National Wildfire Coordinating Group

NWCG Position Catalog

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NWCG positions enable consistent and uniform performance by personnel mobilized by position under NIMS-ICS principles. The position catalog provides comprehensive information about each NWCG position, those for which NWCG establishes qualifications standards. Agency-specific positions such as those located in the Federal Wildland Fire Qualifications Supplement are not included in this catalog.

Positions denoted with an asterisk (*) use the established FEMA National Qualifications System all-hazard position as the baseline for the NWCG wildland fire position.

Note: Filter all IPDs using the IPD Status column to quickly see which ones are under review.

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Position Title Position Code Functional Area Steward Key Stakeholders IPD Status
Compensation/Claims Unit Leader* COMP Finance/ Administration IBC Approved
Cost Unit Leader* COST Finance/ Administration IBC Approved
Equipment Time Recorder EQTR Finance/ Administration IBC Approved
Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex FSCC Finance/ Administration IBC Approved
Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 1* FSC1 Finance/ Administration IBC Approved
Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 2* FSC2 Finance/ Administration IBC Approved
Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 3* FSC3 Finance/ Administration IBC Approved
Incident Business Advisor INBA Finance/ Administration IBC Approved
Incident Contract Project Inspector ICPI Finance/ Administration IBC Approved
Personnel Time Recorder PTRC Finance/ Administration IBC Approved
Procurement Unit Leader* PROC Finance/ Administration IBC Approved
Time Unit Leader* TIME Finance/ Administration IBC Approved

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