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2023 California Mobilization Guide
Table of Contents
Chapter 10 – Objectives, Policy, Scope of Operations and Administration ........................................................ 1
Mission Statement ..................................................................................................................................................... 1
Geographic Area Coordination Center ...................................................................................................................... 1
Northern California GACC ....................................................................................................................................... 1
Southern California GACC ....................................................................................................................................... 2
Unit Level ................................................................................................................................................................. 2
Incident Priorities ...................................................................................................................................................... 2
Initial Attack ............................................................................................................................................................. 2
Immediate Need ........................................................................................................................................................ 2
Drawdown for Initial Attack (IA) .............................................................................................................................. 3
Mobilization/ Demobilization ................................................................................................................................... 3
Work/Rest Guidelines ............................................................................................................................................... 3
Length of Assignment ............................................................................................................................................... 3
Incident Operations Driving ...................................................................................................................................... 3
Resource Mobilization .............................................................................................................................................. 3
Notification of Commitment of Resources ................................................................................................................ 4
Wildland Fire Weather Forecasts .............................................................................................................................. 4
Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail (PCT)................................................................................................................. 4
California Fire Service Multi-Agency Coordination Systems (MACS) Organizational Structure ............................. 5
MAC Group Purpose and Function ........................................................................................................................... 5
Northern MAC Group Organizational Chart ............................................................................................................. 6
Southern MAC Group Organizational Chart ............................................................................................................. 7
Wildland Agency Geographic Coordination Flow Chart .......................................................................................... 8
Dispatch Centers and Units Represented ................................................................................................................... 9
CAL OES Fire and Rescue Regional Map .............................................................................................................. 11
CAL OES Fire and Rescue Regional Assistant Chief and Mutual Aid Coordinators .............................................. 12
California Fire and Rescue Ordering Process .......................................................................................................... 13
Communication ....................................................................................................................................................... 13
CAL OES Region/Operational Area IROC Responsibility ..................................................................................... 16
Communication ....................................................................................................................................................... 19
Mobilization ............................................................................................................................................................ 19
Unit Dispatch Procedures ........................................................................................................................................ 19
GACC Dispatch Procedures .................................................................................................................................... 20
Mutual Aid .............................................................................................................................................................. 20
Request for Assistance ............................................................................................................................................ 20
Emergency Management Assistance Compact Resource Mobilization and Demobilization ................................... 20
Support to Border Fires ........................................................................................................................................... 21
Unit Identifiers ........................................................................................................................................................ 21
Unified Ordering Point (UOP) ................................................................................................................................ 21
Relocating the UOP ................................................................................................................................................ 24
Resource Ordering .................................................................................................................................................. 22
Request Number ...................................................................................................................................................... 22
Federal Fire Code .................................................................................................................................................... 22
Travel Mobilization and Demobilization ................................................................................................................ 22
CAL FIRE ............................................................................................................................................................... 23
Emergency Demobilization ..................................................................................................................................... 23
Demobilization Planning ......................................................................................................................................... 23
Demobilization Considerations ............................................................................................................................... 23
Demobilization Plan ................................................................................................................................................ 23
Contract Resources / Hired Equipment / Cooperators ............................................................................................. 24
Federal .................................................................................................................................................................... 24
CAL FIRE ............................................................................................................................................................... 24
Preparedness Plan .................................................................................................................................................... 25
Preparedness Plan for Wildland Fire Agencies of California .................................................................................. 25
Purpose ................................................................................................................................................................... 25
Monitoring .............................................................................................................................................................. 25
Preparedness Level Activation and Deactivation .................................................................................................... 25
Preparedness Levels ................................................................................................................................................ 26
Preparedness Level 1 .............................................................................................................................................. 26
Preparedness Level 2 .............................................................................................................................................. 26
Preparedness Level 3 .............................................................................................................................................. 26
Preparedness Level 4 .............................................................................................................................................. 27
Preparedness Level 5 .............................................................................................................................................. 27
Guidelines for Determining Preparedness Level ..................................................................................................... 28
Move Up ................................................................................................................................................................. 28
Federal .................................................................................................................................................................... 25
CAL FIRE ............................................................................................................................................................... 28
DOI ......................................................................................................................................................................... 28
Forest Service Minimum Drawdown Levels ........................................................................................................... 28
California Incident Priorities ................................................................................................................................... 29
Incident Priority Rating Procedures ........................................................................................................................ 29
Handling Hazardous Materials ................................................................................................................................ 32
Dozer and Helicopter Use in Wilderness and Special Areas ................................................................................... 32
Forest Service .......................................................................................................................................................... 32
Department of Interior Lands .................................................................................................................................. 32
Disaster Procedures ................................................................................................................................................. 33
Federal Resource Response ..................................................................................................................................... 33
CAL FIRE Resource Response ................................................................................................................................... 33
Accident and Incident Reporting ............................................................................................................................. 33
Critical Incident Peer Support (CIPS) Procedures ................................................................................................... 33
Federal Incidents ..................................................................................................................................................... 34
CAL FIRE Incidents ............................................................................................................................................... 35
Chapter 20 – Overhead & Teams ......................................................................................................................... 37
Name Requests ....................................................................................................................................................... 37
Specialized Overhead .............................................................................................................................................. 37
Air Resource Advisor – ARA – Federal ................................................................................................................. 37
Archaeologists (ARCH) – All Agencies ................................................................................................................. 38
Blasters (Federal) .................................................................................................................................................... 38
Cost Share Specialist – All Agencies ...................................................................................................................... 38
Incident Meteorologist (IMET) – All Agencies ...................................................................................................... 39
Interagency Incident Business Advisors (INBA) – Federal ..................................................................................... 39
Infrared Interpreters (IRIN) – All Agencies ............................................................................................................ 39
Short- Haul Boosters (SHLR) and Spotters (SHLS) – Federal ................................................................................ 39
Smokejumpers (SMKJ) – All Agencies .................................................................................................................. 39
Training Specialist (TNSP) – All Agencies ............................................................................................................. 40
Wildland Fire Safety Officer – Federal ................................................................................................................... 40
Incident Management Teams (IMT) ....................................................................................................................... 40
All Hazard Incident Management Teams – National Park Service ......................................................................... 40
All Hazard Incident Management Teams –Type 3 Cal OES/Local Government ..................................................... 40
Configuration .......................................................................................................................................................... 40
California AHIMT3 Status ...................................................................................................................................... 41
Team Status Reporting ............................................................................................................................................ 41
AHIMT3 Mobilization/Ordering Process ................................................................................................................ 42
Duration of Assignments ........................................................................................................................................ 42
CAL FIRE Incident Management Teams – Type 1 ................................................................................................. 42
California Federal Interagency Management Teams – Type 1 and 2 – Federal ...................................................... 42
National Area Command Teams – All Agencies .................................................................................................... 45
National Incident Management Organization (NIMO) Team – Federal .................................................................. 45
Burned Area Emergency Response Teams (BAER) – Federal ................................................................................ 45
Buying Unit Teams – Federal ................................................................................................................................. 45
Review, Audit, Process Team (RAP) ...................................................................................................................... 46
Damage Inspection Team – Federal ........................................................................................................................ 46
Damage Assessment – State .................................................................................................................................... 46
Interagency Dispatch Teams – Federal ................................................................................................................... 46
ECC Support Teams – CAL FIRE .......................................................................................................................... 46
Fire Behavior Assessment Team (FBAT) – Federal ............................................................................................... 46
Fuel Treatment Effectiveness Team – Forest Service ............................................................................................. 47
Medical Emergency Response Teams (MERT) – CAL FIRE ................................................................................. 47
Retrograde Team – CAL FIRE ................................................................................................................................ 47
Rapid Extraction Support Module (REMS) ............................................................................................................ 47
Situation Awareness & Collaboration Tool (SCOUT) – State ................................................................................ 48
Suppression/Fuel
Modules ....................................................................................................................................... 48
Wildland Fire Modules – Federal ............................................................................................................................ 48
Watershed Emergency Response Team (WERT) - CALFIRE ............................................................................... 49
California Medical Assistance Team (CALMAT), CAL FIRE ............................................................................... 49
2023 California Type 1 Federal Interagency Incident Management Teams ............................................................ 50
2023 California Type 1 Federal Team Rotation ...................................................................................................... 50
2023 California Type 2 Federal Interagency Incident Management Teams ............................................................ 51
2023 Type 2 Federal Interagency IMT Rotation ..................................................................................................... 51
2023 CAL FIRE Incident Management Teams ....................................................................................................... 53
2023 CAL FIRE Incident Management Schedule ................................................................................................... 53
Chapter 30 – Crews ............................................................................................................................................... 55
California Conservation Corps (CCC) .................................................................................................................... 55
CAL FIRE ............................................................................................................................................................... 55
Type 1 ..................................................................................................................................................................... 55
Federal .................................................................................................................................................................... 56
Type 1 Hotshot ........................................................................................................................................................ 56
CA IHC Out of Region Assignment Guidelines ..................................................................................................... 56
Interagency Hotshot Crews as Type2 IA, Type 2, or Suppression Modules ........................................................... 56
Smokejumpers......................................................................................................................................................... 57
Type 2 Initial Attack (Type 2 IA)............................................................................................................................ 57
Type 2 Regular ........................................................................................................................................................ 57
Type 2 Organization ................................................................................................................................................ 57
Crews Flying Commercially ................................................................................................................................... 57
Organized Camp Crews .......................................................................................................................................... 57
Chapter 40 – Supplies and Equipment ................................................................................................................ 59
National Interagency Incident Support Caches ....................................................................................................... 59
Ordering .................................................................................................................................................................. 59
Abnormal Quantities ............................................................................................................................................... 59
Mobile Cache Vans ................................................................................................................................................. 60
Demobilization ........................................................................................................................................................ 60
Replacement Orders ................................................................................................................................................ 61
Recycling ................................................................................................................................................................ 61
Hazardous Materials – Ordering and Shipping ....................................................................................................... 62
Hazardous Waste .................................................................................................................................................... 62
Communications ..................................................................................................................................................... 63
National Fire Radio Caches (NFRC) ....................................................................................................................... 63
NFES 4670 – Satellite Phone Kit ............................................................................................................................ 63
NFES 4390 – ICS Command Starter System .......................................................................................................... 63
NFES 4381 – HT Radio Kit .................................................................................................................................... 63
CAL FIRE HT Radio Cache ................................................................................................................................... 63
CAL FIRE Portable Repeaters ................................................................................................................................ 64
Frequencies ............................................................................................................................................................. 64
CAL FIRE ............................................................................................................................................................... 64
Mobile Communication Units – All Agencies ........................................................................................................ 64
Remote Automated Weather Station (RAWS) ........................................................................................................ 64
Mobile Food Service ............................................................................................................................................... 65
National Contract Mobile Food Service – Federal .................................................................................................. 65
Mobile Kitchen Unit (MKU) and Food Dispensing Unit (FDU) – CAL FIRE ....................................................... 65
Mobile Shower Facilities ........................................................................................................................................ 66
Mobile Saw Trailer – CAL FIRE ............................................................................................................................ 66
Hired Equipment ..................................................................................................................................................... 66
Chapter 50 – Aircraft ............................................................................................................................................ 69
Aircraft Administration ........................................................................................................................................... 69
Bureau of Land Management .................................................................................................................................. 69
CAL FIRE ............................................................................................................................................................... 69
Forest Service .......................................................................................................................................................... 70
National Park Service.............................................................................................................................................. 70
Federal Cooperator Aircraft Use ............................................................................................................................. 70
Aircraft Ordering Procedures .................................................................................................................................. 71
Initial Attack Ordering ............................................................................................................................................ 71
Additional Aircraft Requests ................................................................................................................................... 72
Airtanker Dispatch Rotation ................................................................................................................................... 73
Aircraft Diverts ....................................................................................................................................................... 73
Diverts..................................................................................................................................................................... 73
No Divert ................................................................................................................................................................ 73
Airspace Coordination ............................................................................................................................................ 74
Fire Traffic Area (FTA) .......................................................................................................................................... 74
Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFR) ...................................................................................................................... 74
Airspace Conflicts ................................................................................................................................................... 74
Military Training Routes (MTR) and Special Use Airspace (SUA) ........................................................................ 75
Intercom Traffic Related to Military Deconfliction ................................................................................................. 75
Temporary Airport Control Tower Operations ....................................................................................................... 75
Air Communication ................................................................................................................................................ 76
Pre-Assigned Aviation Frequencies ........................................................................................................................ 76
Requesting Additional Aircraft Frequencies ........................................................................................................... 77
Aircraft Flight Plan ................................................................................................................................................. 77
Aircraft Flight Following ........................................................................................................................................ 78
Types of Approved Flight Following Methods ....................................................................................................... 78
Flight Following Responsibilities ............................................................................................................................ 78
Aircraft Release ...................................................................................................................................................... 79
Notification for Aircraft Accident or Incident with Serious Potential ..................................................................... 80
Air Tactical Supervision .......................................................................................................................................... 80
Aerial Supervision Requirements ............................................................................................................................ 80
Aerial Supervision Module (ASM) ......................................................................................................................... 82
Airtankers ................................................................................................................................................................ 82
Airtanker Standard ICS Types ................................................................................................................................ 82
Very Large Airtanker (VLAT) ................................................................................................................................ 82
Type 1 Airtanker ..................................................................................................................................................... 83
Type 2 Airtanker ..................................................................................................................................................... 83
Type 3 Airtanker ..................................................................................................................................................... 83
Type 4 Airtanker ..................................................................................................................................................... 83
Federal Modular Airborne Firefighting Systems (MAFFS) .................................................................................... 84
Smokejumper Aircraft............................................................................................................................................. 84
Satellite Bases ......................................................................................................................................................... 84
Para-Cargo Delivery ............................................................................................................................................... 85
Infrared Aircraft ...................................................................................................................................................... 85
Firewatch Platform Fixed Wing .............................................................................................................................. 85
Night Aviation Operations ...................................................................................................................................... 86
Mobile Retardant Base ............................................................................................................................................ 86
Helicopters .............................................................................................................................................................. 87
Helicopter Standard ICS Types ............................................................................................................................... 87
Air Rescue .............................................................................................................................................................. 87
CAL FIRE ............................................................................................................................................................... 87
Federal .................................................................................................................................................................... 87
National Park Service.............................................................................................................................................. 87
Forest Service Short-Haul Orders ........................................................................................................................... 87
Federal Helicopter Rappelling ................................................................................................................................ 88
Project Helicopter – Forest Service ......................................................................................................................... 88
Call When Needed (CWN) Aircraft ........................................................................................................................ 88
CWN – CAL FIRE .................................................................................................................................................. 89
CWN – Department of Interior ............................................................................................................................... 89
CWN – Inspection Criteria ...................................................................................................................................... 89
CWN – Forest Service ............................................................................................................................................ 89
CWN – Forest Service Helicopter Modules ............................................................................................................ 90
Large Transport Aircraft – Federal ......................................................................................................................... 91
UAS Typing and Call Signs .................................................................................................................................... 91
Aircraft Acquisition and maintenance ..................................................................................................................... 92
Aerial Supervision Aircraft ..................................................................................................................................... 93
Lead Plane .............................................................................................................................................................. 93
Airtanker Bases ....................................................................................................................................................... 94
Reload
Bases ............................................................................................................................................................ 94
MAFFS Operating Bases ........................................................................................................................................ 94
Helicopters – Federal .............................................................................................................................................. 95
Federal Type 1 Helibases ........................................................................................................................................ 95
Helicopters – CAL FIRE ......................................................................................................................................... 96
Helicopters – Contract Counties ............................................................................................................................. 96
Chapter 60 – Predictive Services .......................................................................................................................... 97
Intelligence Reporting Procedures .......................................................................................................................... 97
Federal Daily 1000 AM Report ............................................................................................................................... 97
Situation Report ...................................................................................................................................................... 97
Report on Conditions (ROC)..................................................................................................................................... 98
Incident Status Summary (ICS-209) Form .............................................................................................................. 98
When to Report Incidents with an ICS-209 ............................................................................................................. 99
Complex ................................................................................................................................................................ 100
Incident Map/IAP .................................................................................................................................................. 100
Interagency Intelligence Report ............................................................................................................................ 100
Predictive Services Weather .................................................................................................................................. 100
Daily Issuance of the 7-Day Significant Fire Potential Product ............................................................................ 101
Seasonal Outlooks ................................................................................................................................................. 101
Monthly Zone/ Regional Fire Report .................................................................................................................... 101
Smoke Transport and Stability Outlooks .............................................................................................................. 101
Fuels/Fire Danger Products ................................................................................................................................... 101
NFDRS RAWS Maintenance Based on Preparedness Level................................................................................. 102
When to Report Wildland Fire Incidents with an ICS-209 Flowchart ................................................................... 103
Chapter 70 – Incidents ........................................................................................................................................ 105
Incident Record Creation ...................................................................................................................................... 105
Potential Conflicts/Duplicate Records .................................................................................................................. 105
Unprotected Lands ................................................................................................................................................ 106
Cost Coding .......................................................................................................................................................... 106
Interagency Fire and Severity Activities ............................................................................................................... 106
Guidance for Use of Incident Job Codes .............................................................................................................. 106
Chapter 80 – Cooperation .................................................................................................................................. 107
Compact Agreements ............................................................................................................................................ 107
Emergence Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) ....................................................................................... 107
Cooperative Agreements ....................................................................................................................................... 107
National Agreements ............................................................................................................................................ 107
Statewide Agreements........................................................................................................................................... 107
Memorandums of Understanding and Operating Plans .......................................................................................... 108
Local Agreements ................................................................................................................................................. 109
Initial Attack Border Agreements ......................................................................................................................... 110
Non-Suppression Activity Agreements ................................................................................................................. 110
Interagency Facilities ............................................................................................................................................ 111
Northern Region.................................................................................................................................................... 111
Southern Region ................................................................................................................................................... 112
Chapter 90 – GACC and Emergency Directory ................................................................................................ 113
Directory Table of Contents .................................................................................................................................. 113
Quick Reference .................................................................................................................................................... 114
Northern California – Quick Reference ................................................................................................................. 114
Southern California – Quick Reference ................................................................................................................. 115
GACC - Quick Reference ...................................................................................................................................... 116
Miscellaneous – Quick Reference ......................................................................................................................... 117
Unit Directory ....................................................................................................................................................... 118
Appendix – Exhibits ............................................................................................................................................ 179
Links for all Forms ................................................................................................................................................ 179
California Frequency Tones .................................................................................................................................. 182
Incident Aircraft Certification Form...................................................................................................................... 183
FC 106 Intercom Script Description ...................................................................................................................... 184
FC 106 Intercom Voice Out Script ........................................................................................................................ 187
Chapter 10
Objectives, Policy, Scope of Operations and Administration
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Chapter 10 - Objectives, Policy, Scope of Operation, and Administration
MISSION STATEMENT
The principal mission of the California Geographic Area Coordination Centers (GACC) is the cost-effective and
timely coordination of wildland protection agency emergency response for wildland fire and all risk incidents.
This is accomplished through planning, situation monitoring, and expediting resource usage between the Forest
Service (USFS), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), Bureau of Land Management
(BLM), National Park Service (NPS), Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), National
Weather Service (NWS), Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (CALOES), and other cooperating agencies.
The California Interagency Mobilization Guide identifies standard procedures, which guide the operations of
multi-agency logistical support activity throughout the coordination system. With the exception of initial attack
response plans. All resource orders outside of the local forest/units will be processed utilizing the standard
ordering process and the current system of record. This includes prescribed fire and project resource requests.
This guide is intended to facilitate interagency dispatch coordination, ensuring the timeliest and most cost-effective
incident support services available are provided. The California Interagency Mobilization Guide is designed to
accommodate amendments as needed and will be retained as current material until amended. The California
Interagency Mobilization Guide is used to supplement the National Interagency Mobilization Guide. This guide is
governed by each of the signatory agency’s policies and procedures. Additional information not found in this
reference can be obtained by contacting the GACC.
The California GACCs, the Emergency Command Centers (ECC)/Dispatch Centers and their respective Duty
Chiefs/Officers have many responsibilities. All levels of dispatching and coordination involving the various
agencies throughout the state must provide for continuous and adequate communication. The GACCs, ECCs, and
Duty Chiefs/Officers must ensure that responsible officials are kept current on resource availability.
The State is divided into 6 California Fire and Rescue Mutual Aid Regions to facilitate the coordination of fire and
rescue mutual aid. Through this system, the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, Fire and Rescue Division
is informed of conditions (the occurrence or imminent threat of disaster) in each local, operational, and regional
area of the State. This communication involves the various Local, operational, regional, state, and federal fire
agencies and their respective communication centers mentioned in this guide.
Geographic Area Coordination Centers
There are two GACCs within the State of California and they will follow the established mobilization procedures
identified in the National Interagency Mobilization Guide. The GACCs act as focal points for internal and external
requests not filled at the Unit level. Each GACC’s Federal and CAL FIRE Duty Chief, through their dispatching
organization, are responsible for providing coordination of all National, Regional, and Unit resources located
within their respective geographic area. Each Duty Chief must maintain awareness of resource commitment and
availability in order to enable adequate coordination between the neighboring GACCs and other agencies within
the state.
Northern California GACC (Northern Operations – North Ops - NOPS)
North Ops provides coordination and dispatch services for the Northern California National Forests, Bureau of
Land Management, National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs, CAL FIRE and
Pacific Islands for the NPS and FWS. CAL FIRE and FEMA assignments for Hawaii and Trust Territories of the
Pacific Islands. North Ops is located in Redding.
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Southern California GACC (Southern Operations – South Ops - SOPS)
South Ops provides coordination and dispatch services for the Southern California National Forests, Bureau of
Land Management, National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and CAL FIRE.
South Ops is located at the CAL FIRE Southern Region Headquarters in Riverside.
Unit Level
Unit Duty Chiefs and Duty Officers, through their dispatchers, are responsible for the coordination and use of
resources within their span of control. Procedures are established for notifying the Coordination Center when
Regional or National resources are committed. In this and the following chapters, the term "Unit" refers to Forests,
CAL FIRE Units, BLM Districts, National Parks, National Wildlife Refuges, and other resource providers that
have their own dispatch centers.
Incident Priorities
When competition for resources occurs among the Units, the GACCs will use the Multi-Agency Coordination
System (MACS) process to establish incident priorities. For MACS Organization Chart and MACS Process refer
to the charts beginning on page 5.
Initial Attack
Initial Attack will be defined, as per the 2018-2023 (extended until March 2024) California Master Cooperative
Wildland Fire Management and Stafford Act Response Agreement (CFMA).
Initial Attack: A planned response to a wildfire given the wildfire's potential fire behavior. The objective of
initial attack is to manage the incident in a manner consistent with firefighter, public safety, and values to be
protected.
Initial Attack Period: The first 24 hours, or as determined in local agreements.
Initial Attack Fire: Fire that is generally contained by the resources first dispatched, without a significant
augmentation of reinforcements.
Initial Attack Response Plan: An identified area in which predetermined resources would respond to an incident.
Immediate Need
The intent of ordering immediate need resources is to provide the closest available resource using normal
dispatching procedures to meet the incidents specific need. The intent of immediate need resources is that those
resources will be utilized immediately upon arrival to the incident. Immediate need requests may create a draw
down staffing situation and the sending Unit may need to order and back fill replacement resources.
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Drawdown for Initial Attack (IA)
Drawdown is established by the Unit based on their standard operating procedures. GACCs need to be notified of
any Unit drawdown level changes. For CAL FIRE, reference CAL FIRE Handbook 8100, policy 8121. For the
Federal agencies, reference the Unit Fire Management Plan.
When available resources are drawn down to a critical level, the Unit is responsible for advising their respective
GACC of the situation, including any anticipated shortages and projected needs. This information enables the
GACCs to adjudicate allocation of available resources within California, and if feasible, to provide resources for
national needs.
When availability of Unit resources within a geographic area is drawn down to critical levels, the affected GACC
is responsible for advising the adjacent GACC, NICC and CAL FIRE Region of the current situation, including
anticipated shortages and projected needs. This information is needed in order to ensure effective allocation of the
remaining available resources.
Mobilization/Demobilization
The GACCs will coordinate the movements of resources across Unit dispatch boundaries not covered by local
operating plans or agency specific policy.
All agencies will follow the closest resource concept for initial attack. Established dispatch channels will be
followed at all times.
Work/Rest Guidelines
For Federal agencies Work/Rest Guidelines and Days Off policy are outlined in the Interagency Incident Business
Management Handbook, and Interagency Standards for Fire and Fire Aviation Operations. Resource extensions
will be requested utilizing the Resource Extension Request form located in the appendix.
For CAL FIRE Work/Rest Guidelines, reference the CAL FIRE Handbook 7700, policy 7757.
Length of Assignment
All length of assignment rules apply to aviation resources personnel, including aircraft pilots (Notwithstanding the
FAA and agency day off regulations). Contracted aircraft are not restricted by length of assignment. In order to
limit disruption to operations, reduce strain on the ordering system, and reduce unnecessary mobilization and
demobilization of these high-cost resources. Exclusive Use personnel are expected to utilize a personnel rotation
schedule that meets staffing criteria required of the resource.
Incident O
perations Driving
For Federal agencies, reference the Interagency Standards for Fire and Fire Aviation Operations. For CAL FIRE,
reference the CAL FIRE Handbook 6400, policy 6557 and CAL FIRE Handbook 7000, policy 7060.
Resource Mobilization
The current ordering system of record is the only ordering system to be used by all California Units. It will be used
to:
• Create new incidents
• Order and mobilize resources (to include Rx and project)
• Track resources and their status
Resource status shall be continually updated in the current ordering system of record.
For incident mobilization, use the Interagency Standards for IROC Operations Guide (ISROG) located at the
following website: http://www.nifc.gov/nicc/logistics/references/ISROG.pdf
and augmented by the California
ordering system of record and the Business Practices and Standards guide: See the GACC websites for the
California IROC Business Practices and Standards publication.
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Notification of Commitment of Resources
In addition to national mobilization guidelines, the Units will notify GACCs of resource commitment. Per the
California IROC Business Practices and Standards Guide, notification to the GACCs will be as follows:
• Commitment of aircraft will be entered at the time of dispatch, so aircraft status will be current.
• Commitment of crews will be entered within ten (10) minutes.
• If after thirty (30) minutes, it appears the incident will continue to impact a Unit’s resource base, the
Unit’s equipment and overhead resources will be entered into the current ordering system of record.
• Any request for resources from outside the Unit, other than IA, must be entered and placed in the current
ordering system of record immediately.
Wildland Fire Weather Forecasts
The National Weather Service will produce daily fire weather forecasts (by agreement) from the representative
office.
In Hawaii, the Honolulu office of the National Weather Service will produce daily fire weather forecast covered
by the Fire Weather Operations Plan.
Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail (PCT)
The local unit shall notify the PCT Program Manager of any activity (fire, flood, etc.) occurring on or near the
PCT. Togan Capozza Trail Program Manager, Vallejo, CA (trail-wide responsibilities) Office 707-562-8881, Cell
707-656-6119, email: togan.capozz[email protected]
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NMAC
Liaison
CalMAC Group
Northern MAC
Group
Southern MAC
Group
State Emergency
Operations Center
Multi- Agency Coordination System (MACS) Organizational Structure
Visit the FIRESCOPE WEBPAGE fo
r more information. The following organizational structure displays a MACS
MODE 3 and 4 or a National Preparedness Level 4 and 5 activation.
MAC Group Purpose and Function
A MAC Group typically consists of delegated agency representatives who are authorized to commit agency
resources and funds. Their function is to support incident management through coordinating their collective
resources, sharing incident information and implementing coordinated strategic policies to prevent and/or combat
growing emergency(s). In order to accomplish this objective, the MAC Group must establish a common operating
plan. The area represented can be a City, County/ Operational Area, Region, (such as one of the six CAL OES
Fire and Rescue Mutual Aid Regions or a Geographic Area, such as Northern and Southern California Geographic
Areas or a Statewide MAC Group such as CalMAC.)
It is extremely important that MAC Group members have full authority from their respective agencies to commit
resources, including equipment and personnel, and fully represent their agency or department in MAC Group
decisions.
CalMAC
Liaison Officer
CalMAC
Information Officer
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CAL OES
*FWS *NPS
CAL FIRE
*BIA USFS
BLM
Contract
County
NorCal MAC
Coordinator
NorCal MAC
Coordinator
NorCal MAC
Coordinator
CalMAC
Liaison or Group
NorCal MAC
Coordinator
Northern MAC Group Organizational Chart
Dotted line denotes the agencies that could be represented during Preparedness Levels 4 and 5. This list is
not all inclusive.
The Northern California Multi-Agency Coordination Group (NorCal MAC) acts as the geographic area authority
to:
• Evaluate incident situation status reports and organizational resource status reports, as provided by the
Northern California Geographic Area Units.
• Provide overside for the geographic area allocation of scarce and/or limited resources based on
established priorities.
• Develop geographic area incident priorities and submit to CalMAC for evaluation and inclusion in
national incident priorities.
*DOI agencies may be represented at MAC by one DOI representative.
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CAL FIRE Agency
Administrator
(South Ops)
CAL OES – Fire
and Rescue
Agency
Administrator
(South Ops)
CalMAC
Liaison or Group
U.S. Forest Service
Fire and Aviation
Agency
Administrator
(South Ops)
U.S. DOI
Fire and
Aviation
Agency
Administrator
(South Ops)
Southern California
MAC Coordinator
(CAL OES Fire and Rescue)
Southern CA
MAC Group
DOD Liaison
Southern
Operations
Intel
(Multi-
Agency)
Southern
Operations
GIS
(Multi-
Agency)
Southern CA
MAC Group
Support
(CAL
OES Fire
and Rescue)
Southern
CA
MAC
Group
Support
OCC
Liaison
Southern
Operations
Coordination
Center (Multi-
Agency)
Southern
Operations
Predictive
Services
(Multi-
Agency)
Southern MAC Group Organizational Chart
Los
Los
Santa
Ventura
Kern
Orange
CAL
U.S.
U.S.
Angeles
Angeles
Barbara
County
County
County
FIRE
Forest
DOI
County
City
County
Fire
Fire
Fire
MAC
Service
MAC
Fire
Fire
Fire
Dept
Dept
Dept
Member
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The Southern California Multi-Agency Coordination Group (Southern California MAC) acts as the geographic
area authority to:
• Evaluate incident situation status reports and organizational resource status reports, as provided by the
Southern California Geographic Area Units.
• Provide overside for the geographic area allocation of scarce and/or limited resources based on
established priorities.
• Develop written and verbal communication of MACS priority settings out to the following entities:
o Applicable Agency Administration
o OCC MACS Liaison
o FIRESCOPE Member Agencies
o Home Agency
o NorCal GeoMAC (if activated)
o CalMAC (if activated) for evaluation and inclusion in national priorities
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North Ops
Sacramento
Yreka (YICC)
Woodacre (MRCC)
Susanville (SIFC)
Saint Helena (LNCC)
Redding (RICC)
Red Bluff (TGCC)
Plumas (PNFC)
Oroville (BTCC)
North Coast (NCIC)
Morgan Hill (SCCC)
Modoc (MICC)
Mendocino (MNFC)
Howard Forest (MECC)
Grass Valley (GVCC)
Fortuna (HUCC)
Felton (CZCC)
Camino (CICC)
Perris (RRCC)
Yosemite (YPCC)
Orange (ORCC)
Visalia (TUCC)
Monterey (BECC)
Ventura (VNCC)
Mariposa (MMCC)
Stanislaus (STCC)
Los Padres (LPCC)
Sierra (SICC)
LA County (LACC)
Santa Barbara (SBDC)
Kern (KRCC)
San Luis (SLCC)
Inyo (OVCC)
San Diego (SDCC)
Fresno (FKCC)
San Bernardino (SBCC)
Berdo (BDCC)
San Andreas (TCCC)
Ash Mountain (SQCC)
Porterville (CCCC)
Angeles (ANCC)
South Ops
National Interagency Coordination Center
(NICC)
Sacramento
This flow chart illustrates the
resource ordering and coordination
process used by the California
wildland agencies.
Wildland Agency Geographic Coordination Flow Chart
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The Dispatch Center’s current ordering system of record designators are identified by the four letters in
parenthesis. Center is identified by Intercom call sign, not the Radio call sign.
State and county centers have 24-hour staffing.
*Agency has staffing in the ECC.
CENTER
UNITS REPRESENTED
Northern California GACC
North Ops (ONCC)
*Federal (ONC)
*State (CNR)
FS Regional Office
CALFIRE Northern Region
BLM California State Office
NPS Regional Office
BIA Area Office
FWS Regional Office
Camino (CICC)
*Eldorado National Forest (ENF)
Tahoe Basin Management Unit (TMU)
*Amador-Eldorado Unit (AEU)
BLM Folsom Lake (CCD)
BIA Red Hawk (CCA)
Felton (CZCC) *San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit (CZU)
Fortuna (FICC)
*Humboldt-Del Norte Unit (HUU)
Grass Valley (GVCC)
*Tahoe National Forest (TNF)
*Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit (NEU)
Howard Forest (MECC)
Mendocino Unit (MEU)
Mendocino (MNFC)
*Mendocino National Forest (MNF)
Central Valley Refuges North (SWR)
Point Reyes National Seashore (RNP)
Golden Gate MRA (GNP)
Round Valley Indian Reservation (RVA)
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (HI-HVP)
Modoc (MICC)
*Modoc National Forest (MDF)
Lower Klamath Refuge (LKR)
Lava Beds National Monument (BNP)
Morgan Hill (SCCC) *Santa Clara Unit (SCU)
North Coast (NCIC)
*Six Rivers National Forest (SRF)
Humboldt Bay Wildlife Refuge (HBR)
Hoopa Indian Affairs (HIA)
Redwood National Park (RWP)
Oroville (BTCC)
Butte Unit (BTU)
Plumas (PNFC)
Plumas National Forest (PNF)
Red Bluff (TGCC)
*Tehama-Glenn Unit (TGU)
Redding (RICC)
*Shasta-Trinity National Forest (SHF)
Whiskeytown National Recreation Area (WNP)
*Shasta-Trinity Unit (SHU)
Saint Helena (LNCC)
*Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit (LNU)
Susanville (SIFC)
*NorCal BLM (NOD)
*Lassen National Forest (LNF)
*Lassen-Modoc Unit (LMU)
Lassen Volcanic National Park (LNP)
Woodacre
(MRCC)
*Marin County Fire Department (MRN)
Yreka (YICC)
*Klamath National Forest (KNF)
*Siskiyou Unit (SKU)
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CENTER
UNITS REPRESENTED
Southern California GACC
South Ops (OSCC)
*Federal (OSC)
*State (CSR)
CAL FIRE Southern Region
Angeles (ANCC)
*Angeles National Forest (ANF)
*Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (SMP)
Ash Mountain (SQCC)
*Sequoia-Kings National Park (KNP)
Berdo (BDCC)
*San Bernardino Unit (BDU)
Fresno (FKCC)
*Fresno-Kings Unit (FKU)
Inyo (OVCC)
*Inyo National Forest (INF)
*Bishop Field Office-BLM (OVD)
Devil’s Postpile National Monument (DPP)
Manzanar National Historic Site (MZP)
Kern (KRCC) *Kern County Fire Department (KRN)
LA. County (LACC)
*Los Angeles County Fire Department (LAC)
Los Padres (LPCC)
*Los Padres National Forest (LPF)
Channel Islands National Park (CNP)
Vandenburg AFB (AFV)
Fort Hunter Ligget (FHL)
Mariposa (MMCC) *Madera-Mariposa-Merced Unit (MMU)
San Diego (SDIC)
*Cleveland National Forest (CNF)
*San Diego Unit (SDU)
Southern California Refuge (TNR)
Camp Pendleton Marine Base (MCP)
Cabrillo National Monument (CAP)
Monterey (BECC)
*San Benito-Monterey Unit (BEU)
Pinnacles National Park (PIP)
Orange (ORCC)
*Orange County Fire Department (ORC)
Perris (RRCC)
*Riverside Unit (RRU)
Porterville (CCCC)
*Sequoia National Forest (SQF)
*Central California District (CND)
Tule Indian Reservation (TIA)
Kern National Wildlife Refuge (KRR)
San Andreas (TCCC)
*Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit (TCU)
San Bernardino (SBCC)
*San Bernardino National Forest (BDF)
*California Desert District (CDD)
Death Valley National Park (DVP)
Mojave National Preserve (MNP)
Joshua Tree National Park (JTP)
*Southern California Agency (SCA)
Castle Mountain National Monument
San Luis (SLCC)
*San Luis Obispo Unit (SLU)
Santa Barbara (SBDC)
*Santa Barbara County Fire (SBC)
Sierra (SICC)
*Sierra National Forest (SNF)
San Luis National Wildlife Refuge (LUR)
Stanislaus (STCC)
*Stanislaus National Forest (STF)
Ventura (VNCC)
*Ventura County Fire Department (VNC)
Visalia (TUCC)
*Tulare Unit (TUU)
Yosemite (YPCC)
*Yosemite National Park (YNP)
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CAL OES FIRE AND RESCUE REGIONAL MAP
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Region V Coordinator
Dustin Hail
Fresno County Fire Protection District
210 S Academy Avenue, Sanger, CA 93657
Admin: (559)493-4300 Fax :( 559)875-8473
24 Hr. Dispatch (559) 292-5271 24 Hr. Fax (559) 292-0368
Region VI Coordinator
Tim McHargue
Colton Fire Department
303 East E Street, Colton CA 92324
Admin: (909) 370-5102
24 Hr. Dispatch: (909) 356-3805 24 Hr. Fax: (909) 356-3809
CAL OES Fire and Rescue Division
Regional Mutual Aid Coordinators
CAL OES Fire and Rescue Division
Sacramento Headquarters
3650 Schriever Avenue, Mather, CA 95655
Fire and Rescue Division: (916) 845-8711
Nights and Weekends: (916) 845-8670
Fax: (916) 845-8396
Region I Coordinator
Anthony Marrone
Los Angeles County Fire Department
1320 North Eastern Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90063-3294
Admin: (323)881-2401 – Admin Fax: (323) 265-9948
24 Hr. Dispatch (323) 881-2455 – 24 Hr. Fax (323) 266-6925
Region II Coordinator
Eric Moore
Alameda County Fire Department
6363 Clark Avenue, Dublin CA 94568
Admin: (510) 693-3402 or (925) 833-3473
Admin Fax: (925) 875-9387 24 Hr. Dispatch (925) 245-0420
24 Hr. Fax (925) 422-5730
Region III Coordinator
Mike Hebrard
CAL FIRE Northern Region Operations
6105 Airport Rd, Redding, CA 96002
Admin: (530) 224-2460 Admin. Fax: (530) 224-2496
24 Hr. Dispatch: (530) 224-2434 24 Hr. Fax: (530) 224-4308
Region IV Coordinator
Eric Walder
Waterloo-Morado Fire District
6925 E. Foppiano Lane, Stockton, CA 95212
Admin: (209) 253-9455 Admin Fax: (530) 886-5391
24 Hr. Dispatch: (530) 886-5375 24 Hr. Fax (530) 886-5391
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California Fire and Rescue Ordering Process
Federal agencies and CAL FIRE may request assistance from Local Government fire department resources via
CFAA Agreement; these requests are placed in the current ordering system of record from the agency dispatch
center to the CAL OES Operational Area which is currently threatened.
Operational Area dispatch centers will fill the requests with resources from within the Operational Area, and once
exhausted, place outstanding requests to the CAL OES Regional dispatch center.
CAL OES Regional dispatch centers will place outstanding requests to other Operational Areas within their
Region and when all Operational Areas within their Region are exhausted will place requests to CAL OES
Sacramento (OESH).
Resource orders will be processed based on need. An “Immediate Need” order will be processed as soon as
possible for incidents that meet this criteria.
Resource orders for “Planned Need” mobilization in respect to Date and Time Needed will be determined and
negotiated by the respective GACC and the requesting and sending unit to provide for resource safety.
OESH will place outstanding requests to other CAL OES Regions in the state for processing based on closest
available resource.
The CAL OES Name Request Justification form is required for all local government overhead name requests with
the exception of IMT members. IMT members rostered in the current ordering system of record, on the initial fill
of the team, do not require a Name Request Justification form.
Team members responding after the initial team roster has been filled in the current ordering system of record
require a Name Request Justification form. This form should be used once a resource order has been returned
“Unable To Fill” at both GACC’s. This form may be used for hard to obtain or specialized resources identified
as Critical Needs. Visit the CalOES Webpage
for a copy of this form.
Cal OES, CAL FIRE, Federal Fire Agencies, and Local Agencies release or reassignment of emergency apparatus
used pursuant to the California Fire Assistance Agreement (CFAA) will be coordinated through the on-scene Cal
OES Fire and Rescue Chief Officer, the local jurisdiction agency representative, or their authorized representative
or the Cal OES Fire Duty Chief.
Communication
The formal route of communications for Local government level is through the Operational Area Duty Chief and
through the established local Operational Area resource status system. The Duty Chief is responsible for briefing
their organization in the procedures of incident information flow and for assuring timely exchange of information
with minimal disruption to the dispatch function. These guidelines are offered to assist the Duty Chief in briefing
their personnel. The following items give some general indicators of situations that should prompt contact with
local government Operational Area Duty Chief.
• When large incidents, incidents in a sensitive area, or multiple incidents occur
• Major aircraft accidents occur
• Major Hazardous Materials events
• Staffing shortages that affect agreements
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FOREST AGENCY
COMMAND & CONTROL
ORDERING SYSTEM
CALIFORNIA FIRE &
RESCUE MUTUAL AID
ORDERING SYSTEM
(Local Government/OES)
California Fire and Rescue Mutual Aid System emergency apparatus and personnel requested through the
California Fire Assistance Agreement (CFAA) being released from an incident fall back to the control of the
respective GACC. If reassignment of these resources are necessary, there must be positive coordination with the
OES AREP on scene of the incident or the Cal OES Duty Chief (916) 845-8670 to secure express permission to
reassign an OES or Local Government resource to another incident.
Resources c
annot be reassigned without this express permission.
The diagrams below illustrate the Federal agencies/CALFIRE and California Fire and Rescue ordering process
OES Region
OES Headquarters
Fire & Rescue
Operational Area
of Current Threat
Local Fire Agency
North Ops or
South Ops
Other GACC or
NICC
Host Unit
SRA/FRA
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Host Unit
SRA/FRA
Typically, these requests
involve utilization of the
California Fire Assistance
Agreement
All requests for mutual aid
resources begins at the Host
Unit and are made to the
Operational Area of Current
Threat…
CALIFORNIA FIRE &
RESCUE MUTUAL AID
ORDERING SYSTEM
(Local Government/OES)
Host Unit
SRA/FRA
North Ops or
South Ops
U
T
F
Other GACC or
NICC
FOREST AGENCY
COMMAND & CONTROL
ORDERING SYSTEM
North Ops or
South Ops
Local Fire Agency
Operational Area
of Current Threat
Other GACC or
NICC
Once the forest agencies
begin to exhaust their
resources, or the incident
dictates closer resources,
then a conscious decision
must be made by the IC or
ECC to place requests into
the California Fire & Rescue
Mutual Aid Ordering System
(Local Government/OES)
FOREST AGENCY
COMMAND & CONTROL
ORDERING SYSTEM
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CAL OES Region/Operational Area IROC Responsibility
CAL OES Region/Operational Area Ordering Responsibility
CAL OES Region 1 Los Angeles County Fire
XLA-Los Angeles County Area A Los Angeles City Fire
XLB-Los Angeles County Area B Los Angeles County Fire
XLC-Los Angeles County Area C Verdugo Fire Communication Center
XLE-Los Angeles County Area E Los Angeles County Fire
XLF-Los Angeles County Area F Los Angeles County Fire
XLG-Los Angeles County Area G Los Angeles County Fire
XOR-Orange County Orange County Fire Authority
XSL-San Luis Obispo County CAL FIRE, SLU
XSB-Santa Barbara County Santa Barbara County Fire
XVE-Ventura County Ventura County Fire
CAL OES Region 2 Alameda County Fire
XAL-Alameda County Alameda County Fire
XCC-Contra Costa County Contra Costa County FPD
XDN-Del Norte County CAL FIRE, HUU
XHU-Humboldt County CAL FIRE, HUU
XLK-Lake County LNU
XMR-Marin County Marin County Fire
XME-Mendocino County CAL FIRE, MEU
XMY-Monterey County CAL FIRE, BEU
XNA-Napa County CAL FIRE, LNU
XBE-San Benito County CAL FIRE, BEU
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CAL OES Region/Operational Area Ordering Responsibility
XSF-San Francisco County Almeda County Fire
XSM-San Mateo County Almeda County Fire
XSC-Santa Clara County Santa Clara County Fire
XCZ-Santa Cruz County CAL FIRE CZU
XSO-Solano County Alameda County Fire
XSN-Sonoma County Red Com JPA
CAL OES Region 3 CAL FIRE NOPS
XBU-Butte County CAL FIRE BTU
XCO-Colusa County CAL FIRE NOPS
XGL-Glenn County CAL FIRE NOPS
XLS-Lassen County CAL FIRE LMU
XMO-Modoc County CAL FIRE NOPS
XPU-Plumas County CAL FIRE NOPS
XSH-Shasta County CAL FIRE SHU
XSI-Sierra County CAL FIRE NOPS
XSK-Siskiyou County CAL FIRE SKU
XSU-Sutter County CAL FIRE NOPS
XTE-Tehama County CAL FIRE TGU
XTR-Trinity County CAL FIRE NOPS
XYU-Yuba County CAL FIRE NOPS
CAL OES Region 4 CAL FIRE NEU
XAP-Alpine County CAL FIRE NEU
XAM-Amador County CAL FIRE AEU
XCA-Calaveras County CAL FIRE TCU
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CAL OES Region/Operational Area Ordering Responsibility
XED-El Dorado County CAL FIRE, AEU
XNE-Nevada County CAL FIRE, NEU
XPL-Placer County Placer County Sheriff
XSA-Sacramento County Sac Regional JPA
XSJ-San Joaquin County CAL FIRE, NEU
XST-Stanislaus County CAL FIRE, NEU
XTB-Tahoe Basin Area CAL FIRE, NEU
XTO-Tuolumne County CAL FIRE, TCU
XYO-Yolo County CAL FIRE, NEU
CAL OES Region 5 CAL FIRE, FKU
XFR-Fresno County CAL FIRE, FKU
XKE-Kern County Kern County Fire
XKI-Kings County CAL FIRE, FKU
XMA-Madera County CAL FIRE, MMU
XMP-Mariposa County CAL FIRE, MMU
XMD-Merced County CAL FIRE, MMU
XTU-Tulare County Tulare County Fire
CAL OES Region 6 CAL FIRE, SOPS
XIM-Imperial County CAL FIRE, SOPS
XIN-Inyo County CAL FIRE, SOPS
XMN-Mono County CAL FIRE, SOPS
XRI-Riverside County CAL FIRE, RRU
XBO-San Bernardino County San Bernardino County Fire
XSD- San Diego County North County Dispatch JPA
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Communication
The formal route of communications for the Unit level is through the GACC Federal and CAL FIRE Duty Chief.
The Duty Chiefs are responsible for briefing their organizations in the procedures of incident information flow
and for assuring timely exchange of information with minimal disruption to the dispatch function. These guidelines
are offered to assist the Duty Chief in briefing their personnel. The following items give some general indicators
of situations that should prompt contact between agencies and with the Federal, CAL FIRE Regions and
Headquarter levels.
• When large incidents, incidents in a sensitive area, or multiple incidents occur.
• When geographic area federal or state resources are becoming depleted.
• When resources are being moved outside of their assigned GACC.
• When an Incident Management Team is mobilized for an incident.
• When structures or property are destroyed, or serious injuries or aircraft accidents occur.
• Fire Directors and the California Wildland Coordinating Group (CWCG) will be notified when
preparedness levels are adjusted due to suppression activity in their Geographical Area or the adjacent
Geographical Areas.
Mobilization
All resource requests will be submitted using the current ordering system of record. Requests for all tactical aircraft
will be made using the state intercom and the FC 106/e FC 106 Script to expedite the requests. Refer to Chapter
50 and Appendix page 187.
Unit Dispatch Procedures
California will provide all-risk dispatching services through existing dispatch centers that are consistent with the
needs and schedules of field going employees.
• Each Unit will provide for its own dispatching needs. Standardized dispatching procedures will be used
at each dispatching level within California.
• Dispatching procedures are developed so that each Unit will dispatch to the extent of its available
resources before requesting additional aid from the GACC.
• As part of Initial Attack Response Plans, Units will pre-plan and identify all mutual aid
assistance/move-up of resources between adjoining Units, including State border agreements. Resource
commitments should be limited to those resources that could be expected to provide effective initial
attack, or fast follow-up to initial attack, within the established areas for mutual assistance. It is the
responsibility of the sending Unit to notify the appropriate GACC whenever action is taken under one
of these plans.
• Units will work directly with other dispatch centers, county and city fire departments, and local and
state law enforcement agencies in their Unit or GACC's area of influence. They will keep the GACC
advised of all mobilization/demobilization of overhead, crews, equipment, and aircraft received through
this procedure.
• Units will handle all dispatching procedures for agency personnel during scheduled field operation
hours.
• CAL FIRE Command Centers will use CAL FIRE issuance publications, in particular, the 8100
Command and Control Handbook, as their operational guides.
• Each Federal Unit will utilize operational guides which define procedures and required actions for all
hazardous activities. These guides will be available in each Dispatch Center and field office.
• All field going personnel will remain in radio contact with the Dispatch Center unless otherwise
arranged through the Center.
• Dispatch Centers are to communicate weather forecasts to all field going personnel, especially
firefighters according to agency direction. Dispatch Centers are to update field personnel of changes in
predicted weather patterns.
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GACC Dispatch Procedures
The GACC will fill orders from the most appropriate source available. The most appropriate source will be
determined on the basis of urgency, resource availability, delivery time, reasonable cost effectiveness, impact on
other Units, and consideration of the overall fire program. Within 30 minutes, the ability or inability to fill the
order will be relayed to the GACC by the Unit attempting to fill the order. Objectives of the GACC include:
• Provide dispatch and coordination services. Dispatch overhead, crews, equipment, aircraft, and supplies
between GACC's, Units, other States, or agencies.
• Expand the GACC dispatching organization to meet current demands.
• Maintain status on amounts and location of specified overhead, crews, equipment, aircraft, and supplies.
• Assist in determining GACC priorities for overhead, crews, equipment, aircraft, and supplies in multiple
incident situations and fill requests accordingly.
• Inform State and Federal Duty Chief, Units, National Interagency Coordination Center (NICC), and
other cooperating agencies of current and critical incident situations.
• Collect and distribute information concerning the overall incident situation.
• Encourage and practice close cooperation in using shared resources with other cooperating agencies, as
well as private wildland fire services, including contract and agreement resources.
• Anticipate requirements, evaluate requests in light of the actual and imminent incident situation, and
question (through proper channels) orders appearing to be out of balance with requirements, needs, or
policy/procedure.
• The GACCs may fill each other's requests within California prior to requesting assistance from NICC.
• The GACC Duty Chiefs will work closely to support each other’s existing needs.
Mutual Aid
Mutual aid is utilized when an incident is likely to exceed or has exceeded, the ability of the responsible agency
to control. Agencies receiving mutual aid are responsible for logistical support to all mutual aid personnel and
equipment.
For agreements governing mutual aid, refer to Chapter 80.
Request for Assistance
After local agreements and mutual aid resources have been exhausted, requests for assistance should be placed
directly with the appropriate GACC for state and federal resources or Fire and Rescue Operational Area for CAL
OES and local government resources. Mutual aid and other agreements will be maintained in the ECCs and
available to the GACC upon request.
Emergency Management Assistant Compact – Resource Mobilization and Demobilization
When an incident is declared an emergency or disaster by the Governor of California, this can authorize invoking
the Emergency Management Assistant Compact (EMAC) ordering. Once State and Local resources are exhausted,
The Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (OES) in collaboration with partner agencies will seek assistance
through the EMAC process. The Governor’s Office of Emergency Services EMAC Coordinator within the Fire
and Rescue Division establishes contact with EMAC Member States to source the request starting with the closest
states (time/distance). The requesting and assisting State Emergency Management Agencies complete an EMAC
Resource Agreement Form (RSA) for offers of assistance. Once the offer is accepted, resources will be ordered
and requested. These resources will be tracked from mobilization through demobilization. If Agency resources are
not in the ordering system of record, OES will build resources within the program and fill requests and track them
through demobilization.
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Support to Border Fires
A border fire is defined as a wildfire that has crossed the boundary from one GACC into another, or which is
expected to cross the boundary within two burning periods. For specific operating plans and agreements refer to
Chapter 80.
GACCs have a responsibility and authority to provide resource support to the incident. They may place requests
for resources directly between each other in support of the incident. The following protocols apply:
• A single ordering point will be designated to ensure proper assignment and demobilization of resources.
The incident will remain with the originating Unit for situation reporting and prioritization.
• The dispatch organization designated as the single ordering point may place orders to either GACC
using established ordering channels; however only the GACC of the designated single ordering point is
authorized to place requests to NICC.
• Prior to initiating border fire support operations, concurrence and agreement must occur between the
two GACCs and NICC. Coordinate as needed to maintain effective incident and GACC support.
Unit Identifiers
Each GACC Center Manager shall designate a Unit Identifier Data Custodian (GACC Data Custodian) and an
alternate for their Geographic Area. GACC Data Custodians are responsible to ensure the documented agency
internal process has been completed and have authority to ensure appropriate NWCG Organizational Unit Codes
are created. GACC Data Custodians are responsible for timely entry of proposed additions, modifications, and
deactivations of Unit Identifiers and associated information in the system of record (SOR) upon receipt of written
requests.
• SOPS: Manny Salas 951-532-2690/Shayne Canady 951-901-5093
• NOPS: Laurie (Forni) Hackett 530-227-9102
Unified Ordering Point (UOP)
When an incident involves more than one jurisdiction, and unified command is activated, a unified ordering point
(UOP) shall be established.
Purpose
To establish a single ordering point for all resources required by the incident.
Goal
The UOP is to allow the agencies involved in the incident the opportunity to fill requests at the lowest level
including the use of local mutual aid and assistance, to avoid duplication of orders and to provide a single system
for tracking resources for cost share agreements.
Guidelines
• The unified commanders will determine which agency ECC will be identified as the UOP. Notification
will be made immediately by each agency involved.
• The UOP should be staffed with personnel from all agencies involved in unified command. Once the
UOP has been designated, it will remain at that location for the duration of the incident.
• The UOP will use the Order Number that has been assigned by the agency in whose Direct Protection
Area (DPA) the incident started. This number should not change for the duration of the incident.
• All requests from the incident will be processed through the UOP.
• The UOP will utilize local agency resources and those available through agreements with local
cooperators of the agency assuming financial responsibility before passing requests to the next level.
• When the UOP is unable to fill a request, it will be placed to the next dispatch level based on the UOP
host's agency dispatch channels.
• The incident will order cache items direct from the nearest national cache.
• Refer to Chapter 40 for Hired Equipment.
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If/when an incident using a UOP decides to separate requests into request blocks, the following request blocks
should be utilized:
Incident Host
0
8999
InciNet (pseudo)
9000
9999
Local Mission
10000
19999
State Mission
20000
29999
Federal Mission
30000
39999
Cache
100000
199999
Incident should still document in Special Needs "State Mission" or" Federal Mission” (agency specific)
Resource Ordering
The current ordering system of record shall be used for documenting mobilization and demobilization actions of
all resources.
Reference the IROC Business Practices and Standards guide for procedures in utilizing the program.
The Resource Order form will be used as the backup for all agencies. Refer to Appendix page 181.
All resource requests will be submitted using the current ordering system of record. Only requests for aircraft
and/or immediate need ground forces may be made using the intercom, then followed as quickly as possible with
the matching current ordering system of record request. This allows immediate need resource requests to be
processed in the most expedient manner. All other ordering is to be accomplished utilizing the current ordering
system of record and the telephone.
Request Number:
Reference the California IROC Business Practices and Standards document for detailed information regarding
requests. All known information, as detailed as possible, including the financial code and reporting instructions,
will be entered into the current ordering system of record.
Federal FireCode:
A FireCode will be generated for all incidents using federal resources or resources from federal caches.
Issuance of a FireCode for Federal resources responding to a non-federal incident will be the responsibility of the
Unit in the current ordering system of record. Business Practices Attachment D, Issuing Fire Codes for cooperators.
Travel Mobilization and Demobilization
The current ordering system of record will be used for mobilization and demobilization of resources from all
incidents. All times (ETA and ETD) are in local time zones.
Mobilization travel will normally be arranged by the sending Unit and demobilization travel will be arranged by
the incident host.
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Demobilization of personnel and resources from the incident to the home Unit must follow the chain of command
and remain within established communication channels. Complete and accurate records of personnel,
transportation, and equipment are a must. Commercial airline travel will be documented in the current ordering
system of record using the Travel Itinerary function. Any travel involving a known Remain/Rest Over Night
(RON) location will also be documented in the current ordering system of record using the Travel Itinerary
function.
CAL FIRE
Some CAL FIRE Units have approved initial attack operating plans with jurisdictions out-of-state; in those cases,
mobilize resources in accordance with those plans. Whenever possible have the requesting out-of-state agency
make travel arrangements for CAL FIRE personnel through the host agency’s travel agent so the bill can be paid
directly by the requesting agency.
For out of state travel on Federal incidents the GACC can assist with making flight and rental car arrangements.
Reference the CAL FIRE Handbook 8100 procedure 8165-1.
Emergency Demobilization
For emergency release of a resource, the Emergency Release Form will be completed by the host ECC and
submitted to the GACC. Refer to Appendix page 181.
Demobilization Planning
Demobilization planning should begin with the mobilization build-up. Notify the GACC prior to releasing out of
Unit resources. Approval for releases will be obtained from each level involved in processing the original request.
This allows the agencies the opportunity to reassign resources efficiently.
Demobilization Considerations
• Release Timing: The planning section will alert the incident host Unit with adequate lead time to allow
planning to be accomplished.
• Payments: Each agency will follow their incident business plan for incident payment processes.
• Transportation: Costs should be considered in determining release priority. Sufficient lead time is
imperative in arranging for transportation to be at the departure point when crews or personnel are ready
to depart. Late night releases or travel are to be avoided. Every effort will be made for released resources
to be home or RON by 2200, local time.
• Communications: Adequate communication between key personnel (i.e. Plans Section Chief, Demob
Unit Leader, Logistics Chief, Ground Support Unit Leader, Finance Team, Agency Representative if
applicable, GACC and home Unit.) must be established and maintained. It is important that the ECC
receive notice of ETA of returning personnel in sufficient time to arrange for their travel.
Demobilization Plan
All extended attack incidents involving out of Unit or national resources will have a demobilization plan. A copy
will be provided to the incident expanded dispatch and the GACC in a timely manner prior to resources being
released from the incident.
Each Demobilization Plan has five parts:
1. General Information – Includes procedures to get resources from the incident base to home.
2. Responsibility – Includes specific procedures and responsibility for each function on release, schedule,
and transportation, or other specific areas that need to be covered.
3. Release Priority – Includes procedures to coordinate and establish a release priority list.
4. Release Procedures – Includes specific procedures to be followed for surplus resources.
5. Incident Directory - Includes all communication methods from base to dispatch, with a list of names
and phone numbers for all functions.
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Contract Resources/Hired Equipment/Cooperators
Federal
Administratively Determined (AD)/Casual Hire refers to individual personnel hired for emergency purposes.
Reference the federal Interagency Incident Business Management Handbook.
Contract engines and crews are a resource of the host Unit dispatch center. The contract resources will be
dispatched through the host Unit using VIPR.
Regional contract resources may be utilized when agency resources are insufficient to meet present and anticipated
needs according to the Unit’s Specific Action Guide and/or the Geographic Area Staffing Guide.
Units will check the availability of agency resources (federal/state) within their GACC prior to using contracted
resources. When mobilizing contract resources, Units will utilize agency owned resources first, followed by
agency cooperators, national contract resources, regional contract resources, and then contract resources,
according to agency direction. Requests for contract resources will follow normal dispatch procedures.
Units accepting/hosting local cooperator resources initially mobilized on GACC Preposition are responsible for
accounting for the cooperator’s personnel and equipment time (including their travel/time spent on the initial
GACC Preposition order) on the unit’s preposition order upon receipt. Cooperator Personnel Time will be
documented on Crew Time Reports (SF-261) and transferred onto Incident Time Reports (OF-288). Cooperator
Equipment Time will be documented on Emergency Equipment Shift Tickets (OF-297) and transferred onto
Emergency Equipment Use Invoices (OF-286). Cooperators will furnish copies of their agreements with rates
upon arrival and will take all completed/signed paperwork back to their home unit for processing. All Personnel
and Equipment time documentation will be completed/signed prior to their departure or reassignment off unit by
both the cooperator and a representative from the hosting unit.
Contract resources ordered in strike team configuration will use agency personnel as the strike team leader.
For mobilization of national contract resources, reference the National Interagency Mobilization Guide, Chapter
30 for Crews and Chapter 40 for Equipment and Supplies.
For mobilization of Regional Forest Service contract resources, refer to Chapter 30 for Crews and Chapter 40 for
Equipment.
CAL FIRE
Hired equipment resources may be utilized when agency resources are insufficient to meet present and anticipated
needs. The contract resources will be dispatched through the host Unit using HEMS.
Specifics for hired equipment can be found in CAL FIRE Handbooks 10,000. ECC’s can reference the 8100 for
Hired Equipment dispatching procedures.
Refer to Chapter 40 for Hired Equipment.
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Preparedness Plan
Preparedness Plan For Wildland Fire Agencies
The Preparedness Plan is endorsed by the California Wildland Fire Coordinating Group (CWCG) which represents
the following agencies:
United States Forest Service
CAL FIRE
Bureau of Land Management
National Park Service
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Bureau of Indian Affairs
CAL OES
CAL FIRE Contract Counties
Purpose
California will have two preparedness levels, corresponding to the North and South Geographic Areas. These
levels will reflect fire activity and fire weather conditions in each Geographical Area and therefore, may be
different. California's commitment to meet National activities will only extend to federal personnel and resources
which are available. State, County, and Local Fire Department Resources can only be made available on a case by
case basis determined at the time requested.
The purpose of the Preparedness Plan is:
• To coordinate workforce and equipment needs for wildland fire activities and prescribed fire.
• To ensure that fire protection responsibilities and commitments to prescribed fire do not exceed State
wildland fire capabilities and are coordinated with state and national wildland fire activities.
Monitoring
MAC Area preparedness levels will be monitored and managed by the CAL FIRE California Northern Region
(CNR) and federal agencies’ Operations Northern California (ONC) in Redding, hereafter referenced as North
Ops, and the CAL FIRE Southern Region (CSR) and federal agencies’ Operations Southern California (OSC) in
Riverside, hereafter referenced as South Ops, for Preparedness Levels 1, ,2 and 3. The determination of these
levels will represent a consensus of the Interagency Coordinators from the Forest Service, Department of Interior,
CAL OES Fire and Rescue Branch, and CAL FIRE. CWCG will be kept appraised of changes in levels. The
GACC will contact the Chair of CWCG to recommend moving above Preparedness Level 3. The Chair of CWCG
will contact the members or representatives to develop consensus on the recommendation and report the result to
the GACC. CWCG does not need to convene for lowering preparedness levels. The GACC MAC can make that
determination.
Preparedness Level Activation and Deactivation
Based on fire weather, fire activity, and resource commitment to wildland fires, prescribed fires, and fuels projects,
each GACC will maintain preparedness planning year round. Each agency representative will initiate the
restrictions imposed by the preparedness levels upon those lands within their jurisdiction. Federal agencies will
impose these restrictions that are required by the National Preparedness Plan as well.
Managers of prescribed fires and fuels projects using national resources (Type 1 hand crews, air tankers, etc.) are
to request the use of the national resources from the appropriate GACC each day prior to implementation. GACC
agency coordinators will also track the planned use of these national resources in contingency planning to avoid
simultaneous commitment of the same resources to multiple fires or projects.
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Preparedness Levels
Preparedness Level 1
Definition: Few or no class A, B, and C wildland fires. Minimal or no commitment of interagency resources to
suppression activities. Current and short-range predictions for low to moderate fire danger. Local Units
implementing prescribed fire operations with sufficient contingency resources available. Agencies above
drawdown levels and requests for personnel and resources outside of the local area are not occurring.
Action/Responsibility:
• GACCs post preparedness levels out on the daily situation report for agency field Units.
• GACCs to notify NICC of starting preparedness planning or daily preparedness level.
• All prescribed fires within Geographical Areas are to be reported to the respective GACC.
Preparedness Level 2
Definition: Numerous class A, B, and C wildland fires. Local commitment of interagency resources for initial
attack, fuels projects and wildfires managed for ecological objectives. Current and short-term weather predictions
for moderate fire danger. Local Units implementing prescribed fire operations with sufficient contingency
resources available. Agencies above drawdown levels and requests for personnel and resources outside of the local
area are of minimal to low impact.
Action/Responsibility:
• Continue Preparedness Level 1 activities.
Preparedness Level 3
Definition: High potential for Class D and larger fires to occur, with several active Class A, B, and C fires.
Mobilization of agency and interagency resources within the geographic area, but minimal mobilization between
or outside of geographical area. Current and short-term forecasted fire danger is moving from medium to high or
very high. Local Units implementing prescribed fire operations starting to compete for interagency contingency
resources.
Agencies still above drawdown levels for suppression resources but starting to have difficulty maintaining
sufficient resources to meet initial attack responsibilities, project fire support, and fuel projects/prescribed fire
requirements without prioritizing or using non-local support. Some critical resource needs are starting to be
identified.
Action/Responsibility:
• Continue previous preparedness activities.
• CWCG chair is made aware by GACC’s when fire danger, fire activity, drawdown, and GACC
mobilization patterns are likely to lead to Level 4. Chair of CWCG informs members of current
preparedness level in advance of moving to Preparedness Level 4.
• When a prescribed burn is scheduled or is in progress the appropriate Coordination Center will be
informed through agency channels of the date of ignition, acres planned to be burned during the next 24
hours, and resource commitment including contingency resources.
• Agencies can limit the use of their resources as contingency or make them unavailable for use on
prescribed fires.
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Preparedness Level 4
Definition: Continuing initial attack activity and Class D or larger fires are common in one or both geographical
areas. Resource ordering and mobilization of personnel is occurring between GACC's. The long-range forecast for
the next week indicates continued high fire danger. Local Units may implement new fuels and prescribed fire
projects, but operational and contingency resources must be provided by the agency or by local arrangements.
Long range fire weather forecasts predict high to very high fire danger. Significant potential exists for moving into
extreme fire danger in at least one geographical area.
Personnel and resources at minimum drawdown levels, especially for initial attack. Fuels projects and prescribed
fires can only be implemented with agency contingency resources or special arrangements within the local Units.
Mobilization and resource requests are occurring for suppression assignments within the GACC and between the
Northern and Southern GACC.
Action/Responsibility:
• Continue with previous preparedness activities.
• CWCG determines the need for conference calls.
• Consider activation of the California Interagency Military Helicopter Firefighting Program.
• Consider activating Military Aviation Operations Coordinator to proactively work with local military
aviation assets.
Preparedness Level 5
Definition: CalMAC may be fully activated if; one or both GACCs are in Preparedness level 5, agencies are below
drawdown levels, or Class D and larger fires are common in one or both geographical areas. Either or both GACCs
cannot fill many outstanding resources requests and are sending these orders to NICC. Use of local government
resources is common. Reassignment of personnel and resources between incidents is common.
Current and short-range weather forecasts predict very high to extreme fire danger. Long range forecasts for the
next week for either GACC indicate continued very high to extreme fire danger. Activation of National Guard or
military personnel and resources is being considered or has occurred.
Requests for CAL FIRE resources are causing the agency to drop below drawdown levels. State and Local
government personnel are being used to fill out-of-state requests. Actual and long-range fire danger predictions
are for very high or extreme.
Personnel and resources are at or below agency minimum drawdown levels.
Action/Responsibility:
• If CalMAC is fully activated they will determine whether to host conference calls or meet in person.
During the CalMAC activation, CalMAC will set priorities statewide.
• The status of ongoing fuels projects or prescribed fires will be reviewed by CalMAC, as well as any
proposed new fuels/wildland fire use/prescribed fire projects. Final decision to implement rests with
implementing agency.
• These activities are expected to have no significant effect on suppression activities. Existing projects
should consider different management strategies to make personnel available for suppression activities
elsewhere. Final decision to implement these projects rests with the implementing agency.
• Individual Units will report resource status to CalMAC as specified (as needed).
• CalMAC assesses statewide/national situation for determination of the need for resources.
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Guidelines for Determining Preparedness Level
The following information will be used to determine preparedness levels for the Northern Operations and Southern
Operations, and/or the entire state.
• Current California and National fire situation.
• National Preparedness levels.
• Predicted fire potential.
• Firefighting resource availability.
MOVE UP
Federal
When resource availability becomes critical and extreme incident danger is expected to continue, move up
resources may become necessary (aircraft, crews, engines, etc.).
CAL FIRE
When resources are needed for move up from outside a Unit, the Unit must enter a request into the current ordering
system of record and place the request to the GACC. The GACC will assess the overall situation of the Region
and shall place the requests with the appropriate Unit to fill. Reference the CAL FIRE 8100 Handbook, policy
8122 and procedure 8122-1.
DOI
Requests for resource move-up will be initiated by the requesting Unit and coordinated through the GACC Duty
Chief or DOI Coordinator. Move up requests will then be processed through normal procedures through the
respective GACC.
Forest Service Minimum Drawdown Standard
The following matrix depicts the minimum resources necessary to ensure Forest Service GACC coverage: These
numbers may be represented by having them identified as available to the GACC from the incident.
North Ops
South Ops
Type 1/Type 2IA Crews 4 4
Smokejumpers Load 1 0
Helicopters/Airtankers 4 4
(heavy) on order 1 1
Type 2 IMT’s 1 1
Aerial Supervision
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Department of Interior Drawdown Levels
DOI will follow the identified draw down levels per the Unit Fire Management Plans.
CAL FIRE Drawdown Levels
CAL FIRE drawdown levels are defined in the CAL FIRE 8100 Handbook, exhibit E8121-1.
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California Incident Priorities
When California is involved in multiple incidents that are drawing resources, the cooperators (USFS, CAL FIRE,
DOI, and other wildland agencies) will prepare a California Incident Priority List. The GACC will revise the list
daily and provide it to NICC, the GACCs, involved cooperators, and Units with incidents. Priorities are negotiated
with involved cooperators and incorporated into the Multiagency Coordinating Group (MAC) Incident Status
Summary ICS Form 209 and other documents.
MACS Group Procedure Guide (MACS 410-1) can be found at this web address:
https://firescope.caloes.ca.gov/ICS%20Documents/MACS-410-1.pdf
Incident Priority Rating Procedures
1. Acquire information regarding incident situation and resource needs. Incident priorities should be directly
related to resource needs and meeting operational objectives.
• Weather
o Major fires – uncontained with potential resource threat. Name, location, acreage, Type 1 or 2
Incident Management Team with Incident Commander’s name, fuel type. Reference MACS 410-
1, page 15
• Resource Status:
o Airtankers, Helicopters, Air Attack (by agency, kind, type, and location)
o Engines (agency and type)
o Hand Crews (agency and type)
o Dozers available (agency only)
• Committed by incident
• Mobilization Center reserves (if appropriate)
• Uncommitted and available by affected organizations or state mutual aid regions (major fire jurisdictions)
• Committed by Incident
• Mobilization Center reserves
• Uncommitted and available at home base
2. Acquire Special Information. Anything of interest that would influence decision making (i.e., “Campbell Fire
is burning toward Federal DPA” or “CAL FIRE Humboldt-Del Norte Unit is experiencing a series of small
lightning-caused fires.)
3. Standard Evaluation Criteria Used to Determine Incident Priorities. (Ensure all new emerging or initial
attack incidents have priority over existing incidents. If an item is not applicable for an incident, it carries a value
of zero. Total maximum is 60.)
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A. Life and Safety Threats (Public and Emergency Responders) (max total is 15)
Events which increase complexity, resulting in high potential for serious injury and/or death.
A.1 Evacuations Rating
In Progress 5
Precautionary 3 – 4
Potential (48 – 72 hrs) or Completed 1 – 2
A.2 Road, Highway or Freeway Closures (ICS 209 Box 34)
Major Highway or Freeway 4 – 5
State Route or Improved Roadway 2 – 3
Potential for Closures 48-72 hrs 1
A.3 Extreme Fire Behavior, Weather Event, Natural or Human Caused Disaster
Occurring or Predicted/Forecasted to Continue (24 hrs) 5
Predicted/Forecasted 24-72 hrs 3 – 4
Not Occurring but Predicted/Forecasted to Diminish 1 – 2
B. Property Threatened and/or High Damage (Next 48 Hours) (max total points is 15)
This category relates to potential for damage or actual impact to Communities or other high value investments
that contribute to dwellings, commercial workplaces, and critical infrastructure that supports human life, income,
or support to the general population. Threats under this category should not be listed unless there is significant
potential to impact these elements and an imminent threat is recognized within a 48-hour timeframe.
B.1 Structures (residential, commercial, vacation, or other)
200 +
4 – 5
25 – 200
3 – 4
< 25
1 – 2
B.2 Community Loss (within 48 hours)
Potential for >75% Community Loss
4
Potential for 50 – 75% Community Loss
4
Potential for 25 – 50% Community Loss
3
Potential for <25% Community Loss
1 – 2
B.3 Infrastructure – National, State, Local (Power Lines, Energy Corridors, Domestic Water Systems,
Communications Grid, Railroads, etc.) (ICS 209 Box 38)
System shutdown and/or damaged 5
Potential threat 24 – 48 hrs 3 – 4
Potential threat 72 + hrs 1 – 2
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C. Resource Issues and Potential for Loss (max total points is 20): (ICS 209 Box 38)
Resource concerns can vary widely depending on place and type of resource considered. Each of the below items
must be carefully considered in its relation to both local/regional or national significance and may have economic
impact at local or regional levels. Resources that are not commercial should be considered in the Natural
Resources category rather than in both Natural and Commercial Resources. Consider timeframes and proximity
when rating.
C.1 Historical and Significant Cultural Resources 1-5
C.2 Natural Resources
T&E Species Habitat, Watershed, Forest Health, Soils, Airshed, etc. 1-5
C.3 Commercial Resources
Grazing, Timber, Agricultural Crops, etc. 1-5
C.4 Potential for Economic Impact
Tourism i.e., fishing, hunting; loss of jobs, etc. 1-5
Incident Complexity/Duration (max total points are 10)
Multiple incidents or a complex of incidents versus a single incident have a way of making prioritization setting
difficult. However, it is common enough that it needs to be included in the process. Attention needs to be given to
travel distances, support to incident personnel and logistical challenges not always associated with a single
incident.
D.1 Complex vs. Single Incident: (ICS 209 Box 7/10)
5+ incidents or >25,000 acres 4 – 5
3 - 4 incidents or 5-25,000 acres 2 – 3
1 -2 incidents or <5000 acres 1
Timely containment implies that if all critical resource needs from the ICS-209 were met, then containment
objectives would be met within the specified timeframes indicated. Containment at an early date is beneficial
during high activity periods and would result in earlier resource reassignment opportunities to supplement Initial
Attack or to assist other incidents.
D.2 Potential for Timely Containment and/or Mitigation (ICS 209 Box 43)
< 72 hrs
5
3 – 7 days
4
8 – 14 days
3
15 – 21 days
2
Unknown or long term management
1
NOTE: Initial attack, new starts, and life threatening situations have overall priority, overriding the priorities listed
above.
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4. Identify Critical Resource Needs for Each Incident
(MAC Form 429 – 1st block is for ICS 209 Critical needs, 2nd block is for projected needs or resource allocation.)
AF= Aircraft, Fixed-Wing (air tankers, lead planes, air attack, IR, etc.)
AR = Aircraft Rotor-Wing (Type 1, 2, or 3)
HC = Handcrews by Type
BD = Bulldozers
WE = Wildland Engines (Type)
SE = Structural Engines (Type)
OH = Overhead
OT = Other Resources (specify type and kind)
5. Establish New Geographical Priorities –
Using the Attached MACS Form 429 found in the California Statewide Multi-Agency Coordination System Guide,
pg. 31.
CAStatewide Multi-Agency Coordination System(CSMACS)Guide 2013
6. Decision Process:
Priorities will be set by a consensus of MAC Group Members
7. Notify NIFC or NMAC Group Coordinator of Geographic Area Priorities when CALMAC is
Not Activated.
Handling Hazardous Materials
Procedures for handling hazardous materials can be found in each Unit's Plan for Handling Hazardous Materials.
Reference materials listed below are to assist in the appropriate handling of these materials.
• Transportation of Hazardous Materials - 49 CFR, Sections 106-180
• Department of Transportation Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG).
• Medical Waste Management Act, California Health and Safety Code Division 20, Chapter 6.1.
• International Air Transportation Association (IATA) 35th Edition.
• Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
Dozer and Helicopter Use in Wilderness and Special Areas
Forest Service
Agency Administrators will prepare requests for use of dozers and helicopters within wilderness areas. Requests
will be specific in terms of work to be considered (length and width of fire line, and other factors), and
consequences of not using the equipment. The request will go through the Agency Administrator, who will obtain
permission or denial from the Regional Forester. The request will be in writing, via electronic mail, or by telephone
if after hours (followed up in writing the next day).
Department of Interior Lands
BLM State Director approval is required for use of dozers on Bureau of Land Management Wilderness Areas and
Wilderness Study Areas (WSA). In Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) the local agency
administrator can approve dozer use. On all other DOI Units the approval is given by the local Unit Agency
Administrator.
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Federal Resource Response
With a federal declaration the federal agencies will provide assistance based on the Emergency Support Function
(ESF) identified under the declaration
Without a Presidential declaration of a major disaster, the ability of the federal agencies to react is lessened. Local
Units must respond within their normal authorities and under local agreements. Authority to take action in disasters
and emergencies when there is an imminent threat to life or property is the Disaster Relief Act of 1974 (PL 93-
288). Where there is no agreement in effect, the Act of May 27, 1955, authorizes the Forest Service to take action
for incident emergencies and the BLM Manual authorizes the BLM to take action where a life threat exists.
CAL FIRE Resource Response
CAL FIRE Units can respond to non-fire incidents based on Unit Chief discretion or may be mission tasked by
the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services. Reference CAL FIRE Handbook 8100, policy 8163 and policy
8164.
Accident and Incident Reporting
Follow Agency Specific Policies.
Critical Incident Peer Support (CIPS) Team Procedures
A critical incident is any unexpected, traumatic event that affects an individual's feeling of personal safety, their ability
to perform daily activities, and their ability to concentrate on their normal job duties. Simply put, a critical incident is a
traumatic event (or perceived life-threatening event) that has enough power to overwhelm an individual's or
organization's ability to cope. A critical incident is not defined by the event itself; it is defined by the individuals and/or
the organizations reaction to what occurred.
Examples, but not limited to:
o Line of Duty Death
o Off Duty Death (in some instances)
o Suicide
o Aviation Accident
o Entrapment
o Burn-over
o Shooting
o Serious accident or injury
o Shelter Deployment
o Exposure to fatalities and injuries
o Disaster recovery work
o A significant event involving children
o Acts of Terrorism
o Threats of violence and to personal safety
o Events charged with profound emotions
All local, state and federal firefighting agencies endorse the use of (CIPS) Teams. A CIPS Team may consist of a
Critical Incident Stress Lead (CISL), Critical Incident Stress Peer (CISM), Critical Incident Clinicians (CICL), Critical
Incident Stress Chaplains (CISC), and Critical Incident Stress Canines (CISK). All five positions are currently in IROC
with the resource ordering system assigned designator. All local, state, and Federal firefighting agencies endorse the use
of CIPS in California. Agencies offer CIPS services to all personnel exposed to critical incident situations on the job.
Regardless of which unit has management and control, CIP
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situation. Critical Incident Peer Support Team interventions are most effective when applied 24-72 hours (sometimes
longer) following a critical incident. It is important for personnel to operationally disengage and reconnect with family
or other support before participating in CIPS services, if possible.
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Requests for CIPS Team support should be made by the Agency Administer or designee (from the local unit
where the incident occurred) to the Regional CIPS Coordinator or designee.
Group personnel are ordered as CISL, CISM, CICL, CISC, CISK, THSP (or the resource ordering system
assigned designator). The following information should be provided by the CIPS Coordinator to assist the
responding CIPS group:
• Description (type) of incident
• Number of employees in need of CIPS services
• Whether any family members or children are involved. (Note: Authority to provide service to FS, DOI
and CAL FIRE family members is covered under EAP, which extends services to family members for the
benefit of employees and the agency).
• Date and time of incident
• Desired day, time and location for support services. The CIPS coordinator will determine the most
appropriate time and location based on the incident, resource availability and number of personnel
involved
• Name and phone number of Unit contact
• Name, phone number and location on site of main contact for on-site coordination, once CIPS Team Lead
arrives.
• Financial Code
Federal Incidents (Requests, Notification and Ordering) Requests
The Agency Administrator or designee will contact the CIPS Coordinator to coordinate the response needs.
The CIPS Coordinator and designated CIPS Team lead will coordinate with the Agency Administrator Point of
Contact.
• Forest Service CIPS Coordinator 24 hr call line is 916-640-1044
• BLM CIPS Coordinator: Dr Patricia O’Brien 208-559-2959
• FWS CIPS Coordinator: Holland Foshay 208-805-2452
• BIA CIPS Coordinator: Nelda St. Clair 775-230-4351
• NPS CIPS Coordinator: Dana Lee 208-901-1204
Federal Ordering:
The CIPS Team order will be processed through Northern Operations (NOPS) regardless of incident location.
• CIPS Coordinator will work direct with NOPS to process the order.
• Annually, there will be one regional resource order generated in which all CIPS order numbers will be
added. CIPS Coordinator will contact NOPS yearly to create the order.
• CIPS Coordinator will send email to Duty Chief with all resource request information
• CIPS members will be placed under a CISM order and have individual O numbers, unless NOPS
determines that rostering would be more efficient
• NOPS will document Financial Code/override and Unit under each specific O numbers under special
needs
• The clinician will be placed under an S number (service, medical). Coordinator will supply fill
information.
• NOPS will be notified when members are released
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Critical Incident Peer Support (CIPS) Team request, notification and ordering procedures provide an organized
approach to the management of stress responses for personnel having been exposed to a traumatic event in the
line of duty. The establishment of these procedures does not prevent an employee from seeking individual
consultation through the Employee Assistance Program or a care provider of their choice.
Under no circumstances should a CIPS Team or any of its components be considered psychotherapy or a
substitute for psychotherapy. Peer and group supporters are not licensed health care professionals and should
not be utilized in lieu of a licensed clinician. A clinician is ordered at the time of the support group being
organized and has skills specific to the incident being managed.
Critical Incident Clinicians (CICL) will be part of the team. For federal agencies, a culturally competent
clinician should be ordered outside of the ordering system. The cost for CIPS team services in the fire
operations are to be charged to the fires incident management code. Non-fire incidents should be charged to the
host unit or will be determined by the CIPS Coordinator.
CAL FIRE Incidents:
CAL FIRE Units should be familiar with local procedures for CIPS Team activation, reference CAL
FIRE Handbook 1800, Policy 1861
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Chapter 20 – Overhead and Teams
Units will maintain a list of qualified personnel for assignments and keep their qualifications current in the current
ordering system of record and/or the agency’s system of record. Units will maintain a hard copy of personnel
qualifications, to serve as a backup to the current ordering system of record.
If a request is required to be self-sufficient it means the resource will be able to provide their own food, lodging
and local transportation if needed.
Name Requests
Overhead can be name requested. Prior to placing the request, the ordering Unit will receive confirmation of
availability, supervisor approval, Unit ID, and verify person is qualified or trainee in the current ordering system
of record for the requested position.
The CalOES Name Request Justification form is required for all local government overhead name requests with
the exception of IMT members. IMT members rostered in the current ordering system of record, on the initial fill
of the team, do not require a Name Request Justification form. Team members responding after the initial team
roster has been filled in the current ordering system of record require a Name Request Justification form. This
form should be used once a resource order has been returned “Unable To Fill” at both California GACC’s. This
form may be used for hard to obtain or specialize resources identified as Critical Needs.
The form can be located at:
https://www.caloes.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/Fire-Rescue/Documents/CalOES-Name-Request-Form-
20140901uax.pdf
Pre-suppression/suppression detail requests in the current ordering system of record must be accompanied by a
Preparedness/Detail Request form. Form will be submitted to the GACC. Refer to Appendix for the link to this
form.
https://www.nifc.gov/nicc/logistics/coord_forms/detail_request_2014.pdf
Air Resource Advisor – ARA -Federal
The need for an ARA will vary based on conditions with the incident, topography, weather, population, exposure
risk, dispersion and area attainment designation. An incident smoke footprint can often span multiple air quality
and
public health jurisdictions as well as state boundaries. The ARA involvement will range from factors
encompassing incident management to community, state, and tribal coordination with agency administrators.
All ARA order requests will be placed by the appropriate GACC. Requests will often be initiated by incidents,
GACC’s, Agency Administrators, or agency Air Quality Program staff. All orders will be coordinated as name
requests with the Washington Office (WO) FAM Smoke Coordinator. Orders are authorized to commence upon
concurrence of the requesting official. GACC Predictive Service Meteorologists may be asked to help facilitate
the orders. Duty locations may vary from incidents to GACC’s depending on complexity and occurrence of
multiple events.
Air Quality Monitoring equipment can be ordered through agency air quality staff and will be coordinated, as
necessary, with the California Air Resources Board Office of Emergency Services, Tribes and respective Air
Quality Management Districts.
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Ordered in the current ordering system of record as: THSPs with the special needs “Air Resource Advisor” then
placed to the GACC.
Key contacts:
Pete Lahm - WO
661-GET-1ARA
Pete.lahm@gmail.com
602-432-2614 (cell)
Brent Wachter - NOPS
505-414-0227
Andrea Nick - Air Quality Program
626-590-4451(cell)
Archaeologists (ARCH) – All Agencies
Efforts should be made to incorporate archaeologists into the fire organization.
Federal - a list should be available at each Federal Unit of qualified archaeologists. Unit archaeologists should be
pre-identified.
CAL FIRE – all requests for archaeologists will be placed to the appropriate GACC.
Blasters- Federal
Blasters are highly specialized positions that meet specific agency/incident objectives.
Ordering unit must specify type of blaster.
Fireline Explosive Advisor (FLEA)
Fireline Explosive Blaster-in-Charge (FLEB)
Fireline Explosive Crewmember (FLEC)
A blaster may request a fire suppression crew to be present at the blast site because certain types of explosives
can start fires. In order to determine which blasting materials are right for a job, the blaster will communicate
with local staff to discuss the job details, site conditions, and desired results.
Certified blasters must have a “Hazard Trees” endorsement on their certification cards to fell danger trees with
explosives. A commercial driver’s license and vehicle with proper placards are required when transporting
blasting materials. Blaster examiners in each region are responsible for training, coordination, and management
of regional blasting programs.
Cost Share Specialist – All Agencies
Cost Share incidents (multi-jurisdictional, unified command) may require special skills to develop a cost share
agreement. When determined by the incident and the incident management team, Cost Share Technical Specialists
can be ordered. In most cases, the expectation is to have a Cost Share Specialist representative from each agency
having jurisdiction on the incident.
Federal - Cost Share Specialist orders will be coordinated with the appropriate federal incident business
coordinator (listed below) to ensure resource assignments are commensurate with the complexity of the incident.
Agency
Contact
Office
Cell
BLM
Vanessa Kobilis
916-978-4446
916-406-4990
BIA
Julie White
916-978-6146
916-215-5653
FS
Yolie Thomas
707-562-8835
707-980-3956
FS
Kris Armstrong
707 562-8926
661-342-7297
FWS
Veronika Klukas
530-231-6174
307-250-5684
NPS
Robert Rivelle
707-498-1761
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Incident Meteorologist (IMET) – All Agencies
When an IMET is requested for an incident, the request will be created and placed to the appropriate GACC. The
GACC will then request an IMET from the NWS National Fire Weather Operations Coordinator (NFWOC) at 1-
877-323-IMET (4638). The NFWOC will advise the GACC of fill information. The GACC will advise the
requesting Unit to edit the request to a "Name Request" with the fill information. When ordering, specify whether
the request is for wildfire response or prescribed fire; if prescribed fire, provide number of days IMET is expected
to be deployed. The IMET will be mobilized by the appropriate GACC. NOTE: All requests for IMETs must note
in Special Needs, “authorizing a rental vehicle and computer support”. The following list designates which
California GACC will status and dispatch personnel for the California Weather Forecasting Offices. The current
ordering system of record status can be maintained as Available/Local.
North Ops
South Ops
CA-EKAW
Eureka WFO
CA-HNXW
Hanford WFO
CA-STOW
Sacramento WFO
CA-LOXW
Los Angeles/Oxnard WFO
CA-MTRW
San Francisco/Monterey WFO
CA-SGXW
San Diego WFO
HI-HFOW
Honolulu WFO
AS-PPOW
Pago Pago/American Samoa WFO
Interagency Incident Business Advisors (INBA) – Federal
INBAs provide oversight on administrative and financial activities and serve under the authority of the Agency
Administrator, as per each agency’s policy. INBA orders, including name requests will be coordinated with the
appropriate federal incident business coordinator (listed below) to ensure resource assignments are
commensurate with the complexity of the incident.
Agency
Contact
Office
Cell
BLM
Vanessa Kobilis
916-978-4446
916-406-4990
BIA
Julie White
916-978-6146
916-215-5653
FS
Yolie Thomas
707-562-8835
707-980-3956
FS
Kris Armstrong
707 562-8926
661-342-7297
FWS
Veronika Klukas
530-231-6174
307-250-5684
NPS
Robert Rivelle
707-498-1761
In some situations, IBA assignments are filled with an individual from the local Unit. Orders will be initiated by
incident host Unit, not the Incident Management Team.
Infrared Interpreters (IRIN) – All Agencies
All national infrared flights require an Infrared Interpreter be ordered. All requests for IRINs will be placed with
the GACC. The GACC overhead desk will work with the California or National IR Coordinator to find a qualified
IRIN. The GACC and the IR coordinator will determine who is going to be the IRIN and which incidents they
will support; IRINs can do multiple incidents.
For additional ordering information, refer to Chapter 50.
Short-Haul Boosters (SHLR) and Short-Haul Spotter (SHLS) - Federal
Booster orders will be placed on an overhead order as SHLR for Short-Hauler and SHLS for Short Haul Spotter
and may be filled by individuals from multiple bases. Short-Haul bases shall coordinate with their local GACC
and/or NICC on boost requests and status. At a minimum, orders shall be filled with (6) Short-Haulers and a
manager to support needs documented on the aircraft order through the current ordering system of record. The
Short-Haul spotter/manager will determine transportation needs for the additional short-haulers on the order.
Aerial transport of boosters may be ordered by the requesting unit.
Smokejumper (SMKJ) – All Agencies
Refer to Chapter 30.
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Training Specialist (TNSP) – All Agencies
The training specialist organizes and implements the incident’s training program, by developing individual
training plans and documenting individual trainee assignments. All Agencies – A training specialist will be
ordered, as part of an IMT activation. A TNSP may also be ordered on non-team incidents, at the discretion of
the incident commander. Order through the normal ordering process.
Forest Service – Upon activation of a Type 1 or Type 2 IMT on a Forest Service incident, the GACC Training
Officer, in concert with the host Forest, shall process a resource order requesting a minimum of 20 trainees. Forest
Service will have first attempt to fill these requests.
Wildland Fire Safety Officer – Federal
When a federal agency activates an IMT, the GACC will notify the appropriate agency Wildland Fire Safety
Officer. It is the responsibility of the Safety Officer to notify the affected Unit if there is an intended visit for the
purpose of review or observation. Affected Units may initiate the request on their own. Each agency will set its
own guidelines for protocols regarding such visits. Unless otherwise stipulated or agreed to, such visits should be
of an informal nature to help foster positive safety attitudes within the incident environment. Informal reviews
and observational visits do not require a formal entrance or exit meeting with agency administrators. Written
documentation will be required if further formal action or follow-up is needed by the IMT, affected Unit or a
higher management level. The Safety Officer will discuss the visit with the IMT and with appropriate members
of the Agency Administrator's staff prior to departing.
Incident Management Teams (IMT)
All Incident Management Team Rosters and Rotations are located at the end of this chapter.
All Hazard Incident Management Teams – National Park Service
The National Park Service has All Hazard Incident Management Teams for national use. The purpose of the teams
are to manage any incident except a wildland or prescribed fire.
These teams are ordered in the current ordering system of record as: Team, All Risk NPS.
The GACC will advise the Regional Contact listed below and then place the request to NICC. Pacific West
Region Contact: Matt Knowles, Visitor and Resource Protection Specialist, 415-470-4037 Kristin Kirschner,
Regional Emergency Services Manager 360-809-9512.
All-Hazard Incident Management Teams- Type 3 – Cal OES / Local Government
Purpose/Mission/Capability:
The purpose of the Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team (AHIMT3) is to provide organized teams of
highly trained personnel to assist local, state, and federal agencies with Complex Incident Management.
AHIMT3’s may be requested for an emergency incident, a planned event, or other mobilization requests.
Configuration
Participating Agencies/ Local Operating Areas:
The Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) shall determine the size and composition of the AHIMT3 based on
incident type and complexity. An AHIMT3 may deploy as a full team, a partial team ("short" team), or as single
resource. Team size shall not exceed 21 in California.
California State Geographic Deployments (Full Team Configuration):
Incident Commander (ICT3)
Deputy Incident Commander (ICT3)
Safety Officer (SOF3)
Information Officer (PIO3)
Liaison Officer (LOFR)
o Law Enforcement Unit (LELO)
Operations Section Chief (OSC3)
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Finance Section Chief (FSC3)
Logistics Section Chief (LSC3)
o Supply Unit Leader (SPUL)
o Facilities Unit Leader (FACL)
o Communications Unit Leader or Incident Communications Technician (COML or COMT)
o Medical Unit Leader (MEDL)
Plans Section Chief (PSC3)
o Resource Unit Leader (RESL)
o Situation Unit Leader (SITL)
o Tech Spec. GISS
Four Trainees (with concurrence of the ordering agency)
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC)
Deployments.
Use the FEMA Team Configuration Guideline: An order/request for an AHIMT3 (whether through EMAC or
through the National Firefighting Mobilization System) shall be filled with a minimum of 14 members that are
comprised of the following positions:
Incident Commander (ICT3)
Safety Officer (SOF3)
Information Officer (PIO3)
Assistant PIO (PIO3)
Liaison Officer (LOFR)
Operations Section Chief (OSC3)
o Deputy Operations Section Chief (OSC3)
o Staging Area Manager (STAM)
Finance Section Chief (FSC3)
Logistics Section Chief Type 3 (LSC3)
o Communications Unit Leader or Incident Communications Technician (COML/COMT)
Plans Section Chief (PSC3)
o Resource Unit Leader (RESL)
o Situation Unit Leader (SITL)
Note: The 14 AHIMT3 members, and any other AHIMT3 members subsequently ordered shall be from an
organized, local government fire-sponsored agency, and shall meet recognized qualifications for the positions
they are filling. An order/request for an AHIMT3 is for the personnel only and does not include any
communications or office equipment or supplies (this should be supplied by the AHJ). If the AHIMT3 arrives
and determines that they need additional or specialized personnel, equipment, and/or supplies, those shall be
ordered through the established ordering process.
California AHIMT3 Status
The Cal OES Fire and Rescue Division shall maintain an on-call roster of available AHIMT3 within California.
Team Status Reporting:
Monday morning by 1000, teams that are available for statewide or national mobilization will update Google
Sheets and status the on-call IC.
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Rotation: (8)
AHIMT3’s t
hat are currently recognized by Cal OES Fire and Rescue:
Orange County - OC
Long Beach - LB
Sa
nta Barbara - SB
East Bay - EB
North Bay - NB
Sacramento Regional - SR
San Diego - SD
South Bay – So. B
AHIMT3 M
obilization/Ordering Process
The mobilization for AHIMT3’s outside of their local operating area and local agreements shall use the CalOES
Fire and Rescue Division’s resource ordering process.
Teams shall use the following naming convention: Team – AHIMT – T3 – CA – IC name, team name, or team
number.
Duration of Assignments
A deployment should last no longer than 14 days (excluding travel).
CAL FIRE Incident Management Teams – Type 1
CAL FIRE maintains 6 statewide Type 1 All Hazard Incident Management Teams to direct large-scale complex
emergency incidents. CAL FIRE IMTs are available year-round for statewide response, with one team on call at
any given time.
CAL FIRE IMTs are ordered through the GACC. These teams are ordered in the current ordering system of record
as: Team, Type 1 Long
California Federal Interagency Incident Management Teams – Type 1 and 2
The California Federal Interagency Incident Management Teams (IMT) are managed by the California Wildfire
Coordinating Group (CWCG), which consists of a representative from each agency with wildfire suppression
responsibility. CWCG is responsible for selecting team members, monitoring and evaluating team performance,
and providing for team member development.
CWCG will select and manage four Type 1 IMTs as components of a national rotation established and maintained
by NICC, through the National Interagency Mobilization Guide.
CWCG will also select and manage six Type 2 IMTs. Type 2 IMTs may also be available for out of state
mobilization. During Preparedness Levels 4 or 5, out of state mobilizations may be restricted to ensure adequate
coverage within the state.
CWCG sponsored Type 1 and 2 teams may have the following team composition listed below. The California
Incident Commanders have the flexibility to substitute the standard positions suggested below with other positions
according to the team needs, as long as they stay within the standard numbers.
IMT's will not mobilize with more than 58 persons on an IMT's roster without requesting Agency Administrator
approval. IMT may request additional positions through the normal ordering process once the IMT has a
delegation of authority of the incident. Long team includes the 10 positions from the Short team. DPIC not in the
current ordering system. In addition to the 27 positions identified on the long team configuration, teams may have
a maximum of seventeen (17) positions to be negotiated and concurred on by the Incident Commander and the
Agency Administrator from the requesting Unit. They may bring an additional fourteen (14) trainee positions.
These positions are identified by the teams and not by the receiving Unit. Unless notified otherwise, these trainees
will be mobilized for incidents on Federal lands.
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For more information refer to the current California Interagency Incident Management Team Operating
Guidelines.
2022 CWCG Operations Guidev2.pdf (nifc.gov)
45 Short Team Configuration
(20 positions +
6 trainees)
Long Team Configuration
(44 positions+ 14
trainees)
Incident Commander
Incident Commander
Deputy Incident Commander
Deputy Incident Commander
Safety Officer
Safety Officer (2)
Public Information Officer
Public Information Officer
Operations Section Chief (2)
Operations Section Chief (2)
Air Operations Branch Director
Air Operations Branch Director
Planning
Section
Chief
Planning Section Chief
Logistics Section Chief
Logistics Section Chief
Finance Section Chief
Finance Section Chief
Operations Branch Director or
Division/GroupSupervisor (2)
Operations Branch Director (2)
Geographic Information System Specialist
Liaison Officer
Computer Technical Specialist
Facilities Unit Leader
Discretionary Positions (6)
Supply Unit leader
IMT Trainee Positions(6)
Food Unit Leader
Communications Unit Leader
Medical Unit Leader
Ground Support Unit Leader
Ordering Manager
Communications Technician or
IncidentCommunications Center Manager
Resource Unit Leader
Geographic Information System Specialist
Computer Technical Specialist
Situation Unit Leader
Fire Behavior Analyst
Division/Group Supervisor (2)
Air Support Group Supervisor
Cost Unit Leader
Time Unit Leader
Procurement Unit leader
Discretionary Positions (11)
IMT Trainee Positions (6)
GACC Priority Trainees(B)
The GACCs will annually compile a rotation schedule for the teams to be included in the California Interagency
Mobilization Guide. NICC will be advised by the GACC as soon as the current Type 1 two-hour team is
committed, to enable them to place an out-of-region team in 24-hour rotation. Teams will be mobilized through
normal dispatch channels.
CA Federal IMTs are ordered through the GACC. These teams are ordered in the current ordering system of
record as: Team, Type 1 Long; Team, Type 1 Short; Team, Type 2 Long; Team, Type 2 Short.
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National IMT Rotation Process
• For 2023, there are 21 IMTs in the national rotation.
• Geographic Area Coordination Centers (GACCs) will ensure their respective IMTs in the national rotation
are rostered in the current ordering system of record as the appropriate catalog item (e.g., Complex IMT or
Type 1 IMT). The NICC will coordinate with ordering and sending Geographic Areas to ensure the IMT
order matches the IMT catalog item at the time of mobilization.
• Complex/Type 1 IMTs remain on-call for a maximum of seven days.
• At the time (clock hour and day of the week) an IMT from the national rotation is requested, the next
eligible IMT in rotation will be notified and placed in two-hour call status and will remain in call status for
the next seven days. The next two teams in national rotation will also be notified of the schedule change.
Geographic Areas unable to provide an IMT when ordered for a national assignment will be listed as
unavailable on the national rotation and will not be considered until the designated slot rotates into position
again.
• Geographic Areas with more than one Complex/Type 1 IMT may decide which eligible team responds to
a national call.
• Geographic Areas must pass if no eligible IMT can meet the two-hour call.
• Complex, Type 1 and Type 2 IMTs will be considered unavailable for a national assignment if the primary
Incident Commander or two Command & General Staff positions are vacant. The Deputy Incident
Commander may be allowed to take the team with Geographic Area Multi-Agency Coordinating Group
(GMAC) approval. Any deviation to the aforementioned availability and substitution principle must have
GMAC and NMAC approval.
• An IMT that is not available for a national assignment will be listed as unavailable on the national rotation
list.
• Within Round 1 of the national rotation, once an IMT has been committed to an incident, either internally
or nationally, it will remain ineligible for a national assignment until all eligible, available IMTs have had
an assignment. Once all eligible, available IMTs have had an assignment within Round 1, the national
rotation will begin Round 2, following the same procedures that applied in Round 1.
• At the end of a round where three or fewer IMTs remain without an assignment in that round, each of those
IMTs will be given one rotation period/week in the number one position before moving to the next round.
• A committed IMT that is reassigned to additional incidents prior to being demobilized to their home unit
will be counted as a single assignment within the round they were mobilized.
• IMTs that are mobilized but canceled or released within 48 hours will remain eligible for national
assignments in the current round of the national rotation.
• All assignments, internal or national, count as experience towards the current round.
• Once an IMT, mobilized from the national rotation is staged by NICC, that team will be prioritized and
assigned when a Geographic Area requires a replacement team.
• Once an IMT has been staged by a Geographic Area, the IMT will be prioritized and assigned to any new
incident within that area, or when a replacement team is needed within the area. If NICC receives another
Complex/Type 1 IMT request, the first eligible IMT in national rotation will be ordered.
• The Geographic Area will coordinate with NICC before reassigning an out-of-area Complex/Type 1 IMT
to another.
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National Area Command Teams – All Agencies
Orders for Area Command Teams will be placed through established ordering channels using an Overhead Group
Request to NICC. Area Command Teams are comprised of six (6) positions: four (4) specific and two (2) trainees,
which are the following:
• Area Commander (ACDR)
• Assistant Area Commander, Planning (ACPC)
• Assistant Area Commander, Logistics (ACLC)
• Area Command Aviation Coordinator (ACAC)
• Area Command trainees (2 each)
The Area Commander position may only be filled by a current agency employee. Depending on the complexity
of the interface between the incidents, specialists in other areas such as aviation, safety, information, long-term
fire planning, or risk planning may also be assigned.
CAL FIRE – The GACC may choose to order a National AC Team or assemble CAL FIRE personnel to form a
California Area Command Team.
National Incident Management Organization (NIMO) Team – Federal
Appropriate assignments for NIMO consideration include: Wildland fire, Long Duration Incidents or Mission
Specific Assignments, regional and national special projects, require a completed Project Request Form. Refer to
the National Interagency Mobilization Guide, Chapter 20.
NIMO teams are ordered through the GACC. Ordered in the current ordering system of record as: Team,
NIMO.
NMAC Management of Federal IMTs
The National Multi-Agency Coordinating Group (NMAC) retains the authority to manage all team assignments
for Type 1, Type 2, Complex, and NIMO and Area Command Incident Management Teams as necessary to
achieve team experience objectives, ensure proficiency, manage fatigue, or for other reasons.
Burned Area Emergency Response Teams (BAER) – Federal
BAER Teams are ordered to assist field units to plan for immediate post-wildland fire site stabilization. These
teams address post incident needs, including potential floods, mud and debris flows, watershed/municipal water
supplies. It is the responsibility of the local Unit to select the number of team members and the skills needed.
Forest Service team members are ordered in the current ordering system of record as individual overhead requests,
as: BAES. In special needs, list type of skills needed and level of skill.
DOI maintains two (2) National BAER Teams to assist field units plan for immediate post wildland fire site
stabilization. National BAER Teams are dispatched to only the most complex BAER incidents involving risks to
human life and critical Federal assets. Potential floods, mud and debris flows, watershed/municipal water
supplies, urban interface, and complex and multiple jurisdictions are the dispatch prioritization criteria factored
into the mobilization decision. DOI team members are ordered in the current ordering system of record as
individual overhead requests, as the approved agency-specific BAER mnemonic (as shown in IQCS/the current
ordering system of record).
Buying Unit Teams (BUYT)– Federal
Federal Buying Unit teams will normally be assigned to a centralized location and may be requested to support
multiple incidents onsite as well as virtually. Depending on the needs of the region, some team members may
work virtually in support of the team onsite. Buying Unit Teams supplement the local Unit procurement and
dispatching organizations during emergencies. Orders will be placed through the GACC, in coordination with
Regional Incident Business staff. If unable to fill regionally, the GACC will place an order through NICC for a
National Buying Unit Team.
These teams are ordered in the current ordering system of record as: BUYT - Team, Buying.
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Review, Audit, Process Team (RAP) -Federal
The National Park Service Payment Teams will no longer be ordered on a rotational basis. Instead, before a
Payment Team is ordered to audit and process DOI incident invoices, the ordering unit should contact:
Julie Bennet, 775-315-0465, jul[email protected]
Once the configuration of the team is determined, requests for Payment Teams will be placed through established
ordering channels using an Overhead Group Request. Payment team leaders and members will be ordered by the
jurisdictional unit as THSPs.
Damage Inspection Team – Federal Incidents
Damage Inspection Team may be ordered by the incident through CalOES to assess structure damage and loss.
Damage Assessment – State Incidents
No longer ordered as Team. Order in the current ordering system of record as individual overhead requests.
Damage Inspection Manager (DINM), Damage Inspection Technical Specialist (DINS), or Field Observer
(FOBS)as needed.
Interagency Dispatch Teams – Federal
Dispatch teams provide personnel qualified in Dispatch Center expanded functions for timely mobilization in
support of wildland incidents. There are 4 federal dispatch teams in California. Normal configuration is 2 EDSPs,
2 EDSDs, 2 EDRCs and up to 2 trainees. Priority use of these teams is to support incidents in California.
Team rotation will be based on the Forest Service pay period schedule: bi-weekly, effective at 0001 on Sunday.
There will be one team available during the two-week period.
The rotation schedule can be located at: 2023CA Dispatch Team.pdf (nifc.gov)
Order in the current ordering system as: SMOD – Module, Suppression. In special needs add Dispatch Team.
Check with the GACC for team availability when ordering.
ECC Support Teams – CAL FIRE
ECC Support teams provide personnel qualified in ECC expanded functions for timely mobilization in support of
Emergency Command Center operations. Reference CAL FIRE Handbook 7700, section 7758. Dispatch
procedure in CAL FIRE Handbook 8100, policy 8141 procedure 8141-43.
There are a total of 10 teams statewide, with each Region fielding 5 teams. Normal configuration is Team
Leader/EDSP, Deputy Team Leader/EDSP (t) or EDSD, 2 EDSDs, 2 EDRCs and 4 optional trainee positions.
Teams will be on immediate call (one-hour getaway) for one-week rotations. Order in the current ordering system
of record as: ECCT - Team, ECC Support CA Only.
Fire Behavior Assessment Team (FBAT) – Federal
The primary mission of the FBAT is monitoring fuels, vegetation, fire behavior, and fire effects on wildland fire
incidents and supporting the incident and land management units through information delivery. The FBAT
generally consists of 6 to 12 fireline qualified personnel led by overhead qualified at the Task Force Leader level
or above. The FBAT is most successful when ordered early during an incident. One of the Team Leads will
formulate a list of name requests for the incident to order. Contact Matt Dickinson, Lead: 614-566-2271 or Carol
Ewell, Assistant Lead: 209-283-4563. For more information, visit: https://www.frames.gov/fbat
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Fuel Treatment Effectiveness Team – Federal
The primary mission of the fuel treatment effectiveness teams is to provide documentation on wildfire behavior
or effects. This documentation is required by law to be provided within 90 days of control of the fire (FSM 5144).
This team will gather GIS and observational information about the fire and complete fuel treatment effectiveness
reporting including required entries in the Fuel Treatment Effectiveness Monitoring database (FTEM).
Team members are ordered in the current ordering system of record as THSP – name requests after contacting
the Regional Fuels Staff, Robyn Woods 530-206-6918/ Kendra Sallon 707-980-9195. Include special needs of
“Fuel Treatment Effectiveness Team member”. One or more team members may be ordered.
Medical Emergency Response Teams (MERT) – CAL FIRE
MERT is ordered when a significant commitment of California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
(CDCR) inmate firefighters are assigned to an incident. A MERT is typically made up of three personnel
consisting of a registered nurse and two medical technical assistants to provide medical assistance to inmate
firefighters. The CDCR MERT personnel respond from the Sierra Training Center (TCU).
Order in the current ordering system of record as: MERT – Medical Emergency Response Team (California
Only). Create and place a single overhead request for the team. If a higher level of medical care is needed
document in special needs Medical Doctor or Physician’s Assistant.
Reference CAL FIRE Handbook 8100, policy 8141 procedure 8141-65
Retrograde Team – CAL FIRE
Upon the closure of an incident, excess items purchased through the emergency fund shall be retrograded (i.e.
inventoried, documented, credited) to the incident and charged off to the appropriate account(s).
The incident will order a retrograde team 72 hours before the anticipated incident closure. The team will be
requested to arrive at least 48 hours before the anticipated closure of the incident base.
A retrograde team will consist of a minimum of 3 personnel: a retrograde team leader, a representative from the
host Unit (Fire Logistics Officer) and one representative from the incident (Logistics Section Chief).
Order in the current ordering system of record as: individual overhead requests. At least one request will be for a
Retrograde Team Leader (RETG) and placed to the GACC. Additional requests may be made by the team leader
for Retrograde Team Members (RETT).
Reference CAL FIRE Handbook 7500, section 7585.
Rapid Extraction Support Module (REMS)
A pre-staged rescue team assigned to provide firefighters safe egress off the fireline in the event of an
injury/illness during firefighting operations.
Order in the current ordering system of record under Overhead, REMS - Module, Rapid Extraction Support
(California Only). Under Special Needs add documentation.
“Reference REMS identification in FIRESCOPE ICS – 223”. Under Configuration Option choose Catalog Item
with Configuration.
Reference the FIRESCOPE website for more information.
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Situation Awareness and Collaboration Tool (SCOUT) – State
The California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) in association with the California
Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) is implementing Next Generation (NG or Nex-Gen)
SCOUT (Situation Awareness and Collaboration Tool). This tool provides the California first responder
community, emergency response coordinators, and other supporting agencies with a web-based tactical and
operational response platform to assist in communication, coordination, and collaboration.
https://iam.ngscout.org/login?redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fportal.ngscout.nga911.com%2Fauth%2Fbrokerlo
gin&response_type=code&client_id=Portal&scope=offline_access
NG SCOUT Training Registration (smartsheet.com)
Order in the current ordering system of record as individual overhead requests. Decision Support System Advisor
(DSSA) and 2 Decision Support System Technical Specialists (DSTS). Can be scaled up or down to fit needs of
the incident.
Suppression/Fuels Modules - Federal
California discourages breaking up organized crews into small groups for suppression use. However, Type 2IA
crews can be ordered and are structured to be broken into squads for initial attack. If Type 2IA crews are not
available, suppression modules may also be ordered for this purpose. Suppression modules will be ordered as an
Overhead SMOD – Module, Suppression. The minimum standards for a Suppression Module, reference the
current Interagency Standards for Fire and Fire Aviation Operations (nifc.gov)
California exception for overhead configuration minimum would require one SRB and one FF1 or equivalent. In
some cases, it may be appropriate to send an engine with the suppression module. Local procedures may require
that local sources of engines be exhausted before moving engines across zone or GACC boundaries. Check with
the requesting dispatch before dispatching an engine with the suppression module.
Wildland Fire Modules (WFM)– Federal
The primary mission and priority for these modules is to provide skilled and mobile personnel to assist with
prescribed fires in the areas of planning, fire behavior monitoring, ignition, and holding. Secondary priorities (in
order) include support of prescribed burn unit preparation, assistance with fire effects plot work, and support of
mechanical hazard fuel reduction projects. Some agency restrictions exist for fuels related work.
WFM's are highly skilled and versatile fire crews with a primary commitment to maintain fire's role as a natural
ecological process. They provide technical and ecological based expertise in the areas of long-term planning,
ignitions, holding, suppression, prescribed fire preparation and implementation support, hazard fuels reduction,
and fire effects monitoring. WFMs provide an innovative, safe, highly mobile, logistically independent, and
versatile fire module for wildland fire management and incident operations.
As a national interagency resource, the modules are available nationally throughout the fire season. Each module
is comprised of a module leader, assistant leader, three to five module members, and a detailer during the primary
burning season.
Forest Service has Wildland Fire Modules on the Stanislaus NF, Klamath NF, Sequoia NF, Six Rivers NF, Lassen
NF, and Inyo NF. NPS has Wildland Fire Modules on the Whiskeytown NRA, Sequoia-Kings NP and Yosemite
NP. These modules are ordered in the current ordering system of record as: WFM2 or WFM1 Module, Wildland
Fire.
NPS: Modules are available for large fire support with concurrence from the Regional WFM Coordinator, John
Goss, 559-908-6526, john_goss@nps.gov.
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Watershed Emergency Response Teams (WERT) – CAL FIRE
The primary goal is to avoid or reduce the risk posed by post-fire hazards downslope or downstream of burn areas
(life, safety, and property). This includes the following steps:
• Determine soil burn severity (requires a Burned Area Reflection Classification (BARC) map)
• Identify values at risk.
• Identify, model and classify hazards.
• Develop emergency protective measures.
• Communicate findings.
Note: WERT personnel will help support the Unit in communication with stakeholders and other cooperators.
Criteria for ordering (Note: Most fires do not qualify for a WERT):
• The presence of life-safety-related values at risk (VAR) (e.g., homes, businesses, schools, hospitals, other
infrastructure) downslope and/or downstream of steep hillslopes and catchments burned at moderate to high
soil burn severity.
• Significant likelihood of debris flow and flooding hazards based on soil burn severity, geology, topography,
and likely rainfall rates.
• Historical occurrence of debris flows and flooding during burned and/or unburned conditions.
• Transportation networks (e.g., highways, rail lines), water supply systems, power generating plants and
conveyance systems, campground/resorts, parks and hiking trails, and other high value sites expected to be
at risk due to post-fire debris flows and/or flooding.
• A high percentage of State Responsibility Area (SRA) included in the fire area.
A WERT is ordered through the incident as name requests and placed to the GACC.
• WERT staffing can vary depending on available staff and size of the incident.
• Staffing may be a combination of the following: CAL FIRE, CGS, DWR/RWQCB, GIS and trainees.
• The WERT team will need a BARC map prior to engaging on the landscape.
California Medical Assistance Team (CAL MAT) – CAL FIRE
The California Medical Assistance Team (CAL MAT), activated through a Call-When-Needed (CWN) agreement
with the California Emergency Medical Service Authority (EMSA), is a group of medical personnel designed to
provide assistance and equipment. CAL MAT will provide the necessary personnel and equipment through direct
request by CAL FIRE for incidents with a large number of personnel and an extended duration. The CAL MAT
will be available to respond within 10 hours of notification and will be self-sufficient for the first 72 hrs of
deployment. Initial deployment for wildland fires consist of a minimum of five personnel which includes one
Medical Doctor (MD), a Physician Assistant (PA) or a Nurse Practitioner (NP); one Registered Nurse (RN); one
Paramedic (EMT-P); one Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) and an additional Advanced Life Support (ALS)
provider (e.g., RN, EMT-P). CAL MAT personnel may be added or subtracted at the request of CAL FIRE as the
incident dictates. The CAL MAT will work under the direction of the incident’s Medical Unit Leader.
Reference CAL FIRE Handbook 8100, policy 8141 procedure 8141-66
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2023 CALIFORNIA TYPE 1 FEDERAL Team Rotation
This rotation begins at 0001 hrs Wednesday and ends at 2400 hrs on Tuesday
Team* - Indicates team is hosted by NOPS, Team** - Team 1 unavailable as of 08/02/2023
Team 1**
Team 2
Team 4*
Team 5*
ICT1
TBD
Johnny, Nickie
Opliger, Rocky
Mueller, Dustin
DPIC
TBD
Coots, Curtis
Nobles, Mike
Joseph, Carlton
Date 2 hr 8 hr 24 hr Date 2 hr 8 hr 24 hr
01/04
01/10
1
2
4
08/16
08/22
5
2
4
01/11
01/17
2
4
5
08/23
08/29
5
2
4
01/18
01/24
4
5
1
08/30
09/05
2
4
5
01/25
01/31
5
1
2
09/06
09/12
2
4
5
02/01
02/07
1
2
4
09/13
09/19
4
5
2
02/08
02/14
2
4
5
09/20
09/26
4
5
2
02/15
02/21
4
5
1
09/27
10/03
5
2
4
02/22
02/28
5
1
2
10/04
10/10
5
2
4
03/01
03/07
1
2
4
10/11
10/17
2
4
5
03/08
03/14
2
4
5
10/18
10/24
2
4
5
03/15
03/21
4
5
1
10/25
10/31
4
5
2
03/22
03/28
5
1
2
11/01
11/07
4
5
2
03/29
04/04
1
2
4
11/08
11/14
5
2
4
04/05
04/11
2
4
5
11/15
11/21
5
2
4
04/12
04/18
4
5
1
11/22
11/28
2
4
5
04/19
04/25
5
1
2
11/29
12/05
2
4
5
04/26
05/02
1
2
4
12/06
12/12
4
5
2
05/03
05/09
2
4
5
12/13
12/19
4
5
2
05/10
05/16
4
5
1
12/20
12/26
5
2
4
05/17
05/23
5
1
2
12/27/23
01/02/24
5
2
4
05/24
05/30
1
2
4
01/03
01/09
2
4
5
05/31
06/06
2
4
5
01/10
01/16
2
4
5
06/07
06/13
4
5
1
01/17
01/23
4
5
2
06/14
06/20
5
1
2
01/24
01/30
4
5
2
06/21
06/27
1
2
4
01/31
02/06
5
2
4
06/28
07/04
2
4
5
02/07
02/13
5
2
4
07/05
07/11
4
5
1
02/14
02/20
2
4
5
07/12
07/18
5
1
2
02/21
02/27
2
4
5
07/19
07/25
1
2
4
02/28
03/05
4
5
2
07/26
08/01
2
4
5
03/06
03/12
4
5
2
08/02
08/08
4
5
2
03/13
03/19
5
2
4
08/09
08/15
4
5
2
03/20
03/26
5
2
4
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Rotation for Type 2 IMT
When a team “On-Call/2 Hour” is not available due to being assigned, or is unavailable, the next team on the
rotation moves up to the “On-Call” position for the remainder of the current on-call period and all additional
periods until their own on-call period has expired, unless the on call team becomes available and is put back in
their normal scheduled rotation.
When a team has had an assignment, they maintain their place in the rotation. Unlike the national rotation, teams
will no longer have to wait for all other teams to get an assignment. (Referred to by the Type 2 ICs as “luck of
the draw”).
GACC Intel will update “News and Notes” as soon as possible and keep rotation information consistent on both
GACC websites.
GACCs will have final decision on management of all IMT assignments and deviation from the rotation based on
commitments, PL levels, specific NICC requests, and based on team availability.
2023 CALIFORNIA TYPE 2 FEDERAL Team Rotation
This rotation begins at 0001 hrs Wednesday and ends at 2400 hrs on Tuesday
Team* - Indicates team is hosted by NOPS
2023 CAL FIRE Incident Management Teams
Team 10*
Team 11
Team 12*
Team 13
Team 14
Team 15
Team 16
ICT2
Mack, Todd
Fogle, Chris
Aragon, James
Wakoski, Mike
Snow, James
Clemo, Tom
Goss, John
DPIC
Fike, Tim
Walker, Norm
Taylor, Alan
Boehm, Josh
Strawhun, Mike
Lucas, Jon
McGowan, Jerry
Date 2 hr 8 hr 24 hr Date 2 hr 8 hr 24 hr
01/04
01/10
14
15
10
08/16
08/22
10
11
12
01/11
01/17
15
10
11
08/23
08/29
11
12
13
01/18
01/24
10
11
12
08/30
09/05
12
13
14
01/25
01/31
11
12
13
09/06
09/12
13
14
15
02/01
02/07
12
13
14
09/13
09/19
14
15
16
02/08
02/14
13
14
15
09/20
09/26
15
16
10
02/15
02/21
14
15
10
09/27
10/03
16
10
11
02/22
02/28
15
10
11
10/04
10/10
10
11
12
03/01
03/07
10
11
12
10/11
10/17
11
12
13
03/08
03/14
11
12
13
10/18
10/24
12
13
14
03/15
03/21
12
13
14
10/25
10/31
13
14
15
03/22
03/28
13
14
15
11/01
11/07
14
15
16
03/29
04/04
14
15
10
11/08
11/14
15
16
10
04/05
04/11
15
10
11
11/15
11/21
16
10
11
04/12
04/18
10
11
12
11/22
11/28
10
11
12
04/19
04/25
11
12
13
11/29
12/05
11
12
13
04/26
05/02
12
13
14
12/06
12/12
12
13
14
05/03
05/09
13
14
15
12/13
12/19
13
14
15
05/10
05/16
14
15
10
12/20
12/26
14
15
16
05/17
05/23
15
10
11
12/27/23
01/02/24
15
16
10
05/24
05/30
10
11
12
01/03
01/09
16
10
11
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05/31
06/06
11
12
13
01/10
01/16
10
11
12
06/07
06/13
12
13
14
01/17
01/23
11
12
13
06/14
06/20
13
14
15
01/24
01/30
12
13
14
06/21
06/27
14
15
10
01/31
02/06
13
14
15
06/28
07/04
15
10
11
02/07
02/13
14
15
16
07/05
07/11
10
11
12
02/14
02/20
15
16
10
07/12
07/18
11
12
13
02/21
02/27
16
10
11
07/19
07/25
12
13
14
02/28
03/05
10
11
12
07/26
08/01
13
14
15
03/06
03/12
11
12
13
08/02
08/08
14
15
10
03/13
03/19
12
13
14
08/09
08/15
15
10
11
03/20
03/26
13
14
15
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Chapter 30 - Crews
California Conservation Corps (CCC)
CCC Support and Type 2 crews are available for assignments nationwide. Support crews can be utilized for a
wide variety of incident support activities not requiring direct supervision such as traffic control, runners,
equipment set-up, waste management, etc.
CCC Type 2 crews are fully equipped, and the crew supervisors are federally qualified Crew Bosses. CCC Type
2 crews will be available through their local Unit or through the CCC Duty Officer. All calls for Support crew
assistance go directly to the CCC Duty Officer. The CCC Duty Officer will secure the closest available resource
for the assignment.
CCC Type 1 crews are CAL FIRE Type 1 crews and shall be ordered in the current ordering system of record as:
CRW1 - Fire Crew, Crew, T1.
Unit and/or GACC:
When ordering Support crews contact CCC Duty Officer 24-hour contact number at 916-599-1415 and leave a
message. If no answer within 2 hours, call CCC Emergency Manager at 916-698-4685 or 916-764-9922 (cell).
For CCC Support crews, order in the current ordering system of record as: CRWC – Non-Fire Crew - Camp
For CCC Type 2 crews, order in the current ordering system of record as: CRW2 - Fire Crew, Crew, T2.
When two or more CCC crews are ordered, the CCC may request an Agency Representative to assist the crews
while on assignment. CCC crews can be ordered 24 hours per day but do not respond to incidents between 2200-
0600 hours due to safety, driving, and union concerns.
Once fill information is provided by the CCC Duty Officer, the Host Unit or GACC will fill the crew and overhead
request using Contract Agreement Tab in the current ordering system of record. If there is a new assignment for
a CCC support or type 2 crew, they should be released from the first assignment, and then filled by the new
requesting unit/forest under the Contract Agreement Tab in the current ordering system of record.
CAL FIRE
Type 1
CAL FIRE fire crews are comprised of two types of crew members, custodial and non-custodial. Non-custodial
Crews are staffed with CAL FIRE firefighters, CCC, or CMD and have less restrictions than custodial crews.
Custodial crews are comprised of CDCR inmates and Department of Juvenile Justice wards. Custodial firefighters
require supervision during off-shift periods and are limited to incidents within the confines of California.
Reciprocal agreements have been made with the State of Nevada, allowing these crews to respond to wildland
fires threatening the State of California up to 25 air miles within the Nevada border. They are trained for wildland
firefighting and, in some cases, for Urban Search and Rescue missions.
CAL FIRE may require that all CAL FIRE crews be ordered in Strike Team configuration when responding to
incidents outside their home Unit.
The CAL FIRE crew will consist of 12-17 crew firefighters and one (1) Fire Captain. With adult inmate CAL
FIRE crews, California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation (CDCR) custodial personnel will accompany
the crews to provide off-shift supervision. For youth ward CAL FIRE crews, California Department of Juvenile
Justice (DJJ) counselors will accompany the crews to provide off-shift supervision. Custodial coverage will be
arranged and dispatched by the sending CAL FIRE Camp. Technical Specialists Crews (THSC) will be ordered
when the number of crews assigned to an incident reaches seven (7), and the fire is expected to actively burn into
the next burning period. This number will remain flexible to meet special needs; such as duration of incident,
complexity of incident, or custodial problems.
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For logistical considerations CAL FIRE utilizes male, female, and youth inmate crews and must be housed
separately. The female crews are from Puerta La Cruz camp. The youth crew is from Pine Grove camp. In
addition, Los Angeles County male and female inmate crews fall under CDCR and are used statewide.
CAL FIRE crews are ordered in the current ordering system of record as: CRW1 - Fire Crew, Crew, T1.
If a CDCR Agency Representative has not been ordered, once the crews and custodial personnel are on the
incident the senior custodial officer will request an order/request number for a CDCR Agency Representative
through the Incident Commander. The senior custodial officer will notify his/her agency of the requirement for a
CDCR Agency Representative and will take the responsibility for making direct contact with the individual to fill
the order/request. The CDCR Agency Representative will be requested from the unit where the fire is located and
will be filled with agreement in the current ordering system of record by the host Unit. Reference CALFIRE
Handbook 8100, procedure 8141-64.
Federal
Annually, each Unit will provide their respective GACC a list of the crews administered by their Unit. All crews
will consist of 20 members. When crews are mobilized to an incident, the minimum crew strength will be 18
members. When any combination of crews numbering four or more are committed to an incident out of State, an
Interagency Resource Representative (IARR) may be assigned by the GACC.
NWCG Minimum Crew Standards for National Mobilization, reference the National Interagency Mobilization
Guide, Chapter 30.
Type 1 Hotshot
Hotshot Crews must meet the minimum National Type 1 Crew standards. Crew listing is available at Interagency
Hotshot Crews (IHC) | US Forest Service (usda.gov)
The GACC will coordinate all movement of these Crews. Units may commit their Type I Federal Crews to initial
attack incidents in the Unit. Response to cooperators’ requests for Assistance by Hire in the immediate vicinity
of the mutual threat area can be initiated by the Units. Both above actions will be followed by immediate
notification to the GACC of resource commitment.
When Type 1 federal crews are flown to an incident, it may be necessary or requested by the ordering GACC for
arrangements to be made to follow up with crew vehicles, when the home Unit or GACC can provide drivers.
Sending GACCs have the responsibility to coordinate and arrange for transportation of these vehicles. Efforts
will be coordinated with the home Unit and local GACC for overhead that are enroute to the same incident and
could benefit from the transportation. The home Unit will arrange for transportation to the incident for crew
members not initially mobilized. This practice is not intended for crew or module members other than Type 1
Crews.
Ordered in the current ordering system of record as: CRW1 - Fire Crew, Crew, T1
CA IHC Out of Region Assignment Guidelines
NOPS Crews https://gacc.nifc.gov/oncc/crews.php
SOPS Crews https://gacc.nifc.gov/oscc/crews.php
Interagency Hotshot Crews as Type 2 IA, Type 2, or Suppression Modules
When Interagency Hotshot crews fall below the level identified in the Interagency Standards for Fire and Fire
Aviation Operations they may still be dispatched as a T2IA, T2 Crew, or Suppression Module provided they meet
the standards for the lesser qualification. Naming conventions for these crews will be as follows:
Example: CR2I – Fire Crew – Crew, T2 IA Del Rosa IHC
Example: SMOD - Groups – Module, Suppression – Big Bear IHC
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Smokejumpers
A 40 person Smokejumper crew is based at the Northern California Service Center in Redding. Smokejumpers
can be utilized as a Type 2IA Crew. Approximately 30% of the crew is Crew Boss rated and most Smokejumper
supervisors hold Division Supervisor ratings. At least 50% of the Smokejumpers are qualified Class C Timber
Fallers and the entire crew is trained in the use of cross-cut saws. Approximately 90% of smokejumpers are
certified as EMR, EMT, or above, with some receiving additional training on the use and administration of
epinephrine and IV fluids, for use on Forest Service and fireline personnel.
Type 2 Initial Attack (Type 2 IA)
Type 2 IA Crews can initial attack fires, be broken up into squads, and perform firing operations.
Type 2 Regular
Regular Crews that do not meet the criteria of a Type 1 Crew as outlined in the ICS 420-1, Resource Designation
List. Regular Crews are formed as needed. They are comprised of Unit employees normally assigned to various
disciplines on the Unit. Regular Crews are Unit resources and are considered part of the national mobility concept.
GACCs will coordinate movement of these crews.
Ordered in the current ordering system of record as: CRW2 – Fire Crew, T2
Type 2 Organization
Organized Crews (OC) are emergency firefighting employees. Crew members must meet the same training and
physical standards established for other Unit crews. Organized Crews are sponsored or contracted by various
Units. Sponsoring Units are responsible for training, outfitting, mobilizing, and paying the crews. Organized
Crews are Unit resources but are considered part of the national mobility concept. GACCs will coordinate
movement of the crews. Organized agency Type 2 IA crews attempting to transport chain saws on other than
NIFC contract jets should be prepared to ship their chain saws via an alternative method should loading be refused.
Each hand crew will have the standard configuration for supervision as Regular Crews. This consists of a Unit
Crew Supervisor and three Squad Bosses. These supervisory positions may be filled with agency personnel or
Administratively Hired (AD) personnel who meet all the NWCG 310-1 and Forest Service standards for each
position.
A Crew Representative may be assigned if the Crew Supervisor does not meet Crew Representative standards
specified in Chapter 20 of FSH 5109.17 Wildland Fire Qualifications Guide. If an AD Crew Supervisor is used,
a Crew Representative will be dispatched with the Organized Crew. A single Crew Representative may be
assigned to one or more Organized Crews. The total makeup of the crew will meet National Standards of 20
people per crew.
Ordered in the current ordering system of record as: CRW2 – Fire Crew, T2
Crews Flying Commercially
Crews attempting to transport chain saws on other than NIFC contract jets should be prepared to ship their chain
saws via an alternative method should loading be refused. Organized Type 2 IA and Type 2 Crews may come
equipped with hand tools and chain saws.
Organized Camp Crews
Order in the current ordering system of record as: CRWC - Crew, Camp.
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Chapter 40 – Supplies and Equipment
National Interagency Incident Support Caches
California operates two National Interagency Incident Support Caches as part of the National Fire Equipment
System (NFES). The Northern California Interagency Support Cache (NCK) is located in Redding, CA; the
Southern California Interagency Support Cache (LSK) is located in Ontario, CA. These caches serve the supply
needs of incidents in the Geographical Area Coordination Centers, including supplies required for project
activities when not in conflict with incident activity. Both caches stock National and Regional "NFES" items.
The caches stock three types of goods; Consumable, Durable and Property. All three of these types of goods are
considered accountable.
• Consumable items are intended to be consumed at an incident, with life expectancy not to exceed one
incident, if used (example: batteries).
• Du
rable items have a life expectancy of more than one incident, or use (examples: sleeping bags, fire hose).
• Property items are items with a purchase price greater than $5,000 or sensitive items valued less than
$5,000. Property items are expected to be returned to the cache without exception. If a Property Numbered
item is not returned, the cache will forward a Transfer of Property form to the Unit where the incident is
located and procure for replacement of the unreturned item (examples: Regional RAWS and pumps).
Kits have been established to provide a collection of related articles, pre-assembled to accomplish specific
functions. There are over 40 national kits with an additional six specific to California. National kits have a
standard configuration throughout all of the caches in the nation. Contents of all kits may be found in the NWCG
NFES Catalog - Part 1: Fire Supplies and Equipment, PMS 449-1 | NWCG. All supplies or equipment furnished
to incidents will be considered "on loan" and should be returned as soon as practical with the exception of
consumable items.
Ordering
Interagency Cache Business System (ICBS) is the current ordering system of record interface. This interface
allows the current ordering system of record users to enter Supply (S) number requests to be sent to the cache
direct for processing and filling. The cache, via ICBS is allowed to input S numbers for supply orders that go
directly to the cache without the request being created in the current ordering system of record. These S numbers
must be assigned by the incident and be between 100000 – 199999. This interface also allows the current ordering
system of record users to see fill information for all S numbers that the cache has filled, no matter which way the
requests were initiated.
Except for Limited Resource items, each Fire Cache will accept and process incident resource orders directly
from Units within their area of influence once the incident is created in the current ordering system of record.
Cache orders from any Unit will require one incident request number per line item assigned by the ordering Unit.
Once an incident is established, contact the local cache to establish an ordering schedule.
The NFES Numbers and the established “unit of issue” associated with each NFES item are mandatory parts of
any order placed with the caches. When placing orders through the cache, it is always necessary to provide the
NFES number, corresponding “unit of issue”, quantity requested, and a written description of the item.
For NFES numbers, descriptions, and “unit of issue” reference the National Fire Equipment System Catalog -
Parts 1 and 2 PMS 449 NFES 0362 at: NFES Catalogs | NWCG
Abnormal Quantities
Any order exceeding 25% of the established cache stocking level for an item is subject to verification by the
Assistant Director, GACC Center Manager, Incident Commander, or Logistics Chief.
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Mobile Cache Vans
Mobile cache vans provide the preliminary supply essentials to establish an incident base. For this reason, it is
expected that one mobile cache should suffice per incident. Each mobile cache contains supplies to support 150
people working and 150 people sleeping, housed in a semitrailer. All mobile cache vans are sealed and are
intended to be utilized as a complete unit. Component items may be ordered separately. For any mobile cache
van ordered, provide the federal financial code, Incident Logistics contact name, phone number, and delivery
location in the current ordering system of record. Once the mobile cache van is delivered the receiving Incident
is responsible for the cost and accountability of the cache items.
Many mobile cache vans are pre-positioned on host Units. Regardless of location cache vans will be ordered
through the GACC. Once the resource order is filled, the cache will start the nearest cache van to the location.
The use of a local mobile cache van must be documented with an S number on an incident resource order and the
request placed to the respective GACC. The GACC will then place the request with the cache. It is the
responsibility of the host Unit to provide transportation of the van.
CAL FIRE has developed a CAL FIRE specific mobile cache to better meet the needs of CAL FIRE incidents.
These contain supplies to support 150 people working and 150 people sleeping. These are available from the
cache and ordered through the GACC. See Catalog Inventory for NFES 8744 under Equipment and Supplies.
Mobile cache vans are to be returned to their respective cache after use. Mobile Cache Trailers must be returned
to the respective cache within five days.
Federal Mobile Cache Vans are ordered in the current ordering system of record as: 008646 – KIT – MOBILE
CACHE SUPPORT VAN (NCK SPECIFIC) or 008640 – KIT – MOBILE CACHE SUPPORT VAN (LSK
SPECIFIC)
CAL FIRE Mobile Cache Vans are ordered in the current ordering system of record as: 008744 – KIT – MOBILE
CACHE SUPPORT VAN (CAL FIRE SPECIFIC)
Federal Mobile caches are pre-positioned at each Geographic Area Cache and the following locations:
Northern CA
Southern CA
SRF
Salyer
SNF
North Fork
LNF
Susanville
SQF
Porterville
PNF
Quincy
SQF
Kernville
LNU
Konocti
LPF
King City
ENF
Placerville
LPF
Los Prietos
KNF
Yreka (2)
INF
Bishop
MDF
Canby
CNF
Goose Valley
STF
Sonora
CAL FIRE has one mobile cache van prepositioned in Redding (NCK) and one in Ontario (LSK).
Demobilization
All supplies demobilized from an incident will be documented on an OF-316 Interagency Incident Waybill, NFES
1472, one per shipment. Any supplies being retained on an incident during the demobilization process will be
documented on a waybill and forwarded to the cache.
To facilitate the return process, used (Not Ready for Issue) and unused (Ready for Issue), supplies being
demobilized back to the cache will be divided, packaged, and packed separately. The caches will only accept.
rolled hose.
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Sensitive or Property Numbered items requiring reconditioning prior to reissue from a cache will be returned
when no longer required. Seal numbers securing the shipping containers for these items will be documented on
Incident Waybills. Seals are mandatory when transporting Sensitive items to or from the caches, i.e., radios and
computer equipment. An AD-112 will be prepared for any property items lost, stolen, or found to be
unserviceable. Each cache requires immediate notification when Property Numbered items are involved. Contact
the cache with intended demobilization plans.
Replacement orders received 45 days after the closing process will not be filled. Upon incident closure, a Loss/Use
Tolerance Report will be generated for all Type 1 and 2 incidents supported by the Geographic Area Caches. This
is a comprehensive report, displaying totals of Loss/Use rates for all Consumable and Durable items issued from
the caches. Total percentages above or below the nationally accepted standard are also displayed. This report is
forwarded to the agency administrator hosting the incident. For Non-Federal incidents, the jurisdictional agency
will receive an invoice for any outstanding inventory based on the Loss/Use Tolerance Report.
The following percentages have been assigned nationally for fire loss performance threshold levels:
Fire Loss Category
Performance Thresholds
Accountable Property
10%
Durable Items
10%
Sensitive Property
10%
Trackable Property
10%
Consumable Goods
65%
Replacement Orders
Whenever possible, replacement orders are to be filled from stock on hand in Supply at the incident. If
replacement orders are unable to be filled at the incident, their home Unit will place the order to the cache within
45 days of closing the incident. Incident Replacement Requisition, OF-315, (NFES 1300) will be used when
placing replacement orders to the cache.
Incident Replacement Requisitions from Type 1 or Type 2 incidents must be authorized by the Supply Unit Leader
or other appropriate position. If received at the cache unauthorized, the requisition will be returned to the incident
for authorization.
Incident Replacement Requisitions from Type 1 or Type 2 incidents can be sent to the cache, the S numbers must
be assigned by incident and be between 100000 – 199999. S numbers will be input in ICBS and sent to the current
ordering system of record via the interface. Incident Replacement Requisitions from individual resources will be
created by the ECC in the current ordering system of record and sent to the cache via ICBS. Replacement
Requisitions require incident request numbers to be included as a continuation of the incident documentation
process.
Recycling
The recycling of plastics, cardboard, etc., is highly recommended and is the responsibility of an incident to
process. The North Zone Caches now accept a number of items through a new recycling program. Please contact
the cache for additional details.
• Cardboard
• Batteries
• Heavy Plastics
• Fire Shelters
• Nomex Jeans and Shirts
• Sleeping Bags
• Fire Hose
• Sleeping Pads
• Ice Chests
• Cargo Nets
• Tent Flys’
• Plastic Shrink Wrap/ Plastic Strapping
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Some additional items are accepted upon request; contact the cache for more details. Recyclables can be palletized
and sent back to the cache. In addition, battery barrels and collapsible collection bins are distributed on cache
vans and can be requested through the main office of the fire cache when placing an order. When barrels, bins, or
pallets are full, attach a copy of the salvage log to the waybill and ship back to the fire cache. When pick up is
requested a new barrel or bin will be brought for replacement.
Hazardous Materials – Ordering and Shipping
Hazardous materials are identified by definition in the Department of Transportation (DOT) Emergency Response
Guidebook. Hazardous materials are: Any substance or material, which has been determined by the Secretary of
Transportation to be capable of posing an unreasonable risk to health, safety or property when transported in
commerce, and which have been so designated. The definition includes hazardous substances, hazardous waste,
marine pollutants, and elevated temperature materials as defined in 49 CFR, part 106 to 180.
If storing an identified hazardous material, refer to the DOT Emergency Response Guidebook
. The guidebook
lists all hazardous materials, and in the event of an accident explains precautions and actions to take.
If intending to ship the material by highway, the material and its quantity will determine how the item is to be
packaged, documented, and shipped.
* The following directions apply to all hazardous material shipping documents:
• Shipping documents must contain the shipper's name and address, as well as the destination name and
address.“Hazardous materials” must be entered as the first line item on a shipping document or be printed
in a different color.
• Hazardous materials must be listed by their proper shipping name, hazard class, ID number, and packaging
group. No abbreviations.
• All hazardous material packages must be properly marked, labeled, and packaged. The total weight must
be included.
• The following shipper’s certification must be entered on each shipping document: "This is to certify that
the above named materials are properly classified, described, packaged, marked and labeled, and are in
proper condition for transportation according to the applicable regulations of the DOT."
• A 24 hour emergency response telephone number with someone available while the commodity is in transit
will be listed.
• Emergency response information listed in the DOT Emergency Response Guidebook
is also to be included.
• For questions regarding National Fire Equipment System (NFES) stocked hazardous materials, reference
NWCG Standards For Transporting Fuel, PMS 442 or Hazardous Materials Haulback Guide
Hazardous Waste
Regulations for hazardous waste are directed by the State. The State in turn charges the counties with enforcing
their regulations. Therefore, determining the disposition of hazardous waste depends greatly upon the jurisdiction
you are in. In all States, the regulations which govern the generation, containment, storage, transportation and
documentation of bio-hazardous waste are very specific and well enforced.
The use of red bio-hazardous waste bags are specifically regulated. When used, contents are to be documented
immediately by the user, as the bag may not be re-opened under any circumstances. The bag may not be taken to
a landfill until it has been properly treated. Caches do not have a method of disposal for bio-hazardous (medical
waste) bags.
Under NO circumstances, will any California Cache accept used bio-hazard bags.
For more information visit: https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/regulations/hazardous-materials/how-comply-federal-
hazardous-materials-regulations
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Communications
National Fire Radio Caches (NFRC)
A description of the equipment available from NIFC's National Interagency Incident Communication Department
(NIICD) is located in the 2023 NIRSC User's Guide (nifc.gov).
Request for NIICD systems will be through the
GACC.
Ordered in the current ordering system of record as Supplies, with the appropriate NFES number, using the
following procedure:
1. Ensure that the request has accurate Latitude/Longitude information.
2. In the Shipping Information block of the request, select Shipping Address from the drop down or enter
Shipping Instructions.
3. In the Shipping Contact block of the request, identify the Shipping Contact and a phone number.
4. In the Incident Ordering Contact block of the request, identify the Communications Leader, specifying “on
order” if not yet determined.
5. In the Special Needs block of the request, include the full “Bill to” information.
6. Specify if freight shipping is OK or if a charter aircraft is required to meet the needed date and time.
As kits are released from the incident, they are to be returned to NIICD at NIFC for refurbishment even if the seal
is not broken. The receiving unit will check with the GACC before returning any NFRC system back to NIFC.
NFES 4670 – Satellite Phone Kit
Order in the current ordering system of record as: Supply, NFES Supplies, 004670 - Kit, Satellite Phone, Motorola
NFES 4390 – ICS Command Starter System
Order in the current ordering system of record and place to the appropriate GACC as: Supply, NFES Supplies,
004390 Kit - Starter System ICS Command/Logistics Radio System
NFES 4381 – HT Radio Kit
NFES 4381 kits are available from the National Interagency Radio Cache. Each kit contains 16 handheld radios
configured with all USDA-FS and DOI tactical, command and national air frequencies. The radio manufacturer
requested needs to be confirmed by the Communications Unit Leader and specified in the order in “Special
Needs”.
Order in the current ordering system of record as: Supply, NFES Supplies, 4381** – Kit – Command/Tac (NIRSC
Only) King. **(4381K2 for KNG2-P150) (4381KD for DPHX) (4381KR for BKR-5000)
CAL FIRE HT Radio Cache
CAL FIRE has 40 HT Radio Caches. There are 20 located at CNR, 20 located at CSR (10 at CSR and 10 at FKU).
Each kit contains 10 BK GPH Commander Portable Radios with antenna, clamshell, leather case and T-card.
Batteries are included for all 10 radios. Each radio is programmed to current CAL FIRE statewide “Group 3” on
Groups 16-25. Upon release from the incident, they will be returned to their respective Unit or GACC.
Order in the current ordering system of record and place to the appropriate GACC as: Supply, NON-NFES
Supplies, KHTR – KIT, Cache, HT Radio.
The following information must be included in the current ordering system of record in Special Needs:
• Bill to information
• Ship to information – include contact person with phone number
• Communications Unit Leader’s name and phone number
A Federal Financial code (P-Code) is needed in the financial code box
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CAL FIRE Portable Repeaters
CAL FIRE has portable command repeater kits available throughout the state. Each Unit and Mobile
Communications Center (MCC) has a portable repeater available for use within their Unit. CAL FIRE Telecom
has additional repeaters that can be ordered through the Sacramento Command Center. To ensure that appropriate
equipment is filled, provide the ordering contact information in the request. Upon release from the incident, they
are to be returned to their respective Unit.
For additional information contact CAL FIRE Telecom at (916) 327-8652
Order in the current ordering system of record as: Supply, NON-NFES Supplies, KCOM - Kit, Command
Repeater
Frequencies
All requests for additional frequencies shall be ordered in the current ordering system of record using A numbers.
Activation of National Fire Radio Frequencies will be controlled and coordinated by the GACC due to the
complexity of Incident radio usage.
For California Tones refer to the Appendix. Reference Chapter 50 for additional information on aviation
frequencies.
CAL FIRE
All new frequency requests shall be placed in the current ordering system of record with a follow-up phone call
to your respective GACC. For technical assistance you may contact the CAL FIRE Statewide Frequency
Coordinator at 916-327-8652. There will be no change in frequencies without coordinating with the GACC.
Mobile Communication Units – All Agencies
Statewide there are mobile communication units available through CAL FIRE, CAL OES, and CA BLM. To
check for availability, contact the GACC.
Order in the current ordering system of record as an Equipment request:
CAL FIRE order as: COM1 - Communications Unit, Mobile, T1
BLM order as: COM1 - Communications Unit, Mobile, T1
CAL OES order as: COM1 - Communications Unit, Mobile, T1
COM2 - Communications Unit, Mobile, T2
COM3 - Communications Unit, Mobile, T3
Remote Automated Weather Station (RAWS)
Federal
When a Unit requires additional RAWS units they should be ordered using the normal dispatch procedures. They
are o
rdered on a Supply Request and have NFES numbers. Upon release from the incident, they are to be returned
to NIFC. Contact the NIFC Remote Sensing/Fire Weather Support Unit RAWS Coordinator. Reference National
Interagency Mobilization Guide Chapter 40 for additional information.
CAL FIRE
CAL FIRE currently has portable RAWS assigned to Units for use on State incidents. Request RAWS through
the GACC. Upon release from the incident, they are to be returned to their respective Unit.
Ordered in the current ordering system of record as: Supply, NON-NFES Supplies, RAWP – RAWS, Portable.
Reference the CAL FIRE Handbook 8100 procedure 8141-82.
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Mobile Food Service
National Contract Mobile Food Service – Federal
When the determination is made that a contract mobile food service is needed in support of federal wildland fire
activities in the United States, the Government is obligated to order services from National Mobile Food Service
Unit (MFSU) Contractors (National Caterer) when at any time:
• The number of people to be fed is at or above 150 persons per meal, AND
• The headcount is estimated to remain at those numbers, or greater, for at least 72 hours from when the
headcount first reaches 150 per meal.
If national incident activity is high and a National Mobile Food Service Unit is unavailable, cooperator units may
be used. A second E number will be generated for cooperator unit (See next section, MKU/FDU). In such case,
the cooperator is guaranteed a minimum 72 hours of work, even if a National unit becomes available before then.
Cooperators include state managed kitchens.
For a complete listing of the Schedule of Items and Contract Specifications for the National Mobile Food Service
Contract, reference the current National Mobile Food Services publication, NFES 1276. This information can
also be found at the following website: https://www.fs.usda.gov/managing-land/fire/contracting
National Food Service units are ordered as an E number as MFSU - Food Service, Mobile in the current ordering
system of record. All National Food Service unit orders are placed to the GACC and then forwarded to NICC.
NICC will determine and assign the appropriate units to all federal wildland fire incidents.
Mobile Food Service requests must be completed and faxed to the GACC at the time of the current ordering
system of record request. Refer to the Appendix page 179 for the link to the National Mobile Food Service/Shower
Unit request form. All requests to reassign National Contract Mobile Food Service will be placed through
established ordering channels to NICC. All reassignments of National Mobile Food Service will be done by
NICC.
All release information will be documented in the current ordering system of record and relayed to NICC within
15 minutes. Contractors may take 24 hours to rest and replenish supplies within the local area after release. After
24 hours, contractors must return to the unit’s designated dispatch point.
Mobile Kitchen Unit (MKU) and Food Dispensing Unit (FDU) – CAL FIRE
MKUs and FDUs are specialized resources and require certain support resources to facilitate their operations.
Once a MKU/FDU is requested the goal is to get the resource to the incident by either the next morning or evening
to feed the incident personnel.
Food Dispenser Units (FDU) - Food Dispenser Units or steam tables should be used, when available, when the
number of meals to be served will not exceed the unit's capacity of 300 meals.
Mobile Kitchen Units (MKU) - When the needs of the incident exceed the capacity of the FDU, a FDU is not
available, an incident base has been established, or an incident management team will be assigned, then MKUs
will be used. CAL FIRE MKUs will be used first, followed by MKUs from cooperating agencies, and then rented
MKUs with CAL FIRE kitchen crews.
Order in the current ordering system of record as an E number as: MFSU - Food Service, Mobile. In special needs,
identify CAL FIRE MKU or CAL FIRE FDU, include Date and Time of first meal and number of persons to be
served. The Unit ordering the MKU/FDU shall contact the camp supplying the MKU/FDU to determine which
MKU Support Module (A, B, C, D) is required.
Reference the CAL FIRE Handbook 8100 procedure 8141-5.
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If national incident activity is high and a National Mobile Food Service Unit is unavailable to federal Units, a
CAL FIRE MKU may be used. In such cases, CAL FIRE is guaranteed a minimum of 72 hours of work, even if
a National unit becomes available before then.
Northern CA
Southern CA
AEU
Growlersburg
MKU/FDU
BDU
Prado
MKU
HUU
Eel River
MKU
BEU
Gabilan
MKU
HUU
High Rock
FDU
FKU
Miramonte
MKU
LMU
Antelope
MKU
RRU
Oak Glen
MKU/FDU
LNU
Konocti
MKU
SDU
Puerta La Cruz
FDU
SHU
Trinity River
MKU
SLU
Cuesta
MKU
TGU
Salt Creek
MKU/FDU
TCU
Vallecito
FDU
Mobile Shower Facilities
Federal
For a complete listing of the Schedule of Items and Contract Specifications for the National Mobile Shower
Facilities Contract, refer to the current National Mobile Shower Facilities Contract publication, NFES 2729 at
https://www.fs.usda.gov/managing-land/fire/contracting
National shower contractors may offer to bring other optional items such as hand-washing units and water tenders,
in addition to the shower units. Incidents are not required to order or use these items from national contractors.
Units should use local vendors to fill these needs when possible.
All requests to reassign National Contract Shower units will be placed through established ordering channels to
NICC. All reassignments of National Shower units will be done by NICC. All release information will be
documented on the resource order and relayed to NICC within 15 minutes. Contractors may take 24 hours to rest
and replenish supplies within the local area after release. After 24 hours, contractors must return to the units’
designated dispatch point.
National Mobile Shower Facilities are ordered as an E number and are called Shower, Mobile in the current
ordering system of record. All National Mobile Shower Facilities orders are placed to the GACC and then to
NICC. NICC will determine and assign the appropriate units to all federal wildland fire incidents.
The National Mobile Food Service/Shower Unit request form must be completed and faxed to the GACC. Refer
to Appendix page 179 for the link to the form.
CAL FIRE
Requests for showers on CAL FIRE incidents will follow CAL FIRE Hired Equipment Guidelines. Refer to Hired
Equipment in Chapter 40.
Mobile Saw Trailer – CAL FIRE
CAL FIRE has a Mobile Saw Trailer available from the Mt Bullion Camp, Madera Mariposa Unit. This trailer
comes equipped with enough supplies (bars, chain, filters, parts, etc.) to support an incident for 5 days. The trailer
is staffed with 1 Fire Captain, 1 CDCR Officer and 2 CDCR Inmates.
Order in the current ordering system of record as: Equipment, TRLR - Trailer. In Special Needs state Mt Bullion
Saw Repair.
Hired Equipment
Forest Service Incidents – Contract/Hired Equipment (non-National Contract)
Use the R-5 Expanded Dispatch Guide for VIPR, DPL, IBVPA, Incident Only/EERA
https://gacc.nifc.gov/oncc/docs/2022/2022%20Expanded%20Dispatch%20Guide.pdf
For Incident Procurement and Fire Contract Clarification/Assistance, reference:
http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r5/fire-aviation/management/?cid=stelprdb5303034
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Each host dispatch center will give dispatch priority to the resource offering the greatest advantage to the
Government before all other private resources not under Agreement with the following exceptions:
• For Immediate Need/Initial Attack, dispatchers will follow the “closest forces” concept and utilize locally
available resources according to agency and incident needs.
• Tribal preference policy established within reservation jurisdiction.
CAL FIRE Incidents – Contract/Hired Equipment
The Sacramento Command Center will utilize the Hired Equipment Management System (HEMS) for immediate
need and planned need fireline dozers and water tenders. Units will utilize HEMS to order additional incident
support equipment. Reference CAL FIRE Handbook 10,000 and CAL FIRE Handbook 8100, Procedure 8141-2
and 8141-3.
Unified Command Incidents – Contract/Hired Equipment – State and Federal
The Agency mission will determine which Hired Equipment system will be used at unified command incidents.
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Chapter 50 – Aircraft
The paramount consideration for aircraft use in California is to conduct all operations safely and reduce risk
exposure.
Aircraft Administration
Bureau of Land Management
The California State Aviation Manager (SAM) is located at the California State office. The State Aviation
Manager provides guidance to two Unit Aviation Managers (UAM) located in Bakersfield and Susanville. These
UAMs coordinate the daily fire, law enforcement and administrative aviation use in their geographical areas. All
requests for incident support and administrative flights will be made through the Interagency Communication
Centers identified in those geographic areas.
Geographic area communication centers are as follows.
• Northern California District (NOD) - Susanville Interagency Fire Center (SIFC)
• Owens Valley District (OVD) - Owens Valley Interagency Communication Center (OVICC)
• Central California District (CND) - Central California Interagency Communications Center (CCCC)
• California Desert District (CDD) - Federal Interagency Communications Center (SBCC)
Requests for administrative flights for the California State Office are requested and processed through the SAM
in coordination with Northern California Geographic Area Coordination Center.
CAL FIRE
CAL FIRE Aviation is integrated within two organizational classifications: Aviation Management Unit (AMU)
and Tactical Air Operations (TAO) are both under the direction of Fire Protection. Program responsibilities
overlap in many areas; the following only serve to identify accountability:
AMU:
• Aviation Policy and Procedure
• Maintenance of both fixed and rotor wing aircraft
• Aviation Life Support Equipment (ALSE)
• Aviation Safety
• Management of aviation contract personnel
• Maintenance staff
• Fixed wing pilots
• Management of Call When Needed (CWN) and any Exclusive Use (EU) contracts
TAO:
• Command and Control
• Fire chemicals
• Base operations and standardization
• Aviation Training and Standards of CAL FIRE personnel Military Program Coordination
• Title 10 assets
• MAFFS
• California National Guard
• Operational technical assistance
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Forest Service
The Regional Aviation Group (RAG) is divided into operational areas to better serve the Units in the region. All
Units should direct requests for technical assistance to the office designated to serve them. There will be personnel
at each location to assist the Units in all aspects of aviation. All requests for incident support and administrative
flights will be made through the appropriate GACC. NOPS will be the dispatch point for the McClellan Office
and Redding Aviation Units. SOPS will be the dispatch point for the Lancaster Aviation Unit. Aviation Units
needing assistance should make requests to the dispatch office that serves them.
Designated Operational Areas and Units served are:
• Lancaster Aviation Unit - ANF, BDF, CNF, INF, LPF, SQF, SNF, STF and OSC
• Redding Aviation Unit - ENF, KNF, LNF, MDF, MNF, PNF, TMU, TNF, SHF, SRF and ONC
It is the responsibility of the Aviation Units to furnish the appropriate GACC, a duty schedule during the fire
season for all pilots, inspectors and aircraft status.
Fire and Aviation Safety Teams (FAST) assist agency administrators during periods of high fire activity by
assessing policy, rules, regulations, and management oversight relating to operational issues. For more
information reference the National Interagency Mobilization Guide, Chapter 20.
Aviation Safety Assistance Teams (ASAT) enhance safe, efficient, and effective aviation operations. An ASAT
provides assistance to Unit and Aviation Managers, flight crews, and Incident Management Teams for increasing,
ongoing, or declining incident aviation activity. For more information reference the National Interagency
Mobilization Guide, Chapter 20.
National Park Service
The National Park Service Aviation program is managed by the Regional Aviation Manager (RAM), locally at
the Park level by the Fire Management Officer or Park Aviation Officer. In California, there are two National
Park Service helicopters, one Type 2 Standard in Yosemite National Park and a Type 3 Standard in Sequoia and
Kings Canyon National Park. The primary mission for these helicopters are wildland fire response and all hazard
missions including short haul emergency extraction on a case by case basis. All requests should be routed through
unit dispatch centers. Assignment length can be negotiated with the Park Fire Management Officer or Park
Aviation Officer.
Federal Cooperator Aircraft Use
Cooperator aircraft to the Forest Service and Office of Aviation Services (OAS) (state contracted, state owned,
state managed National Guard aircraft, county, city, or other) may be used on federal fires under the following
conditions:
• The pilot and aircraft have been approved in writing for the mission by the Forest Service Regional
Aviation Officer (RAO) or the DOI Western OAS office.
• A written Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), interagency agreements or other document that
authorizes their use and payment.
• The cooperator aircraft will be operated within any limits on its use established in written approval.
• The cooperator aircraft will be used only in situations where federal aircraft are not available.
• The cooperator aircraft will be released when federal aircraft become available.
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In the initial attack period, aircraft will be filled using the “closest resource concept”. In the extended attack
period, using cooperator-owned aircraft prior to exhausting contracted resources must involve a "significant and
imminent threat to life or property”.
Length of Assignment
All length of assignment rules apply to aviation resources personnel, including aircraft pilots (Notwithstanding the
FAA and agency day off regulations). Contracted aircraft are not restricted by length of assignment. In order to
limit disruption to operations, reduce strain on the ordering system, and reduce unnecessary mobilization and
demobilization of these high-cost resources. Exclusive Use personnel are expected to utilize a personnel rotation
schedule that meets staffing criteria required of the resource.
Aircraft Ordering Procedures
Initial Attack Ordering
The GACC will be notified of movement of all initial attack aircraft.
To expedite the closest available aircraft to initial attack fires, the Units will announce on the intercom when there
is a status change of their Aircraft:
• Brought on early in the morning or down staffed for the evening
• Out of service mechanical and back in service
• Visibility conditions (smoke, fog, etc.)
• On a delay for any reason with expected time of delay
This procedure will increase the efficiency of the GACC to facilitate requests for aircraft, especially during
lightning events and periods of increased initial attack activity.
“Closest resource concept” will be followed by all agencies for IA and is defined as: Regardless of the controlling
agency, the agency resource that has the shortest distance to reach a predetermined incident location first will be
dispatched. Established dispatch channels will be followed at all times. When multiple agency aircraft are
available at a base, the agency specific aircraft will be dispatched to that agency’s incident first. When an aircraft
is on base and in the IA Zone of Influence, Units will order directly from the administering base, via the intercom
for initial attack. Requests for the aircraft when the closest base is vacant will be ordered via intercom through
the GACC.
The GACC will fill orders from the most appropriate source available. The most appropriate source will be
determined on the basis of urgency, resource availability, delivery time, reasonable cost effectiveness, impact on
other units, and consideration of the overall fire program.
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The following information is required:
The GACCs are responsible for the strategic movement of aircraft throughout the state, as needs dictate. The CA
Interagency Aircraft Dispatch script (FC 106/eFC 106) will be used by all Units ordering aviation resources. Refer
to Appendix page 180.
• Incident Name
• Order number
• Location: Descriptive location; section, township, and range: latitude/longitude When giving latitude
and longitude use the format of degrees, decimal minutes (DD mm.mm)
• IP (Initial Point): When applicable, include name, latitude/longitude and altitude.
• Air Tactics/Air to Air FM, repeater tone if applicable
• Victor/Air to Air AM
• Air to Ground FM, repeater tone if applicable
• Ground Tactics/FM
• Command Frequency/FM, repeater tone
• Request number
• Other Aircraft
• Hazards
Unless specified by Unit standard response plan, initial attack aircraft orders in the current ordering system of
record should be ordered as:
• FWAA - Fixed Wing, Air Tactical
• FWLP - Fixed Wing, Leadplane
• FASM - Fixed Wing, Aerial Supervision Module (ASM)
• ATTA - Airtanker, Any Type
• HE1S - Helicopter, Type 1, Standard (with crew) OR
• HE2S - Helicopter, Type 2, Standard (with crew)
• HE1R - Helicopter, Type 1, Restricted (no crew) OR
• HE2R - Helicopter, Type2, Restricted (no crew)
• SMIA - Load, Smokejumper, Initial Attack
Aircraft call signs and ETA's will be relayed at the time of departure from the base
Very Large Airtankers (VLATs) may be used on CAL FIRE incidents to augment Type 1, 2, and Type 3 Multi-
engine air tankers and not as a replacement.
Additional Aircraft Requests
Once the aircraft identified by the initial response plan have been committed, all additional requests will be placed
with the GACC by ICS standard types. Additional aircraft ordered may not be the closest based on GACC
operational needs.
All requests for agency initial attack or extended attack aircraft will be ordered through the GACC via the
Intercom. The FC 106 script will be used to ensure all required information is conveyed in a standard format. A
new FC 106 will be generated and read daily for each fire that goes into extended attack when one of the following
criteria are met:
• Fixed-Wing aircraft assigned
• There is a change in frequencies
• There is a new request for aircraft
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A new FC-106 is not required when there are no fixed wing assigned and there are no other changes to the incident.
Single Engine Airtankers (SEATs) may be used under the following conditions:
• Used as initial attack airtanker as long as it is the closest resource, and the pilot is IA qualified.
• If pilot is not IA rated aerial supervision must be present.
• Used with other airtankers only if a Lead Plane, Air Attack or ASM is present.
• If the request is filled with a DOI On-Call SEAT, SEMG or ATBM must be identified with contact
information and documented in the Special Needs of the resource order block before NICC assigns a
SEAT.
• On CAL FIRE incidents, may only be used to augment Type 1, 2 and Type 3 Multi-engine Airtankers
and not as a replacement.
Airtanker Dispatch Rotation
When more airtankers are available at the base than originally requested or allotted for the incident, the Host Unit
or air attack base can request rotational use of all available airtankers. The air attack base or unit will initiate the
request for rotation and route it through the ECC and GACC for consideration.
At no time will additional rotation airtankers exceed the number of airtankers originally allotted to be flying on
the incident.
Each airtanker assigned to the incident will be issued its own “A” request number.
For airtanker rotation, reference NWCG Standards for Airtanker Base Operations, PMS 508
Aircraft Diverts
Diverts
This divert policy applies to all incidents regardless of size. All agencies should utilize the closest available
airtanker on a new incident.
No Divert
When the IC recognizes critical fire advances and has urgent need for continued air support for the direct and
immediate threat to life of a firefighter or a civilian by the approaching fire front, the IC shall immediately contact
their dispatch and request a “no divert” for a specified number of aircraft. The dispatch center will immediately
relay the request to the appropriate GACC via intercom. It is necessary for the dispatch center to include in the
transmission, the life threat and the specific number of tankers being requested in the no divert.
Example: “On the Salt Fire, requesting a “no divert” for two airtankers due to immediate life threat to firefighters
and civilians.”
The GACC will determine the number of tankers approved for the “no divert” based on the operational needs of
the region/state.
The “no divert” status will be reevaluated every 30 minutes. When the “no divert” is no longer needed as
determined by the IC, the IC will immediately advise the dispatch center and cancel the “no divert”. The
dispatch center will then contact the appropriate GACC over the intercom with the cancel.
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Airspace Coordination
Fire Traffic Area (FTA)
FTA is the initial attack airspace structure over a wildland fire.
For examples of FTA refer to the Appendix page 180 for a link to this information.
Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFR), FAR 91.137
Temporary airspace restrictions will be established when incident related Aviation activities present potential
conflict with other Aviation activities. The FAA requires that latitude/longitude information for the TFR must be
provided in degrees, minutes, and seconds, including reference to north latitude and west longitude. If seconds’
information is not available, add two (2) zeros to the description. Do not use spaces, commas, or other symbols
in the description. Example: ddmmssN/dddmmssW or 450700N/1175005W.
When requesting a polygon TFR the corner points should be listed in a clockwise sequence starting with the
Northwest point, around the requested TFR to avoid “bow tie” depictions.
Units are responsible for initiating and cancelling all TFR requests with a phone call and completion of the
Interagency Request for Temporary Flight Restrictions form (FAR part 91.137), to the appropriate GACC, as
well as processing requests in the current ordering system of record. This form is located at:
https://gacc.nifc.gov/oscc/logistics/aviation/docs/2016_TFR.pdf
and the link to this form may also be found in
the California Interagency Mobilization Guide Appendix. All TFR violations must be reported immediately to
the GACC.
GACCs are responsible for coordinating the issuance and cancellation of all TFR requests with the FAA. During
high incident activity an Airspace Coordinator may be requested. The GACC will contact the Air Route Traffic
Control Center (ARTCC) and military facility if applicable.
Media aircraft, medical aircraft and law enforcement aircraft are allowed in the TFR as long as they contact the
air attack on the posted Air to Air frequency to request permission prior to entering the area and at what altitude.
Airspace Conflicts
Consult the NWCG Standards for Airspace Coordination at: https://www.nwcg.gov/publications/520
The Aircraft Conflict Initial Report can be accessed at https://www.nwcg.gov/tags/iasc
Aviation personnel have a responsibility to identify and notify the Domestic Event Network (DEN) and report
conflicts and incidents through the Interagency SAFECOM (Safety Communication) System to assist in the
resolution of airspace conflicts. Notification to the DEN should be timely and by phone at 202-267-4700, option
1. When a conflict or incident occurs, it may indicate a significant aviation safety hazard. Conflicts may include
Near Mid Air Collisions (NMAC), TFR intrusions, and FTA communication non-compliance. Further guidance
is available in the NWCG Standards for Airspace Coordination.
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Military Training Routes (MTR) and Special Use Airspace (SUA)
Military Training Routes and Special Use Airspace present conflicts with incident related aviation activities and
will be identified by local Units. One source for this information is AP1B, Flight Information Publication,
“Military Training Routes”. Each ECC should download a current edition of AP1B.book (jcs.mil)
. Special Use
Airspace may be found on Sectional Aeronautical Charts. Critical airspace information pertinent to flight should
be organized for easy and rapid utilization, i.e., displayed on dispatching hazard maps. Special Use Airspace
(SUA) includes Low Altitude Tactical Navigation Areas (LATN), Military Operations Areas (MOA), Restricted
Areas (RA), Prohibited Areas (PA), Alert Areas (AA), Warning Areas (WA), and Controlled Firing Areas (CFA).
Units may obtain operational agreements with the military units having control over any Special Use Airspace in
their area and keep the military advised of all activities (fire and non-fire) that may be occurring inside these
areas. Units will follow up with notification to the GACC.
For deconfliction of Special Use Airspace, refer to the Documentation of Contacts Requesting Deconfliction of
Airspace by the Military, the link to this form is found in Appendix page 180.
Incident Related
When air activities of an unplanned nature (i.e., fire or flood) occur that may conflict with an MTR or an SUA
the GACC Aviation Coordinator will contact the responsible military originating or scheduling facility to notify
them of the situation and gather information on whether the routes are active. Provide the following information:
• MTR number and points along the route where incident is located.
• Whether route needs to be closed or altitude adjusted so route can remain operational and safe.
• Hours the restriction/change is to be in effect.
• Temporary airspace restriction, TFR (91.137) is filed with the FAA. If a TFR has not been requested
through the FAA, the request to the military is considered a voluntary cessation of activity(s); it is
between the agency and the military. Any conflicts arising will need to be coordinated directly with the
military as no FAA air space restriction has been violated. All conflicts should be reported on
SAFECOM Report (or OAS-34), to the Regional/State Aviation Safety Officer.
Intercom Traffic Related to Military Deconfliction
If an MTR or SUA is present, the GACC or the local ECC may announce “Aircraft Hazard MTR” and/or “Aircraft
Hazard (Insert Name) MOA.” This identifies an MTR or SUA in the area of the incident. The status
“unconfirmed” or “hot/active” will be announced after deconfliction with the scheduling facility by the GACC.
ECCs and/or tanker bases will notify responding aircraft of status provided by GACC. “Hot/Active” indicates
that verbal confirmation has occurred with the scheduling facility and there is current or planned activity in that
area. “Unconfirmed” indicates there was an attempt to contact the scheduling facility and it was unsuccessful.
Non-Incident Related
When a Unit schedules an air activity project that may conflict with a MTR, the GACCs Aircraft Coordinator
will assist with the operating procedures and ensure that the use of the MTR is coordinated with the responsible
military facility. The project needs must be made known to the GACCs Aircraft Coordinator at least two days
prior to starting the project to allow time to coordinate with the military, so they may adjust their schedules if
needed.
Temporary Airport Control Tower Operations
Requesting FAA Air Traffic Control Support - When aviation operations in support of an incident become too
complex or unsafe at uncontrolled airports or helibases, the FAA may be requested to provide air traffic control
support.
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GACCs within the FAA’s Western Service Area (AK, AZ, CA, CO HI, ID, MT, NV, OR, UT, WA, and WY)
may request FAA Air Traffic Control support through the Western Service Area Agreement or through a contract
vendor. A lead time of 24 hours is desirable when ordering. If the FAA cannot supply radios, the incident COML
will order radios as a Supply request through established ordering channels. Requesting Units are required to
provide full support and subsistence for FAA assigned personnel, as needed, per FAA Agreement.
Temporary Airport Control Tower
Requesting Unit must complete and submit Temporary Airport Control Tower Form to the
GACC: http://gacc.nifc.gov/oncc/logistics/aviation/docs/temp_tower.doc
If a VIPR Vendor is not available the GACC will contact the FAA for a Temporary Tower Request. For a CAL
FIRE request this must go through the HEMS ordering system.
The GACC will contact the FAA’s WSA Regional Operations Center (ROC) at 206-231-2420 and ask to speak
to a duty officer regarding a Temporary Tower order. The ROC will connect the GACC with the appropriate FAA
Duty officer. The Temporary Tower Request Form along with the aircraft resource order will be forwarded to the
FAA at the time of the request. In addition, there is a helpful checklist in Chapter 11 of the Interagency Airspace
Coordination Guide that aids in the ordering and set up process of a temporary tower.
Ordered in the current ordering system of record as: STMT – Service - Temporary Tower
For more information on airspace coordination refer to the NWCG Standards for Airspace Coordination | NWCG.
Air Communication
National Air Guard - 168.6250 MHz (Tx 110.9 Rx 110.9) - A National Interagency Air Guard frequency for
government aircraft will be used for emergency aviation communications. Continuous monitoring of this
frequency in narrowband mode is mandatory by Federal agency dispatch centers.
Restricted to the following use:
• Air-to-air emergency contact and coordination
• Ground-to-air emergency contact
• Air Guard Channel is not available for tactical frequency or use
National Flight Following - 168.6500 MHz (Tx 110.9 Rx 110.9) is used to monitor interagency and contract
aircraft. This frequency is used for flight following of official aircraft and is not intended to be used for tactical
communications or incident operations. All Federal dispatch centers will monitor the National Flight Following
frequency at all time.
Restricted to the following use:
• Flight following, the dispatching of local aircraft, and/or redirection of aircraft
• Air to Ground and Ground to Air administrative travel, not tactical communications
• Not authorized for ground to ground traffic
Pre-Assigned Aviation Frequencies
In order for aircraft communications to be manageable and functional, air frequencies are preassigned on a
temporary basis to expedite initial attack but will remain under the control of the GACC.
Once aviation resources have launched to an initial attack incident the aviation frequencies will not be
changed due to a change in jurisdiction or transfer of the ordering point, until the end of the operations
shift. An air frequency may be changed if there is a safety issue with the frequency.
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Occasionally the preassigned frequencies will have to be withdrawn from a Unit to serve multiple incidents on
another Unit. In that event, alternative frequencies will be provided by the GACC. A complete listing of pre-
assigned frequencies can be obtained by contacting the Federal Aviation Coordinator at the GACC.
Requesting Additional Aircraft Frequencies
Initial Attack
When the aircraft communications load on an on-going incident is too congested to be handled by existing
incident and air operations networks, temporary frequencies can be obtained. The IC should request additional
frequencies.
Extended Attack
Extended Attack operations will be required to order new aviation frequencies allowing IA frequencies to be
released. The IC will request replacement of initial attack frequencies as soon as the fire is expected to enter
extended attack.
The Unit will request the following frequencies from the GACC: FQFM - Air to Air FM (Air Tactics), FQAA -
Air to Air AM (Victor), and FQAG - Air to Ground (FM).
The GACC will be notified of all frequency releases.
Aircraft Flight Plan
For the link to the Aircraft Flight Request form (FS 9400-1a), refer to the Appendix page 180.
Federal
Reference Chapter 50 of the National Interagency Mobilization Guide or the Agency Aviation Management Plan.
In addition to FAA flight plans, which are required for all IFR flights, all agency contracted aircraft will file an
agency flight plan with the originating unit ECC for all missions, with the exception of initial attack responses.
CAL FIRE
Only administrative flights require a flight plan.
Reference CAL FIRE Handbook 8300, policy 8362.2.1
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Aircraft Flight Following
These procedures for flight following apply to all aircraft which move across Unit or Geographical boundaries.
Flight following is the primary responsibility of the unit scheduling the flight (sending unit) and will remain so
until transferred through a positive, documented handoff. If the flight will cross “traditional dispatch boundaries,”
the originating dispatch office must coordinate with the affected units and establish if the aircraft will be flight
followed for the duration of the flight from the originating office or handed off when borders are crossed. Either
option is acceptable but must be communicated and understood between dispatch offices and pilot/flight
managers. The method to be used will be determined between the pilot and the dispatch office prior to departure.
Receiving and intermediate units will only get involved in tracking the aircraft when requested by the sending
unit or when the aircraft is overdue.
Once an aircraft has become airborne the flight manager/pilot will contact the ECC and relay the following
information, this information will also be relayed when the aircraft is handed off to another unit for flight
following responsibility:
• Aircraft tail number/Call sign
• Number of souls on board
• Amount of fuel on board (hours/mins)
• Estimated flight time to destination and/or first fuel stop.
• Aircraft will advise on method of flight following (AFF is the preferred method).
Types of Approved Flight Following Methods
National Flight Following – Federal. Can be used for flight following of official aircraft and for aircraft
dispatching and divert.
Automated Flight Following (AFF). AFF displays real time information regarding an aircraft’s location, speed,
heading, altitude, and flight history.
Federal: For more information on this see the National Interagency Mobilization Guide, Chapter 50.
CAL FIRE: Reference the CAL FIRE Handbook 8150-4.
Web link for AFF: https://www.aff.gov/
Radio check-in/check-out. Flight following requires verbal communication via radio every 15 minutes. The ECCs
will log the aircraft call sign, latitude, longitude and heading.
Flight Following Responsibilities
Sending Unit
• Ensure that the flight crews are properly briefed on flight following procedures, responsibilities, and
frequency. Flight follow the aircraft to its final destination. Advise the pilot of any exceptions to routine
flight following procedures. Obtain Actual Time of Departure (ATD)from initial departure airport from
pilot/vendor or chief-of-party.
• Communicate to local GACC through established ordering channels all aircraft flight plans which cross
Unit or GACC Boundaries. All ECC’s will advise the GACC of all aircraft movement. The originating
dispatch will ensure that their telephone number appears on the flight plan.
• Notify GACC of any delays/advances of a flight plan exceeding 30 minutes.
• Initiate appropriate procedures for overdue/missing aircraft. Utilize agency Aircraft Search/Rescue
Guides as appropriate and notify GACC of overdue aircraft. CAL FIRE reference the CAL FIRE
Handbook 8100, Procedure 8150-1 for Aircraft Accident/Incident Procedure, Procedure 8150-3
Overdue and Missing Aircraft, and Procedure 8150-4 Flight Following.
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Pilot
• Receive briefing of flight following procedures from sending ECC.
• File an FAA flight plan.
• Obtain and carry the sending ECC, GACC’s and NICC's 24 hour telephone numbers. Contact sending
ECC at time of initial departure and provide ATD.
• Contact sending ECC while enroute as directed.
• Call originating/receiving ECC upon arrival at destination.
Receiving Unit
• Notify the sending unit of any aircraft which has not arrived within 30 minutes of ETA.
• If problems are encountered contacting the sending unit, contact the GACC for assistance.
Sending GACC
• Forward flight plan information to the receiving GACC
• If flight crosses GACC boundaries outside of California, forward to NICC.
• Notify receiving GACC and NICC of any delays/advances of flight plan exceeding 30 minutes.
• Immediate notification to NICC when a Federal aircraft on GACC to GACC flight is overdue/missing.
• Immediate notification to CAL FIRE Region Duty Officer when a CAL FIRE aircraft is
overdue/missing.
• Immediate notification to Forest Service Regional Aviation Safety Officer or respective DOI Aviation
Managers when a Federal aircraft is overdue/missing.
• Coordinate with units/GACCs/NICC in searches for overdue/missing aircraft.
Receiving GACC
• Relay flight plans to all units affected by the flight plan through established dispatch channels.
• Notify intermediate or receiving units of any delays/advances of flight plan exceeding 30 minutes.
• Coordinate with intermediate or receiving units in searches for overdue/missing aircraft.
NICC
• Monitor federal flight plans for additional utilization.
• Coordinate with sending and receiving GACCs in searches for overdue/missing aircraft.
Aircraft Release
All aircraft users should anticipate that tactical aircraft could be reassigned to new incidents at any time, especially
upon the completion of the current assignment.
At no time will supervisory aircraft or the ECC release positive control of any tactical aircraft until approved by
the GACC. Flight following will be performed on all released tactical aircraft.
Units may release charter and CWN aircraft to the vendor without flight following, providing there are no agency
passengers or cargo on board and will make notification to the GACC.
All airtankers will be released daily and reordered for next day’s shift by 1900 hours by the unit ECC, under a
new request number. If aircraft is needed for the next day place request to the GACC prior to 1900 hrs the day
before.
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All federal aerial supervision aircraft may remain on their original request number (A#) until released from the
incident, diverted to another incident, or going on days off. On State incidents, all (state and federal) aerial
supervision aircraft will be released at the end of each day. They need to be reordered for next day’s shift by 1900
hours, under a new request number.
Notification for Aircraft Accident or Incident With Serious Potential
Upon notification of an aircraft accident or incident with serious potential the following notifications will be
made:
Federal
• Unit - Immediately notify their Aviation Officer or UAM, Unit Duty Chief, Agency Administrator, and
GACC Federal Aircraft Coordinator.
• Federal Aircraft Coordinator – Notify the GACC Duty Chief, the Regional Aviation Safety Officer,
the Regional Aviation Officer and NICC Coordinator-On-Duty (COD).
State
• Unit - Notify through the Unit Duty Officer chain-of-command, the Unit Duty Chief
• Unit Duty Chief - Notify through the Duty Chief chain-of-command, the Region Duty Chief,
Sacramento Fire Protection Duty Chief and Tactical Air Operations Duty Officer.
• Unit Duty Officer - Notify the Aviation Safety Officer via the Aviation Management Unit (AMU).
Reference the CAL FIRE Handbook 8100, procedure 8150-1 and 8150-2.
Air Tactical Supervision
Refer to the “Aerial Supervision Aircraft” chart at the end of this chapter for a listing of identifiers, locations,
pilots and qualifications.
Aviation operations on an incident are often conducted under extremely adverse flight conditions such as
congested airspace, reduced visibility, adverse weather conditions and mountainous terrain, all of which add to
the complexity of aircraft operations over an incident. For Fire Traffic Area over an incident, refer to the Appendix
page 180 for a link to this information.
Air Tactical Supervision Over an Incident.
Individual situations with their inherent complexities dictate the level of supervision required to safely and
effectively conduct an aerial suppression operation. This section identifies levels of Air Tactical Supervision
required over an incident and summarizes the intent of USFS, DOI and CAL FIRE manual directives. Reference
the Interagency Aerial Supervision Guide.
Aerial Supervision Requirements
Aerial supervision requirements are defined by the Interagency Aerial Supervision Guide per the chart below.
The following terms are used in the chart.
Required: Aerial supervisory resource(s) that shall be over the incident when air tactical operations are
being conducted.
Ordered: A
erial supervisory resources shall be ordered by the appropriate controlling entity. (Air tactical
operations may be continued while the aerial supervision resource is enroute to the incident or is on order.
Operations can be continued if the resource is not available.)
Over: Th
e air tactical resource is flying above or is in a holding pattern adjacent to the incident.
Assigned To: Tactical resource allocated to an incident. The resource may be flying to and from, or on hold
at a ground site.
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Incident Aerial Supervision Requirements
When aerial supervision resources are co-located with retardant aircraft, they should be launched together on the
initial order to maximize safety, effectiveness, and efficiency of incident operations. Incidents with three or more
aircraft over/assigned to them should have aerial supervision over/assigned the incident. Federal policy dictates
additional requirements as listed below:
Situation
Lead/ATCO/ASM
ATGS
Airtanker not IA rated. Required
MAFFS
MAFFS Endorsed
Lead/ASM
VLAT
VLAT Endorsed
Lead/ASM
When requested by airtanker, ATGS, Lead, ATCO, or
ASM
Required Required
Foreign Government airtankers
Required if no
ATGS
Required if no
Lead/ATCO/ASM
Multi-engine airtanker: Retardant drops conducted
between 30 minutes prior to,and 30 minutes after sunrise,
or 30 minutes prior to sunset to 30 minutes after sunset.
Required if no
ATGS
Required if no
Lead/ATCO/ASM
Single Engine Airtanker (SEAT): SEATs are required to
be “on the ground” by ½ hour after sunset.
See level 2 SEAT
requirements
See level 2 SEAT
requirements
Level 2 SEAT requirements: Level 2 rated SEAT
operatingover an incident with more than one other
tactical aircrafton scene.
Required if no
ATGS
Required if no
Lead/ATCO/ASM
Retardant drops in congested/urban interface areas.
Order
May use if no
Lead/ATCO/ASM
Periods of marginal weather,poor visibility, or
turbulence.
Order Order
* The chart above does not apply to Night Aviation Operations. Airtanker dispatch, use the official sunrise, start-
up, cutoff, and sunset times of the Airtanker Base nearest the fire.
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Aerial Supervision Module (ASM)
The ASM is a fixed wing platform that utilizes two crewmembers to perform the functions of a traditional air
attack and when necessary, performs low-level operations including Lead profiles. The ASM requires both
crewmembers to be trained as a team, utilizing Crew Resource Management (CRM) skills and techniques to
enhance safety, efficiency and effectiveness. Module operations require a fluid relationship between
crewmembers that incorporates task sharing and coordination. The ASM provides aerial supervision in support
of incident objectives.
An ASM is formed by pairing an ASM qualified Lead Pilot and an ASM qualified ATGS. An ASM can perform
Lead Plane duties and Air Attack duties at the same time.
National designators will be used to identify the operating agency and crewmembers. For Forest Service ASM
units, the Lead Plane call sign will be used, and “Bravo” will replace “Lead”. For example: Bravo 5-2. For CAL
FIRE ASM units, the call sign “Charlie” will be used. BLM ASM’s have national call signs assigned.
All dispatching of Lead Planes/ASMs will be done by the GACCs. Normal ordering procedures will be followed.
The GACC Federal Aircraft Coordinators will coordinate with the Aviation Group for the availability and
assignments for all Federal Lead/ASM planes assigned to California. Refer to end of this chapter for a complete
listing of pilots, locations, qualifications, and identifiers.
GACCs will be responsible for the Aircraft Flight Request/Schedule, form 9400-1a (flight strip), when needed
for the aircraft.
CAL FIRE may, upon request, provide up to three qualified Lead plane/Aerial Supervision modules. Minimum
status includes MAFFS and VLAT lead qualifications.
AIRTANKERS
Airtanker Standard ICS Types
Catalog Item
Capacity (Minimum)
ICS Type
VLAT
5000+ gallons
1
1
3,000 to 4,999 gallons
1
2
1,800 to 2,999 gallons
2
3
800 to 1,799 gallons
3
4
up to 799 gallons
4
Very Large Airtanker (VLAT)
VLATs can only be reloaded at specific bases. They are identified in the “Airtanker Bases” chart at the end of
this chapter.
DC-10
These aircraft can be used on all lands in California and if available, may require up to 24 hours for activation.
These aircraft are best utilized on rapidly emerging fires which are, or will be moving into the extended attack
phase. Consider using the DC-10 (12,000 gallons) if you are anticipating continuous use of multiple Type 1 and
Type 2 Airtankers.
Ordered in the current ordering system of record as: VLAT - Airtanker, VLAT
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Type 1 Airtanker
Lockheed L-188 Electra/C-130/BAE-146/RJ-85 and MD-87:
They can each carry a minimum of 3,000 gallons. The Electra is not approved for use within federal jurisdiction,
unless it is a situation that requires immediate action to prevent the loss of life and property and has been
authorized by the Regional Aviation Officer. This approval will be on a case by case basis. Any qualified Federal
or State Lead Plane can lead the Electra.
Ordered in the current ordering system of record as: LAT1 - Airtanker, Type 1
Type 2 Airtanker
Lockheed P-3 Orion:
These aircraft can carry a minimum of 1,800 gallons
The Lockheed P-3 Orion is not approved for use within federal jurisdiction, unless it is a situation that requires
immediate action to prevent the loss of life and property and has been authorized by the Regional Aviation Officer.
This approval will be on a case by case basis. Any qualified Federal or State Lead Plane can lead the Lockheed
P-3 Orion
Ordered in the current ordering system of record as: LAT2 - Airtanker, Type 2
Type 3 Airtanker
S2-T Tracker
These aircraft can carry a minimum of 800 gallons
Ordered in the current ordering system as: ATM3 - Airtanker, Type 3 (Multi-Engine)
CL-215 and CL-415
The CL-215 and 415 are approved water scooping aircraft in California. The CL-215 carries 1,400 gallons
maximum and the CL-415 carries 1,600 gallons maximum.
Ordered in the current ordering system of record as: ATM3 - Airtanker, Type 3 (Multi-Engine)
Special Needs: Scooper
Air Tractor AT-802 F
Single engine airtanker capable of carrying 800 gallons.
Ordered in current ordering system of record as: ATS3 - Airtanker, Type 3 (Single Engine)
Type 4 Airtanker
Air Tractor AT-802 and AT-602/Turbine Thrush/Turbine Dromader/Piston Dromader:
These aircraft can carry a maximum of 799 gallons.
Ordered in current ordering system of record as: ATS4 - Airtanker, Type 4 (Single Engine)
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Federal Modular Airborne Firefighting Systems (MAFFS)
MAFFS are military transport aircraft reconfigured to deliver retardant. They are activated to augment and
enhance contract and agency airtanker capabilities. The Air Force requests a 24 hour lead time, however, in some
cases they can expedite mobilization. Requests will be placed through normal dispatch channels in the current
ordering system of record.
MAFFS can only be reloaded at specific bases. They are identified in the “Airtanker Bases” chart at the end of
this chapter.
CAL FIRE requests for MAFFS activation follow CAL FIRE Handbook 8100 procedure 8151-6.
Ordered in the current ordering system of record as: LAT1 - Airtanker, Type 1.
Smokejumper Aircraft
California Smokejumpers and aircraft are national resources, administered and managed by the GACCs. Priorities
for their use are established nationally.
Region 5 maintains two smokejumper (para-cargo) fixed wing aircraft during the active fire season that are based
at Redding. They are identified as “Jump 5-1” and “Jump 5-2”.
NOPS will determine the number of aircraft and Smokejumpers available for a given day.
Smokejumpers arrive at an incident with tools and supplies for three days of fire suppression activity. The
smokejumper incident commander will contact the ordering Unit and arrange for incident demobilization.
Responsibility for arranging transportation of smokejumpers back to their base lies with the ordering Unit. If
problems arise, contact the GACC for assistance.
Satellite Bases
When smokejumpers are being deployed to SOPS, satellite bases may be activated. When a SOPS satellite base
is activated, a smokejumper liaison will be assigned by the NOPS smokejumper base.
When there is an activation of a satellite base in SOPS jurisdictional area, the operational control of the satellite
base will remain under SOPS. The smokejumper plane and the smokejumpers themselves will be hosted by SOPS
and be requested on OSC preparedness/preposition order.
NOPS will fill all requests for smokejumpers, para-cargo, smokejumper/para-cargo aircraft, and necessary
supplies for all smokejumper satellite base operations. NOPS smokejumper base will ensure that all satellite
smokejumper bases are properly outfitted. Any additional orders for smokejumpers, para-cargo, supplies, and
aircraft will be made through NOPS.
All requests from a SOPS Unit for smokejumpers when there is an activated satellite base will be processed
through normal dispatch channels. All agencies will place the request for smokejumpers as an “A” number as
“Fixed Wing, Smokejumper”, located under Fixed Wing in the current ordering system of record.
Satellite base resources; smokejumpers, supplies, and aircraft in SOPS will be demobilized through SOPS in
coordination with NOPS.
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Para-Cargo Delivery
The Smokejumper Unit is charged with maintaining the para-cargo delivery system the following information is
needed to fill a para-cargo request:
• Desired Cargo
• Incident name, order number and “A” request number
• Location of drop zone (Legal or Latitude/Longitude)
• Ground contact
• Desired time of delivery
Almost all fire cache items can be delivered via para-cargo. In addition, special items such as fresh food, drinking
water and sack lunches can also be delivered. Emergency medical care and rescue equipment can be delivered
via para-cargo. The smokejumper unit maintains six trauma kits with IV fluids and TRS litters rigged for Para-
cargo delivery, every Smokejumper aircraft carries one of these kits available for order at all times. Additional
trauma kits/TRS litters, a basket litter with wilderness wheel, and an AED are available for order from the Redding
base. IV starts must only be administered by qualified individuals.
The time frames for delivery of para-cargo are dependent on the availability of requested items, aircraft, cargo
riggers and cargo droppers. As a general rule, any fire cache items can be ready within two hours and special
items within four hours. Orders placed after dark can be prepared at night and delivered at dawn.
Para-cargo weight capacities vary for aircraft assigned.
Para-Cargo orders are requested in the current ordering system of record as Aircraft, Fixed Wing, and Cargo.
Infrared Aircraft
Infrared mapping services are available for use on any wildland fire activity and are obtained through the
appropriate GACC in accordance with the National Infrared Operations Plan.
Requests to the GACC will be via current ordering system of record and a completed Infrared Aircraft Scanner
Request form, submitted on-line from the National Infrared Operations (NIROPS) website:
https://fsapps.nwcg.gov/nirops/users/login
. If internet is unavailable, a faxed copy to the GACC will be accepted.
Request(s) need to be received at the NICC by 1500 Mountain Time to be scheduled for that night’s flight, which
means they must be received by the GACC no later than 1345 Pacific Time.
For the Infrared Aircraft Scanner Request Form, refer to the link found in the Appendix page 180.
A qualified Infrared Interpreter (IRIN) must be confirmed or in place at the time of the Infrared flight. Refer to
Chapter 20, Specialized Overhead.
Ordered in the current ordering system of record as: SIRF - Service – Infrared Flight
FIREWATCH PLATFORM FIXED WING
Fixed Wing
The Forest Service Fire Watch 5-1 will support Incident Awareness and Assessment (IAA) in California during
daylight hours (0800 - 1800).
Firewatch 51 will be added to all South Ops Federal initial attack responses (when available).
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For planned needs, incidents will place orders through the normal ordering process to SOPS GACC by 1700 the
day before. Incidents that occur throughout the night will be prioritized in the morning and confirmed by the Fire
Watch 5-1 ATGS and the SOPS Aviation Duty Officer before adding to the flightstrip.
Order in the current ordering system of record as FWIR - Fixed wing, Infrared. Special Needs: Fire Watch 5-1,
and add the Incident POC name, phone number/frequency for intent and an email address for data dissemination.
Fire Watch 5-1 will return to WJF by 1800 for Night Aviation Operations (NAO) coverage. Fire Watch 5-1 will
be released each evening, reordered and reapproved by the SOPS Aviation Duty Officer and GACC Duty Chief.
NIGHT AVIATION OPERATIONS
Forest Service
An exclusive use air attack platform and helicopter will be available during fire season for night aviation
operations. The night air operations will be hosted on the Angeles National Forest. The NAO aircraft have a one
hour I/A response range, helicopter 90 nautical miles and air attack 240 nautical miles and will support wildfire
suppression on Forest Service protected lands, including communities and homes within and adjacent to the
Angeles, Cleveland, and San Bernardino National Forests, and the Southern half of the Los Padres and Sequoia
National Forests (South of HWY 166).
Prior to committing night air operation resources outside the above approved locations approval must be granted
from South Ops Duty Chief. The approval or denial of the request will be documented in the current ordering
system of record by the South Ops GACC.
For a copy of the Region 5 Night Air Operations Mobilization and Notification Procedures please refer to the
“Region 5 Night Air Operations Mobilization and Notification Procedure.
2020 Night Air Operations Dispatch Procedures.docx.pdf (nifc.gov)
Order in current ordering system of record as: FWAA - Fixed Wing, Air Tactical, Special needs: Night Ops
Order in current ordering system of record as: HE2S - Helicopter, Type 2 Standard, Special needs: Night Ops
MOBILE RETARDANT BASE
A mobile retardant base sometimes called portable retardant base, is an easily transportable retardant mixing and
delivery system that can be established at airports or other incident locations to support fixed or rotary wing
operations. The reporting location and the contact name and number must be in the resource order.
Federal
Order in the current ordering system of record and place to the appropriate GACC: SMRB – Service - Mobile
Retardant Base.
CAL FIRE
Order in the current ordering system of record as: SMRB – Service - Mobile Retardant Base. Unit needs to contact
CAL FIRE current contracted retardant vendor, local CAL FIRE airbase can provide this information.
Cooperators
Cooperator helicopters can be used if proper agreements, approvals, and procedures are in place. Reference
Interagency Aerial Supervision Guide.
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HELICOPTERS
Helicopter Standard ICS Types
Restricted Helicopters (R): no passenger carrying, external cargo only. Standard Helicopters (S): passenger
carrying, internal cargo and external cargo.
Type*
Bucket
or Tank size
Seats (including pilot)
1
700
gallons
16
2
300
gallons
10
3
100
gallons
5
4
75
gallons
3
* Type is based on water carrying capacity and passenger capability.
Type 2S with crew (or alternately 1S for CALFIRE) is the standard IA helicopter.
Type 3S with crew are additional IA helicopter.
A Host Unit may use their Type 3S helicopters on local IA response Type 1 Restricted are Large Fire Support
helicopters (LFS)
CALFIRE is currently transitioning their Helicopter fleet to the new Sikorsky S70i platform which is classified
as a Type 1S. You will see both Type 1S and 2S as a standard IA response.
AIR RESCUE
CAL FIRE
All CAL FIRE helicopters can perform rescue operations. This capability is intended for use on incidents to rescue
trapped or endangered firefighters and citizens when there is no other feasible alternative for evacuation.
Federal
Federal short-haul programs must be approved by National Park Service and Forest Service offices. Any
exemption to the plan must be represented by the program through the region for approval by the National
Aviation Office (NPS) or Directory of Fire and Aviation (FS).
• Forest Service Emergency Medical Short-Haul Operational Plan
National Park Service
NPS have 2 helicopters based at Yosemite National Park at Crane Flat (Type 2S) and Sequoia/Kings National
Park at Ash Mountain (Type 3S). Both helicopters serve as the parks' primary rescue/life flight helicopter for life
threatening emergencies and may not always be available.
• 2022 NPS Helicopter Short-haul Operations Plan
Forest Service Short- Haul Orders
Orders for aircraft and short-haulers will be coordinated with the GACC and/or NICC and placed through normal
channels. At a minimum, orders shall be filled with (6) Short-Haulers and a manager to support needs documented
on the aircraft order through current ordering system. The Short-Haul spotter/manager will determine
transportation needs for the additional short-haulers on the order.
Ordered in current ordering system of record as: SHLR - Short-Hauler
Short-Haul Helicopter: Standard Category Type 3;
Selected features identified as “Special Needs”: Short-haul capability
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Refer to the “Helicopter Interagency Emergency Helicopter Extraction Source List:
Interagency Emergency Helicopter Extraction Source List | NWCG
Federal Helicopter Rappelling
Helicopter rappelling performed by qualified Helitack modules can be utilized for a variety of missions where
conventional means of delivering personnel by ground or by other aerial platform is prohibitive due to time,
geographical features, or other environmental conditions. Either a booster or CWN rappeler can be ordered
through normal dispatch channels.
Refer to the “Helicopter” chart at the end of this chapter for a listing of rappel qualified helicopters.
Ordered in current ordering system of record as: RPIA – Load, Rappeller, Initial Attack
Booster Load of Rappelers
Overhead, HRAP – Helicopter Rappeller
PROJECT HELICOPTER
Forest Service
Request for helicopter services when the Forests local exclusive use helicopter is unavailable or the Forest does
not have an exclusive use helicopter.
For Type 1 limited helicopter or Type 2 standard/limited helicopter requests will be passed up to NICC for
processing. Requests for Type 3 helicopters are processed at the GACC.
When requesting a helicopter for a project this additional information needs to be included:
• Type of helicopter needed
• Contact Name and Telephone number for Project Manager
• Contact Name and Telephone number for Helicopter Manager
• Approximate project length
• Fuel Truck, if needed
A copy of the Commitment of Fund Obligation (FS-6500-224) and a copy of the Project Aviation Safety Plan
(PASP) or Mission Aviation Safety Plan (MASP) needs to be sent to dispatch and forwarded on to the GACC.
The GACC will either process the order if it is for a Type 3 helicopter or place the order up to NICC. If the request
needs to go to NICC then a copy for Commitment of Funds Obligation Form and the signature page of the
PASP/MASP will be sent to NICC for the contracting officer and the National Helicopter Specialist.
NICC will process the request by filling with an exclusive use helicopter with a modified contract or CWN
helicopter.
CALL WHEN NEEDED (CWN) AIRCRAFT
Call signs for CWN aircraft will be the last three numbers of the FAA tail number.
For the link to the Passenger and Cargo Manifest Form for CWN flights, refer to Appendix page 180.
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CAL FIRE
Unit ECCs are authorized to directly hire CWN aircraft. Reference policies and rules of the current CAL FIRE
8300 Handbook, Section 8353. The current list of CWN Fixed Wing aircraft is available on the CAL FIRE
intranet.
CWN Helicopters reference CALFIRE Handbook 8100, procedure 8151-4
If incident activity prohibits the ECC personnel from implementing the CWN hiring process, contact the GACC
for assistance.
All payments are processed through the Unit’s finance office utilizing the CAL FIRE 62 Emergency Aircraft Use
Invoice.
Department of the Interior
A list of approved CWN aircraft and pilots are available via the Internet at: Aviation Support | IBC Customer
Central (doi.gov) and is maintained by the Office of Aviation Services (OAS). DOI agencies are required to use
the OAS Source List when ordering and utilizing CWN aircraft and pilots.
All Type 3 CWN helicopters that are located within the administrative jurisdiction of a BLM District may be
ordered by the appropriate ECC from the OAS Source List. The ordering Unit will order or provide a qualified
helicopter manager and crew members.
CWN Helicopter Selection Factors:
• Closest forces
• Cost effectiveness
• Performance specifications for density altitude/high altitude operations
• Carded and contracted for local or emergency use
• Special applications such as helitorch, fixed tank, long line, etc.
• Daily availability based on expected duration of assignment and projected use.
Type 1 and 2 helicopters are available under National Contract and will be requested through the GACC by ICS
type and specifications.
CWN Inspection Criteria
All DOI helicopters are solicited and inspected by the OAS. The OAS and Forest Service will honor each other's
inspection certifications. If the aircraft is not used immediately, it must be reinspected by the Project Inspector
for contract compliance prior to use. This inspection includes checking all required equipment for installation and
function. In addition, the logbook will be reviewed to see that the aircraft has not been damaged and that it is in
compliance with required inspections (10-hour, annual, etc.).
CWN Forest Service
A listing of pilots and aircraft carded for the current year is kept at the GACC.
Forest Service requests for CWN aircraft will be placed to the appropriate GACC. The GACC will utilize the
aircraft that best accomplishes the requested mission and provides maximum cost benefit.
The GACC will process requests for Federal Type 3 CWN helicopters directly with the vendor. Type 1 and 2
helicopters are available under National Contract and will be requested through the GACC by ICS type and
specifications. For project or emergency hire the Unit must identity the manager’s name in “Special Needs”. The
helicopter and manager will be married up at a nonfire incident location.
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The GACC will process requests for Federal aircraft directly with the fixed wing vendor. Forest Service requests
for CWN aircraft will be placed to the appropriate GACC. The Unit must identify the ATGS or aerial observer
name in “Special Needs”.
When the aircraft is being used for fire detection the last three characters of the FAA registration number will be
used as the call sign.
Forest Aviation Officers are responsible for ensuring all Flight/Aircraft Use Report (FS 122s) are submitted into
the ABS system for CWN aircraft used on their Forests. All payments will be processed through Incident Business
System (IBS) website. CWN Managers are responsible for providing performance evaluation forms to the GACC
Aviation Coordinator for payment management in ABS.
For all non-fire projects, a copy of the PASP/MASP needs to be provided to the Unit and GACC by the Project
Manager.
CWN Helicopter Modules – Forest Service
Call When Needed (CWN) helicopters will be managed by a qualified module when assigned for incident use.
For project work, a qualified helicopter manager (HMGB) will be assigned as a minimum on federally hired CWN
helicopter contracts.
Forest Aviation Officers are responsible for ensuring all Flight/Aircraft Use Report (FS 122s) are submitted into
the ABS system for CWN aircraft used on their Forests. All payments will be processed through Aviation
Business System (ABS) website. CWN Managers are responsible for providing performance evaluation forms to
the GACC Aviation Coordinator for payment management in ABS.
For all non-fire projects, a copy of the PASP/MASP needs to be provided to the Unit and GACC by the Project
Manager.
Module Requirements:
HELICOPTER
TYPE
FAA
STANDARD/TRANSPORT
CATEGORY
FAA STANDARD
CATEGORY
Temporarily Designated
for Limited Use
FAA CATEGORY
Permanently Designated
for limited Use or FAA
Restricted Category
1
Manager * Plus four (4)
Helicopter Crew Members**
Manager * Only Manager * Only
2
Manager * Plus four (3)
Helicopter Crew Members
Manager * Only Manager * Only
3
Manager * Plus four (2)
Helicopter Crew Members
Manager * Only Manager * Only
*If the intended use is for Forest Service or DOI initial attack, the helicopter manager request must specify that a
fitness level of arduous is required. Any other qualification requirements (ICT4, etc.) must also be specified in
Special Needs. Remember to specify where the HMGB and helicopter are going to marry-up, also notated in
Special Needs.
** Forest Service no longer allows passenger transport in Type 1 helicopters with the exception of authorized
military helicopters.
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Large Transport Aircraft
Federal
Large transport aircraft are used to mobilize and demobilize large volumes of overhead, crews, equipment and
supplies nationally and internationally.
Large transport aircraft are National Resources and requests are filled at the national level (NICC) after the request
has been initiated at the GACC by the Aircraft Coordinator.
The GACCs will place these requests with NICC at least 48 hours before the flight is needed.
UAS Typing and Call Signs
The Forest Service has adopted NWCG standards for UAS typing and call signs utilized in emergency response
activities. UAS are built in a multitude of configurations, which makes classification difficult. All UAS have
varying capabilities and limitations. Utilization of the appropriate make and model is essential to ensure requested
product is delivered. For example: some UAS have fixed cameras and others are on a gimbal- based system with
interchangeable sensors. This section is intended to provide generic operational characteristics.
UAS Call Signs
Incident Operations
Call signs will only be provided to UAS that will be utilized on incident operations. Unmanned Aircraft System
Pilots (UASP) will follow established incident communications protocols by utilizing current NWCG PMS 515
policy, as instructed in S-373 or RT-373. See Table 2.
If a fire aircraft is supporting non-incident operation, call signs will carry over.
Non-Incident Operations
Call signs will be assigned by the National UAS Fleet Manager, to the aircraft and utilized during
communications. (e.g UR4-last 2 of assigned FAA Certificate Number)
Type of Aircraft (Unmanned – U)
Configuration (Fixed or Rotor – (F/R) Foxtrot/Romeo *phonetic alphabet
Endurance Type (1-4) *see table below
FAA Certificate Number (Agency designated number)
Table 2. UAS Types and Statistics (Source: NWCG-PMS 515).
Type Configuration Endurance
Data collection
altitude (agl-feet)
Max. range
(miles)
Typical Sensors*
1
Fixed-wing
Rotorcraft
6-14 hours
NA
3,500-8,000
NA
50
NA
EO/Mid-wave IR
High quality IR
2
Fixed-wing
Rotorcraft
1-6 hours
NA
3,500-6,000
NA
25
NA
EO/Long-wave IR
Moderate quality IR
3
Fixed-wing
Rotorcraft
20-60 minutes
20-60 minutes
2,500 and below
2,000 and below
5
5
EO/IR Video and stills
Moderate quality IR
4
Fixed-wing
Rotorcraft
Up to 30minutes
Up to 20 minutes
1,200 and below
1,200 and below
<2
<2
EO/IR Video and stills
Moderate quality IR
*Sensor payloads are variable but typically include daylight (electro-optical), infrared (IR), thermal, or mapping
cameras. Type 1 and 2 UAS carry multiple camera types in a gimbaled configuration.
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Operational Characteristics
Type 1 and 2
These aircraft will generally be operated by contractors and provide strategic situational awareness (SA), mapping
and intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), provide data for monitoring, measuring, assessments, and
planning for natural resource management purposes.
• They typically operate above all other incident aircraft.
• Communications are maintained with the UAS crew on the assigned Victor (AM) or air-to-ground (FM)
frequencies.
• All Type 1 and 2 contract aircraft will be equipped with Mode C transponders.
• Typical aircraft are the Scan Eagle, Aerosonde, or Silent Falcon.
Type 3 and 4
These aircraft are generally agency operated and perform tactical SA or mapping missions on/near the fire line or
incident. Smaller scale monitoring, measuring, aerial photography for resource projects.
• Most do not carry transponders.
• Communications are maintained with the UAS crew only on assigned FM frequencies.
• None are equipped with Automated Flight Following (AFF) equipment.
• Typical aircraft are the Anafi (RW), DJI M600, and Mavic (RW), and FireFly6 (FW).
Aircraft Acquisition & Maintenance
The National UAS Program Manager supervises the National UAS Fleet Manager who is responsible for
planning, acquisitions and managing UAS fleet availability. UAS aircraft are subject to regulations governing the
procurement and management of aircraft. FSM 5703.2 assigns UAS registration responsibility to the Washington
Office, and FSH 5709.16 Chapter 10 directs that all aircraft acquisition, including UAS, follow a specific planning
and approval process. Requests for UAS acquisitions and funding must be routed through Forest/Zone Aviation
Officer or Regional UAS Specialist to the National UAS Program Manager, or delegate.
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AERIAL SUPERVISION AIRCRAFT
GACC
AIR ATTACK
UNIT
BASE/FAA ICAO
North Ops
5
KNF
Siskiyou - SIY
North Ops
6
LNF
Chester - O05
North Ops
17
TNF
Grass Valley - GOO
North Ops
50
ONC
Redding - RDD
North Ops
110
MEU
Ukiah - UKI
North Ops
120
HUU
Rohnerville - FOT
North Ops
140
LNU
Sonoma - STS
North Ops
210
BTU
Chico - CIC
North Ops
230
NEU
Grass Valley - GOO
North Ops
240
RDD
Redding - RDD
North Ops
500
CDF
McClellan - MCC
North Ops
501
CDF
McClellan - MCC
North Ops
503
CDF
McClellan - MCC
North Ops
504
CDF
McClellan - MCC
South Ops
7
LPF
Santa Maria - SMX
South Ops
12
BDF
San Bernardino - SBD
South Ops
15
SNF
Fresno - FAT
South Ops
51N
ANF
Fox Field - WJF
South Ops
52
BDF
San Bernardino - SBD
South Ops
310
RRU
Hemet/Ryan - HMT
South Ops
330
SDU
Ramona - RNM
South Ops
340
SLU
Paso Robles - PRB
South Ops
410
TUU
Porterville - PTV
South Ops
430
FKU
Fresno - FAT
South Ops
440
TCU
Columbia - O22
South Ops
460
BEU
Hollister - CVH
LEAD PLANES
LEAD NUMBER
PILOT
LOCATION
STATUS
5-0
Vacant
Redding
5-1
Vacant
Redding
5-2
Vacant
Fox Field
5-3
Vacant
Fox Field
5-4
Vacant
Redding
T
5-5
Travis Strahan
Redding
Q/M/V
5-6
Vacant
Fox Field
5-7
Vacant
Fox Field
5-8
Vacant
Redding
5-9
Vacant
Redding
C-1
Bob Coward
CALFIRE
Q/M/V
C-2
Vacant
CALFIRE
C-3
Rick Haagenson
CALFIRE
Q/M/V
C-4
John Ponts
CALFIRE
Q/M/V
C-5
Don Bell
CALFIRE
Q/M/V
C-8
Dave Spliethof
CALFIRE
Q/M/V
STATUS LEGEND
M = MAFFS Lead
T = Trainee
H=Cobra Helicopter
S = Smokejumper Pilot
N = Night Ops
Q = Qualified
V = VLAT Lead
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AIRTANKER BASES
GACC AIRTANKER BASES AGENCY
AIRCRAFT
APPROVED*
North Ops
Chester (O05)
USFS
S2, L, S
North Ops
T-93
Chico (CIC)
CAL FIRE
S2, L, M, S
North Ops
T-88, T-89
Grass Valley (GOO)
CAL FIRE
S2, S
North Ops
Klamath Falls, OR (LMT)
USFS
S2, L, S, M
North Ops
T-94, T95
Redding (RDD)
CAL FIRE/ USFS
S2, L, S
North Ops
T-96
Rohnerville (FOT)
CAL FIRE
S2, L, S
North Ops
T-85, T-86
Sonoma (STS)
CAL FIRE
S2, L, S
North Ops
Stead, NV (RTS)
BLM
S2, L, S, M
North Ops
T-90, T-91
Ukiah (UKI)
CAL FIRE
S2, S
South Ops
T-82, T-83
Columbia (O22)
CAL FIRE
S2, S
South Ops
Fresno (FAT)
USFS
S2, L, S, M
South Ops
T-72, T-73
Hemet/Ryan (HMT)
CAL FIRE
S2, S
South Ops
T-79, T-80
Hollister (CVH)
CAL FIRE
S2, S
South Ops
Lancaster (WJF)
USFS
S2, L, S
South Ops
T-74, T-75
Paso Robles (PRB)
CAL FIRE
S2, L, S, M
South Ops
T-76, T-78
Porterville (PTV)
USFS/CAL FIRE
S2, L, S
South Ops
T-70, T-71
Ramona (RNM)
CAL FIRE
S2, S
South Ops
San Bernardino (SBD)
USFS/BLM
S2, L, S, M, V
South Ops
Santa Maria (SMX)
USFS
S2, L, S, M, V
RELOAD BASES
GACC AIRTANKER BASES AGENCY
AIRCRAFT
APPROVED
North Ops
T-100
McClellan (MCC)
CAL FIRE
S2, L, S, V
North Ops
Siskiyou (SIY)
USFS
S2, L, M, S
South Ops
Bishop (BIH)
USFS/BLM
South Ops
Brown Field (SDM)
CAL FIRE
S
South Ops
Channel Islands (NTD)
CAL FIRE
S2, L, S
APPROVED AIRCRAFT LEGEND
Additional reload bases may be approved
S2=CAL FIRE Air Tanker
L=Large Air Tanker (LAT)
M=MAFFS
S=Single Engine Air Tanker (SEAT)
V=Very Large Air Tanker (VLAT)
MAFFS OPERATING BASES
GACC
AIRPORT NAME
LOCATION
REMARKS
North Ops
Chico
Chico
R
North Ops
McClellan ATB
Sacramento
H/F Portable Retardant Plant
South Ops
Fox
Lancaster
R
South Ops
Fresno Air Terminal
Fresno
R limit 4 Aircraft
South Ops
NTD Channel Islands ANGS
Ventura
H/F Portable Retardant Plant
South Ops
Paso Robles Base
Paso Robles
R
South Ops
San Bernardino International
San Bernardino
R/H/F/ Portable Retardant Plant
South Ops
Santa Maria
Santa Maria
R
Northwest
Kingsley Field
Klamath Falls, OR
R/H/F
Great Basin
Reno/Stead
Reno, NV
R
R= Reload
H= Hubb
F=Full Activation
Additional reload bases may be approved
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HELICOPTERS
Aircraft are assigned numbers and are prefixed in California with the word “Copter". Helicopters from other
regions may use the word “Helicopter”.
FEDERAL HELICOPTERS
GACC
HELICOPTER
FOREST/PARK/DISTRICT
BASE
North Ops
502
Klamath – KNF
Scott Valley – A30
North Ops
503
Klamath - KNF
Scott Valley – A30
North Ops
506
Shasta - Trinity - SHF
Trinity – TRI
North Ops
510
Lassen - LNF
Chester – 5Q2
North Ops
512
Plumas - PNF
Quincy – 72CA
North Ops
514
Tahoe - TNF
Grass Valley – GOO
North Ops
516
Eldorado - ENF
Pacific – PAC
South Ops
517
Stanislaus - STF
Bald Mt – 76CA
South Ops
520R
Sierra - SNF
Trimmer – TRM
South Ops
522
Sequoia - SQF
Peppermint – PMT
South Ops
523
Sequoia - SQF
Kernville – L05
South Ops
525
Inyo - INF
Independence – 207
South Ops
527
Los Padres - LPF
Arroyo Grande – ARG
South Ops
528
Los Padres - LPF
Santa Ynez – IZA
South Ops
530
Los Padres - LPF
Chuchupate – CHU
South Ops
531N
Angeles - ANF
Fox Field - WJF
South Ops
532
Angeles - ANF
Fox Field - WJF
South Ops
534
San Bernardino - BDF
Heaps Peak – HPS
South Ops
535
San Bernardino - BDF
Keenwild – KEN
South Ops
538
Cleveland - CNF
Ramona – RNM
South Ops
551
Yosemite - YNP
Crane Flat – CFL
South Ops
552
Sequoia NP - KNP
Ash Mountain – 2CA0
North Ops
553
BLM Susanville - NOD
Ravendale – RAV
South Ops
554
BLM CA Desert - CDD
Apple Valley – 10CA
R = Rappel
N = Night Ops
FEDERAL TYPE 1 HELIBASES
GACC
HEAVY BASES
FOREST/AGENCY
BASE
North Ops
Type 1L
Placerville - PVF
Pacific - PAC
North Ops
Type 1L
Lassen - LNF
Chester - 5Q2
North Ops
Type 1L
Klamath - KNF
Siskiyou - SIY
North Ops
Type 1L
Tahoe - TNF
Truckee - TRK
South Ops
Type 1L
San Bernardino – BDF
San Bernardino – SBD
South Ops
Type 1L
Cleveland – CNF
Kitchen Creek – 00CN
South Ops
Type 1L
Sierra – SNF
Fresno - FAT
South Ops
Type 1L
Los Padres – LPF
Casitas - CAS
South Ops
Type 1L
Sequoia – SQF
Porterville - PTV
South Ops
Type 1L
Inyo – INF
Bishop - BIH
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CAL FIRE
GACC
HELICOPTER
UNIT
BASE
North Ops
101
MEU
Howard Forest - HFS
North Ops
102
HUU
Kneeland - O19
North Ops
104
LNU
Boggs Mountain - BGS
North Ops
106
SCU
Alma - ALM
North Ops
202
LMU
Beiber - BBR
North Ops
205
TGU
Vina - VNA
South Ops
301
RRU
Hemet/Ryan - HMT
South Ops
305
BDU
Prado - PDO
South Ops
404
TCU
Columbia - O22
South Ops
406
BEU
Hollister (CVH)
North Ops
901
AMU
McClellan - MCC
North Ops
902
AMU
McClellan - MCC
North Ops
903
AMU
McClellan - MCC
North Ops
906
AMU
McClellan - MCC
North Ops
907
AMU
McClellan - MCC
CONTRACT COUNTIES
HELICOPTER
AGENCY/UNIT
BASE
ORC 1
T2S
Orange County Fire – ORC
Fullerton - FUL
ORC 2
T2S
Orange County Fire – ORC
Fullerton - FUL
HT 739 T1L
Los Angeles County Fire – LAC
LAC Helicopters rotate between
three helibases:
Brackett Field - POC
Barton Heliport - PAI
Camp 8 Heliport - CL72
(located in Malibu)
Copter 11 T2S
Los Angeles County Fire – LAC
Copter 12 T2S
Los Angeles County Fire – LAC
Copter 14 T2S
Los Angeles County Fire – LAC
Copter 15 T1S
Los Angeles County Fire – LAC
Copter 16 T1S
Los Angeles County Fire – LAC
Copter 17 T2S
Los Angeles County Fire – LAC
Copter 18 T2S
Los Angeles County Fire – LAC
Copter 19 T1S
Los Angeles County Fire – LAC
Copter 21 T1S
Los Angeles County Fire – LAC
Copter 22 T1S
Los Angeles County Fire – LAC
VNC 2 T1S
Ventura County Fire - VNC
Camarillo - CMA
VNC 4 T1S
Ventura County Fire - VNC
Camarillo - CMA
VNC 5 T2S
Ventura County Fire - VNC
Camarillo - CMA
VNC 6 T2S
Ventura County Fire - VNC
Camarillo - CMA
VNC 8 T2S
Ventura County Fire - VNC
Camarillo - CMA
VNC 9 T2S
Ventura County Fire - VNC
Camarillo - CMA
SBC 308 T2S
Santa
Barbara
County
Fire- SBC
Santa Ynez - IZA
SBC 309 T2S
Santa
Barbara
County
Fire- SBC
Santa Ynez - IZA
KRN 407 T2S
Kern County Fire-KRN
Keene Summit - KEE
KRN 408 T2S
Kern County Fire-KRN
Mettler Fire Station
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Chapter 60 – Predictive Services
Intelligence Reporting Procedures
The main function of the Intelligence Unit is to provide up-to-date, real-time intelligence to management staff
and decision makers regarding active incidents (wildfire suppression and/or managed fire) utilizing items such
as daily risk forecast, fire weather conditions, resource allocations and availability.
Each GACC must rely on the Units to report certain information that enables compliance with national and state
requirements. The ECCs will use established procedures in the daily reporting of shared resources. GACCs
will maintain a list of days off for crews and air tankers. It is the responsibility of the Unit controlling the
resource to advise the GACCs of any change in available status.
Federal Daily 1000 Report
Resource status will be updated continually in the current ordering system of record. GACC Intelligence offices
will use the current ordering system for collection of federal resource status for the 1000 report.
The 1000 report will include:
• Number of Engines, Dozers, Water Tenders, Types 1, 2IA and 2 hand crews.
By 1100 hours each day, GACC Intelligence offices will compile and post to the GACC Intel webpage the
Daily Report which documents current resource status. For access contact your local intelligence office.
Available for ONCC at: https://gacc.nifc.gov/oncc/intel.php
Available for OSCC at: https://gacc.nifc.gov/oscc/intel.php
Situation Report
Interagency Situation Reporting
Issued daily, except when the unit is not staffed, such as off-season weekends or holidays.
The Interagency Situation Report (Sit Report) program captures incident activity and resources status
information in a summary intended for use by fire managers. Once the information has been submitted via
Wildland Fire Application Portal, it is used at the local, regional and national levels as a decision-making tool
and to produce summary reports. The reporting period for this report is 0001 to 2400.
GACC Intelligence staff will ensure that all of their dispatch centers have submitted completed Sit Reports daily
except when the unit(s) or GACC is not staffed; caught up the next regular workday.
Centers in South Ops will complete their submission by 1800 hours (1700 during winter months).
Centers in North Ops will complete their submission by 1700 hours (1600 during winter months).
Access to the input side of the Sit Report program can be obtained by calling the GACC Intelligence office for
your area. The GACC’s have edit access to all of their respective Units’ Sit Report data. NICC has edit access
to all Units’ Sit Report data and bases the National Incident Management
Situation Report (IMSR) on this
information.
Units will report the following information into the Sit Report:
• Unit Preparedness Levels
• Daily Fire Statistics
• Daily acreage of large fire growth
• Planned Prescribed (Rx) Fires
• Year-To-Date (YTD) Statistics
• Dispatch Center Remarks:
o Brief summary of current situation
o Predicted NFDRS adjective ratings
o On-call dispatcher
• Dispatch office incident priority
For more specific reporting requirements and program instructions, reference the Sit Report User’s
Guide at: Interagency SITuation REPORT User’s Guide (2020) (nifc.gov)
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Report on Conditions (ROC)
The Report on Conditions (ROC) is an intelligence document that provides timely notification for situational
awareness. This intelligence is used by decision makers in a number of forums. It is imperative that the
intelligence stated is concise, timely and as accurate as possible.
Federal
The threshold for a ROC is an incident with large fire potential, extended commitment of resources, heavy
media attention or at the discretion of the GACC. The Intelligence office will initiate contact with the local ECC
for fire information for the duration of the incident. Reporting times for the Intelligence office is twice daily at
0600 and 1800; and as significant events occur.
State
• Initial Attack (IA) fire significantly augments resources.
• IA is developing into an Extended Attack or Major Fire situation.
• Incident receives (or has a high probability of receiving) significant media attention.
• Significant events occur during the incident (e.g., structures burning, burn-overs, serious injuries).
• Significant State Responsibility Area (SRA) acreage that has burned within Federal or Local Direct
Protection Area (DPA) (including Contract Counties) regardless of CAL FIRE resource commitment.
The decision to terminate or continue the ROC shall be the responsibility of the Region Duty Chief if
additional threat to SRA is mitigated.
• Under the direction of the Region Duty Chief
• When either GACC elevates their PL to 4 or 5, Executive Management may require the reporting of
all fires meeting ROC criteria regardless of CAL FIRE resource commitment. Significant federal and
local fires that are reported in the ICS-209 at the time of the elevated PL shall be reported in the
California Incident Summary and continued until a final ROC or until the PL level drops below PL 4.
When the PL is reduced to 3 or lower, normal ROC reporting criteria shall resume for all incidents.
• If CAL FIRE air or ground resources are assigned to a non-CAL FIRE incident (Federal, Local, or out
of state), the Region Duty Chief shall determine if the CAL FIRE Region Intel Office shall generate a
correlating ROC. The hosting Unit may request ROC initiation when:
o Incident is receiving (or has a high probability of receiving) significant media attention which
could have political overtones and CAL FIRE air or ground resources are assigned.
o Significant events during an incident where CAL FIRE air or ground resources are assigned.
Examples may include threat of injury or death to multiple civilians, multiple civilian or
firefighter injuries or fatalities, significant property loss or damage, significant infrastructure
impact (major highway closures, power infrastructure shutdowns, public evacuations, etc.).
o Under the direction of the Region Duty Chief.
Incident Status Summary (ICS-209) Form
The GACC will ensure that information in the 209 Program is current for use in the Incident Management
Situation Report (IMSR). The ICS-209 is submitted by the agency that has protection responsibility for the
incident, regardless of who administers the land. If the protection agency is non-federal and chooses not to meet
federal reporting standards, then the federal agency
which has administrative jurisdiction will submit the
incident ICS-209.
For non-fire incidents, an ICS-209 will be submitted when significant commitment of wildland fire resources
has occurred, or when a Type 1 or 2 or Complex Incident Management Team has been assigned.
The Incident Status Summary (ICS-209) is submitted to the GACC through a web-based application.
Specific
instructions for completing the web-based ICS-209 are available at:
ICS-
209_User_Guide_4.0_2020.pdf
(nifc.gov)
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When to Report Incidents with an ICS-209
Wildland fires managed for complete perimeter control (full suppression) will submit an ICS-209 until full
containment has been achieved. Full suppression incidents will submit the ICS-209 twice daily by 0600 and
1800. Incidents that occur on Federal DPA, Federal Ownership and are not in unified command may submit the
ICS-209 once per day by 1800. Incidents that meet the below criteria for weekly reporting will be submitted
every Thursday by 1800. Incidents submitting once daily or weekly ICS-209s shall notify the appropriate
GACC Intel staff by 0600 and report out on the IC call any significant changes that occur between reporting
periods.
Units or Incidents should submit ICS-209 forms according to the following guidelines:
• An ICS-209 is required once an incident crosses the minimum threshold of 100 acres in timber/slash or
300 acres in grass/brush.
• An ICS-209 will be required if any of the following occurs regardless of size:
o A Type 1 or Type 2
or Complex
IMT is assigned
o Two or more incidents are managed as a Complex
o A severe accident or fatality has occurred
o Commitment of national resources (aircraft, Type 1 crews, etc.) for more than 72 hours
o Complete weekly if more than 72 hours since detection and none of the above has occurred.
• CALFIRE: in support of a fire management assistance grant (FMAG) application
• ICS-209 updates are required twice daily during each established operational period by 0600 and 1800
hours.
• Submissions of ICS-209 to once per day by 1800 can be negotiated between the GACC, the IC, the
Agency Administrator, and under unified command with possible triggers, but not limited to:
o Incident moves from a Type 1 or 2 to a Type 3 or 4
o No foreseen growth of the incident
o All action is limited to one shift per day
High containment with minimal threats
Minimal commitment of critical resources
Incident is 100 percent FRA and is not in unified command
• A “Final” ICS-209 is submitted once the incident is 100% contained and/or controlled.
• Requirements for, or any combination of Confine, Monitor, Point Protection and Full Suppression (not
including 100% Full Suppression fires)
o An ICS-209 will be submitted daily no later than 1800 regardless of size if at any time one or
more of the following occur:
A Type 1 or Type 2
or Complex
IMT is assigned
A number of incidents have been declared a “managed” complex
A severe accident or fatality has occurred
o If none of the above occur:
ICS-209 updates will be submitted Thursdays only no later than 1800 hours.
A final ICS-209 will be submitted once the incident is declared 100% contained and/or
controlled.
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Complex
Wildland fires within a complex should be aggregated and included on one ICS-209. A complex is two or more
individual incidents located in the same general proximity, which are assigned to a single incident commander
or unified command. The following complex reporting business practices for ICS-209 and IRWIN must be
followed.
The complex parent is a unique record and is not a converted wildland fire incident record.
The complex parent record should be created in an IRWIN recognized CAD system, or as an individual ICS-
209. The parent incident shall include the word “Complex” and not be named from an existing fire.
Finalize an existing ICS-209 child incident prior to associating the incident to the parent Complex.
Individual child incidents can be added to a complex within the ICS-209 program as either preexisting ICS-209
incidents or as individual IRWIN incidents created from another IRWIN recognized application using the
‘Complex by Incident’ button in block 7 of the ICS-209 data entry screen.
Incidents that do not have a unique IRWIN record cannot be added to the complex using the ‘Complex by
Incident’ button.
If an incident is removed from the complex, it may resume ICS-209 reporting as an individual incident if
appropriate, using normal ICS-209 reporting guidelines.
For questions or assistance contact the GACC Intelligence office.
Incident Map/IAP
Incidents should send the initial incident map data and IAPs directly to the Intelligence Staff (Electronically
through email, FTP site or other electronic means) as soon as it becomes available.
Interagency Intelligence Report
The Interagency Intelligence Report will include a synopsis on current overall status within the GACC, a section
on the general weather forecast for the day, and an extended weather outlook for the next 2-4 days. This report
will also include sections detailing each significant incident within the GACC. These sections will give a brief
incident summary of individual incidents and the resources committed to them.
This report will be compiled from the most current information available and will be electronically shared with
cooperating agencies by 1200 hours each day during large fire activity.
Predictive Services Weather
Weather and fire danger products and a variety of other tools are often utilized to make fire management
decisions. Many of these products, including firefighter pocket cards, are based on the data maintained in
historical fire occurrence and weather databases. In order to make these products as accurate as possible, fire
management staff will ensure weather station and fire history data are entered correctly and accurately into the
appropriate databases in a timely manner. The importance of these systems will be reiterated at fire
management meetings, training sessions, and through email systems.
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Daily issuance of the 7-Day Significant Fire Potential product:
Each GACC’s Predictive Services will produce a “7-Day Significant Fire Potential” product Monday through
Friday through April 30
th
. Beginning May 1
st
, the product will be produced daily through the end of high fire
season. This will be posted on the Predictive Services Weather web pages by 0900.
National 7-Day Significant Fire Potential (nwcg.gov)
Northern California Geographic Area Coordination Center (ONCC) (nifc.gov)
Southern California Geographic Area Coordination Center (OSCC) (nifc.gov)
Reference the National Interagency Mobilization Guide (NMG) Chapter 60, for content and format.
Chapter 60 National Interagency Mobilization Guide (nifc.gov)
Seasonal Outlooks:
The Monthly/Seasonal Outlooks will be completed by each GACC and submitted to NICC three days prior to
the end of each month. The individual GACC’s outlook will be posted to the website by the 1
st
of each month
North Ops and Hawaii
Predictive Services, Outlooks (nifc.gov)
South Ops:
Predictive Services, Outlooks (nifc.gov)
National:
Geographic Area Coordination Center (GACC) Website Template (nifc.gov)
Monthly Zone/Regional Fire Report:
Each GACC will compile their respective forests’ fires and acres tabulations for the preceding month and
develop the monthly geographic area fire report for their area. North Ops Predictive Services will electronically
transmit their report to South Ops Predictive Services/Intelligence for compilation of the two Geographic Area
reports into the Regional Monthly Fire Report. Upon completion of this regional report by South Ops Predictive
Services a copy will be transmitted to the Regional Office as well as to North Ops Predictive Services. Each
GACC’s Predictive Services Section will be responsible for electronically transmitting this report to their
respective Units.
Smoke Transport and Stability Outlooks:
Each Predictive Services Unit will produce daily a "Smoke Transport and Stability Outlook" These products
can be found at:
North Ops: Northern California Smoke Transport and Stability Outlook
South Ops: Southern California Smoke Transport and Stability Outlook
These are to be posted on the websites by 1130.
Fuels/Fire Danger Products:
The GACCs Predictive Services sections will update the 100 Hr and 1000 Hr dead fuel moisture charts as well
as the ERC charts on a daily basis for various severity weather stations within the GACC as well as for each
Predictive Service Area (PSA) They are posted at the following locations:
ONCC Predictive Services website at: https://gacc.nifc.gov/oncc/fuelsFireDanger.php
OSCC Predictive Services website as: https://gacc.nifc.gov/oscc/fuelsFireDanger.php
Each GACCs Predictive Services will utilize a Fire Behavior Analyst (FBAN) for preparing a Fuels and Fire
Behavior Advisory.
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NFDRS RAWS Maintenance Based on Preparedness Level:
The following is a matrix describing preparedness level driven actions authorized and action required in
maintaining RAWS utilized for NFDRS based products and decision processes.
Item
Action Description
Preparedness Levels
NFDRS RAWS: Year Round - PSA – Pocket CardStations
1
2
3
4
5
U1
Stations meet NFDRS maintenance standards and sitingguidelines
AR
AR
AR
AR
AR
U2
All days with available RAWS data for regular scheduled (R/S)
observation times will be "published"in WIMS
AR AR
AR AR AR
U3
All annual maintenance completed as early in the fieldseason as
possible (prior to WIMS "greenup” is preferred) and maintenance
is documented in WFMI
AR
AR
AR
AR
AR
U4
Identify and troubleshoot data errors within 48 hours
AR
AR
AR
AR
AR
U5
Adhere to the 3-day response time to system failures infire season -
NFDRS STANDARD
AR
AR
See
U6
&
U7
See
U6 &
U7
See
U6 &
U7
U6
Adhere to 24-hour response time to identify, troubleshoot, and
process a RAWS Depot/vendorreplacement order
AR AR AR
U7
Adhere to 24-hour response time to replace or makerepairs after
receiving the RAWS Depot/vendor replacement order
AR AR AR
FS-1
If Forest Service items (U1- U7) are not at required level, the
Regional RAWS Coordinator is authorized to secure annual
maintenance and/or system failures maintenance at Forest expense.
AR
AR
AR
AR
FS-1
Forest Service specific
U1-U7
Applies to all agencies
AR
Action Required
AA
Action Authorized
Internet Sites GACC Intelligence:
North Ops: Predictive Services, ONCC Intel (nifc.gov)
South Ops: Predictive Services, OSC Intelligence (nifc.gov)
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NO
Type 1 or Type 2 IMT assigned
Wildland
YES
NO
Commitment of national resources
(aircraft, T-1 crews, etc.) for more than 72
NO
Complex of multiple wildland fires
YES
YES
Complete ICS-209 twice
daily; once daily if Federal
DPA & Ownership only
Complete ICS-209 twice
daily; once daily if Federal
DPA & Ownership only
NO
Large fire: >100 acres timber; >300 acres
grass/brush fuels
YES
NO
Full Suppression Management Strategy
YES
Complete initial ICS-209, then…
…after initial 209 submit an
updated ICS-209 weekly
Complete ICS-209 twice
daily; once daily if Federal
DPA & Ownership only
Complete ICS-209 weekly if
>72hrs since detection
Complete ICS-209 twice
daily; once daily if Federal
DPA & Ownership only
An ICS-209 can be requested at the
discretion of the GACC or CalMAC
A final 209 shall be completed at containment and/or control.
When to Report Wildland Fire Incidents with an ICS-209
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Chapter 70 - Incidents
Incident Record Creation
Local dispatch centers are the focal point for the report of, and initial response to wildland fires, and under
appropriate authorities, other emergency incidents at the local level. Dispatch centers have the responsibility and
authority to create incidents, process requests, coordinate response, and track resources and information under the
delegation of the benefiting agency(s). The acceptable business practice is one ignition, one record, one
authoritative data source, one centralized ordering point per incident.
Local Dispatch Centers have the primary responsibility for incident creation within an integrated system.
Incidents will be created by the dispatch center with delegated authority for the benefiting agency(s) and
associated Protecting Unit based on the point of origin (POO) of the incident.
Potential Conflicts/Duplicate Records
Potential conflicting incidents in IRWIN are identified when they plot less than a half mile from each other, the
discovery time is within 6 hours, AND are either reported by different a Dispatch Center or different application.
When two Duplicate incidents are entered and these criteria are met, the first incident in, will be in Potential
Conflict and the second incident will be in Potential Conflict and Quarantine in IRWIN. Users need to determine
which incident is the correct incident.
When Center(s)/Users are aware of duplicate records within the system, they need to work in coordination with
each other to determine which incident is correct following recommended business practices. See Initial Attack
Dispatching within Chapter 19 in the Interagency Standards for Fire and Fire Aviation Operations | National
Interagency Fire Center (nifc.gov) or Chapter 70 National Interagency Mobilization Guide (nifc.gov) for
additional direction.
Multiple Event/records will not be created when an incident burns onto or crosses jurisdictional boundaries. When
duplicate records are inadvertently created, every effort will be made to rectify by aligning incident and resource
data associated with multiple records to the correct record.
In some cases, an exception may be made to create an additional non-Wildfire event record. These cases very are
limited and will require close coordination with the GACC Duty Chief (Federal), Duty Officer (State), as well as
State and Regional Incident Business Leads/CIBC.
Notify the GACC when the following applies:
• Changes/corrections are made to initial Point-of-Origin (POO)
• Changes/corrections in Unified Ordering Point (UOP)
• Entering/exiting Unified Command
• Entering/exiting Cost Share
• Incident transitions back to local unit
• Incident complexing/merges or splits
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Unprotected Lands
Unprotected Lands are defined as areas for which no fire organization has responsibility for management of a
wildfire authorized by law, contract, or personal interest of the fire organization (e.g., a timber or rangeland
association).
In the event a Protecting Unit has not been determined for the POO, i.e., Unprotected Lands, there are two
acceptable rationales for incident creation.
1. The responding organization determines threat to protected lands
2. The responding organization determines incident has already burned onto protected lands.
In this circumstance, fire management direction/Duty Officer will determine if either criterion is met resulting in
incident creation and associated response. In this instance, the responding organization assumes responsibility for
the incident and their respective Unit ID will be used for Protecting Unit.
Cost Coding
Interagency Fire and Severity Activities
The five (5) Federal agencies with Wildland Fire Management funds (BLM, BIA, NPS, FWS, and USFS) have
an Interagency Agreement for Wildfire Management which provides a basis for cooperation on all aspects of
wildfire activities. Included in this agreement is the direction to NOT bill for services rendered for emergency
fire suppression, including severity activities.
Regardless of benefitting jurisdiction, GACCs can preposition resources using their assigned support FireCode
in advance of predicted significant wildland fire potential; to meet ongoing fire activity needs when the resource
assignment is not yet known; or for resources supporting multiple incidents.
For Severity, the BLM, FWS, NPS and BIA will use a four-digit interagency FireCode to track and compile costs
for all severity activities; the ordering office must include the word “severity” within the resource order incident
name. These DOI agencies will use FireCode D0YY when supporting FS severity activities. Information on the
interagency FireCode can be found at
Microsoft Word - FireCode_UserGuide_2018Jun20.doc
Guidance for Use of Incident Job Codes
The following direction and procedures will be used to establish and charge to wildfire, severity, support and non-
fire incident job codes:
Use of Incident Job Codes for Fiscal Year 2023 (usda.gov)
Federal: For questions regarding the use of incident job codes, contact your Agency’s Incident Business Lead.
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Chapter 80 - Cooperation
Successful incident management within California requires close cooperation with a number of other fire
departments, agencies, and organizations. Incident managers must be knowledgeable regarding the abilities and
needs of cooperators. Copies of cooperative agreements and operating plans should be available to all incident
managers. It is generally most effective to handle cooperative efforts at the local level. However, if needed
assistance is not available at the local level, direct requests to the GACC.
Compact Agreements
Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC)
The Emergency Management Assistance Compact is a mutual aid agreement between states and territories of the
United States. It enables states to share resources during natural and man-made disasters, including terrorism.
See Chapter 10, page 22, for mobilization/demobilization process.
Cooperative Agreements
There are various Regional/State and Local Agreements and Operating Plans currently in use. A short summary
of some of these agreements follows.
National Agreements
For all National agreements, including the NIFC and Meteorological Services, can be found at:
http://www.nifc.gov/nicc/mobguide/Chapter%2010.pdf
Statewide Agreements
California Master Cooperative Wildland Fire Management and Stafford Act Response Agreement (CFMA)
The “California Cooperative Wildland Fire Management and Stafford Act Response Agreement” (CFMA) is an
agreement between the BLM (California and Nevada), NPS (Pacific West Region), BIA (Pacific Region), US
Fish and Wildlife (Pacific Southwest Region), USFS (Regions 4, 5, and 6), and CAL FIRE. The purpose of this
agreement is to document the commitment of the above Agencies to improve efficiency by facilitating the
coordination and exchange of personnel, equipment, supplies, services, information, and funds between the above
Agencies to this agreement. Only wildland fires and Presidentially declared non-wildland fire emergencies or
disasters are covered under this agreement.
Reference CFMA at: fseprd576218.pdf (usda.gov)
California Fire Assistance Agreement (CFAA)
Under this all risk agreement, the State of California (CAL FIRE and CAL OES) and Federal Fire Agencies
(USFS, BLM, NPS, BIA, US Fish and Wildlife) may request emergency apparatus and personnel from the
California Fire and Rescue Mutual Aid System (CAL OES and Local Government Agencies). The State of
California and Federal Fire Agencies shall use this agreement as the primary fiscal authority for reimbursing local
government agencies for the use of their resources
Reference CFAA at: May 1, 2020 – December 31, 2024 CFAA Agreement with 2020 Exhibits (ca.gov)
California Fire Service and Rescue Emergency Mutual Aid Plan and the California Disaster and Civil Defense
Master Mutual Aid Agreement (MMA)
The purpose of this plan and agreement is to provide for systematic mobilization, organization and operation of
necessary fire and rescue resources of the state and its political subdivisions in mitigating the effects of disasters,
whether natural or human-caused. This plan and agreement are for the voluntary expedient mobilization and
response of available fire and rescue resources on a local, area, regional and statewide basis.
Reference MMA at:
https://www.caloes.ca.gov/cal-oes-divisions/fire-rescue/documents-publications
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California Interagency Military Helicopter Firefighting Program
This agreement between the California National Guard, CAL FIRE, USDA Forest Service, USDI Bureau of Land
Management, USDI National Park Service and CAL OES provides access to additional aircraft in times of
emergency. This agreement identifies operational procedures and administrative procedures for cost and
reimbursement.
California Conservation Corps (CCC)
The CCC has an agreement with CAL FIRE and Federal Agencies to provide fire and support crews.
Refer to Chapter 30 for ordering.
FAA and Forest Service Region 5
This agreement outlines procedures and responsibilities for temporary airport traffic control tower services for
firefighting activities within the Forest Service Region 5. Each GACC will keep a copy of the agreement.
CAL FIRE Contract County Agreement
The counties of Marin, Kern, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles, and Orange have assumed responsibility for
the wildland fire protection of SRA within their counties and are collectively referred to as “Contract Counties.”
This agreement allows CAL FIRE to utilize contract county wildland resources for incidents statewide.
Memorandums of Understanding and Operating Plans
Sierra Front, Carson City Field Office to Plumas National Forest - Memorandum of Understanding: DOI, BLM
Carson City Field office and USDA USFS Plumas National Forest
The purpose of this memorandum of understanding (MOU) among the U.S, Department of the Interior, Bureau
of Land Management (BLM), Carson City Field Office and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service,
Plumas National Forest is to outline and formulate a cooperative plan to ensure the continued support efforts for
wildfire preventions, pre-suppression, suppression and cohabitation thru the sharing of the BLM facility Doyle
Fire House.
Sierra Front to NorCal District, Eagle Lake Field Office and Lassen Modoc Plumas Unit CAL FIRE -
Memorandum of Understanding
USDI Bureau of Land Management, Eagle Lake Field Office, Nor Cal District, the USDI Bureau of Land
Management, Carson City District, and CAL FIRE, Lassen Modoc Plumas Unit. The purpose of this MOU is to
provide efficient fire protection and suppression in the Eagle Lake Field Office’s District Protection Area in
southeast Lassen County and northwestern Nevada. In addition, this MOU is intended to enhance the sharing of
fire management resources and the utilization of closest forces in the completion of the agencies fire protection
and suppression responsibilities.
Interagency Agreement between USDI, Bureau of Land Management Bishop Field Office and the USDA, Forest
Service Humboldt Toiyabe
The purpose of this agreement is to document the cooperation between the parties to define the initial attack
boundaries, suppression and dispatch responsibilities, provide engine and office space, duty officer coverage and
provide maintenance for Topaz Station.
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Operating Agreement between the US Forest Service Klamath National Forest, Rogue River Siskiyou National
Forest, Modoc National Forest and Six Rivers National Forest; California Department of Forestry and Fire
Protection (CAL FIRE); Oregon Department of Forestry; Southwest Oregon District, Klamath/Lake District
Office, Coos Forest Protection Association; National Park Service-Redwood National Park.
Pre-planned mutual aid initial attack response by identifying the “closest forces” to each planned response area,
agreeing to which resources will be automatically dispatched and entering that planned response in their
individual dispatch databases.
Mutual aid will be provided for specific pre-planned initial attack response areas. Only initial attack response
areas that border on an agency’s DPA border will be considered for mutual aid. Resources identified for automatic
initial attack for these response areas will be covered under mutual aid. All resources will be covered by CFMA
and will provide mutual aid. All other resources being supplied by the supporting agency will be covered under
assistance by hire.
Four-State Mutual Assistance Operating Plan (California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah)
This agreement is between Bureau of Indian Affairs: Colorado River Agency and Fort Yuma Agency; Bureau of
Land Management: California Desert District, Las Vegas Field Office, Arizona Strip Field Office, Phoenix
District Office, Yuma Field Office, Lake Havasu Field Office and Kingman Field Office; National Park Service:
Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Mojave National Preserve, Death Valley National Park and Joshua Tree
National Park; US Fish and Wildlife Service: Arizona Yuma Complex; US Forest Service: Spring Mountain
National Recreation Area. The purpose of this agreement is to improve intrastate and interstate utilization of
closest initial attack resources. Enhance coordination of fire management objectives between federal agencies in
the four adjoining states within the first 24 hours of an incident.
Initial Attack Operating Plan Western Great Basin and California Coordination Centers.
This operating plan exists to document the intent of the participating agencies to provide specified fire suppression
forces to each other. This plan is intended to document the agencies methods of complying with the National
Interagency Mobilization Guide, Chapter 10 and provide for State of California resources which are often
involved in this response. This plan in no way alters local initial attack (IA) agreements and, in fact, may enhance
the execution of local IA agreements by improving the response time. Resources provided by CAL FIRE will be
in accordance with CFMA, when responding to federal wildland agency incidents in Nevada.
Airspace Boundary Management Plan
The requirement for increased management and coordination is due to the possibility of two or more
agencies/cooperators conducting simultaneous, uncoordinated aviation operations within those areas which
would unknowingly put the responding aerial operations within close proximity to another, placing aircraft and
crews at risk. The purpose of this plan is to identify such boundaries and initial attack zones and provide means
of communication, coordination, and airspace deconfliction within those areas. Aerial operations on, or adjacent
to agency/cooperator boundaries, and areas where a neighboring agency/cooperator provides fire suppression on
lands administered by the adjoining agency/cooperator (mutual aid, shared, or exchanged initial attack areas or
zones) require increased management and coordination.
Local Agreements
Numerous local agreements exist between Units in California. Many of the border units have initial attack
agreements in place to request assistance from Units across GACC borders for initial attack resources.
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Initial Attack Border Agreements
The purpose of the following agreements is to improve efficiencies and effectiveness by facilitating the exchange
of information, personnel, equipment, aircraft, supplies and services among the bordering cooperating agencies.
Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management: Northern California District, Winnemucca District,
Lakeview District, Burns District and Vale District.
Fish and Wildlife Service: Sheldon-Hart Mountain NWR, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
Department of Agriculture, Forest Service: Fremont-Winema National Forest and Modoc National Forest
Oregon Department of Forestry-Klamath-Lake District.
Selection areas in the current ordering system are open or can be opened to Units that have initial attack
agreements.
Normally operational procedures are in place to return resources in a timely manner and not to utilize this process
for extended needs. Contact the GACC to open these selection areas.
Non-Suppression Activity Agreements
Reimbursement Processes for Forest Service and Department of Interior
These agreements are in place for Non-Suppression activities, including fuels projects and rehabilitation of public
lands.
Reimbursement process for non-suppression activities under Forest Service/DOI Master Interagency Agreement
– extended to December 31, 2022
Agreement Number References:
BLM Agreement # Ll6PG00129
BIA Agreement #2013-K00441-MOU-002
NPS Agreement #G9560160054
FWS Agreement #FF09-R220-l6-M-6002
FS Agreement #16-lA-11132543-057
Reimbursement Processes for Federal Agencies and CAL FIRE (CFMA)
Several provisions of the CFMA allow the Federal Agencies and CAL FIRE to jointly conduct cooperative
projects and engage in certain non-suppression activities.
Reference the CFMA at: fseprd576218.pdf (usda.gov)
Reimbursement Process for Forest Service with Local Fire Departments
Cooperative Fire Agreements allow for the use of local fire department resources in certain non-suppression
activities, i.e. prescribed burning. Reimbursement for these activities is different from processes used to reimburse
for suppression activities.
Reference: http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r5/fire-aviation/management/?cid=stelprdb5363446
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Interagency Facilities
Northern Region
Operations, Northern California Geographic Area Coordination Center (North Ops. ONCC):
Combines the U.S. Forest Service, the CAL FIRE Northern Region, the BLM Northern California Region,
National Fish & Wildlife Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the National Park Service into one cooperating
unit. The facility is currently administered under a Memorandum of Understanding between these agencies. North
Ops will maintain a file copy of this agreement.
Camino Interagency Command Center (CICC):
Combines the Eldorado National Forest, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit and CAL FIRE Amador-El Dorado
Unit into one cooperating unit.
North Coast Interagency Communication Center (NCIC):
Combines the Six Rivers National Forest, Redwood National Park, Hoopa Reservation, and the Humboldt Bay
National Wildlife Refuge into one cooperating unit.
Grass Valley Emergency Command Center (GVCC):
Combines the Tahoe National Forest and CAL FIRE Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit into one cooperating unit.
Mendocino Fire Center (MNFC):
Combines the Mendocino National Forest, Golden Gate NRA, Point Reyes National Seashore, Hawaii Volcanos
National Park, and Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge into one cooperating unit.
Modoc Interagency Command Center (MICC):
Combines Modoc National Forest, Lava Beds National Monument, and the National Fish & Wildlife Lower
Klamath Refuge into one cooperating unit.
Redding Interagency Command Center (RICC):
Combines the Shasta-Trinity National Forests, Whiskeytown National Recreational Area, and CAL FIRE Shasta-
Trinity Unit into one cooperating unit.
Susanville Interagency Fire Center (SIFC):
Combines the Lassen National Forest, BLM Northern California District, Lassen Volcanic National Park, and
CAL FIRE Lassen-Modoc Unit into one cooperating unit.
Yreka Interagency Command Center (YICC):
Combines the Klamath National Forest and CAL FIRE Siskiyou Unit into one cooperating unit.
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Southern Region
Operations, Southern California Geographic Area Coordination Center (South Ops. OSCC):
Combines the U.S Forest Service, CAL FIRE Southern Region, BLM California Desert District, BLM Central
California District, National Fish & Wildlife Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the National Park Service
Dispatch functions into one cooperating unit. The facility is currently administered under a Memorandum of
Understanding between these agencies. South Ops will maintain a file of this agreement.
Angeles Emergency Communications Center (ANCC):
Combines the Angeles National Forest and Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area into one
cooperating unit.
Central California Interagency Communications Center (CCCC):
Combines the BLM Central California District, Tule Indian Reservation, Kern National Wildlife Refuge, and
Sequoia National Forest into one cooperating unit.
Los Padres Interagency Communications Center (LPCC):
Combines the Los Padres National Forest and Channel Islands National Park into one cooperating unit.
Owens Valley Interagency Communications Center (OVCC):
Combines the Inyo National Forest and BLM Bishop Field Office into one cooperating unit.
San Diego Interagency Command Center (SDIC):
Combines the Cleveland National Forest, Southern California Wildlife Refuge, Camp Pendleton Marine Base,
Cabrillo National Monument, and CAL FIRE San Diego Unit into one cooperating unit.
San Bernardino Interagency Command Center (SBCC):
Combines the San Bernardino National Forest, BLM California Desert District, Death Valley National Park,
Joshua Tree National Park, Mojave National Preserve, Castle Mountain National Monument, and BIA-Southern
California Agency into one cooperating unit.
San Benito-Monterey Command Center (BECC):
Combines CAL FIRE San Benito Monterey Unit and Pinnacles National Park.
Sierra Interagency Communications Center (SICC):
Combines the Sierra National Forest, Fish & Wildlife Service San Luis Wildlife Refuge into one cooperating unit.
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DIRECTORY TABLE OF CONTENTS
Quick Reference Guide – Northern California Centers………………………………………………
114
Quick Reference Guide – Southern California Centers ………………………………………………
115
Quick Reference Guide – Geographic Area Coordination Centers (GACCs) ……………………….
116
Quick Reference Guide - Miscellaneous Contact Numbers …………………………………………
117
National Interagency Coordination Center (NICC) ……………………………………….…….……
118
Office of Aviation Services …………………………………………………………….…………….
119
Pacific Southwest Regional Offices ………………………………………………………………….
119
Regional Incident Business Operations ………………………………………………………………
120
Regional Law Enforcement ………………………………………………………….……………….
121
Regional Aviation Groups ……………………………………………………………………………
122
Northern California Geographic Area Coordination Center (ONC) …………………………………
124
Redding Predictive Services Unit ……………………………………………………………….……
124
Northern California National Interagency Support Cache (NCK) ……………………………………
125
Southern California Geographic Area Coordination Center (OSC) ……………………………….…
125
Southern California National Interagency Support Cache (LSK) ……………………………………
125
Riverside Predictive Services Unit ……………………………………………………………………
126
San Dimas Technology & Development Center …………………………….…………………….…
126
U.S. Forest Service – Pacific Southwest Region Forests (USFS)…………………….………………
127
Bureau of Land Management Districts (BLM) ………………………………………………………
136
National Park Service (NPS) …………………………………………………………………………
138
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) …………………………………………………………….…
145
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) ………………………………………………………………………
147
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) …………………….…….……
149
CAL FIRE Contract Counties …………………………………………………….………….………
156
Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (CAL OES) ………………………………….….………
158
Governor’s Office of Emergency Services – Operations Coordination Center/FIRESCOPE ….……
160
CAL OES Region I (CR01) ………………………………………………….……….………………
161
CAL OES Region II (CR02) …………………………………………………………………………
163
CAL OES Region III (CR03) …………………………………………………………………………
166
CAL OES Region IV (CR04) …………………………………………………………………………
168
CAL OES Region V (CR05) ………………………………………….………………………………
170
CAL OES Region VI (CR06) …………………………………………………………………………
172
Fire Weather Forecast Offices (WFO) ………………………………………….………………….…
173
Pacific Southwest Research Centers (PSW) …………….………….………….…….……….………
176
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QUICK REFERENCE
The Quick Reference is only the California GACCs/ECCs. For agencies not listed or for specifics, see the
following complete listing.
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – QUICK REFERENCE
CENTER
24 HR
ON CALL
PHONE
FAX
North Ops (ONCC)
X
Federal 530-226-2800 530-226-2742
X
State 530-224-2466 530-224-4308
Camino (CCIC)
X
Federal 530-644-0200 530-647-5279
X
State 530-647-5220 No Fax
Felton (CZCC)
X
State 831-335-6719
Fortuna (HUCC)
X
State 707-726-1280 707-726-1265
Grass Valley (GVCC)
X
Federal 530-477-7237 530-477-5203
X
State 530-477-0641 530-477-5203
Howard Forest (MECC)
X
State 707-459-7403 707-459-7405
Mendocino (MNCF)
X
Federal 530-934-7758 530-934-2326
Modoc (MICC)
X
Federal
Duty Cell
530-233-8880
530-640-1868
530-233-8889
Morgan Hill (SCCC)
X
State 408-201-0490 408-778-6149
North Coast (NCIC)
X
Federal 707-441-3644 707-441-3602
Oroville (BTCC)
X
State 530-538-6841 530-538-6873
Plumas (PNFC)
X
Federal 530-283-7838 530-283-7851
Red Bluff (TGCC)
X
State 530-529-8542 530-529-8539
Redding (RICC)
X
Federal 530-226-2499 530-241-4807
X
State 530-225-2411 530-241-4807
Saint Helena (LNCC)
X
State 707-963-4112 707-963-4013
Susanville (SIFC)
X
Federal 530-257-5575 530-257-7149
X
State 530-257-5575 530-257-7149
Woodacre (MRCC)
X
County 415-473-6717 415-473-7820
Yreka (YICC)
X
Federal 530-842-3380 530-842-6953
X
State 530-842-7066 530-842-6953
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA – QUICK REFERENCE
CENTER 24 HR ON CALL PHONE FAX
South Ops (OSCC)
X
Federal 951-276-6721 951-782-4900
X
State 951-782-4169 951-782-4900
Angeles (ANCC)
X
Federal 661-723-3620 661-723-2710
Ash Mountain (SQCC)
X
Federal 559-565-3164 559-565-3797
Berdo (BDCC)
X
State 909-883-1112 909-881-6970
Inyo (OVCC)
X
Federal 760-873-2488 760-873-2459
Kern (KRCC)
X
County 661-324-6551 661-324-6557
L.A. County (LACC)
X
County 323-881-6183 323-266-6925
Los Padres (LPCC)
X
Federal 805-961-5727 805-961-5797
Mariposa (MMCC)
X
State 209-966-3803 209-966-7527
San Diego (SDIC)
X
Federal 619-557-5262 619-557-6935
X
State 619-593-0384 619-590-3196
Monterey (BECC)
X
State 831-647-6241 831-333-2655
Orange (ORCC)
X
County 714-573-6500 714-368-8830
Perris (RRCC)
X
State 951-940-6949 951-657-3191
Porterville (CCCC)
X
Federal 559-781-5780 No Fax
San Andreas (TCCC)
X
State 209-754-0675 209-754-1723
San Bernardino (SBCC)
X
Federal 909-383-5651 909-383-5587
San Luis (SLCC)
X
State 805-593-3451 805-543-6909
Santa Barbara (SBDC)
X
County 805-692-5723 805-692-5725
Sierra (SICC)
Fresno (FKCC)
X
Federal 559-500-4546 559-348-0239
X
State 559-294-6818 No Fax
Stanislaus (STCC)
X
Federal 209-532-3786 209-533-1892
Ventura (VNCC)
X
County 805-388-4279 805-383-7631
Visalia (TUCC)
X
State 559-636-4172 559-732-4986
Yosemite (YPCC)
X
Federal 209-379-1999 209-379-2728
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GEOGRAPHIC AREA COORDINATION CENTER (GACC) – QUICK REFERENCE
National Interagency Coordination Center
Telephone:
(208) 387-5400
(NICC)
Fax:
(208) 387-5663 or (208) 387-5414
Email:
Web Site:
http://www.nifc.gov/news/nicc.html
Alaska Interagency Coordination Center
Telephone:
(907) 356-5600
(AICC)
Fax:
(907) 356-5697
DMS:
Web Site:
http://fire.ak.blm.gov/
Eastern Area Coordination Center
Telephone:
(414) 944-3811
(EACC)
Fax:
(801)-531-5321
Intel Fax:
(414) 944-3839
Email:
wieacc@fs.fed.us
Web Site:
http://gacc.nifc.gov/eacc/
Great Basin Coordination Center
Telephone:
(801) 531-5320
(GBCC)
Fax:
(801) 531-5321
DMS:
Web Site:
http://gacc.nifc.gov/gbcc/
Northern California Coordination Center
Telephone:
(530) 226-2800
(ONCC)
Fax:
(530) 223-4280
DMS:
Web Site:
http://gacc.nifc.gov/oncc/
Northern Rockies Coordination Center
Telephone:
(406) 329-4880
(NRCC)
Fax:
(406) 329-4891
DMS:
mtnrc@dms.nwcg.gov
Web Site:
http://gacc.nifc.gov/nrcc/
Northwest Area Coordination Center
Telephone:
(503) 808-2720
(NWCC)
Fax:
(503) 808-2750
DMS:
Web Site:
https://gacc.nifc.gov/nwcc/
Rocky Mountain Coordination Center
Telephone:
(303) 445-4300
(RMCC)
Fax:
(888) 850-2925
DMS:
Web Site:
http://gacc.nifc.gov/rmcc/
Southern Area Coordination Center
Telephone:
(678) 320-3000
(SACC)
Fax:
(678) 320-3036
DMS:
Web Site:
http://gacc.nifc.gov/sacc/
Southern California Coordination Center
Telephone:
(951) 276-6721
(OSCC)
Fax:
(951) 782-4900
DMS:
caoscob@dms.nwcg.gov
Web Site:
http://gacc.nifc.gov/oscc/
Southwest Coordination Center
Telephone:
(505) 842-3473
(SWCC)
Fax:
(505) 842-3801
DMS:
Web Site:
http://gacc.nifc.gov/swcc/
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MISCELLANEOUS – QUICK REFERENCE
CENTER PHONE FAX
Northern California National Interagency Support Cache (NCK)
530-226-2850
530-226-2854
Southern California National Interagency Support Cache (LSK)
909-947-3091
Menu item 3
909-947-6391
CAL OES Warning Center
916-845-8911
916-845-8910
CAL OES Duty Chief
916-845-8670
CAL OES Coordination Center
916-636-3885
National Interagency Coordination Center (NICC)
208-387-5400
208-387-5663/5414
Great Basin Coordination Center (GBCC)
801-531-5320
801-531-5321
Northwest Coordination Center (NWCC)
503-808-2720
503-808-2750
Southwest Coordination Center (SWCC)
505-842-3473
505-842-3801
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National Interagency Coordination Center (NICC)
3833 S. Development Avenue
Business:
208-387-5400
Boise, ID 83705-5354
After Hours:
208-387-5400
Flight Following:
800-994-6312
Fax:
208-387-5663
Fax:
208-387-5414
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Peterson, Sean
Center Manager (BLM)
208-387-5418 208-258-4267
Hartman, Derrek
Assistant Center Manager (FS)
208-387-5656 208-296-0986
Vacant
Assistant Center Manager (BLM)
Vacant
CIMT Coordinator
Kephart, Megan
Intelligence Coordinator
208-387-5093 208-914-4302
Oroz, Teri
Intelligence Officer
208-387-5093
Benoit, Rob
Emergency Operations Coordinator
209-387-5657 208-387-5439
Lee, David
Emergency Operations Coordinator
208-387-5655 208-617-9517
Dunn, Sean
Emergency Operations Coordinator
208-387-5654 208-809-0331
Maughan, Meagan
Emergency Operations Coordinator
208-387-5661 208-780-9435
Owczarzak, Kim
Airspace Program Manager
208-387-5567 208-296-9818
Wallman, Jim
Meteorologist
208-387-5451 208-661-8389
Nauslar, Nick
Meteorologist
208-387-5449 208-807-3973
Larrabee, Steve
Fire Analyst
208-387-5439 208-484-9398
Lead Logistics Coordinators
Hampton, Matt
Loewen, Charlie
Oke, Nicole
Clack, Wade
208-387-5400
Logistics Coordinators
Abbott, Blake
Breitenstein, Perry
Hunt, Will
Kennedy, Ty
Mayer, Scott
Moore, Jason
Smith, Greg
Terrell, Nick
208-387-5400
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Office of Aviation Services
Office of Aviation Services
Business:
208-433-5000
300 E. Mallard Dr. Ste 200
Commercial:
888-464-7427
Boise, ID 83706-3991
Fax:
208-433-5007
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Bathrick, Mark
Associate Director
208- 433-5001
Getchell, Ralph
Chief, Division of Tech Service
208- 433-5077
Gividen, John “Rick”
Chief, Branch of Training
208- 433-5090
Koeckeritz, Brad
Training Specialist
208- 433-5091
VACANT
Training Specialist
208- 433-5092
Johnston, Vicki
Flight Coordinator Center, Western Regional Office
208-334-9314
Carter, Joshua
Chief, Branch of Acquisition
208- 433-5025
FOREST SERVICE
Pacific Southwest Regional Office (RO5)
1323 Club Drive
Business:
707-562-8737
Vallejo, CA 94592
After Hours:
530-226-2800 (NOPS)
(firstname.lastname@usda.gov)
Fax:
707-562-9048
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Gamboa, Jaime
(Detail) Director, FAM
707-562-8925 909-677-6017
Saldana, Yolanda
(Detail) Deputy Director, FAM
707-562-8927 530-638-6378
Thomas, Yolie
Assistant Director, Incident Business Ops
707-562-8835 707-980-3956
Noel, Mike
Fire Operations Safety & Risk Management
707-562-8958 530-768-4059
Williams, Nicole
Assistant Director, Strategic Services
707- 562-9151 707-980-8678
Kufta, Karen
Assistant Director for Workforce Development &
Training
707-562-8851
530-941-0499
VACANT
Assistant Director Regional Aviation Officer
916-640-1038 505-362-7019
VACANT
Assistant Director, Cooperative Fire & Regional ES4
Coordinator
707-562-9184
Noxon, Lance
Assistant Director, Fuels
707-562-9184 530-412-2332
Dorosz, Lauren
Administrative Operations Specialist
707-562-9219 707-980-2732
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Pacific Southwest Regional FAM Incident Business Operations
1323 Club Drive
Business:
Vallejo, CA 94592
After Hours:
530-226.2800 (NOPS)
(firstname.lastname@usda.gov)
After Hours:
951-276-6725 (SOPS)
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Thomas, Yolie
Assistant Director, FAM, Incident Business
707-562-8835 707-980-3956
COOPERATIVE FIRE AGREEMENTS & COST SHARES
Armstrong, Kris
Supervisory Incident Business Specialist
707-562-8926 661-342-7297
Chambers, Heidi
Incident Business Specialist
530-648-6044
Stewart, Allison
Incident Business Specialist
559-920-5754
FINANCE
Lee, Amy
Supervisory Incident Business Spec. Finance
619-607-0582
Denatale, Patrick
Incident Business Specialist
559-290-0606
Kellett, Clare
Incident Business Specialist
541-645-0435
Musachia, Mandi
Incident Business Specialist
530-258-7155
Kong, Andrew
Incident Business Specialist
760-937-2583
CONTRACT OPERATIONS
Raines, Cheryl
Contract Operations Program Manager
909-382-2689 760-920-1107
Wells, Jennifer
Contract Operations Specialist
530-394-8042
VACANT
Contract Operations Specialist
VACANT
Contract Operations Specialist
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Regional Office – Law Enforcement
1323 Club Drive
Business:
707-562-9128
Vallejo, CA 94592
After Hours:
805-588-2892
(firstname.lastname@usda.gov)
Fax:
707-562-9031
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Hoang, Don
Special Agent in Charge
707-562-8647 805-588-2892
Vacant
Assistant Special Agent in Charge
707-562-9155
Magarrell, Anthony (Tony)
Assistant Special Agent in Charge
707-562-8662 530-310-3581
VACANT
Assistant Special Agent in Charge
707-562-8649 530-351-4428
Sadowski, Jeff
Assistant Special Agent in Charge
707-562-9170 707-980-1561
Wheeler, Cody
Regional Patrol Commander
707-562-9161 559-862-8252
Krogstad, Chad
Regional Patrol Commander
707-562-9125 530-605-7735
Gabriel, Debra (Debby)
Regional Budget Analyst (Financial)
707-562-8645 707-980-3603
McKelv, Deborah
Regional Staff Assistant
707-562-9128 530-356-5930
Rivera, Heather
Regional Administrative Specialist
707-562-8646 707-980-4814
Maldanado, Cynthia
Regional Administrative Specialist (San Dimas)
909-929-7064 626-893-8912
Necaise, Laurie
Regional Program Support Assistant
707-562-8720 530-598-4193
Youngblood, Rachelle
Investigative Analyst
707-562-8666 707-980-4435
VACANT
Investigative Analyst
707-562-9127
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Regional Aviation Group – Regional Office
1323 Club Drive
Business:
Vallejo, CA 94592
After Hours:
(firstname.lastname@usda.gov)
Fax:
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Regional Aviation Officer
707-562-8813 530- 638-6378
Sanderson, Cindy
FEPP & FPP
707-562-8831 209 304-4302
Rinehart, Ian
Aviation Administrative Support
707-562-9023
Regional Aviation Group – Fox Field
4341 William J Barnes Ave.
Business:
661-723-2580
Lancaster, CA 93536-2459
After Hours:
661-723-2703
(firstname.lastname@usda.gov)
After Hours:
661-723-3620
Fax:
661-723-2581
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Litton, John
Airplane Pilot
661-723-2582
Curtis, Jon
Aviation Safety Inspector
661-723-2584 916-698-8902
Luna, Jesse
Aviation Inspector
661-723-2588 661-335-2454
Regional Aviation Group – McClellan
3237 Peacekeeper Way Bld 200
Business:
McClellan, Ca. 95652
After Hours:
(firstname.lastname@usda.gov)
Fax:
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Nava, Jason
Helicopter Program Mgr.
916-640-1034
Arbaugh, James
Helicopter Inspector Pilot
916- 640-1035 916-203-4583
Tolosano, Kyle
Helicopter Ops Specialist
916- 640-1055 530-605-7334
Daly, Jared
Aviation Safety Inspector
916 - 640-1031 530-338-9829
Lynde, Matthew
Asst Helicopter Ops Specialist
916- 640-1035 916- 203-4583
McGovern, Jason
Aviation Inspector
916-640-1007 916-462-0970
Alarcon, Lyndsay
UAS Aviation Mgmt. Specialist
661-565-6843
Yearwood, Mike
UAS Aviation Mgmt. Specialist
530-478-6291 530-575-8169
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Regional Aviation Group – San Bernardino
2065 E Perimeter Rd
Business:
San Bernardino, CA 92408
After Hours:
(firstname.lastname@usda.gov)
Fax:
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Smith (Jed) David
Fixed Wing Ops Specialist
530-307-9171
Phillips, David
Air Tactical Group Supervisor
909-982-2702 209-770-0904
Haskins, Eric
Air Tactical Group Supervisor
909-659-5233
Regional Aviation Group – South Ops
23300 Castle St
Business:
Riverside, CA 92518
After Hours:
(firstname.lastname@usda.gov)
Fax:
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
VACANT
Fixed Wing Program Manager
951-320-6248
Regional Aviation Group – Redding
6101 Airport Road
Business:
Redding, CA 96002
After Hours:
(firstname.lastname@usda.gov)
Fax:
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Spliethof, David
Supervisory Airplane Pilot
530-226-2739 530-262-2400
Strahan, Travis
Pilot
530-226-2756
Smith, Matt
Pilot
Gima, Wendi
Pilot
530-226-2754
Moore, Kathryn
Pilot
Upcraft, Trevor
Pilot
Casey, John
Fixed Wing
Mathiesen, Josh
Fixed Wing Ops Specialist
Tishner, Jon
Fixed Wing Ops Specialist
Gonzalez, Richard
Air Tactical Group Supervisor
530-226-2782 530-605-6376
Baker, Brian
Air Tactical Group Supervisor
530-226-2700 530-394-8110
Wheeler, Derek
Air Tactical Group Supervisor
530-226-2715 530-355-3274
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Northern California Geographic Coordination Center (ONC)
Northern California Service Center (ONCC)
Business:
530-226-2801
6101 Airport Road
After Hours:
530-226-2800
Redding, CA 96002
Flight Following:
800-231-5584
(firstname.lastname@usda.gov)
Expanded Fax:
530-223-4280
Intel Fax:
530-226-2742
IA Fax:
530-224-4308
Aircraft Fax:
530-222-5489
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Masovero, Anthony
Assistant Director, Northern Operations
530-226-2700 530-228-9780
Forni, Laurie
GACC Center Manager, Northern Operations
530-226-2839 530-227-9102
Sites, Keren
Deputy GACC Center Manager, Northern Operations
530-226-2800 530-227-9017
Bunker, Chris (Laura)
Mobilization Coordinator
530-524.6202
Charton, Andre
Aviation Coordinator
530-226-2800 530-351-3354
Compton, Shawn
Department of Interior Coordinator
530-226-2831 530-640-0420
VACANT
GATR/Northern California Training Officer
530-226-2719
VACANT
Public Affairs Specialist
Redding Predictive Services Unit
Northern California Service Center
Business:
530-226-2730
6101 Airport Road
After Hours:
530-226-2801
Redding, CA 96002-9423
Fax:
530-226-2742
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Gardunio, Billy
Fire Management Specialist
530-226-2730 530-604-8643
Wachter, Brent
Forecaster
530-226-2730 505-414-0227
VACANT
Forecaster
530-226-2730
Ruthford, Julia
Forecaster
530-226-2730 530-440-4890
Russell, Troy
Intelligence Coordinator
530-226-2811 530-768-4943
Eiszele, Dan
Intelligence Officer
530-226-2810 530-941-3068
Means, Ryan
Intelligence Officer
530-226-2811 530-410-2121
Kingsbury, Jessie
Intelligence Officer
530-226-2811 530-410-4033
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Northern California National Interagency Support Cache (NCK)
6101 Airport Road
Business:
530-226-2850
Redding, CA 96002
After Hours:
530-226-2800
mrgarland@fs.fed.us
Fax:
530-226-2854
nzfirecache@fs.fed.us
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Garland, Mark
Fire Cache Manager
530-226-2851
Juenke, David
Assistant Cache Manager
530-226-2856
Southern California Geographic Coordination Center (OSC)
23300 Castle St
Business:
951-276-6721
Riverside, CA 92518
Toll Free Business:
800-995-3473
(firstname.lastname@usda.gov)
24 Hr Mobilization:
951-276-6725
Flight Plans: sm.fs.osc-[email protected]
24 Hr Aviation:
951-320-2093
Aviation Fax:
951-782-4900
Business Fax:
951-320-2069
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Ahearn, Matt
Assistant Director, Southern Operations (Detail)
951-320-6103 951-315-5856
Tomaselli, Jim
GACC Center Manager, Southern Operations
951-320-6214 951-201-3687
VACANT
Deputy GACC Center Manager, Southern Operations FS
951-320-6109
Lannen-Littlefield, Andrea
Deputy GACC Center Manager, Southern Operations BLM
951-320-6145 951-269-9021
Salas, Manny
Mobilization Coordinator
951-320-6196 951-532-2690
Raphael, David
Aviation Coordinator
951-321-1879 951-295-6587
Dinkel, Ana
GATR/Southern California Training Officer
951-320-6111 951-217-6924
Faruzzi, Joe
Assistant Training Officer
619-380-1820
Southern California National Interagency Support Cache (LSK)
1310 S. Cucamonga Avenue
Business:
909-947-3091 Optn 3
Ontario, CA 91761-4507
After Hours:
951-276-6725
(firstname.lastname@usda.gov)
Fax:
909-947-6391
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Brugger, Joseph
Cache Manager
909-930-3231 909-519-3105
Stanton, Tena’ya
Asst. Cache Manager
909-930-3208 909-957-0296
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Riverside Predictive Services Unit
23300 Castle St
Business:
951-782-4852
Riverside, CA 92518
After Hours:
951-782-4169
(firstname.lastname@usda.gov)
After Hours Intel:
951-320-2079
Fax:
951-276-6439
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Allison, Kristen
PS Program Manager, Climate Meteorology
626-590-6809
VACANT
PS Program Manager, Intelligence
Shameson, Matt
Forecaster
951-782-4850 951-751-9047
O’Brien, Jonathan
Forecaster
951-782-4852 951-533-5462
Krohn, Rob
Forecaster BLM
951-782-4852 951-782-4848
Haggerty, Kelli
Intelligence Coordinator
951-320-6107 951-295-8552
Gandolfi, Eric
Intelligence Officer
951-320-6250 909-486-1719
Robbins, Heather
Intelligence Officer
951-295-8497
Faruzzi, Joe
Intelligence Officer
619-380-1820
San Dimas Technology & Development Center
444 East Bonita Avenue
Business:
909-599-1267
San Dimas, CA 91773
Fax:
909-929-7087
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Gonzales, Ralph
Portfolio Manager
909-929-7059 951-295-6576
VACANT
Supervisory Program Manager
909-929-7093
Johnson, Kristel
Support Services Program Manager
909-929-7087 909-553-2776
Martin, Richard
Facility Maintenance Mechanic
909-929-7105 951-204-2445
Pak, Julie
Administrative Operations Assistant
909-929-7071
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PACIFIC SOUTHWEST REGION FORESTS
Angeles National Forest (ANF)
Angeles ECC (ANCC)
Dispatch Center:
661-723-3620
4503 W. William Barnes Avenue
Expanded Dispatch:
661-723-2594
Lancaster, CA 93536
Supervisors Office:
Dispatch Fax:
661-723-2710
Expanded Fax:
661-726-4663
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Garcia, Robert
Fire Chief
626-574-5223 626-716-2120
VACANT
Deputy Fire Chief
626-574-5316
Dunfee, Timothy
Deputy Fire Chief
626-574-5285 760-920-7515
Hesbol, Edward
Center Manager
661-723-2707 661-886-0526
Estrada, Jessica
Assistant Center Manager
661-723-2711
Lepo, Dawn
Assistant Center Manager
661-723-2718 626-388-8347
Perez, Jerome
Forest Supervisor
626-574-5217 626-802-0806
Cleveland National Forest (CNF)
Cleveland N.F. E.C.C. (SDIC)
Dispatch Center:
619-557-5262
2249 Jamacha Road
After Hours:
619-557-5262
El Cajon, CA 92019-4301
Supervisors Office:
858-674-2901
sm.fs.cnfecc@usda.gov
Dispatch Fax:
619-557-6935
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
VACANT
Fire Chief
858-674-2980 951-204-0165
Rick Marinelli
Deputy Fire Chief
858-674-2948 619-972-9919
Hayes, Jerilynne
Center Manager
619-557-6690 619-778-1429
LaVoire, Matt
Assistant Center Manager
619-557-6908 619-992-8639
Vela, Richie
Assistant Center Manager
619-557-6907 619-820-3955
Tangenberg, Scott
Forest Supervisor
858-674-2975 619-510-7054
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Eldorado National Forest (ENF)
Camino Interagency ECC (CICC)
Dispatch Center:
530-644-0200
2840 Mt. Danaher Road
After Hours:
530-647-5255
Camino, CA 95709
Fax:
530-647-5283
cacicc@firenet.gov
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Johnny, Nickie
Fire Chief
530-621-5237 530-409-9210
Stewart, Bradley
Deputy Fire Chief
530-621-5225 916-225-1745
Reisenhuber, Teresa
Forest Fuels Officer
530-621-5223 530-957-0730
Wylie, Scott
Center Manager
530-647-5214 530-957-3628
Cook, Susan
Assistant Center Manager
530-644-0200 530-957-2265
Bosworth, Tyler
Assistant Center Manager
530-644-0200 530-957-2036
Stout, Joe
Forest Supervisor
530-621-5206 530-721-7866
Inyo National Forest (INF)
Owens Valley Interagency (OVCC)
Dispatch Center:
760-873-2405
351 Pacu Lane
After Hours:
760-873-2488
Bishop, CA 93514
Expanded Dispatch:
760-873-2569
Supervisors Office:
760-873-2400
BLM:
760-872-5000
Fax:
760-873-2459
Expanded Fax:
760-872-5018
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Pingel, Larry
Fire Chief
760-873-2507 541-690-9621
Rosen, Lance
BLM Deputy Fire Chief
760-872-5007 760-937-1806
Mills, Ian
BLM Center Manager
760-873-2491 760-937-6497
Vrandenburg, Ila
FS Assistant Center Manager
760-873-2405 760-937-2826
Clarkson, Evangelene
FS Assistant Center Manager
760-873-2405 760-937-8606
Yen, Lesley
Forest Supervisor
760-873-2550 530-510-1217
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Klamath National Forest (KNF)
Yreka Interagency ECC (YICC)
Dispatch Center:
530-842-3380
1809 Fairlane Road
After Hours:
530-842-3380
Yreka, CA 96097
Fax:
530-842-6953
cayicc@firenet.gov
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Appling, Mike
Fire Chief
530-841-4461 530-598-4142
McRae, Heather
Deputy Fire Chief
530-339-0356
Dooley, Ashley
Center Manager
530-841-4600 530-643-6754
VACANT
Assistant Center Manager
530-841-4600
Carson, Clinton
Assistant Center Manager
530-841-4600 530-557-0833
Smith, Rachel
Forest Supervisor
530-842-4502 530-643-1899
Lassen National Forest (LNF)
Susanville Interagency ECC (SIFC)
Dispatch Center:
530-257-5575
2550 Riverside Drive
After Hours:
530-257-2151
Susanville, CA 96130
Fax:
530-257-7149
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Miller, Bill
Fire Chief
530-252-6630 530-260-6592
Mueller, Dustan
Deputy Fire Chief
530-252-6621 530-310-3548
Lee, Donald
Center Manager
530-257-5575 707-382-8401
Dawson, Nicholas
Assistant Center Manager
530-257-5575 530-260-6783
Rosette, Tanner
Center Manager BLM
530-257-5575 530-640-3332
Bumpus, Deb
Forest Supervisor
530-252-6600 530-394-8050
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Los Padres National Forest (LPF)
Los Padres National Forest
P.O. Box 6324
Vandenberg Space Force Base, CA 93437
Packaged Mail
1318 New Mexico, Bldg 9360, Room 102
Dispatch Center:
After Hours:
Expanded Dispatch:
Supervisors Office:
Expanded Fax:
IA Floor Fax
805-938-9142 Ext 0
805-961-5727
805-938-9142 x 1
805-968-6640
805-219-7740
805-219-7738
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Harris, Jim
Fire Chief
805-961-5741 805-886-6142
Schwarm, Curt
Deputy Fire Chief
805-961-5722 805-620-2561
Holladay, Chad
Center Manager
805-961-5727 805-458-0206
Spahr, Ben
Assistant Center Manager
805-961-5727 805-451-8975
Berry, Brian
Assistant Center Manager
805-961-5727 805-698-2288
Stubbs, Christopher
Forest Supervisor
805-961-5733 805-451-8919
Mendocino National Forest (MNF)
Mendocino Dispatch (MNFC)
Dispatch Center:
530-934-7758
825 N. Humboldt Avenue
Expanded Dispatch:
Willows, CA 95988
Fax:
530-934-2326
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Coots, Curtis
Fire Chief
530-934-1155 530-524-5818
Gomez, Luis
Deputy Fire Chief
530-934-1163 530-917-7401
Dalrymple Audrey
Center Manager
530-934-1120 530-685-0353
Swick, Jordan
Assistant Center Manager
530-934-7758 530-513-1317
Alvidrez, Ruben
Assistant Center Manager
530-934-7758 530-685-5255
Masterson, Wade
Forest Supervisor
530-934-1100 707-373-0160
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Modoc National Forest (MDF)
MODOC Interagency ECC (MICC)
Dispatch Center:
530-233-4581
225 West 8th Street
After Hours:
530-640-1868
Alturas, CA 96101
Dispatch Fax:
530-233-8889
modocecc@gmail.com
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Otterson, Tylor
Fire Chief
530-233-8881 530-640-0442
Johnston, Joseph
Deputy Fire Chief
530-233-8703 530-640-0875
Main, Mark
Center Manager
530-233-8818 530-310-5390
VACANT
Assistant Center Manager
530-233-8857 530-640-0212
Sagaser, Will
Assistant Center Manager
530-233-8885 530-640-0195
Christofferson, Chris
Forest Supervisor
530-233-8800 530-708-7037
Plumas National Forest (PNF)
Plumas National Forest ECC (PNFC)
Dispatch Center:
530-283-7838
159 Lawrence Street
After Hours:
530-283-0193
Quincy, CA 95971
Expanded Dispatch:
530-283-7505
capnfc@firenet.gov
Fax:
530-283-7575
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Grove, Aaron
Forest Fire Chief
530-283-7830 530-394-8094
Wilson, Mitch
Assistant Forest Fire Chief
530-283-7831 530-927-9093
Bussey, Barb
Center Manager
530-283-7834 541-357-1166
Clough, Ed
Assistant Center Manager
530-283-7856 530-526-7604
VACANT
Assistant Center Manager
Carlton, Christopher
Forest Supervisor
530-283-7810 530-927-7713
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San Bernardino National Forest (BDF)
Federal Interagency ECC (SBCC)
Dispatch Center:
909-383-5651
602 S Tippecanoe Avenue
After Hours:
909-383-5651
San Bernardino, CA 92408
Fax:
909-383-5587
sm.fs.ficc@usda.gov
Expanded:
909-382-2915
Expanded: sbccexpanded@gmail.com
Expanded Fax:
909-383-5607
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Nobles, Mike
Fire Chief
909-382-2629 951-204-0165
Howes, Scott
Deputy Fire Chief
909-382-2630 909-269-2927
Megowan, Jason
FS Center Manager
909-383-5651 909-771-4811
Trueman, Scott
BLM Center Manager
909-382-2917 909-314-3770
Chick, Martin
BLM Operations Manager
909-383-5651 619-204-0896
VACANT
BLM Operations Manager
VACANT
BLM Operations Manager
Troxel, Michael
FS Operations Manager
909-383-5651 909-495-7363
VACANT
FS Operations Manager
909-382-2751
Harrison, Danelle
Forest Supervisor
909-382-2710 928-266-6803
Sequoia National Forest (SQF)
Central California Interagency Communication Center
(CCCC)
Dispatch Center:
559-782-3120 Ext 0
220 East Morton Ave
After Hours:
559-781-5780
Porterville, CA 93257
caccc@firenet.gov
cacccc_expanded@firenet.gov
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Gonzales, Jose (Joe)
Fire Chief
559-784-1500
Ext. 3482
559-920-1178
Medina, Joaquin (Jack)
Deputy Fire Chief
559-784-1500
Ext. 3491
559-361-0505
Prieto, Angel
Forest Fire Management Planning Specialist
559-784-1500
Ext. 3496
760-878-8141
Brandell Patterson
Center Manager
559-782-1500
Ext. 3495
951-529-9419
Moreno, Maribel
Assistant Center Manager
559-782-1500
Ext. 3494
559-793-8559
Vella, Gerardo
Assistant Center Manager
559-784-1500
Ext. 3477
559-310-2702
Solorio, Martha
BLM Assistant Center Manager
559-784-1500
Ext. 3502
661-529-8290
Benson, Teresa
Forest Supervisor
559-784-1500
Ext. 3471
559-920-7577
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Shasta-Trinity National Forest (SHF)
Redding Interagency ECC (RICC)
Dispatch Center:
530-226-2400
875 Cypress Ave.
After Hours:
530-226-2499
Redding, CA 96001
Fax:
530-241-4807
sm.fs.shfdispatch@usda.gov
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Mack, Todd
Fire Chief
530-226-2527
530-859-2774
McBath, Alex
Deputy Fire Chief
530-226-2391 530-526-1320
Courtright, James
Deputy Fire Chief
530-226-2383
707-798-7535
Colby, Jason
Center Manager
530-241-9622
530-410-1642
Olson, Joni
Assistant Center Manager
530-241-9625
530-526-7218
Buckner, Thomas
Assistant Center Manager
530-241-1358 530-598-6392
Birkey, Rachel
Forest Supervisor
530-226-2522
530-510-3704
Sierra National Forest (SNF)
Sierra Interagency Command Center (SICC)
Dispatch Center:
559-500-4546
2311 N Clovis Ave
After Hours:
559-500-4544
Fresno CA 93727
Expanded Dispatch:
559-500-4212
sm.fs.snfdispatch@usda.gov
Supervisors Office:
559-297-0706
Dispatch Fax:
559-348-0239
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Goss, John
Fire Chief
559-297-0706
Ext.4820
559-908-6526
Murphy, Tim
Deputy Fire Chief
559-297-0706
Ext.4822
559-280-7336
McLemore, Brandon
Center Manager
559-500-4422
559-770-0653
Jenkins, Justin
Assistant Center Manager
559-500-4546
559-593-5638
Gonzales, Michael
Assistant Center Manager (Detail)
559-500-4546
559-209-9952
Gould, Dean
Forest Supervisor
559-297-0706
Ext.4800
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Six Rivers National Forest (SRF)
North Coast Interagency Communication Center ECC
(NCIC)
Dispatch Center:
707-441-3644
1330 Bayshore Way
After Hours:
707-441-3644
Eureka, CA 95501
cancic@firenet.gov
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Eichamer, Josh
Fire Chief
707-601-7080
707-601-7080
Young, Rick
Deputy Interagency Fire Chief (FS & NPS)
707-845-4316
707-845-4316
Hendricks, Ben
Deputy Fire Chief
707-441-3514
530-356-4631
VACANT
Center Manager
707-441-3642
707-683-6940
Salmon, Matt
Assistant Center Manager
707-441-3644
707-382-2495
VACANT
Assistant Center Manager
McArthur, Ted O.
Forest Supervisor
707-441-3534
530-598-4181
Stanislaus National Forest (STF)
Stanislaus ECC (STCC)
Dispatch Center:
209-533-1130 or 1140
19777 Greenley Rd
After Hours:
209-532-3786
Sonora, CA 95370
Expanded Dispatch:
stanislausdispatch@usda.gov
Supervisors Office:
209-532-3671 Ext 339
Fax:
209-533-1892
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Johnson, Rebecca
Fire Chief
209-288-6282
209-770-1199
Gould, Clint
Deputy Fire Chief
209-288-6242
209-283-4558
Reyes, Tiffany
Center Manager
209-288-3671
209-770-1352
Pisciotta, Bridget
Assistant Center Manger
209-288-6248
209-984-6174
Jeanor, Noelle
Assistant Center Manger
209-288-6249
209-768-0919
Kuiken, Jason
Forest Supervisor
209-288-6265
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Tahoe National Forest (TNF)
Grass Valley Command Center (GVCC)
Dispatch Center:
530-477-7237
13120 Loma Rica Drive
After Hours:
530-477-0641
Grass Valley, CA 95945
Expanded Dispatch:
530-477-0872
sm.fs.cagvcc@usda.gov
Fax:
530-477-5203
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Jacobson, Kyle
Fire Chief
530-478-6280
530-545-0060
Rice, Eric
Deputy Fire Chief
530-478-6258
530-906-0823
MacDonald, Marissa
Center Manager
530-478-6112
707-718-0468
Scarbrough, Tim
Assistant Center Manager
530-477-7237
530-648-6044
VACANT
Assistant Center Manager
530-477-7237
530-559-1720
Llano, Eli
Forest Supervisor
530-478-6201
530-394-8062
Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (TMU)
Camino Interagency ECC (CICC)
Dispatch Center:
530-644-0200
2840 Mt Danaher Rd
After Hours:
530-647-5255
Camino, CA 96150
Fax:
530-647-5279
cacicc@firenet.gov
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Thaler, Carrie
Fire Chief
530-543-2794
530-721-3738
VACANT
Deputy Fire Chief
530-543-2658
530-545-0060
Wylie, Scott
Center Manager
530-647-5214
530-957-3628
Bosworth, Tyler
Assistant Center Manager
530-644-0200
530-957-2036
Cook, Susan
Assistant Center Manager (Detail)
530-644-0200
530-957-2065
Walker, Eric
Forest Supervisor
530-543-2641
208-290-6698
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BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
California State Office (CSO)
California State Office
Business:
916-978-4430
2800 Cottage Way, Room W-1623
Fax:
916-978-4438
Sacramento, CA95825- 0451
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Kelly, Peter
State Fire Mgmt. Officer
916-978-4442
916-907-3443
Boomer, Mike
Deputy State FMO/Ops
916-978-4437
775-335-9073
Stout, Joe
Deputy State Director
916-978-4501
916-205-4978
Northern California District (NOD)
Susanville Interagency Fire Center (SIFC)
Business:
530-257-5575
2950 Riverside Drive
Fax:
530-257-7149
Susanville, CA 96130
Fax:
530-252-6486
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Savage, Albert
District FMO
530-252-5366
530-249-4213
Winkler, Rob
Assistant District AFMO
530-276-3189
530-224-2151
Rosette, Tanner
Assistant Center Manager
530-257-5575
530-640-3332
Wilson, Dereck
NOD District Manager
530-224-2177
530-204-7855
Bishop Field Office (OVD)
Owens Valley Interagency (OVCC)
Dispatch Center:
760-873-2405
351 Pacu Lane
After Hours:
760-873-2488
Bishop, CA 93514
Expanded Dispatch:
760-873-2569
Supervisors Office:
760-873-2400
BLM:
760-872-5000
Dispatch Fax:
760-873-2459
Expanded Fax:
760-872-5018
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Pingel, Larry
FS Interagency FMO
760-873-2507
541-690-9621
Rosen, Lance
BLM Deputy Interagency FMO
760-872-5007
760-937-1806
VACANT
BLM Center Manager
760-873-2575
Kong, Andrew
FS Assistant Center Manager
760-873-2565
760-937-2583
Mills, Ian
FS Assistant Center Manager
760-873-2491
760-937-6497
VACANT
Bishop Field Office Manager
760-872-5011
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California Desert District (CDD)
California Desert District (CDD)
Business:
951-697-5200
22835 Calle San Juan De Los Lagos
After Hours:
909-383-5651
Moreno Valley, CA 92553
Or:
909-383-5652
Fax:
951-697-5299
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Gibbs, Paul
District FMO/Interagency Fire Chief
951- 697-5355
951-903-4135
Espinoza, Freddie
ADFRMO/Deputy Interagency Fire Chief
951-697-5274
951-903-4137
Trueman, Scott
DOI Center Manager (FICC)
909-382-2917
909-314-3770
Chick, Martin
DOI Operations Manager (FICC)
909-383-5651
619-204-0896
VACANT
DOI Operations Manager (FICC)
Lynch, Michelle (Shelly)
District Manager
Central California District (CND)
Central California District
Dispatch Center:
559-782-3120 Ext 701
220 East Morton Ave
After Hours:
559-282-0242
Porterville, CA 93257
caccc@firenet.gov
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Brinsfield, David
District FMO
661-391-6103
661-488-6555
VACANT
Assistant District FMO
916-941-3119
530-215-4019
Soloria, Martha
BLM Assistant Center Manager
559-782-3120
ext. 713
Heppe, Christopher
District Manager
916-941-3152
707-498-5015
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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
Pacific West Region (WRP)
National Park Service Pacific West Region
Business:
415-623-2210
333 Bush Street, Suite 500
After Hours:
530-226-2800 (NOPS)
San Francisco, CA 94104
Fax:
415-623-2383
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Minton, Mike (Detail)
Regional Fire Management Officer
415-623-2216
707-498-4435
Loomis, Jason (Detail)
Deputy RFMO – Operations
503-894-1303
VACANT
Deputy RFMO – Fire & Fuels Ecology
Sitz, Shad
Regional Aviation Manager
541-588-0344
Rivelle, Robert
Regional Fire Budget/Incident Business
707-498-1761
Theune, Mike
Regional Fire Communication & Education
559-586-0882
Morse, Greg
Regional Chief Ranger
Cabrillo National Monument (CAP)
National Park Service Cabrillo National Monument
Business:
619-523-4285
1800 Cabrillo Monument Drive
Business:
805-938-9142 (LPCC)
San Diego, CA 92106
After Hours:
805-961-5727 (LPCC)
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Sandrini, Tony
FMO
805-658-5702
805-451-2199
Holliday, Chad
(Detail) Center Manager USFS
805-961-5727
805-441-2160
Spahr, Ben
Assistant Center Manager
805-961-5727
805-451-8975
Vacant
Assistant Center Manager
Compton, Andrea
Superintendent
619-523-4260
Jones, Ralph
Chief Ranger
619-523-4270
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Channel Islands National Park (CNP)
National Park Service Channel Islands
Business:
805-658-5720 (CHIS)
1901 Spinnaker Drive
Business:
805-938-9142 (LPCC)
Ventura, CA 93001
After Hours:
805-961-5727 (LPCC)
Fax:
805-658-5799 (HQ)
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
McKinley, Ethan
Superintendent
805-658-5702
805-451-2199
Sandrini, Tony
Network FMO
805-658-5719
805-501-9444
Hnat, Mark
Chief Ranger
805-658-5717
805-218-0251
Chad Holladay (Detail)
Center Manager USFS
805-961-5727
805-441-2160
Spahr, Ben
Assistant Center Manager
805-961-5727
805-451-8975
Holladay, Chad
Assistant Center Manager
805-961-5727
805-458-0206
Death Valley National Park (DVP)
National Park Service Death Valley
Business:
760-786-3245
P.O. Box 579
Business:
909-383-5654 (SBCC)
Death Valley, CA 92328
After Hours:
760-786-2330
After Hours:
909-383-5652 (SBCC)
Fax:
760-786-3246
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Reynolds, Mike
Park Superintendent
760-786-3245
Mckinlay-Jones, Karen
Chief Ranger
760-786-3245
Gibbs, Paul
Interagency Fire Chief
951-697-5355
951-903-4135
Espinoza, Freddie
Deputy Interagency Fire Chief
951-697-5352
951-903-4137
Sandrini, Tony
Interagency Zone FMO
760-252-6008
760-221-5801
Trueman, Scott
DOI Center Manager FICC
909-382-2917
909-314-3770
Chick, Martin
DOI Ops Manager FICC
909-383-5651
619-204-0896
VACANT
DOI Ops Manager FICC
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Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GNP)
National Park Service Golden Gate National
Recreation Area
Business:
415-289-1888
1045 Fort Cronkhite,
After Hours:
415-561-5510
Sausalito, CA 94965
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Jones, Greg
Fire Management Officer
415-289-1888
415-725-7851
Joss, Laura
Superintendent
415-561-4720
415-210-0094
Schifsky, David
Chief Ranger
415-289-3132
415-331-8627
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (HVP)
National Park Service Hawaii Volcanoes
Business:
808-985-6001
P.O. Box 52
After Hours:
808-985-6001
Hawaii Volcanoes, HI 96718-0052
After Hours:
530-934-7758(MNFC)
Fax:
808-985-6023
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Funderburk, Greg
Fire Management Officer
808-985-6042
808-936-4873
Souza, Crystal
Fire Program Assistant
808-985-6043
808-238-6079
Orlando, Cynthia
Superintendent
808-985-6025
Broward, John
Chief Ranger
808-985-6030
Joshua Tree National Park (JTP)
National Park Service Joshua Tree
Business:
760-228-2339
74485 National Park Drive
After Hours:
909-383-5652 (SBCC)
Twentynine Palms, CA 92277
Fax:
760-365-4934
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Smith, David
Superintendent
760-367-5501
Yeston, Karyl
Chief Ranger
760-367-5540
Gibbs, Paul
Interagency Fire Chief
951-697-5355
951-903-4135
Espinoza, Freddie
Deputy Interagency Fire Chief
951-697-5352
951-903-4137
VACANT
Interagency Zone FMO
Sandrini, Tony
NPS Fire Operations Specialist
760-221-5801
Trueman, Scott
DOI Center Manager FICC
909-382-2917
909-314-3770
Chick, Martin
DOI Ops Manager FICC
909-383-5651
619-204-0896
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Lassen Volcanic National Park (LNP)
National Park Service Lassen Volcanic
Business:
530-595-6162
P.O. Box 100 or 38050 Hwy 36E
After Hours:
530-257-5575 (SIFC)
Mineral, CA 96063-0100
Fax:
530-595-3415
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Klimek, Mike
Fire Management Officer
530-595-6161
530-604-4720
Ostmann, Dan
Assistant Fire Management Officer
530-595-6153
530-200-2885
Lava Beds National Monument (BNP)
National Park Service Lava Beds NM
Business:
530-667-8122
P.O. Box 1240/1 Indian Well
After Hours:
530-640-1868 (MICC)
Tulelake, CA 96134
Fax:
530-667-2737
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Orr, Christopher
Fire Management Officer
530-667-8122
530-640-1464
Schroeder, Kris
Fuel Management Specialist
541-891-1241
Main, Mark
MICC Center Manager
Mengel, Chris
Superintendent
530-667-8101
530-261-2737
Smith, Jaime
Chief Ranger
530-667-8111
530-260-1040
Mojave National Preserve (MNP)
National Park Service Mojave National Preserve
Business:
760-252-6132
2701 Barstow Rd.
After Hours:
909-383-5651 (SBCC)
Barstow, CA 92311
Fax:
760-255-8819
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Gauthier, Mike
Park Superintendent
760-252-6132
VACANT
Chief Ranger
Gibbs, Paul
Interagency Fire Chief
951-697-5355
951-903-4135
Espinoza, Freddie
Deputy Interagency Fire Chief
951-697-5352
951-903-4137
Sandrini, Tony
Interagency Zone FMO
760-252-6008
760-219-5414
Trueman, Scott
DOI Center Manager FICC
909-382-2917
909-314-3770
Chick, Martin
DOI Ops Manager FICC
909-383-5651
619-204-0896
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Pinnacles National Park (PIP)
National Park Service Pinnacles National Park
Business:
415-289-1888
5000 Hwy 146,
After Hours:
559-565-3195 BECC
Paicines, CA 95043
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Jones, Greg
Fire Management Officer
415-289-1888
415-725-7851
Dimmick, Curt
Chief Ranger
831-389-4486
ext. 4265
541-538-8303
Alvarez Stransky, Blanca
Superintendent
831-389-4486
ext. 4233
419-341-2325
Point Reyes National Seashore (RNP)
National Park Service Point Reyes National Seashore
Business:
415-289-1888
1 Bear Valley Road
After Hours:
415-499-6717 MRCC
Point Reyes Station, CA. 94956
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Jones, Greg
Fire Management Officer
415-289-1888
415-725-7851
Kenkel, Craig
Superintendent
415-464-5101
440-668-2230
Byerly, Julie
Chief Ranger
415-464-5175
415-847-7612
Redwood National Park (RWP)
National Park Service Redwood
Business:
111 Second Street
After Hours:
707-726-1266 FICC
Crescent City, CA 95531
Fax:
707-488-6485
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Eichamer, Josh
Interagency Fire Chief
707-601-7080
Young, Rick
Deputy Interagency Fire Chief
707-845-4316
VACANT
Center Manager
707-726-1286
Salmon, Matt
Assistant Center Manager
707-441-3644
707-382-2495
VACANT
Assistant Center Manager
707-726-1222
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Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (SMP)
National Park Service Santa Monica Mountains
Business:
661-723-2703 ANCC
401 W. Hillcrest Dr.
Paramount Fax:
805-735-0875
Thousand Oaks CA 91360
Headquarters Fax:
805-370-1850
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Szymanski, David
Superintendent
805-370-2342
805-279-0954
Sandrini, Tony
Fire Management Officer
805-501-9444
Alongi, Mike
Chief Ranger
805-370-2306
805-391-1265
Hesbol, Edward
Center Manager
661-723-2707
661-886-0526
Cardenas, Danielle
Assistant Center Manager
661-723-2711
661-434-7507
Lepo, Dawn
Assistant Center Manager
661-723-2718
626-388-8347
Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park (KNP)
National Park Service Sequoia-Kings Canyon
Business:
559-565-3164
47050 Generals Hwy.
Business:
559-565-3165
Three Rivers, CA 93271-9651
After Hours:
559-565-3164
Fax:
559-565-3797
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Zielger, John
Park FMO
559-565-4337
559-280-6890
Mathiesen, Leif
Deputy FMO
559-565-3160
559-702-3019
Lopez, Christian
Fuels Management Specialist
559-565-3162
559-769-5816
Willmon, Steff
Center Manager
559-565-3771
559-281-0074
Kuljis, Michael
Assistant Center Manager
559-565-3159
559-769-7259
Jordan, Clay
Superintendent
559-565-3100
Kelleher, Ned
Chief Ranger
559-565-3110
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Whiskeytown National Recreation Area (WNP)
National Park Service Whiskeytown
Business:
530-242-3446
P.O. Box 188
After Hours:
530-242-2400 RICC
Whiskeytown, CA 96095-0188
HQ Fax:
530-246-5154
FMO Office Fax:
530-359-2276
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Akerberg, Jake
Fire Management Officer
530-242-3460
530-782-2305
Zaharris, Adam
Fuels Specialist
530-242-3437
530-410-4673
Hoines, Josh
Superintendent
530-242-3460
530-782-2305
Yosemite National Park (YNP)
National Park Service Yosemite National Park
24 Hour Fire:
209-379-1999
P.O. Box 577
24 Hour LE:
209-379-1992
Yosemite, CA 95389
Secure Fax:
209-379-2728
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Dan Buckley
Fire Mgmt. Officer
209-372-0413
208-484-5161
Singer, Kelly
Deputy FMO
209-372-0414
209-347-9297
VACANT
Center Manager
209-379-1188
209-620-6431
Mitchell, Christine
Assistant Center Manager
209-379-1191
209-347-6619
Killian, Kevin
Chief, Visitor and Resource Protection
209-372-0211
209-631-7748
Muldoon, Cicely
Park Superintendent
209-372-0201
510-541-0195
Austin, Teresa
Deputy Superintendent
209-372-0201
510-541-0195
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U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
US Fish and Wildlife DOI Regions 10/8 (R8R)
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Business:
916-414-6464
Fire Management DOI Regions 10/8
After Hours:
916-414-6486
2800 Cottage Way, Rm. W-2606
Sacramento, CA 95825
(firstname_lastname@fws.gov)
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Hinkley, Jennifer
Regional Fire Management Coordinator
916-978-6181
407-503-8449
Kelly, Peter
Deputy Regional Fire Management Coordinator
916-414-6483
209-587-5517
Wheeler, Polly
Assistant Regional Director -National Wildlife Refuge
916-414-6464
Roberts, James
Regional Fire Ecologist & Fuels Coordinator
916-414-6598
619-402-6843
Klamath Basin Fire Management Zone (LKR)
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Business:
530-667-8304
Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge Complex
Business:
530-667-8316
4009 Hill Road
After Hours:
530-640-1868 (MDF)
Tulelake, CA 96134
Fax:
530-667-8338
(firstname_lastname@fws.gov)
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Bordelon, Phillip
Zone Fire Management Officer
530-667-8304
541-891-4598
Main, Mark
Center Manager (MDF)
530-233-8818
530-310-5390
Sagaser, William
Assist Center Manager (MDF)
530-233-8885
530-640-0195
Christofferson, Chris
Assist Center Manager (MDF)
530-233-8800
530-708-7037
Pacific Islands Fire Management Zone (HI-PCR)
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Duty Officer:
808-985-6046
Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge
60 Nowelo St, Suite 100
Hilo, HI 96720
(firstname_lastname@fws.gov)
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Funderburk, Greg
Fire Management Officer
808-985-6042
808-936-4873
Johnson, Eric
Assistant Fire Management Officer
808-209-7702
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South Central Valley Fire Management Zone (LUR)
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Emergency Business:
559-348-1515 (SICC)
San Luis National Wildlife Refuge Complex
Non-Emergency Business:
209-826-3508
7376 S. Wolfsen Rd/ PO Box 2176
After Hours:
559-348-1515 (SICC)
Los Banos, CA 93635
Fax:
831-389-4489
(firstname_lastname@fws.gov)
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
VACANT
Zone Fire Management Officer
209-826-3508
Ext.111
Murphy, Shawn
Assistant Zone Fire Management Officer
209-826-3508
Ext.131
209-587-0324
North Central Valley Fire Management Zone (SWR)
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Business:
530-934-3615
Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex
After Hours:
530-934-7758 (MNFC)
752 County Road 99W
Fax:
530-934-7814
Willows, CA 95988
(firstname_lastname@fws.gov)
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Aeby, Ryan
Zone Fire Management Officer
530-934-3615
530-510-6339
Southern California Fire Management Zone (TNR)
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Business:
619-713-2201
Southern California
After Hours:
619-557-5262 (SDIC)
14026 Peaceful Valley Ranch Rd/PO Box 746
Fax:
619-713-2295
Jamul, CA 91935
(firstname_lastname@fws.gov)
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
O’Connor Daniel S
Zone Fire Management Officer
619-713-2201
Ext 26
619-648-0537
Cline, Thomas
Assistant Zone Fire Management Officer
619-713-2201
Ext 23
619-909-9000
Yuen, Andy
Project Leader - San Diego NWRC
619-476-9150
Ext 100
760-535-7065
Ledig, David
Project Leader - Hopper Mountain NWRC
805-644-5185
Ext 286
805-451-0084
Schoneman, Chris
Project Leader - Sonny Bono Salton Sea NWRC
760-348-5278
Ext 227
760-336-1816
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BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
Pacific Regional Office (PAA)
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Business:
916-978-6000
Pacific Regional Office
Fax:
916-978-6081
2800 Cottage Way
Sacramento, CA 95825
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Gogna, Nate
Regional Fire Management Officer
916-978-6177
916-589-7939
VACANT
Asst. Regional Fire Management Officer
916-978-6066
916-718-8648
Violante, George
Regional Aviation Specialist
916-978-6030
916-531-8814
Flying, Matthew
Regional Fire Operations Specialist
916-978-6016
916-225-1141
Northern California Agency (NCA)
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Business:
530-223-7960
Northern California Agency
Fax:
530-224-7749
364 Knollcrest Dr. Suite 105
Redding, CA 96002-0175
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
VACANT
Fire Management Officer
Wasson, Rebecca
Natural Resource Officer
530-223-7973 or
530-223-7690 Ex.114
Perry, Greg
Regional Fuels Management Specialist
530-223-7969 Ext. 120
916-718-8648
Central California Agency (CCA)
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Business:
919-930-3680
Central California Agency
After Hours:
916-978-6000
650 Capitol, Suite 8-500
Fax:
916-930-3780
Sacramento, CA 95814
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
VACANT
Fire Management Officer
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Southern California Agency (SCA)
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Business:
951-276-6624
Southern California Agency
After Hours Pager:
951-965-0423
1451 Research Park Drive, Suite 100
Fax:
951-276-6641
Riverside, CA 9250
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
VACANT
Agency Fire Management Officer
951-276-6624 Ext.253
Ruiz Sr., Ray
Fire Operations Specialist
951-276-6624 Ext 253
Hoopa Valley Tribe (HIA)
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Business:
530-625-4366
Hoopa Fire Department Wildland Fire Division
After Hours:
530-625-4480
P.O. Box 369
Hoopa Tribal Police:
530-625-4615
Hoopa, CA. 95546
Fax:
530-625-4416
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Mendes, Rod
Fire Management Officer
530-625-4366 Ext 510
530-784-7870
Tule River Indian Reservation (TIA)
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Station 90:
559-784-1590
Tule River Fire Department
Fire Chief:
P.O. Box 589
After Hours:
559-784-1590
Porterville, CA 93258
Fax:
559-853-6089
wfcapt@tulerivertribe-nsn.gov
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Santos, Zane
Agency Fire Management Officer, Wildland
559-784-1590 559-339-8686
VACANT
Assistant Fire Management Officer
559-784-1590
Brown, Rich
Fire Chief
559-782-1590
559-359-8947
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CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY & FIRE PROTECTION
Sacramento Command Center
3650 Schriever Ave
Business:
916-845-8680
Mather, CA 95655
After Hours:
916-845-8680
sac.ecc@fire.ca.gov
Fax:
916-845-8692
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Burlew, Anale
Deputy Chief
916-845-8684
916-206-4248
Deaver, Scott
Battalion Chief
916-845-8686
916-202-4961
Northern Region Operations Coordination Center (CNR)
6105 Airport Road
Command Center:
530-224-2466
Redding, CA
Headquarters:
530-224-2445
rcc.ecc@fire.ca.gov
Region Duty Chief:
530-224-4944
Region Duty Officer:
530-224-2434
Strike Team Hotline:
800-237-3703
Green Phone:
9-622-357
Fax:
530-224-4308
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Bradley, Mike
Region Chief
530-224-2460 530-744-4780
Wilson, John
Division Chief OCC
530-224-2465
530-227-6574
Southern Region Operations Coordination Center (CSR)
23300 Castle St.
Command Center:
951-782-4169
Moreno Valley, CA 92518
Headquarters:
951-782-4140
csr.occ@fire.ca.gov
Region Duty Chief:
951-782-4236
Region Duty Officer:
951-320-6197
Strike Team Hotline:
800-995-3473
Green Phone:
9-522-266
Fax:
951-782-4900
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Fulcher David
Region Chief
951-320-6100
Mitchell, Jeremy
Division Chief OCC
951-320-6126
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Amador-El Dorado Unit (AEU)
2840 Mt. Danaher Road
Command Center:
530-647-5220
Camino, CA 95709
Headquarters:
530-644-2345
aeu.ecc.staff@fire.ca.gov
Unit Duty Chief:
530-647-5294
Green Phone:
9-422-353
Fax:
530-647-5283
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Blankenheim, Mike
Unit Chief
530-644-2345 530-708-2700
Batham, Mike
ECC Chief
530-647-5227 530-708-2709
Butte Unit (BTU)
176 Nelson Avenue
Command Center:
530-538-6460
Oroville, CA 95987
Headquarters:
530-538-7111
Unit Duty Chief:
530-538-6068
Green Phone:
9-622-381
Fax:
530-538-6873
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Messina, John
Unit Chief
530-538-7111 530-329-9891
Manson, Richard
ECC Chief
530-538-6330 530-520-5522
Fresno-Kings Unit (FKU)
2311 N. Clovis Avenue
Command Center:
559-294-6818
Fresno, CA 93727
Headquarters:
559-493-4300
fku.ecc.staff@fire.ca.gov
Unit Duty Chief:
559-294-6888
Green Phone:
9-316-379
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Hail, Dustin
Unit Chief
559-493-4300 559-281-4300
Pumarejo, Paul
ECC Chief
559-294-6809 559-281-4309
Humboldt-Del Norte Unit (HUU)
118 North Fortuna Blvd.
Command Center:
707-726-1280
Fortuna, CA 95540
Headquarters:
707-725-4413
huueccstaff@fire.ca.gov
Unit Duty Chief:
707-726-1229
Green Phone:
9-202-1265
Fax:
707-726-1265
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
McCray, Kurt
Unit Chief
707-726-1200
Gonzales, Andrew
ECC Chief
707-726-1209 707-599-6435
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Lassen-Modoc Unit (LMU)
1491 5
th
Street
Command Center:
530-257-5575
Susanville, CA
Headquarters:
530-257-4171
Unit Duty Chief:
530-310-1401
Green Phone:
9-622-382
Fax:
530-257-7149
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Packwood, Scott
Unit Chief
530-257-8500 530-310-2200
Osborn, Dustin
ECC Chief
530-257-5575 530-310-2209
Madera-Mariposa-Merced Unit (MMU)
5366 State Highway 49 North
Command Center:
209-966-3803
Mariposa, CA 95338
Headquarters:
209-966-3622
mmu.ecc@fire.ca.gov
Unit Duty Chief:
209-966-4290
Green Phone:
9-316-381
Fax:
209-966-7527
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Van Loben Sels, Mike
Unit Chief
209-742-1900 559-706-8800
Moua, Ue
ECC Chief
209-742-1909 559-706-8809
Mendocino Unit (MEU)
17501 North Highway 101
Command Center:
707-459-7403
Willits, CA 95490
Headquarters:
707-459-7414
meu.ecc.staff@fire.ca.gov
Unit Duty Chief:
707-456-1785
Green Phone:
9-202-284
Fax:
707-459-7405
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Kendall, Luke
Unit Chief
707-459-7400 707-391-6700
Scales, Jennifer
ECC Chief
707-459-7409 707-391-6709
Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit (NEU)
13120 Loma Rica Drive
Command Center:
530-477-0641
Grass Valley, CA 95945
Headquarters:
530-889-0111
neu.ecc@fire.ca.gov
Unit Duty Chief:
530-477-2300
Green Phone:
9-422-383
Fax:
530-477-5203
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Estes, Brian
Unit Chief
530-823-4904 530-277-2300
Muellere, Steve
ECC Chief
530-477-0951 530-277-2309
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Riverside Unit (RRU)
210 W. San Jacinto Avenue
Command Center:
951-940-6949
Perris CA 92570
Headquarters:
951-940-6900
rru.ecc.staff@fire.ca.gov
Unit Duty Chief:
951-940-6363
Green Phone:
9-522-290
Fax:
951-657-3191
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Weiser, Bill
Unit Chief
951-940-6917 951-712-2115
Bryant, Will
ECC Chief
951-940-6882 951-435-9091
San Benito-Monterey Unit (BEU)
2221 Garden Road
Command Center:
831-647-6223
Monterey, CA 93940-5385
Headquarters:
831-333-4600
beueccstaff@fire.ca.gov
Unit Duty Chief:
831-647-6291
Green Phone:
9-316-387
Fax:
831-333-2655
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Nunez, George
Unit Chief
831-333-4600 831-601-2502
Filice, Art
ECC Chief
831-333-4609 831-601-2409
San Bernardino Unit (BDU)
3800 North Sierra Way
Command Center:
909-881-6916
San Bernardino, CA 92405
Headquarters:
909-881-6900
bdueccstaff@fire.ca.gov
Unit Duty Chief:
909-881-6919
Green Phone:
9-522-284
Fax:
909-881-6970
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Littlefield, Shane
Unit Chief
909-881-6900 951-314-0402
Ching, Jacob
ECC Chief
909-881-6909 909-215-8272
San Diego Unit (SDU)
2249 Jamacha Road
Command Center:
619-593-0384
El Cajon, CA 92019
Headquarters:
619-590-3100
sdu.ecc.staff@fire.ca.gov
Unit Duty Chief:
619-588-9764
Green Phone:
9-522-286
Fax:
619-590-3196
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Mecham, Tony
Unit Chief
619-590-3104 619-855-7321
Cox, Kevin
ECC Chief
619-590-3105 619-672-0041
Villarino, Ryan
ECC Chief
619-590-3105 619-971-4822
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San Luis Obispo Unit (SLU)
1150 Laurel Ln, Suite 175
Command Center:
805-593-3451
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
Headquarters:
805-543-4244
slu.ecc@fire.ca.gov
Unit Duty Chief:
805-543-3458
Green Phone:
9-522-292
Fax:
805-543-6909
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Owens, John
Unit Chief
805-543-4244 Ext 3400
805-903-3400
Fowler, Dave
ECC Chief
805-593-3409 805-903-3409
San Mateo-Santa Cruz (CZU)
6059 Highway 9
Command Center:
831-335-6719
Felton, CA 95018-0316
Headquarters:
831-335-5353
czueccstaff@fire.ca.gov
Unit Duty Chief:
831-335-6955
Green Phone:
9-202-236
Fax:
831-335-0624
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Armstrong, Nate
Unit Chief
831-335-6700 831-254-1700
Watts, Valerie
ECC Chief
831-335-6709 831-254-1709
Santa Clara Unit (SCU)
15670 Monterey Street
Command Center:
408-201-0490
Morgan Hill, CA 95037
Headquarters:
408-779-2121
scu.ecc.staff@fire.ca.gov
Unit Duty Chief:
408-779-6663
Green Phone:
9-202-237
Fax:
408-778-6149
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Huang, George
Unit Chief
408-778-8600 408-472-1600
Lewis, Joshua
ECC Chief
408-778-8609 408-472-1609
Shasta Trinity Unit (SHU)
875 Cypress Avenue
Command Center:
530-225-2411
Redding, CA 96001
Headquarters:
530-225-2418
shueccstaff@fire.ca.gov
Unit Duty Chief:
530-225-2476
Green Phone:
9-622-385
Fax:
530-241-4807
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Gouvea, Bret
Unit Chief
530-225-2400 530-448-2400
VACANT
ECC Chief
530-225-2409 530-448-2409
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Siskiyou Unit (SKU)
1809 Fairlane Road
Command Center:
530-842-7066
Yreka, CA 96097
Headquarters:
530-842-3516
sku.ecc@fire.ca.gov
Unit Duty Chief:
530-842-2847
Green Phone:
9-622-386
Fax:
530-842-6953
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Laws, Darryl
Unit Chief
530-842-3516 530-598-2600
Mapes, Keith
ECC Chief
530-842-3516 530-598-2609
Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit (LNU)
1199 Big Tree Road
Command Center:
707-963-4112
St. Helena, CA 94574
Headquarters:
707-967-1400
Unit Duty Chief:
707-967-4211
Green Phone:
9-202-285
Fax:
707-963-4103
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Marcucci, Mike
Unit Chief
707-967-1411 707-299-7084
Melendy, Scott
ECC Chief
707-967-1409 707-531-3011
Tehama-Glenn Unit (TGU)
604 Antelope Boulevard
Command Center:
530-529-8542
Red Bluff, CA 96080
Headquarters:
530-528-5199
Unit Duty Chief:
530-529-8547
Green Phone:
Fax:
530-529-8539
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Farias, Bob
Unit Chief
530-528-5100 530-200-2500
Bowersox, Travis
ECC Chief
530-528-5109 530-200-2509
Tulare Unit (TUU)
1968 S. Lovers Lane
Command Center:
559-636-4172
Visalia, CA 93292
Headquarters:
559-732-5954
Unit Duty Chief:
559-735-0364
Green Phone:
9-316-386
Fax:
559-732-4986
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Turner, Andy
Unit Chief
559-732-5954 559-358-7100
Martin, David
ECC Chief
559-636-4109 559-358-7109
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Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit (TCU)
785 Mountain Ranch Road
Command Center:
209-754-0675
San Andreas, CA95249
Headquarters:
209-754-3831
tcu.ecc@fire.ca.gov
Unit Duty Chief:
209-754-2759
Green Phone:
9-316-383
Fax:
209-754-1723
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Wood, David
Unit Chief
209-754-2700 209-419-4400
Davis, Ryan
ECC Chief
209-754-2709 209-419-4409
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CAL FIRE CONTRACT COUNTIES
Kern County Fire (KRN)
5642 Victor Street
Command Center:
661-324-6551
Bakersfield, CA 93308
Headquarters:
661-391-7000
Unit Duty Chief:
Fax:
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Aaron Duncan
Fire Chief
661-391-7010 661-368-5820
Nick Herndon
ECC Chief
661-330-0136 661-776-5236
Los Angeles County Fire (LAC)
1320 N. Eastern Ave,
Command Center:
323-881-6183
Los Angeles, CA 90063
Headquarters:
323-881-6183
Unit Duty Chief:
323-881-6105
Fax:
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Anthony Marrone
Fire Chief
323-881-6180 213-220-3513
Frank Forman
Assistant Chief - ECC
323-881-2370 213-200-2206
Marin County Fire (MRN)
33 Castle Rock Ave,
Command Center:
415-473-6717
Woodacre, CA 94973
Headquarters:
415-473-3263
Unit Duty Chief:
415-473-3742
FIRE-[email protected]
Fax:
415-473-7820
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Jason Weber
Fire Chief
415-473-4100
Todd Overshiner
ECC Chief
415-254-1515
Orange County Fire (ORC)
1 Fire Authority Rd,
Command Center:
714-573-6500
Irvine, CA 92602
Headquarters:
714-573-6000
Unit Duty Chief:
714-573-6547
ECC Duty Officer:
714-573-6572
Fax:
714-368-8830
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Brian Fennessy
Unit Chief
714-573-6010 714-559-2700
Kevin Fetterman
ECC Chief
714-573-6554 949-239-5978
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Santa Barbara County Fire (SBC)
4410 Cathedral Oaks Road
Command Center:
805-692-5735
Santa Barbara, CA93110-1042
Headquarters:
805-681-5500
Unit Duty Chief:
805-692-5738
Fax:
805-692-5725
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Mark Hartwig
Fire Chief
805-681-5507 805-896-6400
Sergio Sanchez
ECC Chief
805-681-4045 805-896-6405
Ventura County Fire (VNC)
165 Durley Avenue
Command Center:
805-388-4279
Camarillo, CA 93010-8586
Headquarters:
805-389-9710
Unit Duty Chief:
805-388-4489
Fax:
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Dustin Gardner
Fire Chief
805-389-9704
Michael Weisenberg
ECC Chief
805-389-9795
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GOVERNOR’S OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES / CAL OES
Governor’s Office of Emergency Services – Fire & Rescue Division / CAL OES Headquarters
3650 Schriever Avenue
Business:
916-845-8711
Mather, CA 95655
24-Hour Warning Center:
916-845-8911
(firstname.lastname@CALOES.ca.gov)
FDO:
916-845-8670
Fax:
916-845-8396
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Marshall, Brian
Chief, State Fire & Rescue
916-845-8726 916-382- 6701
VACANT
Deputy Chief, Operations North
916-845-8727 951-830-6231
Torrez, Art
Deputy Chief, Operations South
951-320-2106 916-642-3838
Lopez, Lori
Deputy Chief, Administration
916-845-8722 916-396-6134
Higgins, Mitch
Deputy Chief, Fleet Management
916-845-8718 916-612-8845
Collins, Larry
Deputy Chief, Special Operations
916-845-8751 916-716-2498
Vail, Scott
Deputy Chief, CICCS
916-845-8711 916-832-4229
Salvate, John
Assistant Chief, Region I North
707-853-6150 707-853-6150
Stone, Dave
Assistant Chief, Region I South
916-642-3837 916-642-3837
Courson, Mark
Assistant Chief, Region II North
916-281-4484 916-281-4484
Franklin, Dave
Assistant Chief, Region II South
650-436-2185 650-436-2185
Titus, Patrick
Assistant Chief, Region III North
916-634-9225
Sjotvedt, Steve
Assistant Chief, Region III South
916-642-3887
Zander, Corey
Assistant Chief, Region IV North
916-845-8711 916-712-6771
Bailey, Kit
Assistant Chief, Region IV South
530-307-1307 530-307-1307
Arroyo, Van
Assistant Chief, Region V North
916-769-1486
Lara, Javier
Assistant Chief, Region V South/ CICCS
559-412-1016 559-412-1016
Unkovich, Randy
Assistant Chief, Region VI North
909-451-1835 909-451-1835
Rouhota, Tony
Assistant Chief, Region VI South
760-925-8400
Eakle, Brianne
Communications Operator
916-845-8817 916-834-3334
VACANT
Communications Operator
916-845-8761 916-882-4510
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McMurray, Alexis
Communication Operator
916-845-8723 650-245-8566
Adams, Jeff
Assistant Chief, Special Operations
916-330-0953
Fry, Jack
Assistant Chief, Special Operations
916-628-7015
Gear, Joe
Assistant Chief, Special Operations
916-475-1663 916-825-6416
Tobais, Chuck
Assistant Chief, Special Operations
916-845-8830 916-715-0250
Martinez, Guadalupe
Office Technician
916-845-8721
Stanich, Nicole
Staff Services Analyst-Special Operations
916-845-8717
Cognata, Debbie
Associate Gov. Program Analyst-Fire & Rescue
916-845-8713
Torrez, Sage
Associate Gov. Program Analyst-Fire & Rescue
916-720-8556
Auburn, Diede
Staff Services Manager 1
916-845-8725
Alaina, Viernes
Staff Services Analyst
916-845-8707
Faustino, Kelly
Associate Gov. Prog. Analyst-Fire & Rescue
916-845-8662
Modin, Matthew
Staff Services Analyst
916-845-8236
VACANT
Staff Services Analyst-Fleet Services
916-845-8732
Ochoa-Banuelos, Ruben
Staff Services Analyst-Fleet Services
916-845-8733
Thao, Chue
Heavy Equipment Mechanic-Fleet Services
916-845-8739 916-213-5267
Xiong, Kou
Heavy Equipment Mechanic-Fleet Services
916-845-8743 916-396-6134
Lee, Keng
Heavy Equipment Mechanic-Fleet Services
916-494-1828
Vang, Pao
Heavy Equipment Mechanic-Fleet Services
916-396-5286
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Governor’s Office of Emergency Services – Operations Coordination Center – FIRESCOPE Program
23300 Castle St
Business:
951-782-4174
Riverside, CA 92518
After Hours:
916-845-8911
(firstname.lastname@CALOES.ca.gov)
Fax:
951-276-6513
Fax:
951-782-4239
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Johnstone, James
Deputy Chief, FIRESCOPE
951-320-6108 951-312-8966
Johnson, Cathy
Assistant Chief, FIRESCOPE
916-642-3825 916-642-3825
VACANT
Communications Operator/CAL OES Fire and Rescue
951-320-6198
Serafin, Yesenia
Staff Services Analyst, FIRESCOPE
951-320-6199
Dorsey, Shelley
Management Services Tech, FIRESCOPE
951-320-6212
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CAL OES Region I (CR01)
Marrone, Anthony, Interim Fire Chief
Office:
323-881-2478
Dispatch:
323-881-6183
Los Angeles County Fire Department
Dispatch Fax:
323-266-6925
1320 North Eastern Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90063-3294
Los Angeles County Area “A” CA-XLA
Crowley, Kristin, Fire Chief
Office:
213-978-3800
kristin.crowle[email protected]
Dispatch:
213-576-8920
Los Angeles City FD
Fax:
213-626-0062
200 North Main Street #1020
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Los Angeles County Area “B” CA-XLB
O’Brien, Jon, Acting Chief Deputy
Office:
323-881-2478
Dispatch:
323-881-6183
Los Angeles County Fire Department
Fax:
323-266-6925
1320 North Eastern Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90063-3294
Los Angeles County Area “C” CA-XLC
Augustine, Chad, Fire Chief
Office:
916-715-6330
caugustine@cityofpasadena.net
Dispatch Office:
818-956-4800
Glendale Fire Department
Dispatch Fax:
818-240-5895
421 Oak Street
Glendale, CA 91204
Los Angeles County Area “E” CA-XLE
Haywood, Brent, Chief
Office:
562-944-9713
Dispatch:
562-861-9221
Santa Fe Springs FD
Fax:
562-904-7314
11300 Greenstone Ave
Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670
Los Angeles County Area “F” CA-XLF
Hardin, Jeff, Deputy Fire Chief
Admin:
562-570-9500
Dispatch:
562-570-9540
Long Beach Fire Department
Admin Fax:
562-570-2564
3205 North Lakewood Blvd.
Long Beach, CA 90808-1733
Los Angeles County Area “G” CA-XLG
Dumais, Dave, Fire Chief
Office:
310-781-7000
Dispatch:
310-545-5679
Torrance Fire Department
Dispatch Fax:
310-978-0892
1701 Crenshaw Blvd.
Torrance, CA 90501-3312
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Orange County CA-XOR
Fennessy, Brian, Chief
Office:
714-573-6010
brianfennessy@ocfa.org
Dispatch:
714-573-6500
Orange County Fire Authority
Fax:
714-368-8830
1 Fire Authority Road
Irvine, CA 92602
San Luis Obispo CA-XSL
Owens, John, Chief
Office:
805-543-4244 Ext. 3400
Dispatch:
805-543-4242
San Luis Obispo County Fire / CALFIRE
Fax:
805-543-6909
1150 Laurel Ln., Suite 175
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
Santa Barbara County CA-XSB
Hartwig, Mark, Chief
Office:
805-681-5500
Dispatch:
805-692-5735
Santa Barbara County FD
Fax:
805-692-5720
4410 Cathedral Oaks Road
Santa Barbara, CA93110-1042
Ventura County CA-XVE
Gardner, Dustin, Chief
Office:
805-389-9710
Dispatch:
805-388-4279
Ventura County Fire Department
Fax:
805-388-4361
165 Durley Avenue
Camarillo, CA 93010-8586
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CAL OES Region II (CR02)
Moore, Eric, Chief
Office:
925-833-3473
Dispatch:
925-245-0420
Alameda County Fire Department
Fax:
925-422-5730
6363 Clark Ave.
Dublin, CA 94568
Alameda County CA-XAL
Contreras, Garrett, Chief
Office:
510-583-4945
garrett.contreas@hayward-ca.gov
Dispatch:
925-245-0420
Hayward Fire Department
Fax:
925-422-5730
22700 Main Street
Hayward, CA 94541
Contra Costa County CA-XCC
McAllister, Aaron, Deputy Chief
Office:
925-941-3501 Ext 1101
aaron.mcallister@ccfpd.org
Dispatch:
925-941-3355
Contra Costa FPD
Fax:
925-941-3339
2010 Geary Road
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
Del Norte County CA-XDN
Wakefield, Ryan, Chief
Office:
707-465-9105
ryan.wakefield@cdcr.ca.gov
Dispatch:
707-726-1280
California Dept. of Corrections/Rehabilitation
Fax:
707-726-1265
5905 Lake Earl Dr
Crescent City, CA 95532
Humboldt County CA-XHU
McCray, Kurt, Chief
Office:
707-726-1200
Dispatch:
707-726-1280
CAL FIRE, Humboldt/Del Norte Unit
Fax:
707-726-1265
118 South Fortuna Blvd.
Fortuna, CA 95540-0425
Lake County CA-XLK
Sapeta, Willie, Chief
Office:
707-994-2170
Dispatch:
707-963-4112
Lake County Fire Protection District
Fax:
707-963-4013
14815 Olympic Drive
Clearlake, CA 95122
Marin County CA-XMR
Weber, Jason, Chief
Office:
415-473-6717
Dispatch:
415-473-6717
Marin County Fire Department
Fax:
415-473-7820
33 Castlerock Avenue (P.O. Box 518)
Woodacre, CA 94973
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Mendocino County CA-XME
Franklin, Mitch, Chief
Office:
707-744-1222
Dispatch:
707-459-7403
Hopland VFD
Fax:
707-459-7405
21 Feliz Creek Road
Hopland, CA 95449
Monterey County CA-XMY
Nunez, George, Chief
Office:
831-333-4600
Dispatch:
831-647-6223
CAL FIRE, Monterey/San Benito Unit
Fax:
831-333-4660
2221 Garden Road
Monterey, CA 93940-5385
Napa County CA-XNA
Sorenson, John, Chief
Office:
707-967-2880
chief170@cityofsthelena.org
Dispatch:
707-967-4206
St. Helena Fire Department
Fax:
707-963-4013
1480 Main St
St. Helena, CA 94574
San Benito County CA-XBE
Nunez, George, Chief
Office:
831-333-4600
Dispatch:
831-647-6223
CAL FIRE, Monterey/San Benito Unit
Fax:
831-333-4660
2221 Garden Road
Monterey, CA 93940-5385
San Francisco County CA-XSF
Nicholson, Jeanine, Chief
Office:
415-558-3400
Dispatch:
415-558-3291
San Francisco Fire Department
Fax:
415-558-3290
698 Second Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
San Mateo County CA-XSM
Myers, Ron, Chief
Office:
650-991-8138
Dispatch:
650-363-4961
North County Fire Authority
Fax:
650-369-4962
10 Wembley Avenue
Daly City, CA 94015
Santa Clara County CA-XSC
Bowden, Tony, Chief
Office:
408-378-4010
Dispatch:
408-294-4424
Santa Clara County Fire Department
Fax:
408-279-4736
14700 Winchester Blvd.
Los Gatos, CA 95030-1818
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Santa Cruz County CA-XCZ
Armstrong, Nate, Unit Chief
Office:
831-335-6700
nate.armstrong@fire.ca.gov
Dispatch:
831-335-6719
CAL FIRE, San Mateo – Santa Cruz
Fax:
831-335-0624
6059 Highway 9 (P.O. Drawer F-2)
Felton, CA 95018 -0316
Solano County CA-XSO
Chadwick, Josh, Chief
Office:
707-746-4275
jchadwick@ci.benicia.ca.us
Dispatch:
707-421-7090
Benicia Fire Department
Fax:
707-421-7952
150 Military West
Benicia, CA 94510
Sonoma County CA-XSN
Heine, Mark Chief
Office:
707-838-1170
Dispatch:
707-576-1371
Sonoma County Fire Department
Fax:
707-543-3520
8200 Old Redwood Hwy
Windsor, CA 95492
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CAL OES Region III (CR03)
Hebrard, Mike, Chief
Office:
530-224-1644
mike.hebrard@fire.ca.gov
Dispatch:
530-224-2434
CAL FIRE Northern Region
Fax:
530-224-4308
6105 Airport Road
Redding, CA 96002
Butte County CA-XBU
Messina, John, Unit Chief
Office:
530-538-7111 Ext. 301
Dispatch:
530-538-6840
Butte County Fire Department/CALFIRE
Fax:
530-538-7401
176 Nelson Avenue
Fax:
530-538-6873
Oroville, CA 95965
Colusa County CA-XCO
Gilbert, Jeff, Chief
Office:
530-473-2269
c300@williamsfire.net
Dispatch:
530-458-0200
Williams Fire Authority
Fax:
530-458-4697
810 E. Street
Williams, CA 95987
Glenn County CA-XGL
James, Dan, Chief
Office:
530-826-3355
Dispatch:
530-529-8541
Hamilton City Fire Protection District
Fax:
530-529-8539
420 1
st
Street
Hamilton City, CA 95951
Lassen County CA-XLS
Ewing, Eric, Assistant Chief
Office:
530-257-8504
Dispatch:
530-257-5575
CALFIRE-LMU
Fax:
530-257-7149
697-345 Highway 36
Susanville, CA 96130
Modoc County CA-XMO
Walker, Steve Unit Chief
Office:
530-233-2723
steve.walker@fire.ca.gov
Dispatch:
530-233-4416
CAL FIRE-LMU
Fax:
530-233-4971
702 East 8th Street
Alturas, CA 96101
Plumas County CA-XPU
Waterman, Joe
Office:
530-258-2276
joe.waterman@gmail.com
Dispatch:
530-283-6300
West Almanor Fire Department
Fax:
530-283-6329
947 Long Iron Dr
Chester, CA 96020
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Shasta County CA-XSH
Gouvea, Bret, Unit Chief
Office:
530-225-2400
Dispatch:
530-225-2411
CAL FIRE / Shasta County Fire Department
Fax:
530-241-4807
875 Cypress Avenue
Redding, CA 96001
Sierra County CA-XSI
Evans, John, Chief
Office:
530-993-6751
Dispatch:
530-289-3700
Loyalton Fire Department
Fax:
530-993-6752
206 Front St. (PO Box 128)
Loyalton, CA 96118
Siskiyou County CA-XSK
Laws, Darryl, Unit Chief
Office:
530-842-3516
darryl.laws@fire.ca.gov
Dispatch:
530-842-7066
CAL FIRE & FP, Siskiyou Unit
Fax:
530-842-6953
1809 Fairlane Road (P.O. Box 128)
Yreka, CA 96097
Sutter County CA-XSU
Alexander, Jesse, Chief
Office:
530-822-4698
Dispatch:
530-822-4661
Yuba City Fire Department
Fax:
530-822-4799
824 Clark Ave
Yuba City, CA 95991
Tehama County CA-XTE
Russell, Dave, Unit Chief
Office:
530-528-5199
dave.russell@fire.ca.gov
Dispatch:
530-529-8541
CAL FIRE / Tehama County Rural FD
Fax:
530-529-8539
604 Antelope Blvd.
Red Bluff, CA 96080
Trinity County CA-XTR
Corbett, Todd, Chief
Office:
530-623-6156
chief@wfdca.org
Dispatch:
530-225-2411
Weaverville Volunteer Fire Department
Fax:
530-224-2434
125 Bremer Street (P.O. Box 447)
Weaverville, CA 96093
Yuba County CA-XYU
Heggstrom, Kyle, Chief
Office:
530-743-1553
Dispatch:
530-224-2434
Linda Fire Department
Fax:
530-224-4308
1286 Scales Street
Marysville, CA 95901-6117
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CAL OES Region IV (CR04)
Walder, Eric Chief
Office:
209-931-3107
ewalder@wmfire.org
Dispatch:
530-273-3222
Waterloo-Morada Fire District
Fax:
530-477-5203
6925 E Foppiamo Ln
Stockton CA 95212
Alpine County CA-XAP
Stoner, Denver, Chief
Office:
209-753-2321
dstoner@alpineso.com
Dispatch:
530-694-2231
Bear Valley Public Safety/Fire
Fax:
530-694-2956
88 Bear Valley Road (PO Box 5130)
Bear Valley, CA 95223
Amador County CA-XAM
Mackey, Ken, Chief
Office:
209-256-4498
Dispatch:
530-647-6115
Ione City Fire
Fax:
209-274-6028
P.O. Box 398
Ione, CA
Calaveras County CA-XCA
Fullerton, Bill, Chief
Office:
209-728-3864
billfullerton@sbcglobal.net
Cell:
209-768-8786
West Point FPD
Dispatch:
209-754-1187
P.O. Box 315
Fax:
209-954-1723
West Point, CA 95255
El Dorado County CA-XED
Lilienthal, Michael, Chief
Office:
916-933-6623
mlilienthal@edhfire.com
Dispatch:
877-233-3473
Eldorado Hills Fire Department
Fax:
530-626-3188
1050 Wilson Blvd
El Dorado Hills, CA 95762
Nevada County CA-XNE
Bierwagen, Jim, Chief
Office:
530-273-2503
Dispatch:
530-273-3222
Peardale - Chicago Park Fire Protection
Fax:
530-477-5203
18934 Colfax Highway (P.O. Box 697)
Chicago Park, CA 95712
Placer County CA-XPL
Spencer, Dave, Chief
Office:
530-823-4211
Dispatch:
530-886-5375
Auburn City Fire
Fax:
530-886-5391
1225 Lincoln
Auburn, CA 95603
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Sacramento County CA-XSA
Wilson, Chad, Deputy Chief
Office:
916-767-2203
Dispatch:
916-228-3035
Folsom City Fire Department
Fax:
916-228-3075
535 Glenn Dr
Folsom, CA 95677
San Joaquin County CA-XSJ
Ramirez, Frank, Chief
Office:
209-727-0564
framirez@mokelumnefire.org
Dispatch:
800-913-9113
Mokelumne Rural FD
Fax:
209-236-8701
13157 E Brandi Rd
Lockeford, CA 95237
Stanislaus County CA-XST
Murdock, Richard, Chief
Office:
209-552-3600
rmurdock@stanoes.com
Dispatch:
209-524-2474
Stanislaus County OES
Fax:
209-552-3635
3705 Oakdale Road
Modesto, CA 95355
Tahoe Basin CA-XTB
Bailey, Sean, Chief
Office:
530-562-1212
Dispatch:
530-273-3222
Northstar Fire Protection District
Fax:
530-477-5203
910 Northstar Dr
Truckee, CA 96161
Tuolumne County CA-XTO
New, Aimee, Unit Chief
Office:
209-484-8788
firechief@sonoraca.gov
Dispatch:
209-754-1187
Sonora FD
Fax:
209-954-1723
201 S Shepard St
Sonora, CA 95370
Yolo County CA-XYO
Binns, Steve
Office:
916-617-4745
steveb@cityofwestsacramento.org
Dispatch:
530-666-8920
City of West Sacramento Fire Department
Fax:
530-666-8923
2040 Lake Washington Blvd
West Sacramento, CA 95691
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CAL OES Region V (CR05)
Hail, Dustin, Chief
Office:
559-493-4300
[email protected]a.gov
Dispatch:
559-294-6830
Fresno County Fire Protection District
210 South Academy Road
Sanger, CA93657
Fresno County CA-XFR
Hail, Dustin, Chief
Office:
559-493-4300
[email protected]a.gov
Dispatch:
559-294-6830
Fresno County Fire Protection District
210 South Academy Road
Sanger, CA93657
Kern County CA-XKE
Duncan, Aaron
Office:
661-391-7011
Cell:
661-776-5236
Kern County Fire Department
Dispatch:
661-324-6551
5642 Victor Street
Fax:
661-324-6557
Bakersfield, CA 93308
Kings County CA-XKI
Lynch, Bill, Chief
Office:
559-413-9926
[email protected]ings.ca.gov
Dispatch:
559-584-9276
Kings County Fire Department
Fax:
559-582-8261
280 North Campus Drive
Hanford, CA 93230
Madera County CA-XMA
Van Loben Sels, Mike Chief
Office:
209-742-1901
mike.vanlobensels@fire.ca.gov
Dispatch:
209-966-3803
Madera County Fire Department
Fax:
209-966-7527
5366 HWY 49 North
Mariposa, CA 95338
Mariposa County CA-XMP
Van Loben Sels, Mike Chief
Office:
209-742-1901
mike.vanlobensels@fire.ca.gov
Dispatch:
209-966-3803
Mariposa County Fire Department
Fax:
209-966-7527
5082 Bullion Street (P.O. Box 162)
Mariposa, CA 95338
Merced County CA-XMD
Van Loben Sels, Mike Chief
Office:
209-742-1901
mike.vanlobensels@fire.ca.gov
Dispatch:
209-966-3803
Merced County Fire Department
Fax:
209-966-7527
3500 North Apron Avenue
Atwater, CA 95301
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Tulare County CA-XTU
Norman, Charlie Chief
Office:
559-802-9800
Dispatch:
559-733-6544
Tulare County Fire Department
Fax:
559-747-1024
835 S. Akers Street
Visalia, CA 93277
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CAL OES Region VI (CR06)
McHargue, Tim, Chief
Office:
909-370-5102
tmchargue@confire.org
Dispatch:
909-356-3805
Colton Fire Department
Fax:
909-356-3809
303 East E. Street
Colton, CA 92324
Imperial County CA-XIM
Silva, Alex, Chief
Office:
760-356-2673
asilva@holtville.ca.gov
Dispatch:
760-352-3333
Holtville Fire Department
Fax:
760-353-7301
121 West 5
th
Street
Holtville, CA 92250
Inyo County CA-XIN
Dell, Joe, Chief
Office:
303-246-4438
Dispatch:
760-873-5866
Bishop Fire Department
Fax:
760-872-3485
290 W. Line Street
Bishop, CA 93514
Mono County CA-XMN
Schmitt, Dale, Chief
Office:
760-920-9523
skymeadowranch@schat.net
Dispatch:
760-932-7549
Wheeler Ridge Fire
Fax:
760-932-7435
129 Willow Rd
Swall Meadows, CA 93514
Riverside County CA-XRI
Moore, Michael, Chief
Office:
951-826-5624
mmoore@riversideca.gov
Dispatch:
951-940-6949
Riverside City Fire Department
Fax:
951-657-3191
3401 University Avenue
Riverside, CA 92501
San Bernardino County CA-XBO
McHargue, Tim, Chief
Office:
909-370-5102
tmchargue@confire.org
Dispatch:
909-356-3805
Colton Fire Department
Fax:
909-356-3809
303 East E. Street
Colton, CA 92324
San Diego County CA-XSD
Barron, Dan, Chief
Office:
760-744-1050 Ext 3401
dbarron@san-marcos.net
Cell:
760-470-9099
San Marcos Fire Department
Dispatch:
858-756-3006
1 Civic Center Dr
Email:
San Marcos, CA 92069
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FIRE WEATHER FORECASTING OFFICES
Weather Forecast Office Eureka
300 Startare Drive
Business:
707-442-2171
Eureka, CA 95501-6000
Fax:
707-443-6195
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Nicolini, Troy
Meteorologist in Charge
707-443-2171 707-496-5959
Dodd, Alex
Fire Weather Program Leader/IMET
707-442-2171 518-932-3416
Tonkin, Jeff
IMET
707-442-2171 707-672-3386
Weather Forecast Office Las Vegas
7851 Dean Martin Drive
24 Hrs. Business:
702-263-9750
Las Vegas, NV 89139-6628
nws.lasvegas@noaa.gov
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Lericos, Todd
Meteorologist in Charge
702-263-9752 Ext.222
702-540-3391
Berc, Daniel
Warning Coordination Meteorologist
702-263-9753 612-875-6036
Gorelow, Andy
Fire Weather Program Leader/IMET
702-263-9750 240-778-5302
Weather Forecast Office Los Angeles/Oxnard
520 N. Elevar Street
Business:
805-988-6626
Oxnard, CA 93030
Fax:
805-988-6631
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Jackson, Mark
Meteorologist in Charge
805-988-6617
805-444-4892
Gomberg, Dave
Fire Weather Program Leader
805-988-6626 805-907-2236
Thompson, Rich
IMET/Forecaster
805-988-6626
805-340-8699*
*82 when dialing
Weather Forecast Office Medford
4003 Cirrus Drive
Business:
541-776-4332
Medford, OR 97504
Fax:
541-776-4333
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Lovegrove, John
Meteorologist in Charge
541-776-4303
Ext.222
541-840-4882
Lutz, Brett
Fire Weather Program Leader/IMET
541-776-4303
240-778-5304 IMET
Cell
Bunnag, Fredric
Assistant Fire Weather Program Leader/IMET
541-776-4303
541-941-4480
240-778-5297IMET Cell
Keene, Shad
IMET Trainee
541-776-4303
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Weather Forecast Office Monterey
21 Grace Hopper Ave, Stop 5
Business:
831-656-1717
Monterey, CA 93943
Business:
831-656-1724
Fax:
831-656-1747
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Palmer, Cindy
Meteorologist in Charge
831-656-1710
Ext.222
831-383-9708
Walburn, Ryan
Fire Weather Program Leader/IMET
831-656-1724
831-656-1710
408-772-1877
Mehle, Matt
IMET
831-656-1724 617-851-2042
Weather Forecast Office Phoenix
P.O. Box 52025, PAP 225
Business:
602-275-7003
Phoenix, AZ 85072-2025
Fax:
602-267-8051
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Woodal, Gary
Meteorologist in Charge
602-275-7002 Ext 222
602-618-3114
Meyers, Valerie
Fire Weather Program Leader/IMET
602-275-7002 Ext 237
Mailbox 533
Weather Forecast Office Reno
2350 Raggio Pkwy.
Business:
775-673-8105
Reno, NV 89512
Fax:
775-673-7110
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Mittelstadt, Jon
Meteorologist in Charge
775-673-8100
775-771-8356
Hoon, Alex
Fire Weather Program Leader/IMET
775-673-8105
240-778-5300
IMET Cell
Wallman, Jim
IMET
778-673-8105
240-778-5299
IMET Cell
Weather Forecast Office Sacramento
3310 El Camino Ave Room 228
Business:
916-979-3047
Sacramento, CA 95821
After Hours:
916-979-3047
Fax:
916-979-3052
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Mead, Michelle
Meteorologist in Charge
916-979-3041 Ext 222
406-370-8882
Kurth, Eric
Fire Weather Program Leader/IMET
916-979-3047
240-778-5296
IMET Cell
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Weather Forecast Office San Diego
11440 W. Bernardino Court, Suite 230
Business:
858-675-8700
San Diego, CA 92127
After Hours:
858-675-8705
Fax:
858-
675-8712
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Moreland, Matt
Meteorologist Type 2
858-675-8700
858-442-5719
Tardy, Alex
Meteorologist Type 2
858-675-8700 858-442-6016
Rodriguez, Bruno
Incident Meteorologist Type 1
858-675-8700
619-457-7369
240-778-5291 IMET
Sullivan, Stefanie
Meteorologist Type 2
858-675-8700
Weather Forecast Office San Joaquin Valley
900 Foggy Bottom Road
Business:
559-584-9505
Hanford, CA 93230
After Hours:
559-584-9051
Fax:
559-584-1152
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Meadows, Jerald
Meteorologist in Charge
559-584-0583
Ext. 222
Harty, Daniel
Fire Weather Program Leader/IMET
559-584-9505 240-778-5289
Dudley, James
IMET
559-584-9505
240-778-5289
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PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION
PSW Redding
3644 Avtech Parkway
Redding, CA 96002
(firstname.lastname@usda.gov)
Business:
After Hours:
Fax:
530-226-2530
877-585-7777
530-226-5091
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Levinson, David
Program Manager
530-226-2543
Clauss, Nick
Assistant Program Manager
530-226-2542
Skinner, Carl
Scientist
530-226-2554
Knapp, Eric
Scientist
530-226-2555
Zhang, Jianwei
Scientist
530-226-2550
Wingate, Roger
Office Auto. Assistant
530-226-2530
PSW Albany
800 Buchanan Street
Business:
510-5883-8830
Albany, CA 94710
After Hours:
510-297- 3459
(firstname.lastname@usda.gov)
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Barhydt, Richard
Station Director
510-759-1702
530-902-5336
Craig, Maggie
Executive Assistant (acting)
510-883-8831 510-8295-3302
Roth, Dana
AD Research (acting)
707-980-1595
Maes, James
AD, Business Operations
Heavey, Caitlin
Research Planning & Reporting
510-559-6312
510-542-4660
Seal, David “Buck”
Station Safety Coordinator
510-559-6329
510-704-3198
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PSW Riverside
4955 Canyon Crest Dr
Business:
951-680-1500
Riverside, CA 92507
After Hours:
877-858-7777
(firstname.lastname@usda.gov)
Fax:
951-680-1501
NAME/TITLE
OFFICE
CELL
Weiss, David
Prescribed Fire & Effects
951-680-1543
951-236-4886
Chavez, Deborah
Line Officer, PSW Riverside
951-680-1558 951-315-3610
Hanna, Warren
Facility Manager
951-680-1518 951-290-1591
Whitfield, Ella
Purchasing Agent
951-680-1509
Riggan, Phil
Airborne IR Remote Sensing
951-680-1534
951-315-0182
Lockwood, Bob
Airborne IR Remote Sensing
951-680-1535
951-315-0181
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Appendix
Exhibits
179
Appendix – Exhibits
FORM
LINK
Interagency Forms
https://www.nifc.gov/nicc/logistics/coord_forms.htm
CAL OES
http://www.caloes.ca.gov/
Chapter 10
Resources Extension Request
https://www.nifc.gov/nicc/logistics/coord_forms/Extension_form.
pdf
Chapter 20 & 30
CAL OES Name Request Justification Form
https://www.caloes.ca.gov/FireRescueSite/Documents/CalOES%2
0-%20Name%20Request%20Form%20-%2020140901uax.pdf
Preparedness/Detail Request Form
https://www.nifc.gov/nicc/logistics/coord_forms/detail_request_
2014.pdf
Chapter 40
National Mobile Food Service/Shower
Request Form
https://www.nifc.gov/nicc/logistics/coord_forms/Food_Shower_R
equest_Form.pdf
Chapter 50
Appendix
Exhibits
180
Aircraft Flight Request Form (FS 9400-1a)
https://gacc.nifc.gov/rmcc/dispatch_centers/r2mtc/dispatch/Aviat
ion_folder/Aircraft%20Flight%20Request.pdf
Fire Traffic Area (FTA)
https://www.nwcg.gov/sites/default/files/publications/PMS_505d
.pdf
Interagency Request for Temporary Flight
Restriction (FAR Part 91.137)
https://www.nifc.gov/nicc/logistics/coord_forms/tfr.pdf
FORM
LINK
Passenger and Cargo Manifest
http://www.nifc.gov/nicc/logistics/coord_forms/Crew_Manifest_T
est_Form.pdf
Infrared Aircraft Scanner Order
https://www.nifc.gov/nicc/logistics/coord_forms/infrared_scanne
r.pdf
Documentation of Contacts Requesting
Deconfliction of Airspace by the Military
Form
http://gacc.nifc.gov/oncc/logistics/aviation/docs/deconfliction.doc
FC 106 Intercom Script
FC 106 Intercom Voice Out Script
http://gacc.nifc.gov/oncc/logistics/aviation/docs/12_aviation_disp
atch_script.doc
Fire Class and Size Chart
https://www.nwcg.gov/term/glossary/size-class-of-fire
Appendix
Exhibits
182
California Frequency Tones
STANDARD CTCSS TONES USED IN REGION 5
TONE FREQUENCY NAC
1 110.9
455
2 123.0
4CE
3 131.8
526
4 136.5
555
5 146.2
5B6
6 156.7
61F
7 167.9 68F
8 103.5
40B
9 100.0
3E8
10 107.2
430
11 114.8
47C
12 127.3
4F9
13 141.3
585
14 151.4
5EA
15 162.2
656
16 192.8
788
Appendix
Exhibits
183
Incident Aircraft Certification Form
INCIDENT – AIRCRAFT CERTIFICATION
Date of Operation Incident #
Incident Name Request #
Responding Agency Aircraft ID FAA #
FLIGHT OPERATIONS CONDUCTED (Check where appropriate)
Initial Attack
Extended Attack
Helicopter
Airplane
Respond with Crew
Smoke Investigation
Lightning Detection
Aerial Firing Operations
Firefighter Medevac
Other
Water Dropping
Recon
Crew Shuttling
Air Operation
Civilian Medevac
Significant or Imminent Threat (Check where appropriate)
Death
Serious Injury
Damage to property
Damage to natural resources
Private Sector Services Availability (Check where appropriate)
Not Capable of Meeting Operational needs
No Aircraft Available
No Aircraft Available in a timely manager
Aircraft on Order
Certifying Person:
Person Receiving Information:
Name:
Name:
Title:
Title:
Agency:
Agency:
Date:
Date:
Time:
Time:
Fax to the sending Unit of the aircraft.
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184
FC 106 Intercom Script Description
All requests for agency initial attack and immediate need extended attack aircraft will be ordered
through the GACC via the Intercom. The script below will be used to ensure all required
information is conveyed in a standard format.
New Order
When aircraft is requested via the intercom it is assumed they are being requested for a wildland
fire.
For use of aircraft on incidents other than a wildland fire, the incident type must be announced at
the start of the intercom traffic. Example: North Ops, Fortuna, new order, Air Rescue. All
incident, location and hazard information will be provided but the frequencies provided will be
limited to what is being used for this incident type.
Required Information:
Examples:
Unit with the new incident addresses GACCs/Regions,
Units/Forests, and air bases affected, based on where the
requests have been placed in ROSS.
North Ops, Redding, Redding Air
Attack Base, New Order
(Wait for acknowledgement)
Incident Name
On Incident name Millville
Order Number
Order number SHU-5555
Descriptive Location (i.e., prominent landmark or
community; do not use street addresses)
Descriptive location: Highway 44, 5
miles east of Palo Cedro
Legal Description and Latitude/Longitude
Decimal minutes: read only 2 numbers past the decimal.
40 33.4051 would be 40 degrees 33 decimal 40 minutes.
Read: four zero degrees; three three decimal four zero
minutes.
Read: one two two degrees; one zero decimal zero three
minutes.
Legal: Section 6, Township 32 North,
Range 2 East, off Mt. Diablo
Latitude: 40 degrees 33 decimal 40
minutes; by
Longitude 122 degrees 10 decimal 03
minutes.
FM Air Tactics, Frequency and Tone (if applicable)
Read: one five one decimal two seven two five; Tone
one, transmit and receive
Air Tactics: Air Tactics 21, 151.2725
Tone 1 Transmit & Receive
Air to Air AM (Victor) Frequency
Read: one three five decimal five seven five.
Victor: 135.575
Air to Ground Frequency and Tone (if applicable) Read:
one five nine decimal two six two five; tone sixteen on
transmit and receive
Air to Ground: CDF Air to Ground 2
159.2625 Tone 16 Transmit & Receive
Ground Tactical (Frequency # given when tac is
nonstandard)
Ground Tactics: CDF Tac 6
Command Frequency and Repeater Tone (Frequency #
given when Command is non-standard)
Command: SHU Local Tone 6.
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Break
Break (Pause for North Ops/South Ops
to acknowledge before continuing)
Request Numbers and resources dispatched or needed
Alpha 1, using Air Attack 240;
Alpha 2, to Redding for 1 air tanker;
Alpha 3, to Redding for 1 air tanker;
Alpha 4, requesting one air tanker
Alpha 5, using Copter 205
Other Aircraft
Other Aircraft: CHP Copter H13
Hazards
500 KV Power lines over the fire
Old Order, New Request – Immediate Need
Required Information:
Examples:
Unit with the existing old incident addresses their
GACC/Region.
North Ops, Redding, old order
SHU5555, new request
(Wait for acknowledgement)
Request Numbers and resources dispatched or needed
Alpha 6, requesting one air tanker, any
type,
Alpha 7, requesting one type 2 air
tanker.
Old Order, Fill Information
Required Information:
Examples:
Unit/Airbase filling the request addresses the
GACC/Region and requesting Unit and provides the
order number of the incident the aircraft is being
assigned to.
North Ops, Redding, Redding Air
Attack Base, old order SHU-5555,
aircraft information
(Wait for acknowledgement)
Request Number, resource identifier, eta to incident and
AFF Status of Aircraft.
Alpha 1, Air Attack 240 off Redding
ETA 1520. (AFF Status of Aircraft)
“Positive/Negative AFF”.
Old Order, Release Information
An aircraft is considered "released" once the aircraft has departed their base and fill
Informationis voiced over the intercom. The resource is considered to be released requiring
release information from the requesting Unit. If positive radio contact has not been made with
the responding aircraft, notify the GACC, sending Unit and Airbase by stating “Negative
Contact”.This advises the GACC, sending Unit and Airbase that the requesting ECC has not
been able tocontact the aircraft to advise them of the release.
An aircraft is considered “Canceled” only if prior to becoming airborne and receiving Fill
Information the aircraft is determined not to be needed.
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Required Information:
Examples:
Unit with the existing old incident addresses their
GACC, sending Unit and Airbase.
North Ops, Oroville, Chico Air Attack
Base, Redding old order, SHU-5555.
aircraft release
(Wait for acknowledgement)
Request Number, resource identifier, load status, the
name of the base they are returning to and eta
On Alpha 4, Tanker 93 released with
half a load, returning to Chico, ETA
1548.
Incident Information
If an incident is escalating and the ECC feels that it will need to continue ordering resources or
will have resources committed for an extended length of time, providing a brief incident update
over the intercom is appropriate. This update will allow neighboring Units to assess potential for
resource requests. Updates are low priority traffic on the intercom.
Incident/Fire Update example;
“North Ops, Redding incident update on SHU-5555, the Millville incident. The fire is 150 acres
with moderate rate of spread in grass, brush and oak woodlands. Potential for 500 acres.
Anticipate additional orders for aircraft, crews, equipment and overhead.”
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FC106 Intercom Voice Out Script
North Ops, and/or South Ops ,
(ECC’s and Tanker Bases you would Notify), (Your Unit)
New Order (Wait for acknowledgement from each location you contacted)
On Incident Name: Order Number:
(3 letter unit identifier plus inc #)
Descriptive Location:
(Major Landmark, City, Town – something recognizable to a resource coming from out of the Unit.)
Legal:
(Section, Township, Range, and Meridian)
Latitude: by Longitude:
(Degree, Decimal Minute format) (Degree, Decimal Minute format)
Air Tactics, ; Victor,
(Frequency Name and Number) (Frequency Number)
(and Tone ( if required))
Air to Ground, Ground Tactics
(Frequency Name, Number) (Frequency Name)
(and Tone (if required)) (Freq. # is optional, use if unfamiliar frequency)
Command
(Frequency Name, Repeater Tone)
(Frequency Number is optional, use if unfamiliar frequency)
Break (wait for OCC acknowledgement to continue)
Alpha One – Requesting (or Using if aircraft you direct dispatch)
Type of Aircraft
Alpha Two – Requesting (or Using if aircraft you direct dispatch)
Type of Aircraft
Alpha Three - Requesting (or Using if aircraft you direct dispatch) _
Type of Aircraft
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Alpha Four - Requesting (or Using if aircraft you direct dispatch)
Type of Aircraft
Other Aircraft:
(any aircraft at or going to incident not noted above)
Aircraft Hazards:
(Power lines, etc.)
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Global Changes:
• Reformatted and restructured the entire guide for grammar, readability, flow and ease of
future updates
• Changed Chapter 70 (GACC and emergency directory) to Chapter 90
• Added a new Chapter 70 (Incidents) to the guide
• Updated web addresses
• Updated points of contact
• Updated Charts
Chapter 10 Objectives, Policy, Scope of Operations, and Administration
Updated the following:
MISSION STATEMENT
The principal mission of the California Geographic Area Coordination Centers (GACC) is
the cost-effective and timely coordination of wildland protection agency emergency
response for wildland fire and all risk incidents. This is accomplished through planning,
situation monitoring, and expediting resource usage between the Forest Service (USFS),
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), Bureau of Land
Management (BLM), National Park Service (NPS), Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS),
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), National Weather Service (NWS), Governor’s Office of
Emergency Services (CALOES), and other cooperating agencies.
The California Interagency Mobilization Guide identifies standard procedures, which
guide the operations of multi-agency logistical support activity throughout the
coordination system. With the exception of initial attack response plans. All resource
orders outside of the local forest/units will be processed utilizing the standard ordering
process and the current system of record. This includes prescribed fire and project
resource requests. This guide is intended to facilitate interagency dispatch coordination,
ensuring the timeliest and most cost-effective incident support services available are
provided. The California Interagency Mobilization Guide is designed to accommodate
amendments as needed and will be retained as current material until amended. The
California Interagency Mobilization Guide is used to supplement the National
Interagency Mobilization Guide. This guide is governed by each of the signatory agency’s
policies and procedures. Additional information not found in this reference can be
obtained by contacting the GACC.
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Moved to Chapter 50
Length of Assignment
All length of assignment rules apply to aviation resources personnel, including aircraft
pilots (Notwithstanding the FAA and agency day off regulations). Contracted aircraft are
not restricted by length of assignment. In order to limit the disruption to operations,
reduce strain on the ordering system, and reduce unnecessary mobilization and
demobilization of these high-cost resources. Exclusive Use personnel are expected to
utilize a personnel rotation schedule that meets staffing criteria required of the resource.
Removed the following under MAC Group Purpose and Function:
MAC Group objectives in coordinating finances, equipment, personnel and resources are:
1. Establish priorities for response
2. Allocate critical resources based on established priorities
3. Establish and/or implement communication systems integration
4. Ensure information coordination both internally and externally
5. Establish intergovernmental decision coordination
6. Develop strategies and contingency plans
Updated the following under Southern California Coordination Group
The Southern California Multi-Agency Coordination Group (Southern California MAC)
acts as the geographic area authority to:
• Evaluate incident situation status reports and organizational resource status
reports, as provided by the Southern California Geographic Area Units.
• Provide overside for the geographic area allocation of scarce and/or limited
resources based on established priorities.
• Develop written and verbal communication of MACS priority settings out to the
following entities:
o Applicable Agency Administration
o OCC MACS Liaison
o FIRESCOPE Member Agencies
o Home Agency
o NorCal GeoMAC (if activated)
o CalMAC (if activated) for evaluation and inclusion in national priorities
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Added the following under California Fire and Rescue Ordering Process:
Communication
The formal route of communications for Local government level is through the
Operational Area Duty Chief and through the established local Operational Area
resource status system. The Duty Chief is responsible for briefing their organization in
the procedures of incident information flow and for assuring timely exchange of
information with minimal disruption to the dispatch function. These guidelines are
offered to assist the Duty Chief in briefing their personnel. The following items give some
general indicators of situations that should prompt contact with local government
Operational Area Duty Chief.
• When large incidents, incidents in a sensitive area, or multiple incidents occur
• Major aircraft accidents occur
• Major Hazardous Materials events
• Staffing shortages that affect agreements
Removed the following:
Relocating the UOP
It may be necessary to relocate the UOP due to one of the following conditions:
• The incident returns to a single jurisdiction (the UOP will be terminated and the responsible agency
ECC will assume the role)
• Unified commanders are advised and concur that limited of unsatisfactory service will result if the
UOP remains at the current location
The following guidelines are recommended:
• Determine a new location
• All documents (or clean copies) will be moved to the new UOP location prior to commencing
operations
• Allow adequate time for transition including movement of UOP personnel and documents
Added the following under Contract Resources/Hired Equipment/Cooperators:
Units accepting/hosting local cooperator resources initially mobilized on GACC
Preposition are responsible for accounting for the cooperator’s personnel and
equipment time (including their travel/time spent on the initial GACC Preposition
order) on the unit’s preposition order upon receipt. Cooperator Personnel Time
will be documented on Crew Time Reports (SF-261) and transferred onto Incident
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Time Reports (OF-288). Cooperator Equipment Time will be documented on
Emergency Equipment Shift Tickets (OF-297) and transferred onto Emergency
Equipment Use Invoices (OF-286). Cooperators will furnish copies of their
agreements with rates upon arrival and will take all completed/signed paperwork
back to their home unit for processing. All Personnel and Equipment time
documentation will be completed/signed prior to their departure or reassignment
off unit by both the cooperator and a representative from the hosting unit.
Removed the following under PL 5
There will be no new prescribed fires without approval by CalMAC representatives
Chapter 20 Overhead and Teams
Removed the following:
Overhead Specialized Program
Logistics Accelerated Development – Federal
The Logistics Accelerated Development (LAD) program is a mentoring program designed to allow
for the accelerated training and development of employees in the field of logistics. The LAD
Program Coordinator will maintain the roster of LAD trainees and their availability.
LAD Dispatching Procedures:
GACCs will notify the LAD Program Coordinator Cheryl Raines 760 920 1107, when any Forest
activates a Type I or II Incident Management Team
The LAD Program Coordinator, in consultation with the incident Logistics Section Chief, will
determine how many trainees may be utilized.
The LAD Program Coordinator will have the incident place “name request” orders for available
LAD trainees.
Removed the following under California Federal Interagency Incident Management Team -Type 1 and
2
California can activate all four CA IMTs before going to the National Rotation. The four Type 1
teams are available for assignments to other geographic areas that utilize the Incident
Command System for managing wildfires.
Added the following under National IMT Rotation Process
• For 2023, there are 21 IMTs in the national rotation.
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• Geographic Area Coordination Centers (GACCs) will ensure their respective IMTs in the
national rotation are rostered in the current ordering system of record as the
appropriate catalog item (e.g., Complex IMT or Type 1 IMT. The NICC will coordinate
with the ordering and sending Geographic Areas to ensure the IMT order matches the
IMT catalog item at the time of mobilization. Complex/Type 1 IMTs remain on-call for a
maximum of seven days.
• At the time (clock hour and day of the week) an IMT from the national rotation is
requested, the next eligible IMT in rotation will be notified and placed in two-hour call
status and will remain in call status for the next seven days. The next two teams in
national rotation will also be notified of the schedule change. Geographic Areas unable
to provide an IMT when ordered for a national assignment will be listed as unavailable
on the national rotation and will not be considered until the designated slot rotates into
position again.
• Geographic Areas with more that one Complex/Type 1 IMT may decide which eligible
team responds to a national call
• Geographic Areas must pass if no eligible IM<T can meet the two-hour call.
• Complex, Type 1 and Type 2 IMTs will be considered unavailable for a national
assignment if the primary Incident Commander or two Command and General Staff
positions are vacant. The Deputy Incident Commander may be allowed to take the tea,
with Geographic Area Multi-Agency Coordinating Group (GMAC) approval. Any
deviation to the aforementioned availability, and substitution principle must have GMAC
and NMAC approval.
• An IMT that is not available for a national assignment will be listed as unavailable on the
national rotation list.
• Within Round 1 of the national rotation, once and IMT has been committed to an
incident, either internally or nationally, it will remain ineligible for a national assignment
until all eligible, available IMTs have had an assignment. Once all eligible, available
IMTs have gad an assignment within Round 1, the national rotation will begin Round 2,
following the same procedures that applied in Round 1.
• At the end of any round where three of less IMTs remain without ab assignment in that
round, each of those IMTs will be given one rotation period/week in the number one
position before moving to the next round
• A committed IMT that is reassigned to additional incidents prior to being demobilized to
their home unit will be counted as a single assignment within the round they were
mobilized.
• IMTs that are mobilized but cancelled or released within 48 hours will remain eligible for
national assignments in the current round of the national rotation.
• All assignment, internal or national, count as experience towards the current round
• Once an IMT, mobilized from the national rotation is staged by NICC, that team will be
prioritized and assigned when a Geographic Area requires a replacement team.
• Once an IMT has been staged by a Geographic Area, the IMT will be prioritized and
assigned to any new incident within that area, or when a replacement team is needed
within the area. If NICC received another Complex/Type 1 IMT request, the first eligible
IMT in national rotation will be ordered.
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• The Geographic Area will coordinate with the NICC before reassigning an our-of-area
Complex/Type 1 IMT to another.
Added the following under National Area Command Teams – All agencies
Orders for Area Command Teams will be placed through established ordering channels using an
Overhead Group Request to NICC. Area Command Teams are comprised of six (6) positions: four (4)
specific and two (2) trainees, which are the following:
• Area Commander (ACDR)
• Assistant Area Commander, Planning (ACPC)
• Assistant Area Commander, Logistics (ACLC)
• Area Command Aviation Coordinator (ACAC)
• Area Command trainees (2 each)
The Area Commander position may only be filled by a current agency employee. Depending on the
complexity of the interface between the incidents, specialists in other areas such as aviation, safety,
information, long-term fire planning, or risk planning, may also be assigned.
Removed the following under National Area Command Teams – All agencies
Area Command (AC) is an organization established to ensure inter incident coordination for
Command, Planning, Logistical and Aircraft matters. AC will work closely with the Multiagency
Coordination Group that establishes priorities for the GACC. AC will normally request their own
support personnel to work within the Area Command organization.
There are four National Area Command Teams. AC Teams are comprised of 6 positions: Area
Commander, Assistant Area Commander Planning, Assistant Area Commander Logistics, Area
Command Aviation Coordinator and 2 trainees identified by the Area Commander. All requests for
National AC Teams will be placed through established ordering channels to NICC. AC is ordered in the
current ordering system of record as: Team, Area Command
Added the following under Interagency Dispatch Teams – Federal
Dispatch teams provide personnel qualified in Dispatch Center expanded functions for timely
mobilization in support of wildland incidents. There are 4 federal dispatch teams in California.
Normal configuration is 2 EDSPs, 2 EDSDs, 2 EDRCs and up to 2 trainees. Priority use of these teams
is to support incidents in California.
Team rotation will be based on the Forest Service pay period schedule: bi0weekly, effective at 0001
on Sunday. There will be one team available during the two-week period
The rotation schedule can be located at:
ht
tps://gacc.nifc.gov./oscc/docs/2023/2023CA%20?Dispatch%20Team.pdf
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Order in the current ordering system as: Module, /Suppression, in special needs add Dispatch Team.
Check with the GACC for team availability when ordering
Added the following under Fire Behavior Assessment Team (FBAT) – Federal
The primary mission of the FBAT is monitoring fuels, vegetation, fire behavior, and fire effects on
wildland fire incidents and supporting the incident and land management units through information
delivery. The FBAT generally consists of 6 to 12 fireline qualified personnel led by overhead qualified
at the Task Force Leader level or above. The FBAT is most successful when ordered early during an
incident. One of the Team Leads will formulate a list of name request for the incident to order.
Contact Matt Dickinson, Lead 614-566-2271 or Carol Ewell, Assistant Lead 209-283-4563. For more
information visit: https://www.frames.gov/fbat
Removed the following under Fire Behavior Assessment Team (FBAT) – Federal
The primary mission of the FBAT is the collection of coordinated fuels, vegetation, fire behavior, and
post-fire effects data during wildland fire incidents. Data can be used to validate the effectiveness of
fuel treatments, evaluate fire effects, support safety zone guideline development, calibrate fire
behavior and emissions modeling, or help incident teams and land management staff meet other
goals as requested and feasible. A report is prepared for each incident. The FBAT generally consists
of 4 to 12 fireline qualified personnel, led by overhead qualified at the Task Force Leader level or
above. The FBAT may request a Wildland Fire Module trained in FBAT methods to be ordered in
conjunction with FBAT depending on the mission for that incident. The FBAT is most successful when
ordered early during an incident, as it transitions to extended attack. FBAT equipment and members
are mainly located in California and can be mobilized by contacting the FBAT Team Leads below.
One of the Team Leads will formulate a name request list for the incident to order individuals or
contact Carol Ewell, Assistant Lead: 209 283 4563. Ordered in the current ordering system of record
as: individual overhead Technical Specialist (THSP) name request. Include special needs of “FBAT:
team member”. For more information please visit:
https://www.fs.fed.is/adaptivemanagement/projects_main_fbat.php
Removed the following under Interagency Dispatch Teams – Federal
Dispatch teams provide qualified in Dispatch Center expanded functions for timely mobilization in
support of wildland incidents. There are 4 federal dispatch teams in California. Normal
configuration is 2 EDSPs, 2EDSDs, 2 EDRCs and up to 2 trainees. Priority use of these teams is to
support incidents in California.
Team rotation will be based on the Forest Service pay period schedule: bi weekly, effective at 0001
on Sunday. There will be one team available during the two week period. The available team will
mobilize within 2 hours of notification of the assignment.
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The rotation schedule can be located at: http://gacc/nifc.gov/oncc/logistics/overhead/index.htm or
https://gacc.nifc.gov/oscc/news.php
Added the following under Wildland Modules (WFM) – Federal
WFMs are highly skilled and versatile fire crews with a primary commitment to maintain fire’s role
as a natural ecological process. They provide technical and ecological based expertise in the areas
of long-term planning, ignitions, holding, suppression, prescribed fire preparation and
implementation support, hazard fuels reduction, and fire effects monitoring. WFMs provide an
innovative, safe, highly mobile, logistically independent, and versatile fire module for wildland fire
management and incident operations.
As a national interagency resource, the modules are available nationally throughout the fire season.
Each module is comprised of a module leader, assistant leader, three to five module members and a
detailer during the primary burning season.
Forest Service has Wildland Fire Modules on the Stanislaus NF, Klamath NF, Sequoia NF, Six Rivers
NF, Lassen NF and Inyo NF. NPS has Wildland Fire Modules on the Whiskeytown NRA, Sequoia-
Kings NP and Yosemite NP. These modules are ordered in the current ordering system of record as:
Module, Wildland Fire.
NPS: Modules are available for large fire support with concurrence from the Regional WFM
Coordinator, John Goss, 559-908-6526, john_go[email protected]
Removed the following (partial removal of paragraph) under Watershed Emergency Response Teams
(WERT) – State
• Note: Fire sieges are recognized in the procedure guide and are rated on the magnitude
of life safety risks (page 5 and Appendix B)
Ordering a WERT: In the past, this was done through Mission Tasking. Now, it is through the
incident on a 00900. However, it is essentially for the members. Chief Huff is our Sacramento
WERT Liaison who work with California Geological Survey (CGS) to identify available and qualified
staff to conduct the field review, analysis and reporting.
Chapter 30 Crews
Added the following under Type 1 Hotshot
To order as a Type 1 Crew, in the current ordering system of record, order as: Crew, Type 1
CA IHC Out of Region Assignment Guidelines
• NOPS Crews: https://gacc.nifc.gov/oncc/crews/php
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• SOPS Crews: https://gacc.nifc.gov/oscc/crews/php
Added the following under Interagency Hotshot Crews as Type 2 IA, Type 2, or Suppression Modules
Interagency Hotshot Crews as Type 2 IA, Type 2, or Suppression Modules
When Interagency Hotshot crew fall below the level identified in the Interagency Standards for
Fire and Fire Aviation Operations they may still be dispatched as a T2IA, T2 Crew or Suppression
Module provided they meet the standards for the lesser qualification. Naming conventions for
these crew will be as follows:
Example: Fire – Crew, T2 IA Del Rosa IHC
Example: Groups – Module, Suppression – Big Bear IHC
Added the following under Type 2 Initial Attack (Type 2 IA)
Type 2 IA Crews can initial attack fires, be broken up into squads, and perform firing operations.
Removed the following under Type 2 Initial Attack (Type 2 IA)
California discourages breaking up organized crews into small groups for suppression use.
However, Type 2I/A crew can be ordered and are structured to be broken into squads for initial
attack. If Type 2IA crews are not available, suppressions modules may also be ordered for this
purpose. Suppression modules will be ordered as an Overhead Group Request; Module,
Suppression. The minimum standards for a Suppression Module, reference the Interagency
Standards for Fire and Fire Aviation Operations 2020.
California exception for overhead configuration minimum would require one SRB and one FF1 or
equivalent.
In some cases, it may be appropriate to send an engine with the suppression module. Local
procedures may require that local sources of engines be exhausted before moving engines across
zone of GACC boundaries. Chick with the requestion dispatch before dispatching an engine with
the suppression module. Interagency Hotshot Crews as T2IA, T2 or suppression Modules.
When Interagency Hotshot crews fall below the level identified in the Interagency Standards for
Fire and Fire Aviation Operations they may still be dispatched as a T2IA, T2 Cres or Suppression
Module provided they mee the standards for the lesser qualification
Naming c
onventions for these crews will be as follows
Example: Fire – Crew, T2 IA Del Rosa IHC
Example: Groups – Module, Suppression – Big Bear IHC
Ordered in the current ordering system of record as: Crew, Type 2 IA
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Chapter 40 Supplies and Equipment
Removed the following under National Interagency Incident Support Caches
Limited Resource items are those items which have a fixed inventory in the national system.
When ordering Limited Resource items, it is required that all Units go through the GACC to place
the request. The GACC maintains records to monitor available quantities, providing
management of these items as National Resources
Removed the following under NFES 4670 – Satellite Phone Kit
The satellite Phone Kit is a Motorola mobile phone that connects audio calls via a Low Earth
Orbiting (LEO) satellite network when local cellular service is unavailable or has restricted
coverage.
NIICD has a limited supply of Motorola Satellite Phones that operate on the Iridium network.
These portable handsets run on rechargeable batteries and AC/DC chargers are included
Removed the following under NFES 4390 – ICS Command Starter System
The standard starter system contains sufficient equipment for Command and Logistical
communication needs for a three division incident. The entire starter system will be packaged
and shipped as a standard unit. California may preposition 4390 starter systems at the Cache.
These systems are only prepositioned and remain under the control of NIICD.
Requests for individual or additional kits (boxes) will be honored. They must be ordered by their
individual NFES stock numbers.
The starter system will have Air Guard located in the last channel. This frequency is not
authorized for use by the incident for communications.
Removed the following under Unified Command Incidents – Contract/Hired Equipment
• DPA current and threatened
• Unified Ordering Point
• Early coordination with expanded dispatch between finance and logistics functions
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• Access to various agencies hired equipment programs and agency personnel to use their
respective programs
Chapter 50 Aircraft
Changed sentence under No Divert
Original Sentence: The GACC may not grant a no divert for the number of tankers requested
based on the operational needs of the region/state
New Sentence: The GACC will determine the number of tankers approved for the “no divert”
based on the operational needs of the region/state
Removed the following under No Divert
A life threat is not a justification for a blanket “no divert” for all aircraft on an incident. Incident
personnel should assess the threat and request for the number of aircraft necessary to assure
safe egress from threat
Added the following under No Divert
The “no divert” status will be reevaluated every 30 minutes. When the “no divert” is no longer
needed as determined by the IC, the IC will immediately advise the dispatch center and cancel
the “no divert”. The dispatch center will then contact the appropriate GACC over the intercom
with the cancel.
Added the following under Requesting Additional Aircraft Frequencies
The IC will request replacement of initial attack frequencies as soon as the fire is expected to
enter extended attack
Removed the following under Smokejumper Aircraft
Once on the ground, the smokejumper Incident Commander/crew leader will contact the
ordering Unit or local Incident Commander and provide a situation report
Changed paragraph under Satellite Bases
Original Paragraph: When smokejumpers are being deployed to SOPS, satellite bases may be
activated. When a Unit in SOPS places the initial request for jumper, the request will be placed
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to NOPS to fill; the SOPS Federal Aircraft Coordinator will then canvas other potential users to
determine if there is a need to activate a satellite base/ When a SOPS satellite base is activated,
a smokejumper liaison will be assigned by the NOPS smokejumper base. Potential SOPS satellite
bases include, but are not limited to: Fresno, Porterville, San Bernardino, Bishop and Santa
Maria. Potential NOPS satellite bases include, but are not limited to: South Lake Tahoe, Grass
Valley, Chester, Siskiyou, and Rohnerville.
New Paragraph:
When smokejumpers are being deployed to SOPS, satellite bases may be activated. When a
SOPS satellite base is activated, a smokejumper liaison will be assigned by the NOPS
smokejumper base.
Added the following under Firewatch Platform Fixed Wing, Fixed Wing
The Forest Service Fire Watch 5-1 will support Incident Awareness and Assessment (IAA) in
California during daylight hours (0800 – 1800).
This aircraft will be added to all Federal initial attack responses.
For planned needs, incidents will place orders through the normal ordering process to SOPS
GACC by 1700 the day before. Incidents that occur throughout the night will be prioritized in the
morning and confirmed by the Fire Watch 5-1 ATGS and the SOPS Aviation Duty Officer before
adding to the flightstrip.
Order in the current ordering system of record as Fixed wing, Infrared/ Special Needs: Fire Watch
5-1, and add the Incident POC name, phone number/frequency for intent and an email address
for data dissemination. Fire Watch 5-1 will return to WJF by 1800 for Night Aviation Operations
(NAO) coverage. Fire Watch 5-1 will be released each evening, reordered and reapproved by the
SOPS Aviation Duty Officer and GACC Duty Chief.
Removed the following under Helicopter Standard ICS Types
The language below was removed in reference to the Firehawk
• These helicopters are primarily used as extended support of IA fires or in support of
established large fires, no on standard IA response requests
• A Forest may use their Type 1 Restricted helicopter on local IA response.
• If all Type 2S helicopters are committed, the GACC may go to a Forest with a Type 1
Restricted helicopter on an IA response
New Sentence:
CALFIRE is currently transitioning their Helicopter fleet to the new Sikorsky s70i platform
which is classified as a Type 1S. You will see both Type 1S and 2S as a standard IA response.
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Removed the following under Forest Service Emergency Medical Short Haul
The USDA Forest Service operates 5 short haul bases nationally in the Northern Rockies,
Southwest, Great Basin, and Pacific Northwest. Each base utilizes Aerospatiale AS 350
helicopters with mandatory availability period (MAP) dates from April through October. The
National Emergency Medical Short Haul Program (NEMSHP) provides national leadership in
helicopter short haul operations. NEMSHP promotes and enables safe, effective, and
standardized short haul operations. The NEMSHP is a field based program focused on supporting
the employee in the field, providing short haul as ab expedient means to extract an injured or ill
employee for transport to a definitive area.
The primary mission of a Forest Service Short Haul Helicopter remains as a suppression resource
with the added capability of short haul. The short haul mission is intended to extract the injured
personnel from an otherwise inaccessible location and transport them to the shortest possible
distance/location where another type of medical transportation is available (ground ambulance,
EMS/life flight, or internal in an agency helicopter). Crew size shall be a minimum of seven. Three
crew members will be EMT B’s with potentially a total of six. A qualified spotter on boars the
aircraft and attendant qualified as an EMT B will be on the haul line. Shorthaulers and short haul
spotters will not be trained nor qualified concurrently with rappel operations or visa versa.
Removed the following under Firewatch Aerial Supervision Rotor Wing and Fixed Wing
The USFS Firewatch Aerial Supervision Helicopter is a Bell 209 Cobra Helicopter converted for use
as an aerial supervision and remote sensing intelligence gathering platform. There are currently two
platforms in use in California, 507 and 509, refer to the “Aerial Supervision Aircraft” chart at the end of
this chapter.
Call signs for mission clarification:
• As air attack role, use the call sign “Air Attack”
• As a helicopter coordination role, use the call sign “HelCO”
• As remote sensing intelligence gathering role, use the call sign ”Firewatch”
• Order in current ordering system as:
o For air attack role, fixed wing, air tactical
o For helicopter coordination role, fixed wing, air tactical or helicopter, type 3 standard
with special needs “Firewatch helicopter”
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Chapter 60 Predictive Services
Added the following under Report on Conditions
The Report on Conditions (ROC) is an intelligence document that provides timely notification for
situational awareness. This intelligence is used by decision makers in a number of forums. It is
imperative that the intelligence stated is concise, timely and as accurate as possible.
Federal
The threshold for a ROC is an incident with large fire potential, extended commitment of
resources, heavy media attention or at the discretion of the GACC Duty Chief. The Intelligence
office will initiate contact with the local ECC for fire information for the duration of the incident.
Reporting times for the Intelligence office is twice daily at 0600 and 1800; and as significant
events occur.
CALFIRE threshold for a ROC
• Initial Attack (IA) fire significantly augments resources.
• IA is developing into an Extended Attack of Major Fire situation.
• Incident receives (or has a high probability of receiving) significant media attention.
• Significant events occur during the incident (e.g. structures burning, burn-overs, serious
injuries).
• Significant State Responsibility Area (SRA) acreage that has burned within Federal or
Local Direct Protection area (DPA) (including Contract Counties) regardless of the Region
Duty Chief if additional threat to SRA is mitigated.
• Under the direction of the Region Duty Chief
• When either GACC elevates their PL to 4 or 5, Executive Management may require the
reporting of all fires meeting ROC criteria regardless of CAL FIRE resource commitment.
Significant federal and local fires that are reported in the ICS-209 at the time of the
elevated PL shall be reported in the California Incident Summary and continued until a
final ROC or until the PL level drops below PL 4. When the PL is reduced to 3 or lower,
normal ROC reporting criteria shall resume for all incidents.
• If CALFIRE air or ground resources are assigned to a non-CALFIRE incident (Federal, Local,
or out of state), the Region Duty Chief shall determine if the CAL FIRE Region Intel Office
shall generate a correlating ROC. The hosting Unit may request ROC initiation when:
o Incident is receiving (or has a high probability of receiving) significant media
attention which could have political overtones and CAL FIRE air or ground
resources are assigned
o Significant events during and incident where CAL FIRE air or ground resources
are assigned. Examples may include:
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hreat of injury or death to multiple civilians
Multiple civilian or firefighter injuries or fatalities
Significant property loss or damage
Significant infrastructure impact (major highway closures, power
infrastructure shutdowns, public evacuations, etc.)
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Under the direction of the Region Duty Chief
Chapter 70 Incidents (Changed from GACC and Emergency Directory)
Added the following under Incidents
Incident Record Creation
Local dispatch centers are the focal point for the report of, and initial response to wildland
fires, and under appropriate authorities, other emergency incidents at the local level.
Dispatch centers have the responsibility and authority to create incidents, process
requests, coordinate response, and track resources and information under the delegation
of the benefiting agency(s). The acceptable business practice is one ignition, one record,
one authoritative data source, one centralized ordering point per incident.
Local Dispatch Centers have the primary responsibility for incident creation within an
integrated system.
Incidents will be created by the dispatch center with delegated authority for the
benefiting agency(s) and associated Protecting Unit based on the point of origin (POO)
of the incident.
Potential Conflicts/Duplicate Records
Potential conflicting incidents in IRWIN are identified when they plot less than a half
mile from each other, the discovery time is within 6 hours, AND are either reported by
different a Dispatch Center or different application.
When two Duplicate incidents are entered and these criteria are met, the first incident in,
will be in Potential Conflict and the second incident will be in Potential Conflict and
Quarantine in IRWIN. Users need to determine which incident is the correct incident.
When Center(s)/Users are aware of duplicate records within the system, they need to work
in coordination with each other to determine which incident is correct following
recommended business practices. See Initial Attack Dispatching within Chapter 19 in the
Interagency Standards for Fire and Fire Aviation Operations or the National Mobilization
Guide Chapter 70 for additional direction.
Multiple Event/records will not be created when an incident burns onto or crosses
jurisdictional boundaries. When duplicate records are inadvertently created, every effort
will be made to rectify by aligning incident and resource data associated with multiple
records to the correct record.
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In some cases, an exception may be made to create an additional non-Wildfire event
record. These cases very are limited and will require close coordination with the GACC
Duty Chief (Federal), Duty Officer (State), as well as State and Regional Incident Business
Leads/CIBC.
Notify the GACC when the following applies:
• Changes/corrections are made to initial Point-of-Origin (POO)
• Changes/corrections in Unified Ordering Point (UOP)
• Entering/exiting Unified Command
• Entering/exiting Cost Share
• Incident transitions back to local unit
• Incident complexing/merges or splits
Unprotected Lands
Unprotected Lands are defined as areas for which no fire organization has responsibility for
management of a wildfire authorized by law, contract, or personal interest of the fire
organization (e.g., a timber or rangeland association).
In the event a Protecting Unit has not been determined for the POO, i.e., Unprotected Lands,
there are two acceptable rationales for incident creation.
1. The responding organization determines threat to protected lands
2. The responding organization determines incident has already burned onto protected lands.
In this circumstance, fire management direction/Duty Officer will determine if either criterion
is met resulting in incident creation and associated response. In this instance, the responding
organization assumes responsibility for the incident and their respective Unit ID will be used
for Protecting Unit.
Cost Coding
Interagency Fire and Severity Activities
The five (5) Federal agencies with Wildland Fire Management funds (BLM, BIA, NPS, FWS,
and USFS) have an Interagency Agreement for Wildfire Management which provides a basis
for cooperation on all aspects of wildfire activities. Included in this agreement is the direction
to NOT bill for services rendered for emergency fire suppression, including severity activities.
Regardless of benefitting jurisdiction, GACCs can preposition resources using their assigned
support FireCode in advance of predicted significant wildland fire potential; to meet ongoing
fire activity needs when the resource assignment is not yet known; or for resources supporting
multiple incidents.
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For Severity, the BLM, FWS, NPS and BIA will use a four-digit interagency FireCode to track
and compile costs for all severity activities; the ordering office must include the word
“severity” within the resource order incident name. These DOI agencies will use FireCode
D0YY when supporting FS severity activities. Information on the interagency FireCode can be
found at
https://www.firecode.gov/help/User_Guide.pdf
Guidance for Use of Incident Job Codes
The following direction and procedures will be used to establish and charge to wildfire,
severity, support and non-fire incident job codes:
https://www.fs.usda.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/NewFY-Incident-Job-Code-Direction.pdf.
Federal: For questions regarding the use of incident job codes, contact your Agency’s Incident
Business Lead.
Chapter 80 Cooperation
No Changes other than global changes mentioned at the beginning of this document
Chapter 90 GACC and emergency directory (new chapter)
Several updates and changes
