Incident Workforce Development Group
The Incident Workforce Development Group is jointly chartered by the National Multi-Agency Coordinating Group (NMAC), the NWCG Executive Board, and the Fire Management Board (FMB) to provide national leadership to enable long-term development and sustainability of a national interagency incident workforce.
Implementation of Complex Incident Management
- IWDG StoryMap
- Video: 2022 Implementation of Complex Incident Management (CIM)
- Complex Incident Management Team (CIMT): Action Plan for Implementation v3.0
- Fall 2022 CIM AAR
- Fall 2023 CIM AAR
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Correspondence:
- FMB Memo 21-001, Leadership and Support for Complex Incident Management
- FEC Memo: Support for the Complex Incident Management Action Plan
- FMB Memo 22-002, Complex Incident Management (CIM) 2022
- NWCG Memo 22-002, Amended, Transition Plan for Complex Incident Management Pilot Phase
- NWCG Memo 22-003, Rationale for Assignment of Complex Incident Management Teams (CIMT) During 2022 Pilot Phase
- IBC Memo 22-04, Administratively Determined (AD) Casuals Hired in Complex Incident Management Team Command and General Staff Positions
- NMAC Memo M2022-9, Complex Incident Management Transition Strategies for 2022
- NWCG Memo 23-002, 2023 Transition Plan for Complex Incident Management
- NMAC Memo 2023-01, National Standard for Complex Incident Management Team (CIMT) Configuration
- NMAC Memo 2023-02, 2023 Incident Management Team National Rotation
- FMB Memo 23-003, Expectations of Agency Administrators in Implementation of Complex Incident Management (CIM)
- FMB Memo 23-004, Continued Implementation of Complex Incident Management
Data
- 2023 Interagency Incident Management Team Composition Data
- 2022 Interagency Incident Management Team Composition Data
- 2021 Interagency Incident Management Team Composition Data
- Incident Management Team Use Data 2009-2018
- 2015 – 2022 Incident Management Team (IMT) Assignment and Roster Analysis
| Date | Subject | Recipient |
|---|---|---|
| September 29, 2023 | Memo 23-02: Complex Incident Management Team (CIMT) Mobilization Roster Negotiations | Jeff Arnberger, Chair, National Multi-Agency Coordinating Group |
| March 17, 2023 | Memo 23-01: Expectations of Agency Administrators in Implementation of Complex Incident Management (CIM) | Chris Wilcox, Chair, Fire Management Board |
| April 28, 2021 | Memo 21-02: The Agency Role in Implementation of Complex Incident Management Teams |
Erin Horsburgh, Chair, Fire Management Board Frank Guzman, Chair, NWCG Executive Board Josh Simmons, Chair, National Multi-Agency Coordinating Group |
| April 26, 2021 |
Memo 21-01: Submission of Complex Incident Management Team (CIMT): Action Plan for Implementation |
Erin Horsburgh, Chair, Fire Management Board Frank Guzman, Chair, NWCG Executive Board Josh Simmons, Chair, National Multi-Agency Coordinating Group |
| February 20, 2020 |
Memo 20-02: Incident Management Teams to Support Complex Incident Management
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Tom Remus, Chair, Coordinating Group Advisory Council |
| February 20, 2020 |
Memo 20-01: Incident Management Teams to Support Complex Incident Management
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Noel Livingston, Chair, National Incident Commander/Area Commander Council |
| January 9, 2020 |
Grant Beebe, Chair, Fire Management Board Garth Fisher, Chair, NWCG Executive Board Dan Smith, Chair, National Multi-Agency Coordinating Group |
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| November 27, 2018 |
Wildland Fire Training Awareness Letter
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Grant Beebe, Chair, Fire Management Board Garth Fisher, Chair, NWCG Executive Board Dan Smith, Chair, National Multi-Agency Coordinating Group |
- December 3
- October 19
- September 21
- August 17
- July - Meeting Canceled
- June 15
- May 18
- April 20
- March 16
- February 16
- January 26
IWDG Membership
| Member | Role | Organization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jesse Bender | Chair | jbender@blm.gov | |
| Aaron Thompson | Primary Member | althompson@blm.gov | |
| Carl Schwope | Advisor | carl_schwope@fws.gov | |
| Chuck Russell | Primary Member | charles_russell@nps.gov | |
| Cole Belongie | Liaison | cole.belongie@usda.gov | |
| Colleen Gadd | Advisor | cgadd@ahimta.org | |
| David Celino | Primary Member | david.celino@mass.gov | |
| Hank Rowland | Advisor | harmon.rowlandiii@fema.dhs.gov | |
| Heath Cota | Primary Member | heath_cota@usda.gov | |
| Jim Prevette | Primary Member | jprevette@southernforests.org | |
| Melissa Wegner | Primary Member |
GATR |
melissa.wegner@usda.gov |
| Michael Minton | Primary Member | michael_minton@nps.gov | |
| Mike Haydon | Primary Member | michael_haydon@fws.gov | |
| Norm McDonald | Primary Member | norman.mcdonald@alaska.gov | |
| Rich Harvey | Primary Member | rharvey@CentralFireNV.org | |
| Sean Peterson | Primary Member | speterson@blm.gov | |
| Shane Greer | Primary Member | shane.greer@usda.gov | |
| Steve Griffin | Primary Member | steven.griffin@usda.gov | |
| Zeph Cunningham | Primary Member | zephaniah.cunningham@usda.gov |
IWDG Agency Administrator (AA) Subgroup
| Member | Role | Organization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad Stewart | Chair | chad.stewart@usda.gov | |
| Tanya Thrift | Primary Member | tthrift@blm.gov | |
| Lynn Polacca | Primary Member | lynn.polacca@bia.gov | |
| Kim Pierson | Primary Member | kimberly.pierson@usda.gov | |
| Clay Jordan | Primary Member | clayton_jordan@nps.gov | |
| Sam Leneave | Primary Member | sam.leneave@fdacs.gov |
Foundational Documents
- OG IMT Succession Tasking Log (2017)
- Wildland Fire Incident Management Succession Planning (OG Memo 15-001)
- Evolving Incident Management - FMB Recommendations (June 2015)
- Status Review and Implementation of EIM Recommendations (FMB Memo 14-004)
- IMOSP Succession Planning Stakeholder Feedback (2013) Report
- EIM Implementation Phase (NWCG Memo 533-2012)
- EIM: A Recommendation for the Future (2011) Report
Documents Available Upon Request Via Email
- IMOSP Stakeholder Feedback Data Summary (2011)
- EIM: An Analysis of Organizational Models for the Future (2011)
- Completion of NWCG EIM Implementation Project (NWCG Memo 15-007)
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Response to concerns regarding the NWCG EIM Project (NWCG Memo 14-014)
- Response to NWCG TM 14-08 FMB direction for EIM via EIM Project Report
- EIM Alternative Comparison Matrix
- ICAP Agency Employee Snapshot Data Charts
- ICAP National Data Charts
- IMT Use By Agency Data Charts
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FEC Memo to FMB Re: EIM
- Note: NWCG Memo 14-015 & 14-016 are a carbon copy of the above information.
- EIM Progress Report (NWCG Memo 13-009)
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IMOSP Project - NWCG EB Decision (NWCG Memo 12-002)
- EIMSIP Tasking Memo (NWCG Tasking Memo 12-001)
- IMOSP Project Update and Release of IMOSP Stakeholder Feedback Data Summary (NWCG Memo 11-022)
Acronyms
- EB = NWCG Executive Board
- EIM = Evolving Incident Management
- FEC = Fire Executive Council
- FMB = Fire Management Board
- IMOSP = Incident Management Organization Succession Planning
- OG = Oversight Group
- ICAP = Incident Command Application Program
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2023-12-01
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