04/2022

DOI Emergency Firefighter Payments

OF-288 Audit Procedures

Hiring Unit Reviewing Official is responsible for auditing OF-288.Official shall ensuretheOF-288 – IncidentTime 

Reports submitted for payment to DOI Casual Payment Center (CPC) are Casual Hires and that the OF-288 has 

been reviewed forthe following:

▪ Hired At: Unit Identifier Code for the location hired at (e.g., ID-BOD for Boise District, AZ-NAA for Navajo Nation).

▪ Employee Common Identifier (ECI): Must be legible and accurate. If ECIwas unknown and entered as all 9s into 

e-ISuite,cross out and enter correct ECI number. Do not use any part of the Social Security Number in the ECI 

block.

▪ Name: Legible, legal full name. No nicknames. Indicate Jr., Sr., I, II, III. Double check correct ECI when auditing for 

Jr., Sr. I, II, etc.

▪ Columns A through D: All columns with time require the following:

o Incident Name: Enter Fire Name. Check Fire Name as assigned in Fire Code. If training or instructing write 

“Training” or “Instructor”/“Lead Instructor” with course number.

o Fire Code: Enter Fire Code or Project Number. 

o Position Code: Enter Position Code (e.g., FFT2). If trainee, indicate with a T (e.g., FFT2-T).

✓ If Exception Position, include an attached description of duties (a requirement for payment), and on the 

OF-288(s) indicate the full Position Title and description matching the attached description of duties 

signed by the National Incident Business Lead (e.g., THSP Exception Position 3 Forestry Technician).

o AD Class: May be left blank, but if indicated must correspond to the Position Code listed in the AD Pay Plan. 

AD Class will automatically populate in FPPS.

o AD Rate: (e.g., $20.84) May be left blank. Rate will be populated based on current AD Pay Plan.

o Home/Hiring Unit Accounting Code: may be indicated in block 15, or in Remarks. For example:

✓ BIA: AAKK004401 AF2001010 999900 AF.SPG85Z0000.00000

✓ BLM: LLIDB00440 LF2000000 HU0000 LFSPG85Z0000

✓ NPS: PPIMIMRO2D PF200SP85 WW0000 PFFSG85Z022001

✓ FWS: FF02R2B000 FFF2000000G85Z0

o Time: Must include month, day, start and stop times, and total hours. Start and stop times must be in military 

time (2400 hrs.) and rounded to the nearest 15-minute increment. 

o Commissary and Travel: Completed for travel following the directions located in the Casual Hire TravelProcess 

(if M&IE is indicated on the OF-288).

o Remarks: Annotate position change at the incident with effective date.

o Employee Signature: Completed or noted “Unavailable for Signature” (casual’s signature not required to 

process payment).

o Time Officer (Signature): Completed with a Time Officer Signature (electronic signature accepted).

It would be helpful for the CPC to receive batches in the following order:

Each individual’s paperwork scanned in order from 1

st to last: OF-288(s) in work date order, W-4s, Direct Deposit

form/EFT Waiver, State Tax forms, and FEHB Conditional Offer form.

Submit by email (if within DOI network to casualpay@blm.gov, or by overnight mail to the Casual Payment Center with 

the Approving Official Memo that certifies timesheets are correct and ready for payment (Timesheets will not be 

processed without the Approving Official Memo).

Thank You! 

Please reference the Interagency Incident Business Management Handbook (Yellow Book), or your agency specific 

guidelines for further information.