***TABLE OF CONTENTS***

**NATIONAL INTERAGENCY FIRE CENTER**

**NATIONAL INTERAGENCY MOBILIZATION GUIDE**

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**CHAPTER 10 -- OBJECTIVES, POLICY, AND SCOPE OF OPERATION** 3

11 Mission Statement 3

11.1 Total Mobility 3

11.2 Priorities 3

12 Scope of Operation 5

12.1 General 5

12.1.1 National Response Framework (NRF) 5

12.1.2 Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) 5

13 Mobilization/Demobilization 7

13.1 Work/Rest, Length of Assignment, and Days Off 7

13.2 Incident Operations Driving 10

13.3 Initial Attack Definition 11

13.4 Resource Mobilization 12

13.5 National Resources 13

13.6 Notification of Commitment of National Resource 14

13.7 Unable to Fill (UTF) Procedure 14

13.8 Standard Cubes, Weight, and Gear Policy for all Personnel
(Excluding

Smokejumpers, Rappellers, and Helicopter Managers -- Refer to Chapters

63.2 and 65) 14

13.9 Wildland Fire Weather Forecasts 15

**CHAPTER 20 -- ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES** 19

21 Ordering Channels/Cost Coding 19

21.1 Geographic Area Coordination Centers (GACCs) 19

21.2 Ordering Procedures 20

21.2.1 Support to Border Fires 21

21.2.2 Mobilization and Demobilization Information 21

21.3 Non-Incident Related Ordering 21

21.4 Cost Coding 22

21.4.1 Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 22

21.4.2 Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) 23

21.4.3 National Park Service (NPS) 24

21.4.4 Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) 25

21.4.5 Forest Service (FS) 26

22 Overhead/Crews 27

22.1 Overhead Mobilization and Demobilization 27

22.2 Crews 28

22.3 Interagency Fire Use Modules 30

22.4 Smokejumpers 30

22.5 Helicopter Module 31

22.6 Communications Coordinator 32

22.7 Incident Meteorologist (IMET) 32

22.8 Cache Support Positions 33

22.9 National Incident Management Teams 34

22.9.1 Interagency Incident Management Teams (IMT) 34

22.9.2 National Area Command Team 35

22.9.3 Fire Use Management Teams (FUMT) 35

22.9.4 National Park Service All-Hazard Incident Management Team 35

22.9.5 National Incident Management Organization Teams (NIMO) 35

22.10 Incident Support Teams 35

22.10.1 National Interagency Buying Teams 35

22.10.2 Administrative Payment Teams (APTs) 36

22.10.3 Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) Team 37

22.10.4 Critical Incident Stress Debriefing Teams 37

22.10.5 National Fire Prevention and Education Teams 37

22.10.6 Wildland Fire and Aviation Safety Teams (FAST) 38

22.10.7 Aviation Safety Assistance Team (ASAT) 38

23 Equipment/Supplies 41

23.1 Equipment/Supplies Mobilization 41

23.2 Equipment/Supplies Demobilization 41

23.3 National Interagency Support Cache Ordering Procedures 41

23.3.1 NFES Items in Short Supply 42

23.3.2 Field Office Replenishment During Fire Season 42

23.3.3 Field Office Replenishment Outside of Fire Season 42

23.3.4 Incident Replacement of NFES Items 42

23.3.5 Incident Replacement: Type 3 and Type 4 Incidents 43

23.3.6 Incident to Incident Transfer of Equipment and Supplies 43

23.4 National Incident Radio Support Cache (NIRSC) 43

23.4.1 Radio Mobilization 44

23.4.2 Radio Demobilization 45

23.5 Atmospheric Theodolite Meteorological Unit (ATMU)) NFES #1836 45

23.6 Fire Remote Automatic Weather Stations, (FRAWS) NFES #5869 45

23.7 Project Remote Automatic Weather Stations, (PRAWS) NFES #5870 45

23.8 National Contract Mobile Food Services, and National Contract

Mobile Shower Facilities 46

National Contract Mobile Food Service Units 46

National Contract Mobile Shower Facilities Units 46

23.8.1 National Contract Mobile Food Services and Shower Facilities

Mobilization 46

23.8.2 National Contract Mobile Food Services and Shower Facilities

Reassignments 47

23.8.3 National Contract Mobile Food Services and Shower Facilities

Demobilization 47

23.9 National Contract Mobile Commissary Services 47

24 Aircraft 49

24.1 Aircraft Mobilization 49

24.2 Aircraft Demobilization 50

24.3 Flight Management Procedures 50

24.3.1 Automated Flight Following (AFF) Procedures 53

> 24.4 Airborne Thermal Infrared (IR) Fire Mapping 56
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> 24.5 Lead Planes 56
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> 24.6 Aerial Supervision Modules (ASM1) 57
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> 24.7 Air Tactical and Reconnaissance Aircraft 57
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> 24.8 Large Transport Aircraft 57
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> 24.9 Helicopters: Call-When-Needed (CWN) 58
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> 24.9.1 Exclusive Use Contract Helicopters 58

24.10 Airtankers 59

24.10.1 Airtanker Use in Optional and Post Season Periods 59

24.10.2 Modular Airborne Firefighting Systems (MAFFS) 60

24.10.3 Single Engine Airtankers (SEATs) 62

24.11 Temporary Flight Restrictions, FAR 91.137 (TFR) 62

24.12 Military Training Routes and Special Use Airspace 63

24.13 Airspace Conflicts 63

24.14 FAA Temporary Control Tower Operations 63

24.15 Dedicated Radio Frequencies 63

24.16 Interagency Interim Flight and Duty Limitations 64

25 Predictive Services 67

25.1 Incident Status Summary (ICS-209) 67

25.2 Interagency Situation Report 68

25.3 Incident Management Situation Report 69

25.4 7 Day Significant Fire Potential Outlook 70

25.5 National Wildland Significant Fire Potential Outlook 70

25.6 GACC Monthly and Seasonal National Wildland Significant

Fire Potential Outlooks 70

25.7 Fuel and Fire Behavior Advisories 71

25.8 Wildland Fire Entrapment/Fatality 72

26 National Fire Preparedness Plan 73

26.1 Why Preparedness Levels are Established 73

26.2 Geographic Area Preparedness Levels 73

26.3 Preparedness Level Descriptions 74

26.3.1 Preparedness Level 1 74

26.3.2 Preparedness Level 2 74

26.3.3 Preparedness Level 3 74

26.3.4 Preparedness Level 4 76

26.3.5 Preparedness Level 5 78

26.3.6 Preparedness Level 5 to 4 80

26.3.7 Preparedness Level 4 to 3 80

26.3.8 Preparedness Level 3 to 2 80

26.4 National Multi-Agency Coordinating Group (NMAC) Decisions 80

26.5 Follow-Up Evaluation 81

27 Mobilization Procedures for Military Assets and International
Assignments83

27.1 Established Resource Ordering Process 83

27.2 Civilian Support 85

27.3 Demobilization Procedures 85

27.4 International Operations 85

27.4.1 Canada Support 85

27.4.2 Australia Support and New Zealand Support 85

27.4.3 Mexico Support 86

27.4.4 Other Nations Support for Large Scale Mobilizations 86

28 Dispatch Forms 89

28.1 Resource Order Form 91

28.2 Food Service Request Form 93

28.3 Passenger and Cargo Manifest Form 95

28.4 Aircraft Flight Request/Schedule Form 97

28.5 Infrared Aircraft Scanner Request Form 99

28.6 FAA Temporary Tower Request Form 101

28.7 Preparedness/Detail Request Form 103

28.8 Incident Status Summary (ICS-209) Form 105

28.9 Monthly Wildland Fire Weather/Fire Danger Outlook Form 109

28.10 Wildland Fire Entrapment/Fatality Initial Report Form 111

28.11 Documentation of Length of Assignment Extension Requirements

Form 113

**CHAPTER 30 -- ORGANIZATION** 117

31 National Multi-Agency Coordinating Group (NMAC) Organization 117

31.1 NIFC Directors' Delegation 117

32 Multi-Agency Coordinating Groups (MAC) Organization 119

33 Incident Support Organization (ISO) 121

33.1 Expanded Dispatch Organization 122

33.2 Technical Support 122

33.3 Administrative Support 123

33.4 MAC Group Coordinator 123

33.5 Complexity 123

33.6 Example Organizations 124

33.7 Incident Support Organization, Example 125

33.8 Incident Support Organization, Example -- Complex Incident 127

**CHAPTER 40 -- COOPERATION** 131

41 International Agreements 131

41.1 Canada Support -- Policy 131

41.2 Canada Support -- Operational Guidelines 135

41.3 Australia Support -- Policy 143

41.4 Australia Support -- Operational Guidelines 149

41.5 New Zealand Support -- Policy 159

41.6 New Zealand Support -- Operational Guidelines 165

41.7 Mexico Support -- Policy 175

41.8 Mexico Support -- Operational Guidelines 183

42 Interagency Agreements 189

42.1 Memorandum of Understanding between the Department of

Defense and the Departments of Agriculture and the Interior 189

42.2 Interagency Agreement for the Provision of Temporary Support

During Wildland Firefighting Operations among the United States

Department of the Interior, the United States Department of

Agriculture, and the United States Department of Defense 195

42.3 Interagency Agreement for Fire Management between the Bureau of

Land Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs, National Park Service, U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service of the United States Department of the
Interior

and the Forest Service of the United States Department of Agriculture
203

42.4 Memorandum of Understanding between the United States

Department of Agriculture Forest Service and the United States

Department of the Interior -- Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of

Indian Affairs, National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, and

Bureau of Reclamation (Law Enforcement) 209

42.5 International Emergency Assistance Response Process -- Operating

Plan for USDA Forest Service 213

42.6 Bureau of Land Management, Assistant Directorate -- Resource

Use & Protection, Office of Fire and Aviation Management,

International Program 217

42.7 Interagency Memorandum of Agreement between U.S. Department

of Agriculture -- Forest Service, U.S. Department of the Interior --

Bureau of Land Management, and United States Army -- Special

Operations Command 219

43 Smokejumper Agreement 223

43.1 Interagency Agreement between the U.S. Department of Interior --

Bureau of Land Management, and U.S. Department of Agriculture --

Forest Service, for the Joint Operation of Smokejumper Resources 223

44 Modular Airborne Firefighting System Agreements 225

44.1 Agreement between North Carolina Department of Natural Resources

and Community Development, Division of Forest Resources, and Forest

Service -- United States Department of Agriculture 225

44.2 Agreement between California -- Department of Forestry, the

National Guard, and USDA -- Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region229

44.3 Collection Agreement between Wyoming State Forestry Division

and the Forest Service -- United States Department of Agriculture 233

**CHAPTER 50 -- FIRE ORGANIZATION DIRECTORY** 239

GACCs (Geographic Area Coordination Centers) Fire Directory --

Quick Reference 239

Index 241

51 Fire Directory -- Geographic Area Coordination Centers (GACCs) 243

51.1 Fire Directory -- National Interagency Coordination Center (NICC)
245

51.2 Fire Directory -- Alaska Interagency Coordination Center 246

51.3 Fire Directory -- Eastern Area Coordination Center 247

51.4 Fire Directory -- Eastern Great Basin Coordination Center 248

51.5 Fire Directory -- Northern California Coordination Center 249

51.6 Fire Directory -- Northern Rockies Coordination Center 250

51.7 Fire Directory -- Northwest Area Coordination Center 251

51.8 Fire Directory -- Rocky Mountain Area Coordination Center 252

51.9 Fire Directory -- Southern Area Coordination Center 253

51.10 Fire Directory -- Southern California Coordination Center 254

51.11 Fire Directory -- Southwest Area Coordination Center 255

51.12 Fire Directory -- Western Great Basin Coordination Center 256

51.13 Fire Directory -- National Interagency Support Caches 257

52 Fire Directory -- Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 259

52.1 Fire Directory -- BLM -- Washington DC Office of Fire and Aviation

Management 261

52.1.1 Fire Directory -- BLM -- National Office of Fire and Aviation

Management (NIFC) 262

52.2 Fire Directory -- BLM -- Alaska Fire Service 263

52.3 Fire Directory -- BLM -- Arizona State Office 264

52.4 Fire Directory -- BLM -- California State Office 265

52.5 Fire Directory -- BLM -- Colorado State Office 266

52.6 Fire Directory -- BLM -- Idaho State Office 267

52.7 Fire Directory -- BLM -- Montana State Office 268

52.8 Fire Directory -- BLM -- Nevada State Office 269

52.9 Fire Directory -- BLM -- New Mexico State Office 270

52.10 Fire Directory -- BLM -- Oregon/Washington State Office 271

52.11 Fire Directory -- BLM -- Utah State Office 272

52.12 Fire Directory -- BLM -- Wyoming State Office 273

53 Fire Directory -- Forest Service (FS) 275

53.1 Fire Directory -- FS -- Washington DC A&FM Office 277

53.2 Fire Directory -- FS -- National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) 278

53.3 Fire Directory -- FS -- Region 1 279

53.4 Fire Directory -- FS -- Region 2 280

53.5 Fire Directory -- FS -- Region 3 281

53.6 Fire Directory -- FS -- Region 4 282

53.7 Fire Directory -- FS -- Region 5 283

53.8 Fire Directory -- FS -- Region 6 284

53.9 Fire Directory -- FS -- Region 8 285

53.10 Fire Directory -- FS -- Region 9 286

53.11 Fire Directory -- FS -- Region 10 287

53.12 Fire Directory -- FS -- Northeastern Area, State & Private
Forestry 288

53.13 Fire Directory -- FS -- FS Emergency Support Function #4 289

54 Fire Directory -- Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) 291

54.1 Fire Directory -- FWS -- National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC)
293

54.2 Fire Directory -- FWS -- Region 1 294

54.3 Fire Directory -- FWS -- Region 2 295

54.4 Fire Directory -- FWS -- Region 3 296

54.5 Fire Directory -- FWS -- Region 4 297

54.6 Fire Directory -- FWS -- Region 5 298

54.7 Fire Directory -- FWS -- Region 6 299

54.8 Fire Directory -- FWS -- Region 7 300

55 Fire Directory -- National Park Service (NPS) 301

55.1 Fire Directory -- NPS -- National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC)
303

55.2 Fire Directory -- NPS -- Alaska Region 304

55.3 Fire Directory -- NPS -- Northeast Region 305

55.4 Fire Directory -- NPS -- Midwest Region 306

55.5 Fire Directory -- NPS -- National Capital Region 307

55.6 Fire Directory -- NPS -- Intermountain Region 308

55.7 Fire Directory -- NPS -- Southeast Region 309

55.8 Fire Directory -- NPS -- Pacific West Region 310

56 Fire Directory -- Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) 311

56.1 Fire Directory -- BIA -- Central Office, National Interagency Fire

Center (NIFC) 313

56.2 Fire Directory -- BIA -- Great Plains Regional Office 314

56.3 Fire Directory -- BIA -- Southwest Regional Office 315

56.4 Fire Directory -- BIA -- Southern Plains Regional Office 316

56.5 Fire Directory -- BIA -- Rocky Mountain Regional Office 317

56.6 Fire Directory -- BIA -- Eastern Regional Office 318

56.7 Fire Directory -- BIA -- Alaska Regional Office 319

56.8 Fire Directory -- BIA -- Midwest Regional Office 320

56.9 Fire Directory -- BIA -- Eastern Oklahoma Regional Office 321

56.10 Fire Directory -- BIA -- Navajo Regional Office 322

56.11 Fire Directory -- BIA -- Western Regional Office 323

56.12 Fire Directory -- BIA -- Northwest Regional Office 324

56.13 Fire Directory -- BIA -- Pacific Regional Office 325

57 Fire Directory -- Canada 327

57.1 Fire Directory -- Canada -- Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre

(CIFFC) 329

57.2 Fire Directory -- Canada -- Northwest 330

57.3 Fire Directory -- Canada -- Yukon 331

57.4 Fire Directory -- Canada -- Saskatchewan 332

57.5 Fire Directory -- Canada -- Government of Canada and Parks of
Canada333

57.6 Fire Directory -- Canada -- Alberta 334

57.7 Fire Directory -- Canada -- British Columbia 335

57.8 Fire Directory -- Canada -- Manitoba 336

57.9 Fire Directory -- Canada -- New Brunswick 337

57.10 Fire Directory -- Canada -- Nova Scotia 338

57.11 Fire Directory -- Canada -- Ontario 339

57.12 Fire Directory -- Canada -- Newfoundland 340

57.13 Fire Directory -- Canada -- Prince Edward Island 341

57.14 Fire Directory -- Canada -- Quebec 342

58 Fire Directory -- Others 343

58.1 Fire Directory -- FEMA -- Federal Emergency Management

Administration 345

58.2 Fire Directory -- U.S. Military 346

58.3 Fire Directory -- International -- U.S. Agency for International

Development/Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance 347

58.4 Fire Directory -- Office of Wildland Fire Coordination, Washington
DC348

58.5 Fire Directory -- National Association of State Foresters (NASF)
349

58.6 Fire Directory -- Emergency Support Function #4 -- Support Agencies
350

**CHAPTER 60 - OVERHEAD/CREWS** 353

61 National Interagency Incident Management System (NIIMS) Positions 353

61.1 Overhead Positions Listed in the National Interagency Incident

Management System (NIIMS) Wildland and Prescribed Fire

> Qualification System Guide, PMS 310-1, January 2006, NFES 1414 353

61.2 Incident Qualifications and Certification System (IQCS) Position
Codes353

62 Crews and Fire Use Modules 355

62.1 Type 1 Interagency Crews 355

62.2 Minimum Crew Standards for National Mobilization 355

62.3 Interagency Fire Use Modules 356

62.3.1 Interagency Fire Use Modules Configuration 356

62.3.2 Interagency Fire Use Module Mobilization 356

62.4 Smokejumpers 356

62.4.1 Numbers 356

62.4.2 Smokejumper Gear, Weights, and Volume 357

62.5 Pilots -- Lead Plane and Smokejumper 357

62.6 Rappeller and Helicopter Manager Gear, Weights, and Volume 357

62.7 Communications Coordinator (COMC) 357

62.8 Flight Manager 358

63 National Incident Management Teams 361

63.1 Type 1 IMTs 361

63.1.1 IMT Configurations 361

63.1.2 NIMO Incident Management Team Type of Assignments 362

63.1.3 NIMO Teams Rotation Process 363

63.1.4 Type 1 IMT Rotation Process 363

63.2 National Area Command Teams 365

63.2.1 National Area Command Team Configuration 365

63.2.2 National Area Command Team Rotation Process 365

63.3 Fire Use Management Teams (FUMTs) 366

63.3.1 FUMTs Configuration 366

63.3.2 FUMT Rotation Process 366

63.4 National Park Service All-Hazard Incident Management Team 368

63.4.1 National Park Service All-Hazard Incident Management Teams

Mobilization Process 368

64 Incident Support Teams 369

64.1 National Interagency Buying Teams (BUYTs) 369

64.1.1 BUYT Configuration 369

64.1.2 BUYTs Rotation Process 369

64.2 Administrative Payment Teams 370

64.2.1 Administrative Payment Teams Configuration 370

64.2.2 National Administrative Payment Team Schedule Process 370

64.3 Burned Area Emergency Response Team 372

64.3.1 DOI National Interagency Burned Area Emergency Response Team
Configuration 372

64.3.2 DOI National Interagency Burned Area Emergency Response Team
Mobilization Process 372

64.4 National Fire Prevention Education Teams (NFPETs) 373

64.4.1 NFPET Configuration 373

64.4.2 NFPET Coordinators 373

64.4.3 NFPET Schedule Process 374

64.5 Wildland Fire and Aviation Safety Teams (FAST) 375

64.5.1 FAST Configuration 375

64.5.2 FAST Mobilization Process 375

64.6 Aviation Safety Assistance Team (ASAT) 375

64.6.1 ASAT Configuration 375

64.6.2 ASAT Mobilization Process 376

**CHAPTER 70 -- EQUIPMENT/SUPPLIES** 379

71 National Interagency Radio Support Cache (NIRSC) 379

72 National Contract Mobile Food Services and National Contract Mobile

Shower Facilities 381

73 National Contract Mobile Commissary Services 383

74 Atmospheric Theodolite Meteorological Unit (ATMU) (NFES #1836) 385

75 Fire/Project Remote Automatic Weather Stations, (FRAWS -- NFES #5869

PRAWS -- NFES #5870) 387

76 Engines and Water Tenders 389

**CHAPTER 80 -- AIRCRAFT** 393

81 Infrared Aircraft and Contract Large Transport Aircraft 393

81.1 Infrared Aircraft -- Forest Service 393

81.1.1 Airborne Thermal Infrared (IR) Fire Mapping and Detection 395

81.2 NIFC Large Transport Contract Aircraft 395

82 Tactical Aircraft 395

82.1 Lead Planes/Aerial Supervision Aircraft -- FS 395

82.2 Air Tactical Avionics Typing 395

82.3 Smokejumper Aircraft 395

83 Federal Airtankers 397

84 Helicopters -- Exclusive Use 399

84.1 Type 2 Exclusive Use Helicopters 399

84.2 Type 1 Exclusive Use Helicopters, Standard/Limited Category 399

APPENDIX 403

Appendix 1 -- Acronym Guide 403

INDEX 409

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