Executive Board Correspondence

Letters

2025 NWCG Executive Board Annual Letter

Memos

NWCG memos from the past five years are displayed and available below. Older memos can be referenced in the Memo Log. Those memos can be obtained by emailing the NWCG Executive Secretary with your request.

The five categories for Memo Status include:

Current - up to date (life span of a current memo is five years at which time it will have to be reissued, archived or rescinded).
Under Review - staff is reviewing status with responsible group to determine whether to reissue, archive or rescind.
Archived - no longer relevant, out of date (typically older than five years).
Rescinded - revoked, cancelled or repealed (typically when content becomes erroneous).
Reissued - replaced with a current memo reissuing the same guidance.

Memo Subject	Memo #	Date	Correspondence Status
Authoritative Source for National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) Products and Materials	25-003	2025-04-07	Current
Tasking Memo: Establishment of New Incident Management Team Courses, AMENDED II	23-001 TM	2025-03-14	Current
Archival of Type 1 and Type 2 Command and General Staff Position Qualifications	25-002	2025-02-24	Current
Tasking Memo: Big Swamp and Rum Creek Serious Accident Corrective Action Plans, AMENDED	24-004 TM	2025-01-28	Current
Tasking Memo: Rum Creek Serious Accident Corrective Actions, AMENDED	24-003 TM	2025-01-28	Current
2025 Updates to the NWCG Standards for Wildland Fire Position Qualifications, PMS 310-1	25-001	2025-01-22	Current

Memo Subject	Attachments	Memo #	Date	Correspondence Status
NWCG Pause on New Incident Positions and Courses		24-006	2024-08-16	Current
NWCG Decisions for IPTM Positions, Call Order 1		24-007	2024-08-07	Current
2024 Updates to the NWCG Standards for Wildland Fire Positions Qualifications, PMS 310-1		24-005	2024-07-23	Current
Recommendations for mitigation strategies for wildland firefighters to minimize exposure due to line-of-duty environmental hazards		24-004	2024-07-01	Current
Removal of Type 1 Command and General Staff Incident Position Qualification Pathways		24-003	2024-05-01	Current
Discontinuing Use of the Haines Index and Lightning Activity Level in National Weather Service and NWCG Products	Transition Plan for Implementation of Discontinued Use and Removal of Haines Index and Lightning Activity Level in NWCG Products Recommendation to Cease Using “Haines Index” in Wildland Fire Forecasts Recommendation to Cease Using “Lightning Activity Level” in Wildland Fire Forecasts	24-002	2024-02-23	Current
Tasking Memo: Tasking – Big Swamp and Rum Creek Serious Accident Corrective Action Plans		24-004 TM	2024-01-10	Current
Tasking Memo: Tasking – Rum Creek Serious Accident Corrective Actions		24-003 TM	2024-01-10	Current
Tasking Memo: Tasking – Big Swamp Serious Accident Corrective Actions		24-002 TM	2024-01-10	Current
Tasking Memo: Tasking – Big Swamp Serious Accident Corrective Actions		24-001 TM	2024-01-10	Current
National Aeronautics and Space Administration NWCG Membership		24-001	2024-01-03	Current

Memo Subject	Attachments	Memo #	Date	Correspondence Status
NWCG Committee/Subgroup Chair Rotations		23-007	2023-12-15	Current
Tasking Memo: Standards Development for the Incident Strategic Alignment Process: Strategic Risk Assessment and Strategic Operations		23-007 TM	2023-10-30	Current
Tasking Memo: Standards Development for the Incident Strategic Alignment Process: Strategic Risk Assessment and Strategic Operations		23-003 TM	2023-10-30	Current
Approval to Field Test the Change to Safety Zone Calculations	Changes to Safety Zone Calculation Field Test for Incident Management Teams Change to Safety Zone Calculation Field Test for Fireline Personnel	23-006	2023-08-15	Current
Summary of NWCG Complex Incident Management Implementation Decisions		23-005	2023-06-22	Current
Tasking Memo: Creation of Performance Support Packages for Incident Positions.		23-002 TM	2023-03-24	Current
Use of Draft Next Generation CRWB and RXB2 Position Task Books		23-004	2023-03-22	Current
NWCG, NMAC, FMB Joint Memo: Standardized use of FireNet by Geographic Areas and Incident Management Teams for the 2023 Fire Year.		23-003	2023-03-13	Current
2023 Transition Plan for Complex Incident Management	IPSC Response to TM-22-001 2022 through 2024 Implementation of Complex Incident Management – January 2023 deliverable January 2023 Updates to NWCG Standards for Wildland Fire Position Qualifications, PMS 310-1	23-002	2023-01-19	Current
NWCG Burn Protocols		23-001	2023-01-17	Current

Memo Subject	Attachments	Memo #	Date	Correspondence Status
Department of Defense NWCG Membership		22-007	2022-12-08	Current
NWCG Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) Desk Reference		22-006	2022-12-07	Current
Transition Plan for Complex Incident Management Pilot Phase, AMENDED	Tasking Memo 22-001-AMENDED: 2022 through 2024 Implementation of Complex Incident Management CIM Field Evaluation 2024 Archived	22-002	2022-07-26	Current
NWCG Request and Support to Delay the Launch of InciWeb Application Updates		22-005	2022-07-08	Current
NWCG-Sponsored Recognition and Awards		22-004	2022-07-07	Current
Rationale for Assignment of Complex Incident Management Teams (CIMT) During 2022 Pilot Phase		22-003	2022-06-23	Archived
Position Stewards Delegating Approvals to Subject Matter Experts for Duration of Systems Improvement Effort		22-001	2022-04-22	Current

Memo Subject	Attachments	Memo #	Date	Correspondence Status
Leaders Intent Regarding Training Delivery for the 2021-2022 Training Season		21-004	2021-09-28	Current
Incident Management Remote Response Electronic Check-In Pilot Project		21-003	2021-06-29	Current
National Interagency Aviation Committee Memo 21-01, Issue Statement and Request for Solution to Inconsistent Interagency Review and Approval of Special Mission Programs Across All Agencies	NIAC, M-21-01 Issue Statement and Request for Solution	21-002	2021-05-03	Current
Use of the Position Task Book Electronic Fillable Evaluation Record and Verification/Certification Pages		21-001	2021-04-23	Current

Memo Subject	Attachments	Memo #	Date	Correspondence Status
Update S-373 Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Incident Operations		20-013	2020-11-02	Current
Immediate tasking to begin work to support the Training Delivery Committee		20-001	2020-09-25	Current
Establishing a National Standard for Call Signs for Exclusive Use (EU) Air Attack Platforms		20-009	2020-09-21	Current
Establishment of NWCG Training Delivery Committee		20-008	2020-08-21	Current
NWCG Standards for Communications Unit Operations in Response to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)		20-007	2020-08-21	Current
Update to the NWCG National Fire Danger Rating System (NFDRS) 2016 Rollout and Transition Plan		20-006	2020-08-06	Current
Establishment of NWCG Wildland Fire Learning Portal (WFLP) Governance Board and Sunset of the Learning Portal Stakeholder Team		20-005	2020-07-27	Current
NWCG Fire and COVID-19 Briefing Checklist Decal		20-004	2020-06-22	Current
NWCG Standards for Aviation Operations in Response to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)		20-003	2020-04-21	Current
NWCG Infectious Disease Guidance for Wildland Fire Incidents		20-002	2020-03-23	Current
Heavy Equipment Boss (HEQB) Utilization Response	TM-19-005b NMAC 2019-15 Transmittal Memo to NWCG for HEQB Attachment	20-001	2020-01-24	Current

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