National Wildfire Coordinating Group

Logistics Section Chief Type 1*

LSC1 decorative banner: photos depicting LSC1 position. LSC1 Position Description: The Logistics Section Chief (LSC1), a member of the General Staff, is responsible for providing facilities, services, and material in support of the incident. The Logistics Section Chief participates in developing and implementing the IAP and activates and supervises the Branches and Units within the Logistics Section.

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The Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC1) is responsible for managing, organizing, and supervising the Logistics section on wildland fire incidents and serves as a member of the Command and General Staff (C&G) for the Incident Management Team (IMT). The LSC1 supervises the Service (Communications, Medical, and Food) (SVBD) and Support (Supply, Facilities, and Ground Support) Branch Directors (SUBD) of the Logistics functional area and reports to the Incident Commander (IC). The LSC1 works in the Logistics functional area.

The LSC1 performs position duties commensurate with Type 1 incident complexity and characteristics stated in the Interagency Standards for Fire and Fire Aviation Operations (Red Book). LSC1 and Logistics Section Chief Type 2 (LSC2) duties are identical but are performed at different complexity levels.

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: 
May 2022

Added: Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For LCS1" and "LCS1 Maintains Currency For These Positions."


Date: 
Oct 2021

Added: Assistant Area Commander Logistics (ACLC) to "LCS1 Maintains Currency For These Positions."


Date: 
Apr 2021

Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.


Date: 
Oct 2018

Added: “Individuals utilizing this pathway must complete the Logistics Section Chief Course (E/L967) prior to position qualification.”


Date: 
Oct 2017

Updated: Corrected asterisk note to read: Individuals must complete the Logistics Section Chief Course (E/L967) prior to position qualification.


Date: 
Oct 2016

Added: of Support Branch Director (SUBD) to LSC1 Maintains Currency For These Positions.


Date: 
Oct 2015

Updated: Prerequisite experience modified as follows:

Satisfactory performance as a Logistics Section Chief Type 2 (LSC2).
     +
Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-33) as a Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC1).
     OR
Satisfactory performance as a Operations Section Chief Type 1 (OSC1).
     +
Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-33) as a Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC1) on a wildfire incident*.
     OR
Satisfactory performance as a Planning Section Chief Type 1 (PSC1).
     +
Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-33) as a Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC1) on a wildfire incident*.
     OR
Satisfactory performance as a Safety Officer Type 1 (SOF1).
     +
Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-33) as a Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC1) on a wildfire incident*.

Removed: of Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC3) from the "These Positions Maintain Currency for LSC1" positions.
Added: of Area Commander (ACDR) for "These Positions Maintain Currency for LSC1."
Added: of Service Branch Director (SVBD) to "LSC1 Maintains Currency for These Positions."


Date: 
Oct 1993

Position created. 

Logistics Section Chief (Multi-Branch), Logistics Section Chief (Multi-Division) and Logistics Section Chief (Multi-Leader) in 1984 PMS 310-1.

 

Page Last Modified / Reviewed: 
2022-11-04
Primary Committee: 
Incident and Position Standards Committee
Steward: 
Incident Logistics Subcommittee

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