain Currency For LSC2" and from "LSC2 Maintains Currency For These Positions":

• Service Branch Director (SVBD)
• Support Branch Director (SUBD)

Removed: Required Training and Required Experience and replaced with "The qualification pathway for this position is discontinued per NWCG direction on January, 2023. Responders with an active PTB will transition to the corresponding complex position PTB." 

Updated: Position Endorsement
The position for this endorsement is currently being evaluated to the new standards for Complex Incident Management, for current information regarding this change, please contact your NIMSIC representative.

Added: Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For LSC2" and "LSC2 Maintains Currency For These Positions".

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: “Individuals utilizing this pathway must complete the Logistics Section Chief Course (E/L967) prior to position qualification.”

Updated: asterisk note to read: Individuals must complete the Logistics Section Chief Course (E/L967) prior to position qualification.

Updated: Prerequisite experience modified as follows:

Satisfactory performance as a Facilities Unit Leader (FACL).
     +
Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-33) as a Logistics Section Chief Type 2 (LSC2).
     OR
Satisfactory performance as a Ground Support Unit Leader (GSUL).
     +
Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-33) as a Logistics Section Chief Type 2 (LSC2).
     OR
Satisfactory performance as a Supply Unit Leader (SPUL).
     +
Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-33) as a Logistics Section Chief Type 2 (LSC2).
     OR
Satisfactory performance as a Logistics Section Chief Type 3 (LSC3).
     +
Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-33) as a Logistics Section Chief Type 2 (LSC2).
     OR
Satisfactory performance as an Operations Section Chief Type 2 (OSC2).
     +
Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-33) as a Logistics Section Chief Type 2 (LSC2) on a wildfire incident*.
     OR
Satisfactory performance as a Planning Section Chief Type 2 (PSC2).
     +
Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-33) as a Logistics Section Chief Type 2 (LSC2) on a wildfire incident*.
     OR
Satisfactory performance as a Safety Officer Type 1 (SOF2).
     +
Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-33) as a Logistics Section Chief Type 2 (LSC2) on a wildfire incident*.

Added: S-420 Command & General Staff (32 hrs.) to Required Training.

Position created. 

Logistics Section Chief (Multi-Branch), Logistics Section Chief (Multi-Division) and Logistics Section Chief (Multi-Leader) in 1984 PMS 310-1.

Removed: Required Training and Required Experience and replaced with "The qualification pathway for this position is discontinued per NWCG direction on January, 2023. Responders with an active PTB will transition to the corresponding complex position PTB." 

Updated: Position Endorsement
The position for this endorsement is currently being evaluated to the new standards for Complex Incident Management, for current information regarding this change, please contact your NIMSIC representative.

Added: Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For FSC2" and "FSC2 Maintains Currency For These Positions".

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Updated: Required Experience:

Satisfactory performance as a Time Unit Leader (TIME).
     +
Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-46) as a Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 2 (FSC2).
     OR
Satisfactory performance as a Cost Unit Leader (COST).
     +
Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-46) as a Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 2 (FSC2).
     OR
Satisfactory performance as a Procurement Unit Leader (PROC).
     +
Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-46) as a Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 2 (FSC2).
     OR
Satisfactory performance as a Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 3 (FSC3).
     +
Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-46) as a Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 2 (FSC2).

Added: S-420 Command & General Staff (32 hrs) to Required Training.

Position created. 

Finance Section Chief (Multi-Branch), Finance Section Chief  (Multi-Division) and IFinance Section Chief  (Multi-Leader) in 1984 PMS 310-1.

Removed: Required Training and Required Experience and replaced with  "The qualification pathway for this position is discontinued per NWCG direction on January, 2023. Responders with an active PTB will transition to the corresponding complex position PTB." 

Updated: Position Endorsement
The position for this endorsement is currently being evaluated to the new standards for Complex Incident Management, for current information regarding this change, please contact your NIMSIC representative.

Added: Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For PSC2" and "PSC2 Maintains Currency For These Positions."

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: “Individuals utilizing this pathway must complete the Planning Section Chief Course (S- 440) prior to position qualification.”

Updated: Prerequisite experience modified as follows:

Satisfactory performance as a Situation Unit Leader (SITL).
     +
Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (PMS 311-23) as a Planning Section Chief Type 2 (PSC2) on a wildfire incident.
     OR
Satisfactory performance as a Resources Unit Leader (RESL).
     +
Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (PMS 311-23) as a Planning Section Chief Type 2 (PSC2) on a wildfire incident.
     OR
Satisfactory performance as a Planning Section Chief Type 3 (PSC3).
     +
Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (PMS 311-23) as a Planning Section Chief Type 2 (PSC2) on a wildfire incident.
     OR
Satisfactory performance as an Operations Section Chief Type 2 (OSC2).
     +
Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (PMS 311-23) as a Planning Section Chief Type 2 (PSC2) on a wildfire incident*.
     OR
Satisfactory performance as a Logistics Section Chief Type 2 (LSC2).
     +
Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (PMS 311-23) as a Planning Section Chief Type 2 (PSC2) on a wildfire incident*.
     OR
Satisfactory performance as a Safety Officer Type 2 (SOF2).
     +
Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (PMS 311-23) as a Planning Section Chief Type 2 (PSC2) on a wildfire incident*.

Added: S-420 Command & General Staff (32 hrs.).

Position created. 

Planning Section Chief (Multi-Branch), Planning Section Chief (Multi-Division) and Planning Section Chief (Multi-Leader) in 1984 PMS 310-1.

Updated: Incident Position Description (IPD) updated.

Added: S-341, GIS Specialist for Incident Management and RT-341, GIS Specialist for Incident Management Annual Refresher to Required Training.

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Position Created.

Added:

• Operation Section Chief Complex (OSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For OPBD."
• Operation Section Chief Complex (OSCC) TO "OPBD Maintains Currency For These Positions."

Added: NWCG Position-Specific Standards for Operations Section Chiefs, PMS 350-8 to Position-Specific publication under Standards and References.

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

 Removed: “*designates agency established position qualifications.”

Position created.

Removed:

Required Training

• RT-130, Wildland Fire Safety Training Annual Refresher (WFSTAR)
• S-520, Advanced Incident Management OR Complex Incident Management Course (CIMC)

Required Experience

• Satisfactory performance as an Operations Section Chief Type 2 (OSC2)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Operations Section Chief Type 1 (OSC1) Position Task Book, PMS 311-08 - OSC1/OSC2 Combined.

Added:

The qualification pathway for this position is discontinued per NWCG direction on January, 2025. Responders with an active PTB will transition to the corresponding complex position PTB.

Added:  Safety Officer Complex (SOFC) to "OSC1 Maintains Currency For These Positions."

Added: Position-Specific publication added under Standards and References: NWCG Position-Specific Standards for Operations Section Chiefs, PMS 350-8.

Added: Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For OSC1" and "OSC1 Maintains Currency For These Positions"

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: Operations Section Chief Type 3, Wildland Fire (OPS3) to "OSC1 Maintains Currency for These Positions."

Removed: Operations Section Chief Type 3, Wildland Fire (OPS3) from "These Positions Maintain Currency for OSC1" and from "OSC1 Maintains Currency for These Positions."

Added: S-430, Operations Section Chief (16 hrs.) and S-420, Command and General Staff (32 hrs.).

Position created. 

Operations Section Chief (Multi-Branch), Operations Section Chief (Multi-Division) and Operations Section Chief (Multi-Leader) in 1984 PMS 310-1.

Added:

• Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) and Operation Section Chief Complex (OSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For OPS3."
• Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) and Operation Section Chief Complex (OSCC) to "OPS3 Maintains Currency For These Positions."
   

Added: Position-Specific publication added under Standards and References: NWCG Position-Specific Standards for Operations Section Chiefs, PMS 350-8.

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: to Qualification Requirements:  Note: Once qualified as DIVS or ICT3, the OPS3 qualification may be granted by the certifying official. Certification must be documented.

Added: Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team (O-305) to "Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills."

Removed: Operations Section Chief Type 1 (OSC1) from the "OPS3 Maintains Currency for These Positions."

Removed: Safety Officer Type 1 (SOF1) from "These Positions Maintain Currency for OPS3" and from "OPS3 Maintains Currency for These Positions."

Position created.

Type 3 Position standards are being introduced to provide an agreed to minimum standard for National Mobilization and to help develop local capability.  Currently the PSC3, LSC3, and FSC3 positions are utilized by FEMA and the Department of the Interior All Hazard qualification program.

Removed: Required Training and Required Experience and replaced with "The qualification pathway for this position is discontinued per NWCG direction on January, 2023. Responders with an active PTB will transition to the corresponding complex position PTB." 

Added: Position-Specific publication added under Standards and References: NWCG Position-Specific Standards for Operations Section Chiefs, PMS 350-8.

Added: Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For OSC2" and "OSC2 Maintains Currency For These Positions".

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Position created. 

Operations Section Chief (Multi-Branch), Operations Section Chief (Multi-Division) and Operations Section Chief (Multi-Leader) in 1984 PMS 310-1.

Removed: X-520, NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form

Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows:

Added:

To OSCC Qualification Requirements: 

• ***S-420, Command and General Staff or L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff or O-305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team, and I-400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff, must be completed before initiating the NWCG Operations Section Chief Complex, Position Task Book, PMS 311-108.

Updated:

Required Training:

• S-520, Advanced Incident Management OR Complex Incident Management Course (CIMC) OR Complex Incident Management Field Evaluation (PDF) OR a completed X-520,NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form (PDF)

Added: 

To Required Training:

• ICS-400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff
• S-420, Command and General Staff OR L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff OR 0305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team

To Required Experience:

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Division/Group Supervisor (DIVS)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Operation Section Chief, Complex (OSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-108

To These Positions Maintain Currency For OSCC:

• Area Commander (ACDR)
• Assistant Area Commander Logistics (ACLC)
• Assistant Area Commander Planning (ACPC)
• Division/Group Supervisor (DIVS)
• Incident Commander Complex (ICCI)
• Incident Commander Type 1 (ICT1)
• Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2)
• Incident Commander Type 3 (ICT3)
• Operation Branch Director (OPBD)
• Operation Section Chief 3, Wildland Fire (OPS3)

To OSCC Maintains Currency For These Positions:

• Assistant Area Commander Planning (ACPC)
• Division/Group Supervisor (DIVS)
• Incident Commander Complex (ICCI)
• Incident Commander Type 1 (ICT1)
• Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2)
• Incident Commander Type 3 (ICT3)
• Incident Commander Type 4 (ICT4)
• Operations Brand Director (OPBD)
• Operations Section Chief Type 3, Wildland Fire (OPS3)
• Safety Officer Complex (SOFC)
• Safety Officer Type 1 (SOF1)
• Safety Officer Type 2 (SOF2)
• Strike Team Leader including (STCR, STEQ, STEN)
• Structure Protection Specialist (STPS)
• Task Force Leader (TFLD)

To Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills: 

• S-430, Operations Section Chief
• L-480, Organizational Leadership in the Fire Service
• L-580, Leadership is Action

Added: Position-Specific publication added under Standards and References: NWCG Position-Specific Standards for Operations Section Chiefs, PMS 350-8.

Position created.

Updated: Incident Position Description (IPD) updated.

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Removed: Look Up, Look Down, Look Around (S-133), based on acceptance of NWCG Curriculum Management Issue Paper #123. The S-133 curriculum has been incorporated into the new development of Firefighter Type 1 (S-131).

Position created.

Established the Basic Faller (FAL3), Intermediate Faller (FAL2), and Advanced Faller (FAL1) positions. Transition plan and position task books are available at the NWCG web site.

Updated: Incident Position Description (IPD).

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Removed: (ICT5, FFT1, FAL2, FAL3) Removed Look Up, Look Down, Look Around (S-133), based on acceptance of NWCG Curriculum Management Issue Paper #123. The S-133 curriculum has been incorporated into the new development of Firefighter Type 1 (S-131).

Position created.

Established the Basic Faller (FAL3), Intermediate Faller (FAL2), and Advanced Faller (FAL1) positions. Transition plan and position task books are available at the NWCG web site.

Updated: Incident Position Description (IPD) updated.

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Removed: (ICT5, FFT1, FAL1, FAL2, FAL3) Look Up, Look Down, Look Around (S-133), based on acceptance of NWCG Curriculum Management Issue Paper #123. The S-133 curriculum has been incorporated into the new development of Firefighter Type 1 (S-131).

Position created.

Established the Basic Faller (FAL3), Intermediate Faller (FAL2), and Advanced Faller (FAL1) positions. Transition plan and position task books are available at the NWCG web site.

Added: of P-310, Fire Prevention Education Team Member to required training.

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Position created.

Added: P-410, Fire Prevention Education Team Leader to Required Training.

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Position created.

Position title changed to Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3) from Safety Officer, Line (SOFR).

Added: 

• Safety Officer Complex (SOFC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For SOFR."
• Safety Officer Complex (SOFC) to "SOFR Maintains Currency For These Positions."

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: Advanced ICS (ICS-400) required training to align position with FEMA Type 3 standards.
Added: Transition Plan:

• All qualified SOFR individuals will remain qualified. Individuals will be granted ICS-400 in responder’s records.
• All SOFR trainees will be required to complete ICS-400 prior to position qualification.

Updated: Position Task Book language to reflect the following: Once qualified as a SOF2, the SOFR qualification may be granted by the certifying official. Certification must be documented on a “verification/certification” page of the SOFR Position Task Book (311-82).

Position created.

The title of the Safety Officer Type 3 position has been changed to Safety Officer, Line (SOFR). This position is entry level, is not a prerequisite for higher qualifications, and is not tied to the complexity of an incident.
 

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Removed: Single Engine Airtanker Manager (SEMG) from "HMGB Maintains Currency for These Positions."

Updated: Changed Helibase Manager Type 1 and Helibase Manager Type 2 to Helibase Manager (HEBM).

Added: A-110, Aviation Transportation of Hazardous Materials training as a triennial requirement. Completion of A-110 is required prior to Position Task Book initiation. A-110 training is available at https://www.iat.gov/training/searchcourse_overview.asp?cid=1005.

Position created.

The Helicopter Boss, Single Resource (HELB) and Helicopter Manager (HELM) positions have been combined and replaced by the position of Helicopter Manager, Single resource (HMGB). This position is included in the Single Resource Boss Position Task Book (311-13).

Added: Incident Commander Type 3 (ICT3) to "ATGS Maintains Currency for These Positions."

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Updated: Modified Agency Approved Crew Resource Management (CRM) Training to Required Training.

Added: Agency Approved (CRM) Training and Triennial Air Tactical Group Supervisor refresher training (RT-378).

Position created.

Removed:

• Satisfactory performance as an Incident Commander or General Staff on a National Type 1 Incident Management Team.

Added: 

• Satisfactory performance as an Incident Commander Complex (ICCI), or Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC), or Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC), or Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC), or Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC).

Added:

• Incident Commander Complex (ICCI), Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For ACLC".
• Incident Commander Complex (ICCI), Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC), Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC) to "ACLC Maintains Currency For These Positions".

Added: Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC1) to "These Positions Maintain Currency for ACLC".

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Removed: Assistant Area Commander, Planning (ACPC) from "These Positions Maintain Currency for ACLC".

Added: S-620 Area Command (32 hrs.)

Position created.

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Position created.

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Updated: Changed Helibase Manager Type 1 (HEB1) to Helibase Manager (HEBM) to Required Experience and ASGS Maintains Currency for These Positions.

Position created.

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Position created.

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Position created.

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: Infrared Interpreter (IRIN) position to transition plan.

Position created.

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Position created.

Helibase Type 1 (HEB1) and Helibase Type 2 (HEB2) combined to Helibase Manager (HEBM).

Helibase Type 1 (HEB1) and Helibase Type 2 (HEB2) replaced Helibase Manager. 

Position created. 

Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows:

Added to "Required Experience":

• Completion and Certification of NWCG Unmanned Aircraft System, Pilot Position Task Book, PMS 311 78.

Updated:  Required Training, A-450 course title updated.

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Position created.

Removed:

• Satisfactory performance as an Incident Commander Type 1 (ICT1) on a National Type 1 Incident Management Team.

Added:

• Satisfactory performance as an Incident Commander Complex (ICCI).

Added:

• Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) to "These Positions Maintain Currency for ADCR."
• Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) and Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC) to "ACDR Maintains Currency for These Positions."

Added:  Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) to "Maintains Currency For These Positions".

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC1) to Area Commander (ACDR) Maintains Currency for these Positions.

Added: Required training S-620 – Area Command (32 hrs).

Position created.

Removed:

Required Training

• RT-130, Wildland Fire Safety Training Annual Refresher (WFSTAR)

S-520, Advanced Incident Management OR Complex Incident Management Course (CIMC)

Required Experience

• Satisfactory performance as an Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Incident Commander Type 1 (ICT1) Position Task Book, PMS 311-01

Added: 

The qualification pathway for this position is discontinued per NWCG direction on January, 2025. Responders with an active PTB will transition to the corresponding complex position PTB.

Added:

• Safety Officer Complex (SOFC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For ICT1."
• Safety Officer Complex (SOFC) to "ICT1 Maintains Currency For These Positions."

Added: Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) and Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For ICT1" and "ICT1 Maintains Currency For These Positions".

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: Liaison Officer (LOFR) to "ICT1 Maintains Currency For These Positions".

Removed: Incident Commander Type 3 (ICT3) from "ICT1 Maintains Currency for These Positions".

Added: Agency Representative (AREP) for "ICT1 Maintains Currency for These Positions".

Position created.

Incident Commander (Multi-Branch), Incident Commander (Multi-Division) and Incident Commander (Multi-Leader) in 1984 PMS 310-1.

Removed: Required Training and Required Experience and replaced with "The qualification pathway for this position is discontinued per NWCG direction on January, 2023. Responders with an active PTB will transition to the corresponding complex position PTB."

Added: Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) to "ICT2 Maintains Currency For These Positions."

Updated: Position Endorsement
The position for this endorsement is currently being evaluated to the new standards for Complex Incident Management, for current information regarding this change, please contact your NIMSIC representative.

Added:  Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) and Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For ICT2".

Added: Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) to "ICT2 Maintains Currency For These Positions".

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: Liaison Officer (LOFR) to "ICT2 Maintains Currency For These Positions".

Added: the following Required Experience: Satisfactory performance as an Incident Commander Type 3 (ICT3).

Satisfactory performance as a Safety Officer Type 2 (SOF2).

Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-01) as an Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2) on a wildfire incident.

Added: Safety Officer Type 1 (SOF1) and Type 2 (SOF2) to "These Positions Maintain Currency for ICT2" and "ICT2 Maintains Currency For These Positions".

Added: Agency Representative (AREP) to "ICT2 Maintains Currency for These Positions".

Added:

Position created. 

Incident Commander (Multi-Branch), Incident Commander (Multi-Division) and Incident Commander (Multi-Leader) in 1984 PMS 310-1.

zd

Removed:

Required Training

• RT-130, Wildland Fire Safety Training Annual Refresher (WFSTAR)
• S-520, Advanced Incident Management OR Complex Incident Management Course (CIMC)

Required Experience

• Satisfactory performance as a Public Information Officer Type 2 (PIO2)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Public Information Officer Type 1 (PIO1) Position Task Book, PMS 311-06

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Operations Section Chief Type 1 (OSC1)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Public Information Officer Type 1 (PIO1) Position Task Book, PMS 311-06*

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC1)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Public Information Officer Type 1 (PIO1) Position Task Book, PMS 311-06*

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Safety Officer Type 1 (SOF1)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Public Information Officer Type 1 (PIO1) Position Task Book, PMS 311-06*

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Planning Section Chief Type 1 (PSC1)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Public Information Officer Type 1 (PIO1) Position Task Book, PMS 311-06*

*Individuals utilizing this pathway must complete the Public Information Officer Course (E/L952) prior to position qualification.

Added:

The qualification pathway for this position is discontinued per NWCG direction on January, 2025. Responders with an active PTB will transition to the corresponding complex position PTB.

Added: Public Information Officer Complex (PIOC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For PIO1" and "PIO1 Maintains Currency For These Positions." 

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: to "Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills."

• E/L-952, Public Information Officer
• IS-42, Social Media in Emergency Management
• L-580, Leadership is Action

Added: “Individuals utilizing this pathway must complete the Public Information Officer Course (E/L952) prior to position qualification.”

Added: Bridging experience pathways for qualified OSC1, LSC1, and PSC1 to move into the PIO1 position.

Added: Annual Fireline Safety Refresher (RT-130) as Required Training.

Position created. Replaced IOF1.

Removed: Required Training and Required Experience and replaced with "The qualification pathway for this position is discontinued per NWCG direction on January, 2023. Responders with an active PTB will transition to the corresponding complex position PTB."

Added:

• Public Information Officer Type 3 (PIO3) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For PIO2."
• Public Information Officer Type 3 (PIO3) to "PIO2 Maintains Currency For These Positions."

Updated: Position Endorsement
The position for this endorsement is currently being evaluated to the new standards for Complex Incident Management, for current information regarding this change, please contact your NIMSIC representative.

Added: Public Information Officer Complex (PIOC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For PIO2."

Added: Public Information Officer Complex (PIOC) to "PIO2 Maintains Currency For These Positions."

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Removed: IS-800, National Response Framework, An Introduction from Required Training.

Added: to "Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills."

• IS-42, Social Media in Emergency Management
• L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff (if not taken in lieu of S-420)
• S-420, Command and General Staff (if not taken in lieu of L-481)

Added: “Individuals utilizing this pathway must complete the Public Information Officer Course (E/L952) prior to position qualification.”

Removed: Intermediate ICS for Expanding Incidents (ICS-300) and Advanced ICS (ICS-400) from Required Training.

Added: Bridging experience pathways for qualified OSC2, LSC2, and PSC2 to move into the PIO2 position.

Updated: Required Experience for PIO2 from Successful to Satisfactory performance as a PIOF.

Updated: PIO2 information on the position flow chart.

Added: Annual Fireline Safety Refresher (RT-130) to Required Training.

Added: PIOF to Required Experience.

Position created. Replaced IOF2.

Removed:

Required Training

• RT-130, Wildland Fire Safety Training Annual Refresher (WFSTAR)
• S-520, Advanced Incident Management OR Complex Incident Management Course (CIMC)

Required Experience

• Satisfactory performance as a Safety Officer Type 2 (SOF2)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Safety Officer Type 1 (SOF1) Position Task Book, PMS 311-04
• SOF1 and SOF2 share combined PTB

Added:

The qualification pathway for this position is discontinued per NWCG direction on January, 2025. Responders with an active PTB will transition to the corresponding complex position PTB.

Added: Safety Officer Complex (SOFC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For SOF1" and "SOF1 Maintains Currency For These Positions."

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2) to "These Positions Maintain Currency for SOF1" and "SOF1 Maintains Currency for These Positions."

Removed: Operations Section Chief Type 3, Wildland Fire (OPS3) from "These Positions Maintain Currency for SOF1" and from "SOF1 Maintains Currency for These Positions."

Position created. Safety Officer in 1984 PMS 310-1.

Removed: from "These Positions Maintain Currency For SOF2":

• Safety Officer, Line (SOFR)

Removed: from "SOF2 Maintain Currency For These Positions "":

• Safety Officer, Line (SOFR)

Added: to "These Positions Maintain Currency For SOF2":

• Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3)

Added: to "SOF2 Maintains Currency For These Positions ":

• Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3)

Updated: Once qualified as a SOF2, the SOF3 qualification may be granted by the certifying official. Certification must be documented on a “verification/certification” page of the SOF3 PTB.  

Removed: Required Training and Required Experience and replaced with "The qualification pathway for this position is discontinued per NWCG direction on January, 2023. Responders with an active PTB will transition to the corresponding complex position PTB."

Added: Safety Officer Complex (SOFC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For SOF2" and "SOF2 Maintains Currency For These Positions."

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: to Qualification Requirements:  Note: Once qualified as a SOF2, the SOFR qualification may be granted by the certifying official. Certification must be documented on a “verification/certification” page of the SOFR Position Task Book (311-82).

Added: Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2) to "These Positions Maintain Currency for SOF2" and "SOF2 Maintains Currency for These Positions."

Updated: Position Task Book language updated to reflect the following: Once qualified as a SOF2, the SOFR qualification may be granted by the certifying official. Certification must be documented on a “verification/certification” page of the SOFR Position Task Book (311-82).

Added: Operations Section Chief Type 2 (OSC2) to the "These Positions Maintain Currency For SOF2."

Position created. Safety Officer in 1984 PMS 310-1.

Removed:
Required Training

• S-520, Advanced Incident Management or CIMC, Complex Incident Management Course

Required Experience

• Satisfactory performance as a Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 2 (FSC2)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 1 (FSC1) Position Task Book, PMS 311-46

Added:

The qualification pathway for this position is discontinued per NWCG direction on January, 2025. Responders with an active PTB will transition to the corresponding complex position PTB.

Added: Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For FSC1" and "FSC1 Maintains Currency For These Positions".

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Removed: Finance Section Chief Type 3 (FSC3) from "These Positions Maintain Currency for FSC1" and from "FSC1 Maintains Currency for These Positions".

Position created.  

Finance Section Chief (Multi-Branch), Finance Section Chief  (Multi-Division) and IFinance Section Chief  (Multi-Leader) in 1984 PMS 310-1.

Removed:

Required Training

• RT-130, Wildland Fire Safety Training Annual Refresher (WFSTAR)
• S-520, Advanced Incident Management OR Complex Incident Management Course (CIMC)

Required Experience

• Satisfactory performance as an Operations Section Chief Type 2 (OSC2)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Operations Section Chief Type 1 (OSC1) Position Task Book, PMS 311-08 - OSC1/OSC2 Combined.

Added:

The qualification pathway for this position is discontinued per NWCG direction on January, 2025. Responders with an active PTB will transition to the corresponding complex position PTB.

Added:  Safety Officer Complex (SOFC) to "OSC1 Maintains Currency For These Positions."

Added: Position-Specific publication added under Standards and References: NWCG Position-Specific Standards for Operations Section Chiefs, PMS 350-8.

Added: Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For OSC1" and "OSC1 Maintains Currency For These Positions"

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: Operations Section Chief Type 3, Wildland Fire (OPS3) to "OSC1 Maintains Currency for These Positions."

Removed: Operations Section Chief Type 3, Wildland Fire (OPS3) from "These Positions Maintain Currency for OSC1" and from "OSC1 Maintains Currency for These Positions."

Added: S-430, Operations Section Chief (16 hrs.) and S-420, Command and General Staff (32 hrs.).

Position created. 

Operations Section Chief (Multi-Branch), Operations Section Chief (Multi-Division) and Operations Section Chief (Multi-Leader) in 1984 PMS 310-1.

Removed:

• Satisfactory performance as an Incident Commander or General Staff on a National Type 1 Incident Management Team.

Added: 

• Satisfactory performance as an Incident Commander Complex (ICCI), or Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC), or Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC), or Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC), or Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC).

Added:

• Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) and Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency for ACPC."
• Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) and Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC) to "ACPC Maintains Currency for These Positions."

Added:

• Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For ACPC".
• Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) to "ACPC Maintains Currency For These Positions".

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Removed: Assistant Area Commander, Logistics (ACLC) from "ACPC Maintains Currency for These Positions".

Added: Required training S-620, Area Command (32 hrs).

Position created.

Removed:

Required Training

• S-520, Advanced Incident Management OR Complex Incident Management Course (CIMC)

Required Experience

• Satisfactory performance as a Planning Section Chief Type 2 (PSC2)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Planning Section Chief Type 1 (PSC1) Position Task Book, PMS 311-23

​OR

• Satisfactory performance as an Operations Section Chief Type 1 (OSC1)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Planning Section Chief Type 1 (PSC1) Position Task Book, PMS 311-23*

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC1)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Planning Section Chief Type 1 (PSC1) Position Task Book, PMS 311-23*

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Safety Officer Type 1 (SOF1)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Planning Section Chief Type 1 (PSC1) Position Task Book, PMS 311-23*

* Individuals utilizing this pathway must complete the Planning Section Chief Course (S-440) prior to position qualification.

Added:

The qualification pathway for this position is discontinued per NWCG direction on January, 2025. Responders with an active PTB will transition to the corresponding complex position PTB.

Added: Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For PSC1" and "PSC1 Maintains Currency For These Positions."

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: “Individuals utilizing this pathway must complete the Planning Section Chief Course (S-440) prior to position qualification.”

Updated: Prerequisite Experience modified as follows:

Satisfactory performance as a Planning Section Chief Type 2 (PSC2).
     +
Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (PMS 311-23) as a Planning Section Chief Type 1 (PSC1) on a wildfire incident.
     OR
Satisfactory performance as an Operations Section Chief Type 1 (OSC1).
     +
Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (PMS 311-23) as a Planning Section Chief Type 1 (PSC1) on a wildfire incident.
     OR
Satisfactory performance as a Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC1).
     +
Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (PMS 311-23) as a Planning Section Chief Type 1 (PSC1) on a wildfire incident.
     OR
Satisfactory performance as a Safety Officer Type 1 (SOF1).
     +
Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (PMS 311-23) as a Planning Section Chief Type 1 (PSC1) on a wildfire incident.

Removed: Planning Section Chief Type 3 (PSC3) from These Positions Maintain Currency for PSC1 positions and PSC1 Maintains Currency for These Positions.

Position created. 

Planning Section Chief (Multi-Branch), Planning Section Chief (Multi-Division) and Planning Section Chief (Multi-Leader) in 1984 PMS 310-1.

Removed:

Required Training

• S-520, Advanced Incident Management  OR Complex Incident Management Course (CIMC)

Required Experience

• Satisfactory performance as a Logistics Section Chief Type 2 (LSC2)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC1) Position Task Book, PMS 311-33

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Operations Section Chief Type 1 (OSC1)*
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC1) Position Task Book, PMS 311-33

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Planning Section Chief Type 1 (PSC1)*
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC1) Position Task Book, PMS 311-33

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Safety Officer Type 1 (SOF1)*
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC1) Position Task Book, PMS 311-33

*Individuals utilizing this pathway must complete the Logistics Section Chief Course (E/L967) prior to position qualification.​

Added:

The qualification pathway for this position is discontinued per NWCG direction on January, 2025. Responders with an active PTB will transition to the corresponding complex position PTB.

Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: 

Deleted from  "These Positions Maintain Currency For LSC1" and from "LSC1 Maintains Currency For These Positions":

• Service Branch Director (SVBD)
• Support Branch Director (SUBD)

Added: Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For LCS1" and "LCS1 Maintains Currency For These Positions."

Added: Assistant Area Commander Logistics (ACLC) to "LCS1 Maintains Currency For These Positions."

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: “Individuals utilizing this pathway must complete the Logistics Section Chief Course (E/L967) prior to position qualification.”

Updated: Corrected asterisk note to read: Individuals must complete the Logistics Section Chief Course (E/L967) prior to position qualification.

Added: of Support Branch Director (SUBD) to LSC1 Maintains Currency For These Positions.

Updated: Prerequisite experience modified as follows:

Satisfactory performance as a Logistics Section Chief Type 2 (LSC2).
     +
Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-33) as a Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC1).
     OR
Satisfactory performance as a Operations Section Chief Type 1 (OSC1).
     +
Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-33) as a Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC1) on a wildfire incident*.
     OR
Satisfactory performance as a Planning Section Chief Type 1 (PSC1).
     +
Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-33) as a Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC1) on a wildfire incident*.
     OR
Satisfactory performance as a Safety Officer Type 1 (SOF1).
     +
Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-33) as a Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC1) on a wildfire incident*.

Removed: of Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC3) from the "These Positions Maintain Currency for LSC1" positions.
Added: of Area Commander (ACDR) for "These Positions Maintain Currency for LSC1."
Added: of Service Branch Director (SVBD) to "LSC1 Maintains Currency for These Positions."

Position created. 

Logistics Section Chief (Multi-Branch), Logistics Section Chief (Multi-Division) and Logistics Section Chief (Multi-Leader) in 1984 PMS 310-1.

Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: 

Deleted from  "These Positions Maintain Currency For LSC2" and from "LSC2 Maintains Currency For These Positions":

• Service Branch Director (SVBD)
• Support Branch Director (SUBD)

Removed: Required Training and Required Experience and replaced with "The qualification pathway for this position is discontinued per NWCG direction on January, 2023. Responders with an active PTB will transition to the corresponding complex position PTB." 

Updated: Position Endorsement
The position for this endorsement is currently being evaluated to the new standards for Complex Incident Management, for current information regarding this change, please contact your NIMSIC representative.

Added: Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For LSC2" and "LSC2 Maintains Currency For These Positions".

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: “Individuals utilizing this pathway must complete the Logistics Section Chief Course (E/L967) prior to position qualification.”

Updated: asterisk note to read: Individuals must complete the Logistics Section Chief Course (E/L967) prior to position qualification.

Updated: Prerequisite experience modified as follows:

Satisfactory performance as a Facilities Unit Leader (FACL).
     +
Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-33) as a Logistics Section Chief Type 2 (LSC2).
     OR
Satisfactory performance as a Ground Support Unit Leader (GSUL).
     +
Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-33) as a Logistics Section Chief Type 2 (LSC2).
     OR
Satisfactory performance as a Supply Unit Leader (SPUL).
     +
Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-33) as a Logistics Section Chief Type 2 (LSC2).
     OR
Satisfactory performance as a Logistics Section Chief Type 3 (LSC3).
     +
Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-33) as a Logistics Section Chief Type 2 (LSC2).
     OR
Satisfactory performance as an Operations Section Chief Type 2 (OSC2).
     +
Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-33) as a Logistics Section Chief Type 2 (LSC2) on a wildfire incident*.
     OR
Satisfactory performance as a Planning Section Chief Type 2 (PSC2).
     +
Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-33) as a Logistics Section Chief Type 2 (LSC2) on a wildfire incident*.
     OR
Satisfactory performance as a Safety Officer Type 1 (SOF2).
     +
Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-33) as a Logistics Section Chief Type 2 (LSC2) on a wildfire incident*.

Added: S-420 Command & General Staff (32 hrs.) to Required Training.

Position created. 

Logistics Section Chief (Multi-Branch), Logistics Section Chief (Multi-Division) and Logistics Section Chief (Multi-Leader) in 1984 PMS 310-1.

Removed: Required Training and Required Experience and replaced with "The qualification pathway for this position is discontinued per NWCG direction on January, 2023. Responders with an active PTB will transition to the corresponding complex position PTB." 

Updated: Position Endorsement
The position for this endorsement is currently being evaluated to the new standards for Complex Incident Management, for current information regarding this change, please contact your NIMSIC representative.

Added: Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For FSC2" and "FSC2 Maintains Currency For These Positions".

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Updated: Required Experience:

Satisfactory performance as a Time Unit Leader (TIME).
     +
Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-46) as a Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 2 (FSC2).
     OR
Satisfactory performance as a Cost Unit Leader (COST).
     +
Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-46) as a Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 2 (FSC2).
     OR
Satisfactory performance as a Procurement Unit Leader (PROC).
     +
Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-46) as a Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 2 (FSC2).
     OR
Satisfactory performance as a Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 3 (FSC3).
     +
Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-46) as a Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 2 (FSC2).

Added: S-420 Command & General Staff (32 hrs) to Required Training.

Position created. 

Finance Section Chief (Multi-Branch), Finance Section Chief  (Multi-Division) and IFinance Section Chief  (Multi-Leader) in 1984 PMS 310-1.

Removed: Required Training and Required Experience and replaced with "The qualification pathway for this position is discontinued per NWCG direction on January, 2023. Responders with an active PTB will transition to the corresponding complex position PTB." 

Added: Position-Specific publication added under Standards and References: NWCG Position-Specific Standards for Operations Section Chiefs, PMS 350-8.

Added: Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For OSC2" and "OSC2 Maintains Currency For These Positions".

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Position created. 

Operations Section Chief (Multi-Branch), Operations Section Chief (Multi-Division) and Operations Section Chief (Multi-Leader) in 1984 PMS 310-1.

Removed: Required Training and Required Experience and replaced with  "The qualification pathway for this position is discontinued per NWCG direction on January, 2023. Responders with an active PTB will transition to the corresponding complex position PTB." 

Updated: Position Endorsement
The position for this endorsement is currently being evaluated to the new standards for Complex Incident Management, for current information regarding this change, please contact your NIMSIC representative.

Added: Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For PSC2" and "PSC2 Maintains Currency For These Positions."

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: “Individuals utilizing this pathway must complete the Planning Section Chief Course (S- 440) prior to position qualification.”

Updated: Prerequisite experience modified as follows:

Satisfactory performance as a Situation Unit Leader (SITL).
     +
Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (PMS 311-23) as a Planning Section Chief Type 2 (PSC2) on a wildfire incident.
     OR
Satisfactory performance as a Resources Unit Leader (RESL).
     +
Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (PMS 311-23) as a Planning Section Chief Type 2 (PSC2) on a wildfire incident.
     OR
Satisfactory performance as a Planning Section Chief Type 3 (PSC3).
     +
Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (PMS 311-23) as a Planning Section Chief Type 2 (PSC2) on a wildfire incident.
     OR
Satisfactory performance as an Operations Section Chief Type 2 (OSC2).
     +
Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (PMS 311-23) as a Planning Section Chief Type 2 (PSC2) on a wildfire incident*.
     OR
Satisfactory performance as a Logistics Section Chief Type 2 (LSC2).
     +
Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (PMS 311-23) as a Planning Section Chief Type 2 (PSC2) on a wildfire incident*.
     OR
Satisfactory performance as a Safety Officer Type 2 (SOF2).
     +
Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (PMS 311-23) as a Planning Section Chief Type 2 (PSC2) on a wildfire incident*.

Added: S-420 Command & General Staff (32 hrs.).

Position created. 

Planning Section Chief (Multi-Branch), Planning Section Chief (Multi-Division) and Planning Section Chief (Multi-Leader) in 1984 PMS 310-1.

Added: Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) to "RESL Maintains Currency For These Positions."

Added: Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For RESL."

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: to Qualification Requirements :  Note: Once qualified as a RESL, the PSC3 qualification may be granted by the certifying official. Certification must be documented on a “verification/certification” page of the PSC3 Position Task Book (PMS 311-55).

Position created.

Added: Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For SCKN."

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Position created.

Added: 

• Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) to  "SITL Maintains Currency For These Positions."

Added: Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For SITL."

Added:

• ICS-100, Introduction to the Incident Command System
• ICS-200, ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents
• IS-700, National Incident Management System, An Introduction

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: to Qualification Requirements:  Note: Once qualified as a SITL, the PSC3 qualification may be granted by the certifying official. Certification must be documented on a “verification/certification” page of the PSC3 Position Task Book (311-55).

Updated: Prerequisite experience modified as follows:
Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-24) as a Situation Unit Leader (SITL).

Updated: The prerequisite Required Experience for Situation Unit Leader (SITL) is Incident Commander Type 4 (ICT4).

Position created.

Removed: X-520, NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form

Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows:

Added:

To ICCI Qualification Requirements:

• ***S-420, Command and General Staff or L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff or O-305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team, and I-400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff, must be completed before initiating the NWCG Incident Commander Complex, Position Task Book, PMS 311-101.

To Required Training: 

• OR a completed X-520, NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form (PDF)

Added: 

To Required Training:

• ICS-400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff 
• S-420, Command and General Staff OR L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff OR 0305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team  

To Required Experience:

OR

• Satisfactory performance as an Incident Commander Type 3 (ICT3)
• AND Satisfactory performance as an Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) Position Task Book, PMS 311-101

OR

• Satisfactory performance as an Incident Commander Type 3 (ICT3)
• AND Satisfactory performance as a Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) Position Task Book, PMS 311-101

OR

• Satisfactory performance as an Incident Commander Type 3 (ICT3)
• AND Satisfactory performance as a Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) Position Task Book, PMS 311-101

OR

• Satisfactory performance as an Incident Commander Type 3 (ICT3)
• AND Satisfactory performance as a Safety Officer Complex (SOFC)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) Position Task Book, PMS 311-101

OR

• Satisfactory performance as an Incident Commander Type 3 (ICT3)
• AND Satisfactory performance as a Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) Position Task Book, PMS 311-101

To These Positions Maintain Currency For ICCI:

• Area Commander (ACDR)
• Assistant Area Commander Logistics (ACLC)
• Assistant Area Commander Planning (ACPC)
• Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC)
• Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 1 (FSC1)
• Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 2 (FSC2)
• Incident Commander Type 3 (ICT3)
• Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC)
• Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC1)
• Logistics Section Chief Type 2 (LSC2)
• Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC)
• Operations Section Chief Type 1 (OSC1)
• Operations Section Chief Type 2 (OSC2)
• Operations Section Chief Type 3, Wildland Fire (OPS3)
• Planning Section Chief Type 1 (PSC1)
• Planning Section Chief Type 2 (PSC2)
• Safety Officer Complex (SOFC)
• Safety Officer Type 1 (SOF1)
• Safety Officer Type 2 (SOF2)

To ICCI Maintains Currency For These Positions:

• Agency Representative (AREP)
• Area Commander (ACDR)
• Assistant Area Commander Logistics (ACLC)
• Assistant Area Commander Planning (ACPC)
• Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC)
• Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 1 (FSC1)
• Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 2 (FSC2)
• Liaison Officer (LOFR)
• Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC)
• Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC1)
• Logistics Section Chief Type 2 (LSC2)
• Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC)
• Operations Section Chief Type 1 (OSC1)
• Operations Section Chief Type 2 (OSC2)
• Operations Section Chief Type 3, Wildland Fire (OPS3)
• Safety Officer Complex (SOFC)
• Safety Officer Type 1 (SOF1)
• Safety Officer Type 2 (SOF2)

To Other Training Which Supports Development Of Knowledge And Skills:

• E/L 950, All-Hazards Position Specific Incident Commander
• L-480, Organizational Leadership in the Fire Service
• L-580, Leadership is Action

Added: Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC)  to "These Positions Maintain Currency For ICCI" and "ICCI Maintains Currency For These Positions."

Position created.

Removed: X-520, NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form

Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows:

Added:

1. To FSCC Qualification Requirements Summary:

•   ***S-420, Command and General Staff or L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff or O-305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team, and I-400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff, must be completed before initiating the NWCG Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex, Position Task Book, PMS 311-146.

2. To Required Training: 

•  OR a completed X-520, NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form (PDF)

Added: 

To Required Training:

• S-420, Command and General Staff OR L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff OR 0305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team

To Required Experience:

• Satisfactory performance as a Time Unit Leader (TIME)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-146

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Cost Unit Leader (COST)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-146

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Procurement Unit Leader (PROC)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-146

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 3 (FSC3)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-146

To These Positions Maintain currency for FSCC:

• Compensation/Claims Unit Leader (COMP)
• Cost Unit Leader (COST)
• Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 3 (FSC3)
• Incident Commander Complex (ICCI)
• Incident Commander Type 1 (ICT1)
• Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2)
• Procurement Unit Leader (PROC)
• Time Unit Leader (TIME)

To FSCC Maintains Currency For These Positions:

• Cost Unit Leader (COST)
• Compensation/Claims Unit Leader (COMP)
• Equipment Time Recorder (EQTR)
• Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 3 (FSC3)
• Incident Commander Complex (ICCI)
• Incident Commander Type 1 (ICT1)
• Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2)
• Personnel Time Recorder (PTRC)
• Procurement Unit Leader (PROC)
• Time Unit Leader (TIME)

To Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills:

• E/L 973, All-Hazards Position Specific Finance/Admin. Section Chief
• L-480, Organizational Leadership in the Wildland Fire Service
• L-580, Leadership is Action

Position Created.

Removed: X-520, NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form

Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows:

Added to "LSCC Qualification Requirements":

•  *** S-420, Command and General Staff or L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff or O-305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team, and I-400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff, must be completed before initiating the NWCG Logistics Section Chief Complex, Position Task Book, PMS 311-133.

Updated Required Training: 

• S-520, Advanced Incident Management OR Complex Incident Management Course (CIMC) OR Complex Incident Management Field Evaluation (PDF) OR a completed X-520,NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form (PDF).

Deleted from  "These Positions Maintain Currency For LSCC" and from "LSCC Maintains Currency For These Positions":

• Service Branch Director (SVBD)
• Support Branch Director (SUBD)

Added:

To Required Training:

• ICS-400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff 
• S-420, Command and General Staff OR L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff OR 0305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team

To Required Experience:

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Facilities Unit Leader (FACL)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Logistic Section Chief Complex (LSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-133

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Ground Support Unit Leader (GSUL)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Logistic Section Chief Complex (LSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-133

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Supply Unit Leader (SPUL)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Logistic Section Chief Complex (LSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-133

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Logistics Section Chief Type 3 (LSC3)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Logistic Section Chief Complex (LSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-133

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Logistic Section Chief Complex (LSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-133 (see note)

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Logistic Section Chief Complex (LSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-133

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Safety Officer Complex (SOFC)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Logistic Section Chief Complex (LSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-133

Note: Individuals utilizing this pathway must complete the Logistics Section Chief Course (E/L 967) prior to position qualification.

To These Positions Maintain Currency for LCSS:

• Assistant Area Commander, Logistics (ACLC)
• Facilities Unit Leader (FACL)
• Ground Support Unit Leader (GSUL)
• Incident Commander Complex (ICCI)
• Incident Commander Type 1 (ICT1)
• Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2)
• Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC3)
• Service Branch Director (SVBD)
• Supply Unit Leader (SPUL)
• Support Branch Director (SUBD)

To LSCC Maintains Currency for These Positions:

• Assistant Area Commander Logistics (ACLC)
• Base/Camp Manager (BCMG)
• Equipment Manager (EQPM)
• Facilities Unit Leader (FACL)
• Ground Support Unit Leader (GSUL)
• Incident Commander Complex (ICCI)
• Incident Commander Type 1 (ICT1)
• Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2)
• Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC3)
• Ordering Manager (ORDM)
• Receiving/Distribution Manager (RCDM)
• Service Branch Director (SVBD)
• Supply Unit Leader (SPUL)
• Support Branch Director (SUBD)

To Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills:

• E/L 967, All-Hazards Position Specific Logistics Section Chief
• L-480, Organizational Leadership in the Fire Service
• L-580, Leadership is Action

Position created.

Removed: from "These Positions Maintain Currency For SOFC":

• Safety Officer, Line (SOFR)

Removed: from "SOFC Maintain Currency For These Positions "":

• Safety Officer, Line (SOFR)

Added: to "These Positions Maintain Currency For SOFC":

• Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3)

Added: to "SOFC Maintains Currency For These Positions ":

• Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3)

Removed: X-520, NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form

Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows:

Added to SOFC Qualification Requirements:

• *** S-420, Command and General Staff or L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff or O-305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team, and I-400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff, must be completed before initiating the NWCG Safety Officer Complex, Position Task Book, PMS 311-104.

Updated Required Training:

• S-520, Advanced Incident Management OR Complex Incident Management Course (CIMC) OR Complex Incident Management Field Evaluation (PDF) OR a completed X-520,NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form (PDF).

Added: 

To Required Training:

• ICS-400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff
• S-420, Command and General Staff OR L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff OR 0305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team

To Required Experience:

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Division/Group Supervisor (DIVS)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Safety Officer Complex (SOFC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-104

To These Positions Maintain Currency For SOFC:

• Division/Group Supervisor (DIVS)
• Incident Commander Complex (ICCI)
• Incident Commander Type 1 (ICT1)
• Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2)
• Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC)
• Operations Section Chief Type 1 (OSC1)
• Operations Section Chief Type 2 (OSC2)
• Safety Officer, Line (SOFR)

To SOFC Maintains Currency For These Positions:

• Division/Group Supervisor (DIVS)
• Incident Commander Complex (ICCI)
• Incident Commander Type 1 (ICT1)
• Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2)
• Safety Officer, Line (SOFR)

To Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills:

• L-480, Organizational Leadership in the Wildland Fire Service
• L-580, Leadership is Action
• S-404, Safety Officer

Position created.

Removed: X-520, NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form

Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows:

Added:

To OSCC Qualification Requirements: 

• ***S-420, Command and General Staff or L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff or O-305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team, and I-400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff, must be completed before initiating the NWCG Operations Section Chief Complex, Position Task Book, PMS 311-108.

Updated:

Required Training:

• S-520, Advanced Incident Management OR Complex Incident Management Course (CIMC) OR Complex Incident Management Field Evaluation (PDF) OR a completed X-520,NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form (PDF)

Added: 

To Required Training:

• ICS-400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff
• S-420, Command and General Staff OR L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff OR 0305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team

To Required Experience:

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Division/Group Supervisor (DIVS)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Operation Section Chief, Complex (OSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-108

To These Positions Maintain Currency For OSCC:

• Area Commander (ACDR)
• Assistant Area Commander Logistics (ACLC)
• Assistant Area Commander Planning (ACPC)
• Division/Group Supervisor (DIVS)
• Incident Commander Complex (ICCI)
• Incident Commander Type 1 (ICT1)
• Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2)
• Incident Commander Type 3 (ICT3)
• Operation Branch Director (OPBD)
• Operation Section Chief 3, Wildland Fire (OPS3)

To OSCC Maintains Currency For These Positions:

• Assistant Area Commander Planning (ACPC)
• Division/Group Supervisor (DIVS)
• Incident Commander Complex (ICCI)
• Incident Commander Type 1 (ICT1)
• Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2)
• Incident Commander Type 3 (ICT3)
• Incident Commander Type 4 (ICT4)
• Operations Brand Director (OPBD)
• Operations Section Chief Type 3, Wildland Fire (OPS3)
• Safety Officer Complex (SOFC)
• Safety Officer Type 1 (SOF1)
• Safety Officer Type 2 (SOF2)
• Strike Team Leader including (STCR, STEQ, STEN)
• Structure Protection Specialist (STPS)
• Task Force Leader (TFLD)

To Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills: 

• S-430, Operations Section Chief
• L-480, Organizational Leadership in the Fire Service
• L-580, Leadership is Action

Added: Position-Specific publication added under Standards and References: NWCG Position-Specific Standards for Operations Section Chiefs, PMS 350-8.

Position created.

Removed: X-520, NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form

Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows:

Added:

• To PSCC Qualification Requirements: ***S-420, Command and General Staff or L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff or O-305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team, and I-400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff, must be completed before initiating the NWCG Planning Section Chief Complex, Position Task Book, PMS 311-123.

Updated: 

• S-520, Advanced Incident Management OR Complex Incident Management Course (CIMC) OR Complex Incident Management Field Evaluation (PDF) OR a completed X-520,NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form (PDF).

Added:

To Required Training:

• ICS-400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff
• S-420, Command and General Staff OR L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff OR 0305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team

To Required Experience:

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Situation Unit Leader (SITL)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-123

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Resources Unit Leader (RESL)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-123

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Planning Section Chief Type 3 (PSC3)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-123 (see note)

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-123 (see note)

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-123 (see note)

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Complex Incident Safety Officer (SOFC)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-123 (see note)

Note: Individuals utilizing this pathway must complete the Planning Section Chief Course (S-440) prior to position qualification.

To These Positions Maintain Currency for PSCC:

• Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2)
• Planning Section Chief Type 3 (PSC3)
• Resources Unit Leader (RESL)
• Situation Unit Leader (SITL)

To PSCC Maintains Currency For These Positions:

• Demobilization Unit Leader (DMOB)
• Documentation Unit Leader (DOCL)
• Planning Section Chief Type 3 (PSC3)

To Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills:

• L-480, Organizational Leadership in the Wildland Fire Service
• L-580, Leadership is Action
• S-440, Planning Section Chief

Added: Area Commander (ACDR), Assistant Area Commander, Planning (ACPC), Incident Commander Complex (ICCI), and Incident Commander Type 1 (ICT1) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For PSCC ".

Added: Assistant Area Commander, Planning (ACPC), Incident Commander Complex (ICCI), Incident Commander Type 1 (ICT1), Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2), Resources Unit Leader (RESL), Situation Unit Leader (SITL), and Status/Check-In Recorder (SCKN) to "PSCC Maintains Currency For These Positions."

Position created.

Removed: X-520, NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form

Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows:

Added:

• To PIOC Qualification Requirements:  ***S-420, Command and General Staff or L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff or O-305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team, and I-400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff, must be completed before initiating the NWCG Public Information Officer Complex, Position Task Book, PMS 311-106.

Updated: 

• S-520, Advanced Incident Management OR Complex Incident Management Course (CIMC) OR Complex Incident Management Field Evaluation (PDF) OR a completed X-520,NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form (PDF).

Removed: NOTE: This qualification standard is effective until December 31, 2022, per NWCG Memorandum 22-002, Amended

Added:

To Required Training:

• ICS-400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff
• S-420, Command and General Staff OR L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff OR 0305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team

To Required Experience:

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Public Information Officer Type 3 (PIO3)
• AND Completion and Certification of Public Information Officer Complex (PIOC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-106

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC)
• AND Completion and Certification of Public Information Officer Complex (PIOC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-106 (see note)

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Incident Logistics Section Complex (LSCC)
• AND Completion and Certification of Public Information Officer Complex (PIOC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-106 (see note)

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Safety Officer Complex (SOFC)
• AND Completion and Certification of Public Information Officer Complex (PIOC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-106 (see note)

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC)
• AND Completion and Certification of Public Information Officer Complex (PIOC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-106 (see note)

Note: Individuals utilizing this pathway must complete the Public Information Officer Course (E/L 952) prior to position qualification.

To These Positions Maintain Currency For PIOC:

• Public Information Officer Type 3 (PIO3)

To PIOC Maintains Currency For These Positions:

• Public Information Officer Type 3 (PIO3)

To Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills:

• E/L 952, All-Hazards Position Specific Public Information Officer
• IS-42, Social Media in Emergency Management
• L-580, Leadership is Action

Position created.

Added: Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For AREP."

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: Liaison Officer (E/L956) to Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills.

Removed: “*designates agency established position qualifications.”

Added: Incident Commander Type 1 (ICT1) and Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2) as Positions That Maintain Currency for AREP.

Position created.

Position archived.

Removed: IS-700, NIMS: An Introduction from required training.

Added: PIO1 position endorsement approved 01/19/2022.

Remove: ICS-100, Introduction to ICS and ICS-200, ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents from Required Training.

Added:  S-203, Introduction to Incident Information OR E/L952, All Hazards Position Specific Public Information Officer to Required Training.

Added: Satisfactory performance as a Public Information Officer, Technician (PIOT) to Required Experience.

Added: Public Information Officer Type 2 (PIOT) to "PIOF Maintains Currency for These Positions."

Added: to "Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills:"

• IS 42 (Social Media in Emergency Management)
• IS-29 (Public Information Officer Awareness)
• S-203, Introduction to Incident Information (if not taken in lieu of L-952)
• E/L952, All Hazards Position Specific Public Information Officer (if not taken in lieu of S-203)
• L-280, Followership to Leadership
• L-380, Fireline Leadership,  and/or L-381, Incident Leadership

Removed:  S-110, Basic Wildland Fire Orientation from "Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills:"

Added: Intermediate ICS for Expanding Incidents (ICS-300) and Advanced ICS (ICS-400) as required training to align position with FEMA Type 3 standards.
Added: Transition Plan

• All qualified individuals will remain qualified. Individuals will be granted ICS-300 and ICS-400 in responder’s records at the time of implementation.
• All PIOF trainees will be required to complete ICS-300 and ICS-400 prior to position qualification.

Added: Introduction to Incident Information (S-203), Introduction to ICS (ICS-100), Wildland Fire Service (L-180), Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior (S-190), Firefighter Training (S-130), Human Factors in the and Annual Fireline Safety Refresher (RT-130) as Required Training.

Position created.

The title of Information Officer Type 3 (IOF3) has been changed to Public Information Officer (PIOF). This position is entry level, is not a prerequisite for higher qualifications, and is not tied to the complexity of an incident.

Added: Public Information Officer Type 3 (PIO3) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For PIOT."

Added: IS-700, NIMS: An Introduction added to Required Training.

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Position created.

Position archived.

Removed: IS-700, NIMS: An Introduction from required training.

Added: PIO1 position endorsement approved 01/19/2022.

Remove: ICS-100, Introduction to ICS and ICS-200, ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents from Required Training.

Added:  S-203, Introduction to Incident Information OR E/L952, All Hazards Position Specific Public Information Officer to Required Training.

Added: Satisfactory performance as a Public Information Officer, Technician (PIOT) to Required Experience.

Added: Public Information Officer Type 2 (PIOT) to "PIOF Maintains Currency for These Positions."

Added: to "Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills:"

• IS 42 (Social Media in Emergency Management)
• IS-29 (Public Information Officer Awareness)
• S-203, Introduction to Incident Information (if not taken in lieu of L-952)
• E/L952, All Hazards Position Specific Public Information Officer (if not taken in lieu of S-203)
• L-280, Followership to Leadership
• L-380, Fireline Leadership,  and/or L-381, Incident Leadership

Removed:  S-110, Basic Wildland Fire Orientation from "Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills:"

Added: Intermediate ICS for Expanding Incidents (ICS-300) and Advanced ICS (ICS-400) as required training to align position with FEMA Type 3 standards.
Added: Transition Plan

• All qualified individuals will remain qualified. Individuals will be granted ICS-300 and ICS-400 in responder’s records at the time of implementation.
• All PIOF trainees will be required to complete ICS-300 and ICS-400 prior to position qualification.

Added: Introduction to Incident Information (S-203), Introduction to ICS (ICS-100), Wildland Fire Service (L-180), Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior (S-190), Firefighter Training (S-130), Human Factors in the and Annual Fireline Safety Refresher (RT-130) as Required Training.

Position created.

The title of Information Officer Type 3 (IOF3) has been changed to Public Information Officer (PIOF). This position is entry level, is not a prerequisite for higher qualifications, and is not tied to the complexity of an incident.

Removed: from "These Positions Maintain Currency For ENGB":

• Safety Officer, Line (SOFR)

Added: to "These Positions Maintain Currency For ENGB":

• Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3)

Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows:

Added to "These Positions Maintain Currency For ENGB":

• Safety Officer Field (SOFF)

Added: Engine Boss (ENGB) maintains currency for Incident Commander Type 5 (ICT5).

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: A Skills Crosswalk comparing National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standards for structural firefighters with National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) wildland firefighter skills has been developed for the FFT2, FFT1, ENGB, and STEN positions.

Added: Required training: S-230, Crew Boss (Single Resource)(24 hrs), S-231, Engine Boss (Single Resource)(8 hrs), S-205, Fire Operations in the Urban Interface (28 hrs).

Position created.

Updated: Incident Position Description (IPD) updated.

Added: S-341, GIS Specialist for Incident Management and RT-341, GIS Specialist for Incident Management Annual Refresher to Required Training.

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Position Created.

Remove A-107, Aviation Policy and Regulations I Interagency Aviation Training as Required Training.

Required Training

Add:

• A-100, Basic Aviation Safety
• A-107, Aviation Policy and Regulations I
• A-109, Aviation Radio Use
• A-115, Automated Flight Following
• A-200, Mishap Review
• A-207, Aircraft Flight Scheduling

Remove: ICS-100, Introduction to ICS

These Positions Maintain Currency for IADP:  Add - Aircraft Dispatcher (ACDP)

Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Position created.

Added: Engine Boss (ENGB) to "These Positions Maintain Currency for ICT5".

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: Crew Boss, Single Resource (CRWB) to "These Positions Maintain Currency for ICT5".

Removed: Look Up, Look Down, Look Around (S-133), based on acceptance of NWCG Curriculum Management Issue Paper #123. The S-133 curriculum has been incorporated into the new development of Firefighter Type 1 (S-131).

Updated: The Firefighter Type 1 (FFT1) and Incident Commander Type 5 (ICT5) Position Task Books have been combined. However, the positions have not been combined. The FFT1 tasks are completed only once; additional tasks must be completed to meet the ICT5 level. The FFT1 and ICT5 tasks can be completed simultaneously. The Required Experience is satisfactory performance as a Firefighter Type 2 (FFT2).

Added: PMS 427 (4 hrs.)

Position created.

Removed: A-107, Aviation Policy and Regulations I and A-104, Overview of Aircraft Capabilities and Limitations as Required Training.

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: Additional Required Experience option satisfactory performance as an Airtanker Base Manager (ATBM).

Position created.

Removed:  A-107, Aviation Policy and Regulations I Interagency Aviation Training from Required Training.

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Position created.

Removed:

• S-491, Intermediate National Fire Danger Rating System from Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills.

Added:

• S-491, Intermediate National Fire Danger Rating System to Required Training.

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: to Qualification Requirements:  Note: If an LTAN meets the prerequisite experience and qualifications of an FBAN, the certifying official may grant the FBAN qualification. Certification must be documented on a “verification/certification” page.

Position created.

Removed:

Required Training

• RT-130, Wildland Fire Safety Training Annual Refresher (WFSTAR)
• S-520, Advanced Incident Management OR Complex Incident Management Course (CIMC)

Required Experience

• Satisfactory performance as a Public Information Officer Type 2 (PIO2)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Public Information Officer Type 1 (PIO1) Position Task Book, PMS 311-06

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Operations Section Chief Type 1 (OSC1)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Public Information Officer Type 1 (PIO1) Position Task Book, PMS 311-06*

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC1)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Public Information Officer Type 1 (PIO1) Position Task Book, PMS 311-06*

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Safety Officer Type 1 (SOF1)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Public Information Officer Type 1 (PIO1) Position Task Book, PMS 311-06*

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Planning Section Chief Type 1 (PSC1)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Public Information Officer Type 1 (PIO1) Position Task Book, PMS 311-06*

*Individuals utilizing this pathway must complete the Public Information Officer Course (E/L952) prior to position qualification.

Added:

The qualification pathway for this position is discontinued per NWCG direction on January, 2025. Responders with an active PTB will transition to the corresponding complex position PTB.

Added: Public Information Officer Complex (PIOC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For PIO1" and "PIO1 Maintains Currency For These Positions." 

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: to "Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills."

• E/L-952, Public Information Officer
• IS-42, Social Media in Emergency Management
• L-580, Leadership is Action

Added: “Individuals utilizing this pathway must complete the Public Information Officer Course (E/L952) prior to position qualification.”

Added: Bridging experience pathways for qualified OSC1, LSC1, and PSC1 to move into the PIO1 position.

Added: Annual Fireline Safety Refresher (RT-130) as Required Training.

Position created. Replaced IOF1.

Removed: Required Training and Required Experience and replaced with "The qualification pathway for this position is discontinued per NWCG direction on January, 2023. Responders with an active PTB will transition to the corresponding complex position PTB."

Added:

• Public Information Officer Type 3 (PIO3) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For PIO2."
• Public Information Officer Type 3 (PIO3) to "PIO2 Maintains Currency For These Positions."

Updated: Position Endorsement
The position for this endorsement is currently being evaluated to the new standards for Complex Incident Management, for current information regarding this change, please contact your NIMSIC representative.

Added: Public Information Officer Complex (PIOC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For PIO2."

Added: Public Information Officer Complex (PIOC) to "PIO2 Maintains Currency For These Positions."

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Removed: IS-800, National Response Framework, An Introduction from Required Training.

Added: to "Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills."

• IS-42, Social Media in Emergency Management
• L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff (if not taken in lieu of S-420)
• S-420, Command and General Staff (if not taken in lieu of L-481)

Added: “Individuals utilizing this pathway must complete the Public Information Officer Course (E/L952) prior to position qualification.”

Removed: Intermediate ICS for Expanding Incidents (ICS-300) and Advanced ICS (ICS-400) from Required Training.

Added: Bridging experience pathways for qualified OSC2, LSC2, and PSC2 to move into the PIO2 position.

Updated: Required Experience for PIO2 from Successful to Satisfactory performance as a PIOF.

Updated: PIO2 information on the position flow chart.

Added: Annual Fireline Safety Refresher (RT-130) to Required Training.

Added: PIOF to Required Experience.

Position created. Replaced IOF2.

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: Intermediate Fire Danger Rating System (S-491) as Required Training.

Added: S-491, Intermediate National Fire Danger Rating System to Required Training.

Updated: LTAN training requirements were modified to include S-495, replacing S-492 and S-493.

Position created.

Added: Public Information Officer Type 3 (PIO3) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For PIOT."

Added: IS-700, NIMS: An Introduction added to Required Training.

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Position created.

Removed: Aircraft Dispatcher (ACDP) from Maintains Currency For These Positions.

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Updated: Changed Helibase Manager Type 2 (HEB2) to Helibase Manager (HEBM) under These Positions Maintains Currency for ABRO.

Removed: Takeoff and Landing Coordinator (TOLC) from These Positions Maintain Currency for ABRO and ABRO Maintains Currency for These Positions.

Position created.

Removed:

• Satisfactory performance as an Incident Commander or General Staff on a National Type 1 Incident Management Team.

Added: 

• Satisfactory performance as an Incident Commander Complex (ICCI), or Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC), or Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC), or Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC), or Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC).

Added:

• Incident Commander Complex (ICCI), Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For ACLC".
• Incident Commander Complex (ICCI), Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC), Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC) to "ACLC Maintains Currency For These Positions".

Added: Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC1) to "These Positions Maintain Currency for ACLC".

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Removed: Assistant Area Commander, Planning (ACPC) from "These Positions Maintain Currency for ACLC".

Added: S-620 Area Command (32 hrs.)

Position created.

Added: Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency for DMOB."

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Position created.

Removed:

Required Training

• RT-130, Wildland Fire Safety Training Annual Refresher (WFSTAR)
• S-520, Advanced Incident Management OR Complex Incident Management Course (CIMC)

Required Experience

• Satisfactory performance as a Public Information Officer Type 2 (PIO2)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Public Information Officer Type 1 (PIO1) Position Task Book, PMS 311-06

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Operations Section Chief Type 1 (OSC1)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Public Information Officer Type 1 (PIO1) Position Task Book, PMS 311-06*

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC1)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Public Information Officer Type 1 (PIO1) Position Task Book, PMS 311-06*

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Safety Officer Type 1 (SOF1)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Public Information Officer Type 1 (PIO1) Position Task Book, PMS 311-06*

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Planning Section Chief Type 1 (PSC1)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Public Information Officer Type 1 (PIO1) Position Task Book, PMS 311-06*

*Individuals utilizing this pathway must complete the Public Information Officer Course (E/L952) prior to position qualification.

Added:

The qualification pathway for this position is discontinued per NWCG direction on January, 2025. Responders with an active PTB will transition to the corresponding complex position PTB.

Added: Public Information Officer Complex (PIOC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For PIO1" and "PIO1 Maintains Currency For These Positions." 

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: to "Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills."

• E/L-952, Public Information Officer
• IS-42, Social Media in Emergency Management
• L-580, Leadership is Action

Added: “Individuals utilizing this pathway must complete the Public Information Officer Course (E/L952) prior to position qualification.”

Added: Bridging experience pathways for qualified OSC1, LSC1, and PSC1 to move into the PIO1 position.

Added: Annual Fireline Safety Refresher (RT-130) as Required Training.

Position created. Replaced IOF1.