Base/Camp Manager

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The Base/Camp Manager (BCMG) provides support for camp operations, including base camp and spike camps, as well as manages equipment and facilities utilized in support of all incident functions. The BCMG supervises camp crews performing facilities support work and reports to the Facilities Unit Leader (FACL). The BCMG works in the Logistics functional area.

The Forest Service and Department of Interior are enabled by Administratively Determined Pay Plans (AD Pay Plans) to hire persons for temporary duration for the following reasons:

  1. To cope with a sudden and unexpected emergency caused by a fire, or extreme fire potential, flood, storm, or any other all-hazard emergency that threatens damage to federally protected property, has the potential to cause loss of life, serious injury, public health risk, or damage to natural or cultural resources unless brought under immediate control.
  2. To provide emergency assistance to States under formalized agreements.
  3. To meet mission assignments issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

The National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) Incident Business Committee (IBC) reviews positions annually and establishes pay rate classifications for each position.

For more information on the AD Pay Plans, go to https://www.nwcg.gov/committees/incident-business-committee

Date: 
Jan 2023

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


Date: 
Apr 2021

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.


Date: 
Oct 1984

Position created.

 

Page Last Modified / Reviewed: 
2023-02-09
Primary Committee: 
Incident and Position Standards Committee
Steward: 
Incident Logistics Subcommittee

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