Incident Operations Subcommittee

Mission Statement

The Incident Operations Subcommittee (IOSC) provides national leadership in the development of wildland fire standards in the incident operations functional area.

⇒ Primary Objectives:

• Establish and regularly update wildland fire incident position standards related to incident operations. This includes incident position descriptions and position requirements for training, experience, physical fitness, and position currency.
• Establish and regularly update training and performance support materials such as job aids, training courses, and position task books for incident operations.
• Establish and maintain interagency wildland fire standards for incident operations.
• Contribute to the standardization of information technology systems (such as FireNet, IROC, etc.) to collect and distribute data, processes, forms, and other operational elements.