National Wildland Issues

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National Wildland Issues the IAFC WFPC /
FIRESCOPE Relationship FIRESCOPE BoD October 8,
2014
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National Wildland Fire Governance/Policy Structure
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WFPC Relationship to FIRESCOPE

• IAFC is only entity that represents local
  Government FDs nationally
• IAFC cannot represent all interests alone, it
  must be collaborative in nature and seek input
• FIRESCOPE is a prominent entity
• Therefore, IAFC and FIRESCOPE need
• each other!

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How to Collaborate?

• Communicate between entities
• Develop liaison relationships
• Share information feedback
• FIRESCOPE taking a leadership role/s
• FIRESCOPE help via staffing (SME) in work groups,
  committees, functions

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Examples of Collaboration

• NWCG Committee membership
• QFR NFPA input
• FEMA ICS Forms
• FEPP DLA issues
• NWCG feedback (Copters, EMS award)
• Cohesive Strategy (NSC West Region)
• EIM
• Reno WUI Conference - March 26-28

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National Wildfire Coordinating Group

• Fall 2013, the International Association of Fire
  Chiefs were invited to join the NWCG
• As a full member (not on NMAC)
• With a seat on the Executive Board
• With full participation regarding the NWCG agenda
• Represent the NLC and NACo on technical aspects
  of wildland fire

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National Wildfire Coordinating Group

• Appointment of IAFC local fire service
  representative to NWCG
• The Wildland Fire Policy Committee (WFPC) is
  developing an IAFC-Local Fire Service Agenda
• Potential NWCG Committee appointments
• Electronic and print notices will be provided
• SME and/or experience related to the committee
  will be required
• More information will be provided later this year

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National Wildfire Coordinating Group

• Committees under consideration for local fire
  service representation
• Communications, Education Prevention Committee
• Equipment Technical Committee
• Incident Business Committee
• Risk Management Committee
• Training Committee
• Wildland Urban Interface Mitigation Committee

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National Wildfire Coordinating Group

• Committees not presently under consideration
• Fuels Management Committee
• Smoke Committee
• National Interagency Aviation Committee
• NRF/ NIMS Committee
• Interagency Fire Planning Committee
• Fire Environment Committee

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National Wildfire Coordinating Group

• The NWCG Executive Board meets the 3rd week of
  every month in Boise, Idaho
• 1-2 other meetings are scheduled throughout the
  year
• Executive board meetings last 1-3 days, depending
  on business

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National Wildfire Coordinating Groups Executive
Board Structure
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National Wildfire Coordinating Groups Structure
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National Wildfire Coordinating Groups
Responsibilities

• Standards of Interoperability
• NCWG Executive Board is responsible for approving
  all standards, qualifications, and guidelines
• Workforce Development
• National Framework for Wildland Fire
• Incident Management
• Communications
• NWCG Program and Implementation

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National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management
Strategy

• Where is the wildland fire problem?
• Federal forests and parks
• State forests and parks
• Private lands within Federal or State forests and
  parks
• Private lands adjacent to Federal or State
  forests and parks
• Private lands
• Open space entities within public or private
  lands

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National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management
Strategy

• Three Biggest Challenges

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National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management
Strategy

• The wildland fire problem
• Is not just a federal issue
• Is not just a state issue
• Is not just a local issue
• Is not just a fire service issue

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National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management
Strategy

• If wildfires do not respect jurisdictional
  boundaries, then why do we allow them to work
  against us?

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National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management
Strategy

• The Vision
• Safely and effectively extinguish fire when
  needed
• Use fire where allowable
• Manage our natural resources
• Live with wildland fire, nationally

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National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management
Strategy

• National Goals
• Restore and Maintain Landscapes Landscapes
  across all jurisdictions are resilient to
  fire-related disturbances in accordance with
  management objectives
• Fire Adapted Communities Human populations and
  infrastructure can withstand a wildfire without
  loss of life and property
• Wildfire Response All jurisdictions participate
  in making and implementing safe, effective,
  efficient risk-based wildfire management
  decisions.

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National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management
Strategy

• Phase I
• Outlined three-phase process to address FLAME and
  GAO
• Phase II
• RSCs brought together to begin collaborative
  process and construct regional assessment
• Phase III
• Identify regional risk, alternatives and action
  plan/implementation strategy

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National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management
Strategy

• What can FIRESCOPE do to help?
• Actively support and become advocates of the
  Cohesive Strategy tenets
• Help overcome barriers
• Become involved in the FAC Learning Network and
  the RSG! Program
• Build relationships (political, public and
  private)

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National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management
Strategy

• How do we
• Restore and maintain landscapes?
• Create and maintain Fire Adapted
• Communities?
• Ensure safe and effective wildfire
• response?
• By
• Collaboration
• Work across jurisdictional lines
• Focus on goals
• Change in behavior

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Evolving Incident Management

• January 2010, the Incident Management
  Organization Succession Planning Group (IMOSP)
  was convened by the NWCG Executive Board to
  perform a review of the National T1 IMT situation
• February 2012, a Task Team was assembled to
  develop the strategic plan for implementation of
  the 14 IMOSP recommendations
• 8 Work Units are working on the issue
• Early 2014 concern by some stakeholders over
  recommendations
• The NWCG Executive Board reviewed these areas

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Evolving Incident Management

• The NWCG Executive Board agreed the following
  elements of EIM would be placed under review
• Recommendation for only 1 type of IMT (Type-1)
  and it would become essentially a Complex Team
• Recommendation to eliminate Type-2 IMT
  qualifications
• Recommendation to scale authorized Type-1 IMT
  teams at a total of 40
• Recommendation that NICC will manage the IMT
  rotation and mobilization at PL3 and higher

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Evolving Incident Management

• Elements that continue to develop
• Pathways for Type-1 and Type-2 C GS
• Formalization of the development of Speed to
  Qualification Pathways position standards for
  Type-3 C to GS and Type-1 IMT
• Continued exploration for opportunities to
  improve IMT mobilization and rotation
  efficiencies
• Continued work with the IC/ AC Council (ICACC) to
  validate IMT composition, size, membership, and
  ways to manage trainee development
• Continued efforts to increase Area Command Team
  capacity in 2014 and evaluate development
  pathways for future AC positions

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Evolving Incident Management

• Ongoing EIM activities
• Pathways Unit development to allow an increased
  Speed to Qualification for Type-1 C GS
  positions
• Type-2 C GS qualifications will continue to be
  a part of NWCG and 310-1
• Multiple pathways are being developed to progress
  into Type-1 and Type-2 qualification

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NWCG Executive Board Tasking

• Evaluation standards, use, and effectiveness of
  Type-2 IA and Type-2 Hand Crews
• Operations and Workforce Development Committee
  (OWDC) assignments
• Initiating an evaluation from field personnel via
  survey to help gather information and reasons for
  ordering Type-2 IA and Type-2 Crews
• Spring 2014, survey distributed with responses
  anticipated by Fall 2014
• Looking for common themes and trends to gather
  more accurate information to improve utilization

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Quadrennial Fire Review 2014

• 2014 Review development has not been as intense
  as 2005 or 2009
• Due to commitment of resources to the development
  of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Strategy
  they have been using a different process this
  time
• Focus groups with consultants
• More opportunities for online input
  participation
• Most recent updates include a status report of
  the recommendations in the 2009 QFR, this can be
  found at www.forestandrangelands.gov

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NWCG Fuels Management Committee (FMC)

• Fuels Workforce Development
• January 2014, NWCG FMC evaluated the progress
  made in implementing several workforce
  development initiatives proposed between 2005-
  2008
• A task team looked at previous recommendations
  and developed 3 recommendations for future
  actions for advancing workforce development

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NWCG Fuels Management Committee (FMC)

• The website helps to identify competencies,
  knowledge, and skills that an employee might need
  in their current or future fuels management
  position

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NIMS ICS Form Consolidation FEMA NWCG

• NIMS ICS Forms
• Staff from NWCG met with FEMA to review the ICS
  forms from both agencies to create a standardized
  set of NIMS ICS forms for national use
• NWCGs purpose was to support a single set of ICS
  forms, while maintaining forms specifically for
  Wildland fire Management/ Response use
• A labeling convention was developed to identify
  forms a WF was added at the end of the form
  number
• The process for distribution and modifications to
  the Cache system of providing forms were
  identified
• A long-term stewardship of the forms to assure
  maintenance and control was also established

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NIMS ICS Form Consolidation FEMA NWCG

• NIMS ICS Forms
• The common set for ICS forms was adopted
• 70 are the FEMA version the remaining 30 are
  wildland fire specific
• ICS 204 WF Assignment List
• ICS 206 WF Medical Plan
• ICS 209 WF Incident Status Summary
• ICS 212 WF Incident Demobilization Vehicle Safety
  Inspection
• ICS 219-9 WF Accountable Property Transfer
  T-Cards
• ICS 219-9A WF Tag, Accountable Property Transfer
• ICS 224 WF Crew Performance Rating
• ICE 225 WF Incident Performance Rating

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Ready, Set, Go! Program
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Ready, Set, Go! Program

• New RSG resources target specific audiences
• RSG for the Fire Service
• RSG for the Resident
• RSG Farmers, Ranchers Growers
• RSG Seasonal Residents Property Owners
• RSG for Youth Residents
• RSG Multi-Language Toolkits
• Many of the existing resources including
  implementation guidance documents, National
  Action Guide, videos and presentation materials
  are newly available to members

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Ready, Set, Go! Program
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Ready, Set, Go! Program

• RSG grants for fire department outreach and
  partnership
• The IAFC, in partnership with the Insurance
  Institute for Business Home Safety (IBHS) offer
  direct funding, no-cost share grants of up to
  1,000 to help members with RSG outreach
• Peer-review process
• Existing members who actively use the Achievement
  Management System to report RSG efforts
• Additional details can be found at
  www.wildlandfirersg.org

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Fire Adapted Communities (FAC)
FAC is a concept that is used to convey the
preparedness message from the USDA Forest Service
and related federal and state land management
agencies that encourages individuals to
acknowledge and prepare for wildland fire threat
at the community level. A fire adapted community
requires minimal assistance from firefighters
during the threat of a wildland fire as the
community and its residents have accepted
personal responsibility to seek out information
and take action. This is important as the fire
service is often not able to respond to every
home affected by wildland fire.
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Fire Adapted Communities

• FAC for the Fire Service
• IAFC is an active partner in the National
  Cohesive Strategy
• IAFC provides information and resources to the
  fire service, including a focus on FAC
• The IAFCs Wildland Fire Policy Committee
  provides an abundance of necessary input to
  IAFCs FAC programs

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Wildland Fire Policy Committee Activities

• Agenda items include
• Ongoing discussions with FEMA regarding Fire
  Management Assistance Grant regulations and how
  they negatively impact local fire service After
  the meetings, the IAFC submitted the following
• Language to recommend the 24-hour equipment rate
  for reimbursements
• Language to extend the current 48-hour limit to
  consecutive days for Portal-to-Portal
  reimbursement

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Wildland Fire Policy Committee Activities

• All-hazard evacuation-planning template
• Meeting with FEMA and stakeholders to establish a
  common evacuation glossary of terms and a
  national template for exit and re-entry
  planning
• IAFC WFPC web site updates and postings
• Posting Federal directives before Federal regions
  do
• Recommend that you visit the WFPC page often
• ISO credits for Firewise local initiatives
• ISO will issue credits for Firewise/RSG-type
  programs in local communities
• Trying to clarify the process for applying
  credits

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Wildland Fire Policy Committee Activities

• IAFC representation on the NFPA Wildland Fire
  Technical Committees
• Kurt Latipow Committee on Wildland Rural Fire
  Protection
• NFPA 1141, Standard for Fire Protection
  Infrastructure for Land Development in Wildland,
  Rural, and Suburban Areas
• NFPA 1142, Standard for Water Supplies for
  Suburban and Rural Firefighting
• NFPA 1144, Standard for Reducing Structure
  Ignition Hazards from Wildland Fire
• Steve Pollock Committee on Wildland Fire
  Management
• NFPA 1143, Standard for Wildland Fire Management
• NFPA 1145, Guide for the Use of Class A Foams in
  Manual Structural Fire Fighting

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Wildland Fire Policy Committee Activities

• Community Wildfire Protection Plan Leaders Guide
• Drafted by IAFC WFPC members Reviewed and
  approved by the NASF
• Under review by The Wilderness Society (TWS)
• TWS and the National Association of State
  Foresters are co-sponsors/ developers

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Wildland Fire Policy Committee Activities

• Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Issues
• IAFC has taken a lead role with the NASF in
  pursuing issues resulting from the transfer of
  the Federal program from GSA
• Weekly meetings will continue until user access
  issues are resolved
• Fall 2014 survey regarding method of payment
• White paper in development to identify issues and
  priorities for resolution

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FEPP/ FFP Programs

• Temporarily resolved
• No current requirements for owners to return
  the vehicle registrations to the DOD
• No known barriers to access surplus military
  vehicles and equipment
• IAFC continues research on the recent resolution
  through Administration Action
• Legislation may be proposed as a long-term
  solution

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• Chief Will May
• National Wildland Fire Coordinator for the
  International Association of Fire Chiefs
• Will.May_at_iafc.org
• Shawn P. Stokes
• Assistant Director of Programs Technology for
  the IAFC
• SStokes_at_iafc.org

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• NFPA Committee on Wildland Rural Fire
  Protection
• Chief Kurt Latipow
• City of Lompoc Fire, CA
• k_latipow_at_ci.lompoc.ca.us
• NFPA Committee on Wildland Fire Management
• Chief Steve Pollock
• Texas AM Forest Service
• spollock_at_tfs.tamu.edu
• NWCG Wildland Urban Interface Mitigation
  Committee
• Chief Joe Stutler
• Deschutes County
• joest_at_co.deschutes.or.us

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Next Step/s?

• Displayed that IAFC FIRESCOPE need each other
  because wildland incident management is not
  just a CA issue
• Is FIRESCOPE interested and if so, how to
  proceed?
• Questions?