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Position History By Year

The NWCG Standards for Wildland Fire Position Qualifications, PMS 310-1, establishes minimum NWCG position qualification standards for training, experience, physical fitness, and currency for national mobilization to wildland fire incidents. And position qualification standards are located in the NWCG Position Catalog. Each NWCG Position includes a record of all qualifications changes. A historical record of all changes is found here, organized by position. It includes positions which have been removed from the NWCG Position Catalog. An historical record of all changes is found here, organized by update year. A consolidated Position History is also available.



Year: 2009

Position Position Code Change Functional Area
Long Term Fire Analyst LTAN

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.

Planning
Helicopter Crewmember HECM

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

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

Added: Aviation Transportation of Hazardous Material (A-110) to Required Training as a triennial requirement.

Updated: HECM Position Task Book (311-22)  was modified to include additional behaviors, tasks, and task codes for helispot operations.

Position created.

Air Operations
Fire Use Manager Type 1 FUM1

Position archived. Replaced with SOPL.

Position created.

Fire-Environment
Fire Use Manager Type 2 FUM2

Position archived. Replaced with SOPL.

Position created.

Fire-Environment

Year: 2008

Position Position Code Change Functional Area
Engine Boss, Single Resource ENGB

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.

Operations
Deck Coordinator DECK

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

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

Removed: Takeoff and Landing Coordinator (TOLC) from Required Experience, "These Positions Maintain Currency for DECK", and "DECK Maintains Currency for These Positions".

Updated: The prerequisite Required Experience is Helicopter Crewmember (HECM) and Takeoff and Landing Coordinator (TOLC).

Position created.

Air Operations
Helicopter Manager, Single Resource HMGB

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).

Air Operations
Firefighter Type 2 Crewmember FFT2

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Removed: The Firefighter Type 2 (FFT2) PTB has been eliminated and will be replaced with a Job Aid.

Position created.  Firefighter in 1984 PMS 310-1.

Operations
Wildland Fire Investigation Team Member INTM

Position archived.

Added Wildland Fire Investigation: Civil Case Management (FI-311) to Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills.

Position created.

Prevention and Investigation
Incident Commander Type 4* ICT4

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.

Command
Situation Unit Leader* SITL

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:

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.

Planning
Helicopter Boss HELB

Position archived. Replaced with HMGB.

Position created.

Air Operations
Helicopter Manager HELM

Position archived. Replaced with HMGB.

Position created.

Removed course S-290 Intermediate Wildland fire Behavior (32 hrs.)

Air Operations

Year: 2006

Position Position Code Change Functional Area
Division/Group Supervisor* DIVS

Added: 

  • Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC) and Safety Officer Complex (SOFC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency for DIVS."
  • Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC) and Safety Officer Complex (SOFC) to "DIVS Maintains Currency for These Positions."

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

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

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

Added: Required Experience option which includes satisfactory performance as an Incident Commander Type 4 (ICT4)
+
Satisfactory performance in any two Strike Team Leader positions (one must be either Strike Team Leader Engine [STEN] or Strike Team Leader Crew [STCR]). 

Added: Required training: S-339, Division/Group Supervisor (20 hrs).

Position created.

Operations
Firefighter Type 1 Squad Boss FFT1

Added: S-131, Firefighter Type 1 (8 hrs.) to Required Training.

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 S-131, Firefighter Type 1.

Added: S-219, Firing Operations to “Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge & Skills.”

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).

Position created.  Squad Boss in 1984 PMS 310-1.

Operations
Firing Boss, Single Resource FIRB

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

  • Safety Officer, Line (SOFR)

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

  • Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3)

Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows:

Added to "These Positions Maintain Currency For FIRB":

  • Safety Officer Field (SOFF)

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: Field Observer (FOBS) to "FIRB Maintains Currency for These Positions."

Updated: The Ignition Specialist positions (RXI1& RXI2) have been replaced with the Firing Boss (FIRB) position.

Added: S-230, Crew Boss (Single Resource) (24 hrs.) and S-234 (24 hrs.) to Single Resource Boss Firing Required Training.

Position created. Single Resource Boss in 1984 PMS 310-1.

Operations
Public Information Officer PIOF

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:"

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.

Command
Strike Team Leader Crew STCR

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.

Operations
Strike Team Leader Engine STEN

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.

Operations
Task Force Leader TFLD

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.

Operations
Incident Commander Type 5 ICT5

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.

Command
Ignition Specialist Type 1 RXI1

Position archived. Replaced with FIRB.

Position created. Pt 2.

Prescribed Fire
Ignition Specialist Type 2 RXI2

Position archived. Replaced with FIRB.

Position created. Pt 2.

Prescribed Fire
Safety Officer Type 3 SOF3

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.
 

Command
Geographic Information System Specialist* GISS

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.

Planning
Single Engine Airtanker Manager SEMG

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: to Required Training:

a. FAA NOTAM System (A-103)
b. Automated Flight Following (A-115)
c. Basic Airspace (A-203)

Added: Satisfactory performance as Ramp Manager (RAMP) to Required Experience.

Added: Airtanker Base Manager (ATBM) and Fixed Wing Base Manager (FWBM) to "These Positions Maintain Currency for SEMG."

Added: Ramp Manager (RAMP), Fixed Wing Parking Tender (FWPT), and Aircraft Timekeeper (ATIM) to "SEMG Maintains Currency for These Positions."

Removed: Air Tanker Base Manager (ATBM) and Fixed Wing Base Manager (FWBM) from "These Positions Maintain Currency for SEMG."

Position created.

Air Operations
Public Information Officer Type 1* PIO1

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."

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.

Command
Public Information Officer Type 2* PIO2

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."

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.

Command
Initial Attack Dispatcher IADP

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

Required Training

Add:

Remove: ICS-100, Introduction to ICS

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

Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Position created.

Dispatch
Fire Prevention Education Team Member PETM

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

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Position created.

Prevention and Investigation
Structure Protection Specialist STPS

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

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Position created.

Operations
Human Resource Specialist HRSP

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Position created.

Planning
Wildland Fire Investigator INVF

Added: Wildland Fire Investigation Team Leader (INVL) to "These Positions Maintain Currency for INVF."

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Updated: "Other Position Assignments that will Maintain Currency."

Position created.

Prevention and Investigation
Fire Prevention Education Team Leader PETL

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

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Position created.

Prevention and Investigation
Fire Use Manager Type 1 FUM1

Position archived. Replaced with SOPL.

Position created.

Fire-Environment
Fire Use Manager Type 2 FUM2

Position archived. Replaced with SOPL.

Position created.

Fire-Environment
Fire Use Manager FUMA

Position archived. Replaced with FUM1 and FUM2.

Position created.

Fire-Environment
Helicopter Manager Call When Needed HCWN

Position archived. Replaced with HELM.

Air Operations
Helicopter Manager HELM

Position archived. Replaced with HMGB.

Position created.

Removed course S-290 Intermediate Wildland fire Behavior (32 hrs.)

Air Operations
Incident Business Advisor Type 1 IBA1

Position archived. Replaced with INBA.

Position created.

Finance/ Administration
Incident Business Advisor Type 2 IBA2

Position archived. Replaced with INBA.

Position created.

Finance/ Administration
Information Officer Type 1 IOF1

Position archived. Replaced with PIO1.

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

CGS Command
Information Officer Type 2 IOF2

Position archived. Replaced with PIO2. 

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

CGS Command
Information Officer Type 3 IOF3

Position archived. Replaced with PIOF. 

Position created.

CGS Command

Year: 2003

Position Position Code Change Functional Area
Crew Representative CREP

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: Division/Group Supervisor (DIVS), Task Force Leader (TFLD) and Strike Team Leader (STCR) to "These Positions Maintain Currency for CREP".

Updated: Number changed from S-205 to S-215, Fire Operations in the Wildland Urban Interface.

Added: Required training: S-205, (28 hrs).

Position created.

Operations

Year: 2002

Position Position Code Change Functional Area
Helicopter Manager Old HEMG

Position archived. 

Position created.

Air Operations

Year: 2000

Position Position Code Change Functional Area
Long Term Fire Analyst LTAN

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.

Planning
Prescribed Fire Behavior Analyst RXFA

Position archived.

Position created. Pt 2.

Prescribed Fire
Prescribed Fire Behavior Specialist RXFS

Position archived. 

Position created. Pt 2.

Prescribed Fire
Prescribed Fire Behavior Monitor RXFM

Position archived. 

Position created. Pt 2.

Prescribed Fire

Year: 1999

Position Position Code Change Functional Area
Crew Representative CREP

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: Division/Group Supervisor (DIVS), Task Force Leader (TFLD) and Strike Team Leader (STCR) to "These Positions Maintain Currency for CREP".

Updated: Number changed from S-205 to S-215, Fire Operations in the Wildland Urban Interface.

Added: Required training: S-205, (28 hrs).

Position created.

Operations
Crew Boss, Single Resource CRWB

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

  • Safety Officer, Line (SOFR)

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

  • Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3) 

Updated:

Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows:

Added to "These Positions Maintain Currency For CRWB":

  • Safety Officer Field (SOFF)

Added: Incident Commander Type 5 (ICT5) to "CRWB Maintains Currency for These Positions".

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: Required Training: S-230, Crew Boss (Single Resource) (24 hrs).

Position created.

Operations
Engine Boss, Single Resource ENGB

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.

Operations
Felling Boss, Single Resource FELB

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

  • Safety Officer, Line (SOFR)

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

  • Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3)

Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows:

Added to "These Positions Maintain Currency For FELB":

  • Safety Officer Field (SOFF)

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added:  Required Training: S-230, Crew Boss (Single Resource) (24 hrs) and S-212, Wildland Fire Chainsaws (28 hrs).

Position created.

Operations
Firing Boss, Single Resource FIRB

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

  • Safety Officer, Line (SOFR)

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

  • Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3)

Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows:

Added to "These Positions Maintain Currency For FIRB":

  • Safety Officer Field (SOFF)

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: Field Observer (FOBS) to "FIRB Maintains Currency for These Positions."

Updated: The Ignition Specialist positions (RXI1& RXI2) have been replaced with the Firing Boss (FIRB) position.

Added: S-230, Crew Boss (Single Resource) (24 hrs.) and S-234 (24 hrs.) to Single Resource Boss Firing Required Training.

Position created. Single Resource Boss in 1984 PMS 310-1.

Operations
Area Commander ACDR

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.

Command
Assistant Area Commander, Logistics ACLC

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.

Logistics
Division/Group Supervisor* DIVS

Added: 

  • Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC) and Safety Officer Complex (SOFC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency for DIVS."
  • Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC) and Safety Officer Complex (SOFC) to "DIVS Maintains Currency for These Positions."

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

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

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

Added: Required Experience option which includes satisfactory performance as an Incident Commander Type 4 (ICT4)
+
Satisfactory performance in any two Strike Team Leader positions (one must be either Strike Team Leader Engine [STEN] or Strike Team Leader Crew [STCR]). 

Added: Required training: S-339, Division/Group Supervisor (20 hrs).

Position created.

Operations
Area Command Aviation Coordinator ACAC

Removed: Type 1 (ICT1) on a National Type 1 Incident Management Team language from Required Experience.

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

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

Position created.

Air Operations
Incident Commander Type 2* ICT2

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

Command
Expanded Dispatch Supervisory Dispatcher EDSP

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Removed: S-190 Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior (6 hrs).

Position created.

Dispatch
Operations Section Chief Type 1* OSC1

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.

Operations
Assistant Area Commander, Planning ACPC

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.

Planning
Food Unit Leader* FDUL

Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows:

Deleted from "FDUL Maintains Currency For These Positions":

  • Service Branch Director (SVBD)

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: S-357, Food Unit Leader (32 hrs.) to Required Training.

Position created.

Logistics
Logistics Section Chief Type 2* LSC2

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.

Logistics
Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 2* FSC2

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.

Finance/ Administration
Strike Team Leader Crew STCR

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.

Operations
Task Force Leader TFLD

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.

Operations
Incident Commander Type 5 ICT5

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.

Command
Planning Section Chief Type 2* PSC2

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.

Planning
Helicopter Manager HELM

Position archived. Replaced with HMGB.

Position created.

Removed course S-290 Intermediate Wildland fire Behavior (32 hrs.)

Air Operations
Aircraft Base Radio Operator ABRO

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.

Air Operations
Assistant Area Commander, Logistics ACLC

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.

Logistics
Deck Coordinator DECK

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

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

Removed: Takeoff and Landing Coordinator (TOLC) from Required Experience, "These Positions Maintain Currency for DECK", and "DECK Maintains Currency for These Positions".

Updated: The prerequisite Required Experience is Helicopter Crewmember (HECM) and Takeoff and Landing Coordinator (TOLC).

Position created.

Air Operations
Fire Effects Monitor FEMO

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Updated: FEMO and FOBS Position Task Books were combined into one Position Task Book (311-30)  but the positions have not been combined. Specific direction is in the transition plan which can be found on the NWCG Publication Management System (Qualifications) web site: PMS 310-1 Historical Documents.

Position created.

Planning
Area Command Aviation Coordinator ACAC

Removed: Type 1 (ICT1) on a National Type 1 Incident Management Team language from Required Experience.

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

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

Position created.

Air Operations
Air Operations Branch Director* AOBD

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Updated: Changed Helibase Manager Type 1 (HEB1) to Helibase Manager (HEBM) under AOBD Maintains Currency for These Positions.

Position Created.

Air Operations
Aircraft Dispatcher ACDP

Required Training:

Added:

Removed:

  • ICS-200, ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents

Required Experience:  

Added: Satisfactory performance as an Initial Attack Dispatcher (IADP)
Removed: Satisfactory performance as an Expanded Dispatch Recorder (ERDC)

These Positions Maintain Currency for ACDP:

Added: Initial Attack Dispatcher (IADP)
Removed: Aircraft Base Radio Operator (ABRO) , Expanded Dispatch Recorder (EDRC

ACDP Maintains Currency for These Positions:

Added: Aircraft Base Radio Operator (ABRO), Expanded Dispatch Support Dispatcher (EDSD), Initial Attack Dispatcher (IADP)

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Position created.

Dispatch
Expanded Dispatch Coordinator CORD

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Position created.

Dispatch
Expanded Dispatch Recorder EDRC

Added: Initial Attack Dispatcher (IADP) to "EDRC Maintains Currency for These Positions".

Removed: Aircraft Dispatcher (ACDP) from "EDRC Maintains Currency for These Positions".

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Position created.

Dispatch
Expanded Dispatch Support Dispatcher EDSD

Added: Aircraft Dispatcher (ACDP) to "These Positions Maintain Currency for EDSD". 

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Position created.

Dispatch
Expanded Dispatch Supervisory Dispatcher EDSP

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Removed: S-190 Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior (6 hrs).

Position created.

Dispatch
Assistant Area Commander, Planning ACPC

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.

Planning
Incident Communications Technician* COMT

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Position created.

Logistics
Radio Operator RADO

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

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

Position created.

Logistics
Incident Commander Type 5 ICT5

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.

Command
Fire Use Manager FUMA

Position archived. Replaced with FUM1 and FUM2.

Position created.

Fire-Environment
Incident Dispatcher INDI

Position archived. Replaced with RADO.

Position created.

Logistics
Takeoff and Landing Coordinator TOLC

Position archived. 

Position created. 

Air Operations
Tractor Plow Operator TPOP

Position archived. Active as an agency specific position. 

Position created. 

Operations

Year: 1995

Position Position Code Change Functional Area
Holding Specialist HLDS

Position archived. 

Air Operations
Prescribed Fire Burn Boss Type 1 RXB1

Updated:

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Updated: RX-510 course name.

Position created. Part 2.

Prescribed Fire
Prescribed Fire Manager Type 1 RXM1

Position archived.  Replaced by RXMG.

Position created. Pt 2.

Prescribed Fire
Prescribed Fire Manager Type 2 RXM2

Position archived.  Replaced by RXMG.

Position created. Pt 2.

Prescribed Fire
Prescribed Fire Burn Boss Type 2 RXB2

Updated: 

Updated: Prescribed Fire Manager (RXMG) replaces Prescribed Fire Manager Type 1 (RXM1) and Prescribed Fire Manager Type 2 (RXM2) as "These positions maintain currency for RXB2." 

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: Smoke Management Techniques (RX-410) to Required Training.

Position created. Part 2.

Prescribed Fire
Prescribed Fire Crew Member RXCM

Position archived. Active as an agency specific position.

Prescribed Fire
Prescribed Fire Behavior Analyst RXFA

Position archived.

Position created. Pt 2.

Prescribed Fire
Prescribed Fire Behavior Specialist RXFS

Position archived. 

Position created. Pt 2.

Prescribed Fire
Prescribed Fire Behavior Monitor RXFM

Position archived. 

Position created. Pt 2.

Prescribed Fire
Ignition Specialist Type 1 RXI1

Position archived. Replaced with FIRB.

Position created. Pt 2.

Prescribed Fire
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NWCG Latest Announcements

Updated NWCG Standards for Electronic Documentation (eDoc), PMS 277

Date: July 25, 2024
Contact: Incident Planning Subcommittee 

The Incident Planning Subcommittee has updated the NWCG Standards for Electronic Documentation (eDoc), PMS 277.

The NWCG Standards for Electronic Documentation (eDoc) establishes the standards for collection and retention of records on wildland fires. This July 2024 update will provide incident management teams the most current standards required to maintain incident records and submit them to host units at the close of an incident.

References:

NWCG Standards for Electronic Documentation (eDoc), PMS 277

eDoc Box Directory (zip file)

NWCG Off-Highway Vehicle Typing Standard Request for Comment

Date: July 24, 2024
Contact: Mobile Fire Equipment Subcommittee 

The Mobile Fire Equipment Subcommittee has released Equipment Bulletin 24-002 NWCG Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Typing Standard - Request for Comment. This bulletin outlines the proposed NWCG OHV typing standard, as well as the business need for establishing the standard. Comments on the proposed standard will be accepted through August 15th using the comment form linked below.

References:

ETC-EB-2024-02: NWCG Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Typing Standard - Request for Comment

NWCG Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Typing Standard Comment Form

NWCG Standards for Airtanker Operations, PMS 514 - DRAFT

Date: July 18, 2024
Contact: National Interagency Aviation Committee 

A draft version of the new NWCG Standards for Airtanker Operations, PMS 514, is now available. The NWCG Standards for Airtanker Operations establishes the standards for dispatching, utilizing, and coordinating airtankers on wildland fires. As this is the first edition of these standards, the National Interagency Aviation Committee (NIAC) requests review and input into the 2025 final publication.

Please review and provide feedback by September 1st, 2024 for consideration. Feedback can be provided utilizing the NWCG Publication Review Form.

References:

NWCG Standards for Airtanker Operations, PMS 514 - DRAFT

NWCG Publications Review Form

Updated NWCG Standards for Course Delivery, PMS 901-1 and NWCG Training Course Completion Certificate, PMS 921-1

Date: July 17, 2024
Contact: Training Delivery Committee 

The Training Delivery Committee (TDC) has updated the NWCG Standards for Course Delivery, PMS 901-1 to reflect changes in the standards for course management and delivery. These changes have been reviewed and approved by the members of TDC over the past year. Significant updates include additional delivery methods, updated definitions, and instructions for the use of digital signatures on training certificates. The NWCG Training Course Completion Certificate, PMS 921-1 has been updated to lock after an electronic signature has been applied.

References:

NWCG Standards for Course Delivery, PMS 901-1

NWCG Training Course Completion Certificate, PMS 921-1