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6MFS Title Category
Safety Zones 1 (LCES) Operational Engagement
10 Standard Firefighting Orders Operational Engagement
Subjective vs. Objective Hazards Operational Engagement
Escape Routes 1 Operational Engagement
Taking A Nap Near The Fireline Operational Engagement
Terrain and Fuels Make Escape to Safety Zones Difficult Operational Engagement
Transfer of Command Operational Engagement
Fire Shelter Deployment Site Selection Operational Engagement
Initial Attack Sizeup/Safety Operational Engagement
In Country Not Seen in Daylight Operational Engagement
Lookouts (LCES) Operational Engagement
On A Hillside Where Rolling Material Can Ignite Fuel Below Operational Engagement
Refusing Risk Operational Engagement
Safety Zone Research Operational Engagement
Unburned Fuel Between You and The Fire Operational Engagement
Uninformed on Strategy, Tactics, or Hazards Operational Engagement
Wildland Urban Interface - Structure Protection Operational Engagement
Wildland Urban Interface Watch Outs Operational Engagement
Preparedness Level (PL) 5 Watch Outs Operational Engagement
Fire Shelter Stigma Operational Engagement
Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Operational Engagement
Battlement Creek Fire (Colorado) – July 17, 1976 This Day in History
Cramer Fire (Idaho) – July 22, 2003 This Day in History
Dude Fire (Arizona) – June 26, 1990 This Day in History
Dutch Creek Incident (California) – July 25, 2008 This Day in History
Elk Complex Helicopter Accident (California) – July 23, 2007 This Day in History
Grant West RX (California) – October 2, 2004 This Day in History
Wenatchee Helicopter Longline Accident (Washington) – August 11, 2004 This Day in History
LCES – June 26, 1990 This Day in History
Mann Gulch (Montana) – August 5, 1949 This Day in History
Origin of the 10 and 18 – June 17, 1957 This Day in History
Sadler Fire (Nevada) – August 9, 1999 This Day in History
Stanza Fire Engine Rollover (California) – July 28, 2002 This Day in History
Sundance Fire (Idaho) – September 1, 1967 This Day in History
Thirtymile Fire (Washington) – July 10, 2001 This Day in History
Tuolumne Fire (California) – September 12, 2004 This Day in History
Loop Fire (California) – November 1, 1966 This Day in History
The Pepper Hill Fire (Pennsylvania) – October 19, 1938 This Day in History
Birthday of the U.S. Forest Service – February 1, 1905 This Day in History
Veteran's Day – November 11 This Day in History
First Airtanker Drop (California) – August 12, 1955 This Day in History
First Flight of the Huey – October 20th, 1956 This Day in History
First Use of a Helicopter for Firefighting – June 26th, 1946 This Day in History
The Great Fires of 1910 (The Big Blowup) – August 20th This Day in History
SEAT Accident (Colorado) – August 27, 2008 This Day in History
Point Fire (Idaho) – July 28, 1995 This Day in History
Part I – South Canyon Fire, Colorado, 1994 (A Four-Part Series) This Day in History
Part II – South Canyon Fire, Colorado, 1994 (A Four-Part Series) This Day in History
Part III – South Canyon Fire, Colorado, 1994 (A Four-Part Series) This Day in History
Part IV – South Canyon Fire, Colorado, 1994 (Last of a Four-Part Series) This Day in History
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Subject Matter Experts Needed

Date: February 14, 2024
Contact: NWCG 

NWCG is seeking subject matter experts to be part of the Incident Performance and Training Modernization (IPTM) effort. As part of IPTM subject matter experts will help develop an integrated performance-based training system, ensure incident-specific training is necessary and relevant, and build position training and qualifications from Incident Position Standards.

Sign up to be part of the Incident Performance and Training Modernization effort!

 

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Incident Performance and Training Modernization

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Great Basin Cache Construction Impacts NWCG Publications Delivery

Date: February 13, 2024
Contact: Randy Chindarak 

Please be advised that construction at the Great Basin Cache will impact the delivery of NWCG publications and training products after February 21st. If you have a need for hard copy publications or training materials, please put your order in ASAP and those orders will be sent out within the next week. This impact is anticipated to last two weeks.

Last date to order publications prior to demolition is February 21, 2024.

References:

NWCG NFES Catalog - Part 2: Publications, PMS 449-2

NWCG Work Capacity Test Administrator's Guide, PMS 307

Date: December 7, 2023
Contact: Interagency Aerial Supervision Subcommittee (IASS) 

An updated NWCG Work Capacity Test Administrator's Guide is now available. This publication is intended to aid WCT Administrators in preparing and performing a WCT. 

The WCT Administrator will be able to complete proper paperwork and administer respective job-related field tests to determine a worker's capacity to meet NWCG Standards for Wildland Fire Position Qualifications, PMS 310-1.

References:

NWCG Work Capacity Test Administrator's Guide, PMS 307

Updated NWCG Standards for Aerial Supervision, PMS 505

Date: December 6, 2023
Contact: Interagency Aerial Supervision Subcommittee (IASS) 

The December 2023 revision of the NWCG Standards for Aerial Supervision, PMS 505, is now available for download. No changes have been made to the associated forms and documents.

References:

NWCG Standards for Aerial Supervision, PMS 505