Updated: Incident Position Description (IPD).

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Removed: (ICT5, FFT1, FAL2, FAL3) Removed Look Up, Look Down, Look Around (S-133), based on acceptance of NWCG Curriculum Management Issue Paper #123. The S-133 curriculum has been incorporated into the new development of Firefighter Type 1 (S-131).

Position created.

Established the Basic Faller (FAL3), Intermediate Faller (FAL2), and Advanced Faller (FAL1) positions. Transition plan and position task books are available at the NWCG web site.

Added: Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For AREP."

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: Liaison Officer (E/L956) to Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills.

Removed: “*designates agency established position qualifications.”

Added: Incident Commander Type 1 (ICT1) and Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2) as Positions That Maintain Currency for AREP.

Position created.

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Updated: Changed Helibase Manager Type 1 (HEB1) to Helibase Manager (HEBM) under AOBD Maintains Currency for These Positions.

Position Created.

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Updated: Changed Helibase Manager Type 1 (HEB1) to Helibase Manager (HEBM) to Required Experience and ASGS Maintains Currency for These Positions.

Position created.

Added: Incident Commander Type 3 (ICT3) to "ATGS Maintains Currency for These Positions."

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Updated: Modified Agency Approved Crew Resource Management (CRM) Training to Required Training.

Added: Agency Approved (CRM) Training and Triennial Air Tactical Group Supervisor refresher training (RT-378).

Position created.

Position archived.

Position created.

Removed: Aircraft Dispatcher (ACDP) from Maintains Currency For These Positions.

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Updated: Changed Helibase Manager Type 2 (HEB2) to Helibase Manager (HEBM) under These Positions Maintains Currency for ABRO.

Removed: Takeoff and Landing Coordinator (TOLC) from These Positions Maintain Currency for ABRO and ABRO Maintains Currency for These Positions.

Position created.

Added: NWCG Incident Position Standards for Aircraft Dispatcher, PMS 350-67

Required Training:

Added:

• A-103, Temporary Flight Restrictions and Advisory Notices to Airmen (NOTAMs)
• A-110, Aviation Transportation of Hazardous Materials
• A-202, Interagency Aviation Organizations
• A-203, Basic Airspace
• A-204, Manned Aircraft Capabilities and Limitations
• A-205, Risk Management I
• A-208, Aircraft and Pilot Approval
• A-303, Human Factors in Aviation
• A-305, Risk Management II
• A-307, Aviation Policy and Regulations II
• A-310, Overview of Crew Resource Management (DOI) or N9059, Crew Resource Management 7 Skills (USFS)

Removed:

• ICS-200, ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents

Required Experience:  

Added: Satisfactory performance as an Initial Attack Dispatcher (IADP)
Removed: Satisfactory performance as an Expanded Dispatch Recorder (ERDC)

These Positions Maintain Currency for ACDP:

Added: Initial Attack Dispatcher (IADP)
Removed: Aircraft Base Radio Operator (ABRO) , Expanded Dispatch Recorder (EDRC) 

ACDP Maintains Currency for These Positions:

Added: Aircraft Base Radio Operator (ABRO), Expanded Dispatch Support Dispatcher (EDSD), Initial Attack Dispatcher (IADP)

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Position created.

Removed: A-107, Aviation Policy and Regulations I and A-104, Overview of Aircraft Capabilities and Limitations as Required Training.

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: Additional Required Experience option satisfactory performance as an Airtanker Base Manager (ATBM).

Position created.

Added:

• NWCG Position Task Book for Airtanker Base Manager (ATBM), PMS 311-121
  • Replaces NWCG Airtanker Base Manager Position Task Book, PMS 311-61
• NWCG Incident Position Standards for Airtanker Base Manager, PMS 350-121

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: To Required Experience Section:  Note: Once qualified as an ATBM, the ATIM qualification may be granted by the certifying official. Certification must be documented on a “verification/certification” page of the ATIM PTB.

Position created.

Removed: Type 1 (ICT1) on a National Type 1 Incident Management Team language from Required Experience.

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: Required training S-620 (32 hrs).

Position created.

Removed:

• Satisfactory performance as an Incident Commander Type 1 (ICT1) on a National Type 1 Incident Management Team.

Added:

• Satisfactory performance as an Incident Commander Complex (ICCI).

Added:

• Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) to "These Positions Maintain Currency for ADCR."
• Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) and Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC) to "ACDR Maintains Currency for These Positions."

Added:  Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) to "Maintains Currency For These Positions".

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC1) to Area Commander (ACDR) Maintains Currency for these Positions.

Added: Required training S-620 – Area Command (32 hrs).

Position created.

Removed:

• Satisfactory performance as an Incident Commander or General Staff on a National Type 1 Incident Management Team.

Added: 

• Satisfactory performance as an Incident Commander Complex (ICCI), or Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC), or Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC), or Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC), or Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC).

Added:

• Incident Commander Complex (ICCI), Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For ACLC".
• Incident Commander Complex (ICCI), Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC), Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC) to "ACLC Maintains Currency For These Positions".

Added: Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC1) to "These Positions Maintain Currency for ACLC".

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Removed: Assistant Area Commander, Planning (ACPC) from "These Positions Maintain Currency for ACLC".

Added: S-620 Area Command (32 hrs.)

Position created.

Removed:

• Satisfactory performance as an Incident Commander or General Staff on a National Type 1 Incident Management Team.

Added: 

• Satisfactory performance as an Incident Commander Complex (ICCI), or Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC), or Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC), or Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC), or Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC).

Added:

• Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) and Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency for ACPC."
• Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) and Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC) to "ACPC Maintains Currency for These Positions."

Added:

• Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For ACPC".
• Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) to "ACPC Maintains Currency For These Positions".

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Removed: Assistant Area Commander, Logistics (ACLC) from "ACPC Maintains Currency for These Positions".

Added: Required training S-620, Area Command (32 hrs).

Position created.

Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows:

Deleted from "These Positions Maintain Currency For BCMG": 

• Service Branch Director (SVBD)
• Support Branch Director (SUBD)

Added: Logisitc Section Chief Complex (LSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency for BCMG."

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Position created.

Updated: Incident Position Description (IPD) updated.

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Removed: Look Up, Look Down, Look Around (S-133), based on acceptance of NWCG Curriculum Management Issue Paper #123. The S-133 curriculum has been incorporated into the new development of Firefighter Type 1 (S-131).

Position created.

Established the Basic Faller (FAL3), Intermediate Faller (FAL2), and Advanced Faller (FAL1) positions. Transition plan and position task books are available at the NWCG web site.

Position archived.

Added: to Required Experience Section: Note: Once qualified as a COMP, the CLMS qualification may be granted by the certifying official. Certification must be documented.

Updated: Claims Specialist (CLMS) Required experience modified as follows: Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-47) as a Compensation/Claims Unit Leader (COMP)*

Added: the following language: *Certification as COMP will allow certification as INJR.

Position created.

Position archived.

Position created.

Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows:

Deleted from "COML Maintains Currency For These Positions": 

• Service Branch Director (SVBD)

Removed: OR Satisfactory performance as an Incident Communications Center Manager (INCM) Added: AND Satisfactory performance as an Incident Communications Center Manager (INCM)

Added:

Satisfactory performance as an Incident Communications Technician (COMT)
AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Communications Unit Leader (COML) Position Task Book, PMS 311-34

OR

Satisfactory performance as an Incident Communications Center Manager (INCM)
AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Communications Unit Leader (COML) Position Task Book, PMS 311-34

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Position created.

Position archived.

Added: to Required Experience Section:  Note: Once qualified as a COMP, the INJR qualification may be granted by the certifying official. Certification must be documented.

Updated: Required experience modified as follows:  Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-47) as a Compensation/Claims Unit Leader (COMP)*

Added: the following language:  *Certification as COMP will allow certification as INJR.

Position created.

Updated:

• NWCG Compensation/Claims Unit Leader Position Task Book, PMS 311-47. Procurement Unit Leader (PROC) and Time Unit Leader (TIME) have been removed.

Added: 

• Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency for COMP."
• Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC) to "COMP Maintains Currency for These Positions."

Removed:

• Claims Specialist (CLMS) and Compensation-for-Injury Specialist (INJR) from "These Positions Maintain Currency for COMP."
• Claims Specialist (CLMS) and Compensation-for-Injury Specialist (INJR) from "COMP Maintains Currency for These Positions."

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: To Required Experience: Note: Once qualified as a COMP, the CLMS and INJR qualifications may be granted by the certifying official. Certification must be documented. 

Added: Introduction to ICS (ICS-100) and NIMS — An Introduction (IS-700) to Required Training.

Removed:
Satisfactory performance as a Compensation-for Injury Specialist (INJR) from Required Experience.
Satisfactory performance as a Claims Specialist (CLMS) from Required Experience.

Added: Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-47) as a Compensation/Claims Unit Leader (COMP)* to Required Experience.

Added: The following language: *Certification as COMP will allow certification as CLMS and INJR.

Position created.

Added: 

• Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency for COST."
• Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC) to "COST Maintains Currency for These Positions."

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: to Required Experience:  Note: Once qualified as a COST, the FSC3 qualification may be granted by the certifying official. Certification must be documented on a “verification/certification” page of the FSC3 Position Task Book (311-50).

Position created.

Removed: from "These Positions Maintain Currency For CRWB":

• Safety Officer, Line (SOFR)

Added: to "These Positions Maintain Currency For CRWB":

• Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3) 

Updated:

• Incident Position Description
• Standards and References: PTB
• Position Qualification Requirements, PMS 310-1: Required Experience

Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows:

Added to "These Positions Maintain Currency For CRWB":

• Safety Officer Field (SOFF)

Added: Incident Commander Type 5 (ICT5) to "CRWB Maintains Currency for These Positions".

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: Required Training: S-230, Crew Boss (Single Resource) (24 hrs).

Position created.

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: Division/Group Supervisor (DIVS), Task Force Leader (TFLD) and Strike Team Leader (STCR) to "These Positions Maintain Currency for CREP".

Updated: Number changed from S-205 to S-215, Fire Operations in the Wildland Urban Interface.

Added: Required training: S-205, (28 hrs).

Position created.

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Updated: Helibase Manager Type 2 (HEB2) to Helibase Manager (HEBM) under "These Positions Maintains Currency for DECK".

Removed: Takeoff and Landing Coordinator (TOLC) from Required Experience, "These Positions Maintain Currency for DECK", and "DECK Maintains Currency for These Positions".

Updated: The prerequisite Required Experience is Helicopter Crewmember (HECM) and Takeoff and Landing Coordinator (TOLC).

Position created.

Added:

• NWCG Incident Position Standards for Demobilization Unit Leader, PMS 350-115
• NWCG Position Task Book for Demobilization Unit Leader (DMOB), PMS 311-115

Added: Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency for DMOB."

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Position created.

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Position created.

Added: 

• Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC) and Safety Officer Complex (SOFC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency for DIVS."
• Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC) and Safety Officer Complex (SOFC) to "DIVS Maintains Currency for These Positions."

Added: to Qualification Requirements:  Note:  Once qualified as a DIVS, the OPS3 qualification may be granted by the certifying official. Certification must be documented.

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: Crew Representative (CREP) to "DIVS Maintains Currency for These Positions".

Added: Required Experience option which includes satisfactory performance as an Incident Commander Type 4 (ICT4)
+
Satisfactory performance in any two Strike Team Leader positions (one must be either Strike Team Leader Engine [STEN] or Strike Team Leader Crew [STCR]). 

Added: Required training: S-339, Division/Group Supervisor (20 hrs).

Position created.

Added:

• NWCG Incident Position Standards for Documentation Unit Leader, PMS 350-25
• NWCG Position Task Book for Documentation Unit Leader (DOCL), PMS 311-25

Added: Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency for DOCL."

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Position created.

Position archived. Replaced with HEQB.

Position created.

Position archived. 

Position created. Active as an agency specific position.

Removed: from "These Positions Maintain Currency For ENGB":

• Safety Officer, Line (SOFR)

Added: to "These Positions Maintain Currency For ENGB":

• Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3)

Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows:

Added to "These Positions Maintain Currency For ENGB":

• Safety Officer Field (SOFF)

Added: Engine Boss (ENGB) maintains currency for Incident Commander Type 5 (ICT5).

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: A Skills Crosswalk comparing National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standards for structural firefighters with National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) wildland firefighter skills has been developed for the FFT2, FFT1, ENGB, and STEN positions.

Added: Required training: S-230, Crew Boss (Single Resource)(24 hrs), S-231, Engine Boss (Single Resource)(8 hrs), S-205, Fire Operations in the Urban Interface (28 hrs).

Position created.

Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows:

Deleted from "These Positions Maintain Currency For EQPM":

• Service Branch Director (SVBD) 
• Support Branch Director (SUBD)

Added: Logistic Section Chief Complex (LSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency for EQPM."

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Position created.

Added: Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC) to "These Positions Maintan Currency for EQTR."

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Position created.

Added: NWCG Incident Position Standards for Expanded Dispatch Recorder, PMS 350-56

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Position created.

Added: NWCG Incident Position Standards for Expanded Dispatch Recorder, PMS 350-59

Added: Initial Attack Dispatcher (IADP) to "EDRC Maintains Currency for These Positions".

Removed: Aircraft Dispatcher (ACDP) from "EDRC Maintains Currency for These Positions".

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Position created.

Added: NWCG Incident Position Standards for Expanded Dispatch Supervisory Dispatcher, PMS 350-57

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Removed: S-190 Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior (6 hrs).

Position created.

Added: NWCG Incident Position Standards for Expanded Dispatch Support Dispatcher, PMS 350-58

Added: Aircraft Dispatcher (ACDP) to "These Positions Maintain Currency for EDSD". 

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Position created.

Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows:

Deleted from "These Positions Maintain Currency For FACL":

• Service Branch Director (SVBD)
• Support Branch Director (SUBD)

Deleted from "FACL Maintains Currency For These Positions":

• Support Branch Director (SUBD)

Added: 

• Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For FACL."
• Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC) to "FACL Maintains Currency For These Positions."

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: To Qualification Requirements:  Note: Once qualified as a FACL, the LSC3 qualification may be granted by the certifying official. Certification must be documented on a “verification/certification” page of the LSC3 Position Task Book (311-35).

Position created.

Removed: from "These Positions Maintain Currency For FELB":

• Safety Officer, Line (SOFR)

Added: to "These Positions Maintain Currency For FELB":

• Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3)

Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows:

Added to "These Positions Maintain Currency For FELB":

• Safety Officer Field (SOFF)

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added:  Required Training: S-230, Crew Boss (Single Resource) (24 hrs) and S-212, Wildland Fire Chainsaws (28 hrs).

Position created.

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Updated: FEMO and FOBS Position Task Books were combined into one Position Task Book (311-30)  but the positions have not been combined. Specific direction is in the transition plan which can be found on the NWCG Publication Management System (Qualifications) web site: PMS 310-1 Historical Documents.

Position created.

Removed: X-520, NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form

Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows:

Added:

1. To FSCC Qualification Requirements Summary:

•   ***S-420, Command and General Staff or L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff or O-305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team, and I-400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff, must be completed before initiating the NWCG Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex, Position Task Book, PMS 311-146.

2. To Required Training: 

•  OR a completed X-520, NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form (PDF)

Added: 

To Required Training:

• S-420, Command and General Staff OR L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff OR 0305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team

To Required Experience:

• Satisfactory performance as a Time Unit Leader (TIME)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-146

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Cost Unit Leader (COST)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-146

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Procurement Unit Leader (PROC)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-146

OR

• Satisfactory performance as a Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 3 (FSC3)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-146

To These Positions Maintain currency for FSCC:

• Compensation/Claims Unit Leader (COMP)
• Cost Unit Leader (COST)
• Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 3 (FSC3)
• Incident Commander Complex (ICCI)
• Incident Commander Type 1 (ICT1)
• Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2)
• Procurement Unit Leader (PROC)
• Time Unit Leader (TIME)

To FSCC Maintains Currency For These Positions:

• Cost Unit Leader (COST)
• Compensation/Claims Unit Leader (COMP)
• Equipment Time Recorder (EQTR)
• Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 3 (FSC3)
• Incident Commander Complex (ICCI)
• Incident Commander Type 1 (ICT1)
• Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2)
• Personnel Time Recorder (PTRC)
• Procurement Unit Leader (PROC)
• Time Unit Leader (TIME)

To Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills:

• E/L 973, All-Hazards Position Specific Finance/Admin. Section Chief
• L-480, Organizational Leadership in the Wildland Fire Service
• L-580, Leadership is Action

Position Created.

Removed:
Required Training

• S-520, Advanced Incident Management or CIMC, Complex Incident Management Course

Required Experience

• Satisfactory performance as a Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 2 (FSC2)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 1 (FSC1) Position Task Book, PMS 311-46

Added:

The qualification pathway for this position is discontinued per NWCG direction on January, 2025. Responders with an active PTB will transition to the corresponding complex position PTB.

Added: Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For FSC1" and "FSC1 Maintains Currency For These Positions".

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Removed: Finance Section Chief Type 3 (FSC3) from "These Positions Maintain Currency for FSC1" and from "FSC1 Maintains Currency for These Positions".

Position created.  

Finance Section Chief (Multi-Branch), Finance Section Chief  (Multi-Division) and IFinance Section Chief  (Multi-Leader) in 1984 PMS 310-1.

Removed: Required Training and Required Experience and replaced with "The qualification pathway for this position is discontinued per NWCG direction on January, 2023. Responders with an active PTB will transition to the corresponding complex position PTB." 

Updated: Position Endorsement
The position for this endorsement is currently being evaluated to the new standards for Complex Incident Management, for current information regarding this change, please contact your NIMSIC representative.

Added: Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For FSC2" and "FSC2 Maintains Currency For These Positions".

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Updated: Required Experience:

Satisfactory performance as a Time Unit Leader (TIME).
     +
Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-46) as a Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 2 (FSC2).
     OR
Satisfactory performance as a Cost Unit Leader (COST).
     +
Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-46) as a Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 2 (FSC2).
     OR
Satisfactory performance as a Procurement Unit Leader (PROC).
     +
Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-46) as a Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 2 (FSC2).
     OR
Satisfactory performance as a Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 3 (FSC3).
     +
Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-46) as a Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 2 (FSC2).

Added: S-420 Command & General Staff (32 hrs) to Required Training.

Position created. 

Finance Section Chief (Multi-Branch), Finance Section Chief  (Multi-Division) and IFinance Section Chief  (Multi-Leader) in 1984 PMS 310-1.

Added: 

• Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC) to These Positions Maintain Currency For FSC3
• Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC) to FSC3 Maintains Currency For These Positions

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: to Qualification Requirements:  Note: Once qualified as TIME, COST, or ICT3, the FSC3 qualification may be granted by the certifying official. Certification must be documented on a “verification/certification” page of the FSC3 Position Task Book (311-50).

Added: Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team (O-305) to "Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills".

Added: Introduction to ICS (ICS-100) and NIMS: An Introduction (IS-700) to Required Training.

Removed: Finance Section Chief Type 1 (FSC1) from "These Positions Maintain Currency for FSC3" and from "FSC3 Maintains Currency for These Positions".
Added: of the following language: FEMA PTBs are available on the NWCG website.

Position created.

Type 3 Position standards are being introduced to provide an agreed to minimum standard for National Mobilization and to help develop local capability.  Currently the PSC3, LSC3, and FSC3 positions are utilized by FEMA and the Department of the Interior All Hazard qualification program.

NWCG recognizes the ability of cooperating agencies at the local level to jointly define and accept each other’s qualifications for initial attack, extended attack, large fire operations, and prescribed fire.

Position qualification pathways for the LSC3, PSC3, and FSC3 positions include both equivalency and position task book alternatives for position qualification.   FEMA position task books will be utilized for these positions and are available at training.fema.gov/position%20specific%20taskbooks/taskbook_list.asp.

Removed:

• S-491, Intermediate National Fire Danger Rating System from Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills.

Added:

• S-491, Intermediate National Fire Danger Rating System to Required Training.

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: to Qualification Requirements:  Note: If an LTAN meets the prerequisite experience and qualifications of an FBAN, the certifying official may grant the FBAN qualification. Certification must be documented on a “verification/certification” page.

Position created.

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Updated: FEMO and FOBS Position Task Books were combined into one Position Task Book (311-30)  but the positions have not been combined. Specific direction is in the transition plan which can be found on the NWCG Publication Management System (Qualifications) web site: PMS 310-1 Historical Documents.

Position created.

Added: P-410, Fire Prevention Education Team Leader to Required Training.

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Position created.

Added: of P-310, Fire Prevention Education Team Member to required training.

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Position created.

Position archived. Replaced with FUM1 and FUM2.

Position created.

Position archived. Replaced with SOPL.

Position created.

Position archived. Replaced with SOPL.

Position created.

Added: 

• NWCG Incident Position Standards for Firefighter Type 1 (Squad Boss), PMS 350-14

Added: S-131, Firefighter Type 1 (8 hrs.) to Required Training.

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Removed: Look Up, Look Down, Look Around (S-133), based on acceptance of NWCG Curriculum Management Issue Paper #123. The S-133 curriculum has been incorporated into the new development of S-131, Firefighter Type 1.

Added: S-219, Firing Operations to “Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge & Skills.”

Updated: The Firefighter Type 1 (FFT1) and Incident Commander Type 5 (ICT5) Position Task Books have been combined. However, the positions have not been combined. The FFT1 tasks are completed only once; additional tasks must be completed to meet the ICT5 level. The FFT1 and ICT5 tasks can be completed simultaneously. The Required Experience is satisfactory performance as a Firefighter Type 2 (FFT2).

Position created.  Squad Boss in 1984 PMS 310-1.

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Removed: The Firefighter Type 2 (FFT2) PTB has been eliminated and will be replaced with a Job Aid.

Position created.  Firefighter in 1984 PMS 310-1.

Added:  NWCG Position Task Book for Firing Boss, Single Resource
(FIRB), PMS 311-105

Removed: from "These Positions Maintain Currency For FIRB":

• Safety Officer, Line (SOFR)

Added: to "These Positions Maintain Currency For FIRB":

• Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3)

Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows:

Added to "These Positions Maintain Currency For FIRB":

• Safety Officer Field (SOFF)

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: Field Observer (FOBS) to "FIRB Maintains Currency for These Positions."

Updated: The Ignition Specialist positions (RXI1& RXI2) have been replaced with the Firing Boss (FIRB) position.

Added: S-230, Crew Boss (Single Resource) (24 hrs.) and S-234 (24 hrs.) to Single Resource Boss Firing Required Training.

Position created. Single Resource Boss in 1984 PMS 310-1.

Added:

• NWCG Position Task Book for Fixed Wing Base Manager (FWBM), PMS 311-122
  • Replaces NWCG Fixed Wing Base Manager Position Task Book, PMS 311-61
• NWCG Incident Position Standards for Fixed Wing Base Manager, PMS 350-122

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Position created.

Removed:  A-104, Overview of Aircraft Capabilities and Limitations, A-116, General Awareness Security Training from Required Training.

Added:  A-204, Manned Aircraft Capabilities and Limitations to Required Training.

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Position created.

Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows:

Deleted from "FDUL Maintains Currency For These Positions":

• Service Branch Director (SVBD)

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: S-357, Food Unit Leader (32 hrs.) to Required Training.

Position created.

Updated: Incident Position Description (IPD) updated.

Added: S-341, GIS Specialist for Incident Management and RT-341, GIS Specialist for Incident Management Annual Refresher to Required Training.

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Position Created.

Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: 

Deleted from  "These Positions Maintain Currency For GSUL":

• Service Branch Director (SVBD)
• Support Branch Director (SUBD)

Deleted from " GSUL Maintains Currency For These Positions":

• Support Branch Director (SUBD)

Added:

• Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC) to These Positions Maintain Currency For GSUL
• Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC) to GSUL Maintains Currency For These Positions

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: to Qualification Requirements:  Note: Once qualified as a GSUL, the LSC3 qualification may be granted by the certifying official. Certification must be documented on a “verification/certification” page of the LSC3 Position Task Book (311-35).

Position created.

Removed: from "These Positions Maintain Currency For HEQB":

• Safety Officer, Line (SOFR)

Added: to "These Positions Maintain Currency For HEQB":

• Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3)

Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: 

Added to  "These Positions Maintain Currency For HEQB":

• Safety Officer Field (SOFF)

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Position created.

Combined DOZB and TRPB positions into a Heavy Equipment Boss (HEQB) position.

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Position created.

Helibase Type 1 (HEB1) and Helibase Type 2 (HEB2) combined to Helibase Manager (HEBM).

Helibase Type 1 (HEB1) and Helibase Type 2 (HEB2) replaced Helibase Manager. 

Position created. 

Position archived.

Helibase Type 1 (HEB1) and Helibase Type 2 (HEB2) combined to Helibase Manager (HEBM).

Position created from Helibase Manager position.  Helibase Manager Type 1 (Six or More Helicopters).

Position archived.

Helibase Type 1 (HEB1) and Helibase Type 2 (HEB2) combined to Helibase Manager (HEBM).

Position created from Helibase Manager position.  Helibase Manager Type 2 (One to Five Helicopters).

Position archived. Replaced with HMGB.

Position created.

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Position created.

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Updated: Helibase Manager Type 1 and Helibase Manager Type 2 to Helibase Manager (HEBM).

Added: Aviation Transportation of Hazardous Material (A-110) to Required Training as a triennial requirement.

Updated: HECM Position Task Book (311-22)  was modified to include additional behaviors, tasks, and task codes for helispot operations.

Position created.

Position archived. Replaced with HMGB.

Position created.

Removed course S-290 Intermediate Wildland fire Behavior (32 hrs.)

Position archived. Replaced with HELM.

Position archived. 

Position created.

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Removed: Single Engine Airtanker Manager (SEMG) from "HMGB Maintains Currency for These Positions."

Updated: Changed Helibase Manager Type 1 and Helibase Manager Type 2 to Helibase Manager (HEBM).

Added: A-110, Aviation Transportation of Hazardous Materials training as a triennial requirement. Completion of A-110 is required prior to Position Task Book initiation. A-110 training is available at https://www.iat.gov/training/searchcourse_overview.asp?cid=1005.

Position created.

The Helicopter Boss, Single Resource (HELB) and Helicopter Manager (HELM) positions have been combined and replaced by the position of Helicopter Manager, Single resource (HMGB). This position is included in the Single Resource Boss Position Task Book (311-13).

Position archived.

In 1984 PMS 310-1, not in 1993 PMS 310-1 
Inactivated as agency specific: FS 11/2007, other fed agencies 01/2019.

Position created.

Position archived. 

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Position created.

Position archived. Replaced with FIRB.

Position created. Pt 2.

Position archived. Replaced with FIRB.

Position created. Pt 2.

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Position created.

The IBA1 and IBA2 positions have been combined to form the Incident Business Advisor (INBA) position. The associated transition plan and position task book are available on the NWCG web site.

Position archived. Replaced with INBA.

Position created.

Position archived. Replaced with INBA.

Position created.

Removed: X-520, NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form

Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows:

Added:

To ICCI Qualification Requirements:

• ***S-420, Command and General Staff or L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff or O-305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team, and I-400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff, must be completed before initiating the NWCG Incident Commander Complex, Position Task Book, PMS 311-101.

To Required Training: 

• OR a completed X-520, NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form (PDF)

Added: 

To Required Training:

• ICS-400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff 
• S-420, Command and General Staff OR L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff OR 0305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team  

To Required Experience:

OR

• Satisfactory performance as an Incident Commander Type 3 (ICT3)
• AND Satisfactory performance as an Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) Position Task Book, PMS 311-101

OR

• Satisfactory performance as an Incident Commander Type 3 (ICT3)
• AND Satisfactory performance as a Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) Position Task Book, PMS 311-101

OR

• Satisfactory performance as an Incident Commander Type 3 (ICT3)
• AND Satisfactory performance as a Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) Position Task Book, PMS 311-101

OR

• Satisfactory performance as an Incident Commander Type 3 (ICT3)
• AND Satisfactory performance as a Safety Officer Complex (SOFC)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) Position Task Book, PMS 311-101

OR

• Satisfactory performance as an Incident Commander Type 3 (ICT3)
• AND Satisfactory performance as a Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) Position Task Book, PMS 311-101

To These Positions Maintain Currency For ICCI:

• Area Commander (ACDR)
• Assistant Area Commander Logistics (ACLC)
• Assistant Area Commander Planning (ACPC)
• Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC)
• Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 1 (FSC1)
• Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 2 (FSC2)
• Incident Commander Type 3 (ICT3)
• Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC)
• Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC1)
• Logistics Section Chief Type 2 (LSC2)
• Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC)
• Operations Section Chief Type 1 (OSC1)
• Operations Section Chief Type 2 (OSC2)
• Operations Section Chief Type 3, Wildland Fire (OPS3)
• Planning Section Chief Type 1 (PSC1)
• Planning Section Chief Type 2 (PSC2)
• Safety Officer Complex (SOFC)
• Safety Officer Type 1 (SOF1)
• Safety Officer Type 2 (SOF2)

To ICCI Maintains Currency For These Positions:

• Agency Representative (AREP)
• Area Commander (ACDR)
• Assistant Area Commander Logistics (ACLC)
• Assistant Area Commander Planning (ACPC)
• Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC)
• Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 1 (FSC1)
• Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 2 (FSC2)
• Liaison Officer (LOFR)
• Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC)
• Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC1)
• Logistics Section Chief Type 2 (LSC2)
• Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC)
• Operations Section Chief Type 1 (OSC1)
• Operations Section Chief Type 2 (OSC2)
• Operations Section Chief Type 3, Wildland Fire (OPS3)
• Safety Officer Complex (SOFC)
• Safety Officer Type 1 (SOF1)
• Safety Officer Type 2 (SOF2)

To Other Training Which Supports Development Of Knowledge And Skills:

• E/L 950, All-Hazards Position Specific Incident Commander
• L-480, Organizational Leadership in the Fire Service
• L-580, Leadership is Action

Added: Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC)  to "These Positions Maintain Currency For ICCI" and "ICCI Maintains Currency For These Positions."

Position created.

Removed:

Required Training

• RT-130, Wildland Fire Safety Training Annual Refresher (WFSTAR)

S-520, Advanced Incident Management OR Complex Incident Management Course (CIMC)

Required Experience

• Satisfactory performance as an Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2)
• AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Incident Commander Type 1 (ICT1) Position Task Book, PMS 311-01

Added: 

The qualification pathway for this position is discontinued per NWCG direction on January, 2025. Responders with an active PTB will transition to the corresponding complex position PTB.

Added:

• Safety Officer Complex (SOFC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For ICT1."
• Safety Officer Complex (SOFC) to "ICT1 Maintains Currency For These Positions."

Added: Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) and Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For ICT1" and "ICT1 Maintains Currency For These Positions".

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: Liaison Officer (LOFR) to "ICT1 Maintains Currency For These Positions".

Removed: Incident Commander Type 3 (ICT3) from "ICT1 Maintains Currency for These Positions".

Added: Agency Representative (AREP) for "ICT1 Maintains Currency for These Positions".

Position created.

Incident Commander (Multi-Branch), Incident Commander (Multi-Division) and Incident Commander (Multi-Leader) in 1984 PMS 310-1.

Removed: Required Training and Required Experience and replaced with "The qualification pathway for this position is discontinued per NWCG direction on January, 2023. Responders with an active PTB will transition to the corresponding complex position PTB."

Added: Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) to "ICT2 Maintains Currency For These Positions."

Updated: Position Endorsement
The position for this endorsement is currently being evaluated to the new standards for Complex Incident Management, for current information regarding this change, please contact your NIMSIC representative.

Added:  Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) and Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For ICT2".

Added: Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) to "ICT2 Maintains Currency For These Positions".

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: Liaison Officer (LOFR) to "ICT2 Maintains Currency For These Positions".

Added: the following Required Experience: Satisfactory performance as an Incident Commander Type 3 (ICT3).

Satisfactory performance as a Safety Officer Type 2 (SOF2).

Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-01) as an Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2) on a wildfire incident.

Added: Safety Officer Type 1 (SOF1) and Type 2 (SOF2) to "These Positions Maintain Currency for ICT2" and "ICT2 Maintains Currency For These Positions".

Added: Agency Representative (AREP) to "ICT2 Maintains Currency for These Positions".

Added:

Position created. 

Incident Commander (Multi-Branch), Incident Commander (Multi-Division) and Incident Commander (Multi-Leader) in 1984 PMS 310-1.

zd

Added: 

• Air Tactical Group Supervisor (ATGS) and Operation Section Chief Complex (OSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For ICT3."
• Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) and Operation Section Chief Complex (OSCC) to "ICT3 Maintains Currency For These Positions."

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: to Qualification Requirements:  Note: Once qualified as a ICT3, the OPS3, PSC3, LSC3 and FSC3 qualifications may be granted by the certifying official. Certification must be documented on a “verification/certification” page of the applicable Position Task Book.

Added: Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team (O-305) to "Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills".

Removed: Incident Commander Type 1 (ICT1) from "These Positions Maintain Currency for ICT3".

Added: Advanced ICS (ICS-400) to Required Training to align position with FEMA Type 3 standards.

Transition Plan:

• All qualified individuals will remain qualified. Individuals will be granted ICS-400 in responder’s records.
• All ICT3 trainees will be required to complete ICS-400 prior to position qualification.

Position created. 

Incident Commander (Multi-Branch), Incident Commander (Multi-Division) and Incident Commander (Multi-Leader) in 1984 PMS 310-1.

Removed: from "These Positions Maintain Currency For ICT4":

• Safety Officer, Line (SOFR)

Added: to "These Positions Maintain Currency For ICT4":

• Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3)

Added: to "ICT4 Maintains Currency For These Positions ":

• Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3)

Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows:

Added to "ICT4 Maintains Currency For These Positions":

• Safety Officer Field (SOFF) 

Added: Operation Section Chief Complex (OSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For ICT4."

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added:  “except HMGB” to "ICT4 Maintains Currency for These Positions".

Added: Any Single Resource Position (CRWB, DOZB, ENGB, FELB, FIRB, TRPB, HMGB) meets the prerequisite experience for Incident Commander Type 4 (ICT4).

Position created.

Added:

• NWCG Position Task Book for Incident Commander Type 5 (ICT5), PMS 311-116
  • Replaces NWCG Incident Commander Type 5 Position Task Book, PMS 311-14
• NWCG Incident Position Standards for Incident Commander Type 5, PMS 350-116

Added: Engine Boss (ENGB) to "These Positions Maintain Currency for ICT5".

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: Crew Boss, Single Resource (CRWB) to "These Positions Maintain Currency for ICT5".

Removed: Look Up, Look Down, Look Around (S-133), based on acceptance of NWCG Curriculum Management Issue Paper #123. The S-133 curriculum has been incorporated into the new development of Firefighter Type 1 (S-131).

Updated: The Firefighter Type 1 (FFT1) and Incident Commander Type 5 (ICT5) Position Task Books have been combined. However, the positions have not been combined. The FFT1 tasks are completed only once; additional tasks must be completed to meet the ICT5 level. The FFT1 and ICT5 tasks can be completed simultaneously. The Required Experience is satisfactory performance as a Firefighter Type 2 (FFT2).

Added: PMS 427 (4 hrs.)

Position created.

Added:

• NWCG Incident Position Standards for Incident Communications Center Manager, PMS 350-41

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Position created.

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Position created.

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: Incident Contract Project Inspector (S-262) to "Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills".

Position created.

Established the Incident Contract Project Inspector (ICPI). ICPI Implementation Transmittal can be found at PMS 310-1 Historical Documents.

Position archived. Replaced with RADO.

Position created.

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Updated: Changed the name of TNSP to Incident Training Specialist to distinguish between the career Training Specialist and the Incident Training Specialist for which the course was designed.

Updated: Training Specialist language:

Provide NWCG Training with feedback regarding training and qualifications issues related to Trainees, such as lack of basic knowledge of the job/position as a result of the NWCG training course they recently participated in as a prerequisite for their trainee position. 

Position created.

Position archived. Replaced with PIO1.

Position created. Information Officer in 1984 PMS 310-1.

Position archived. Replaced with PIO2. 

Position created. Information Officer in 1984 PMS 310-1.

Position archived. Replaced with PIOF. 

Position created.

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Added: Infrared Interpreter (IRIN) position to transition plan.

Position created.

Added: NWCG Incident Position Standards for Initial Attack Dispatcher, PMS 350-60

Remove A-107, Aviation Policy and Regulations I Interagency Aviation Training as Required Training.

Required Training

Add:

• A-100, Basic Aviation Safety
• A-107, Aviation Policy and Regulations I
• A-109, Aviation Radio Use
• A-115, Automated Flight Following
• A-200, Mishap Review
• A-207, Aircraft Flight Scheduling

Remove: ICS-100, Introduction to ICS

These Positions Maintain Currency for IADP:  Add - Aircraft Dispatcher (ACDP)

Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.

Position created.