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
Advanced Faller FAL1 Operations HTTFS Incident Operations Subcommittee Approved
Basic Faller FAL3 Operations HTTFS Incident Operations Subcommittee Approved
Crew Boss, Single Resource CRWB Operations IOSC Approved
Crew Representative CREP Operations IOSC Approved
Division/Group Supervisor* DIVS Operations IOSC Approved
Engine Boss, Single Resource ENGB Operations IOSC Approved
Felling Boss, Single Resource FELB Operations HTTFS Incident Operations Subcommittee Approved
Firefighter Type 1 (Squad Boss) FFT1 Operations IOSC Approved
Firefighter Type 2 (Crewmember) FFT2 Operations IOSC Approved
Firing Boss, Single Resource FIRB Operations FMC Incident Operations Subcommittee Approved
Heavy Equipment Boss, Single Resource HEQB Operations IOSC Approved
Intermediate Faller FAL2 Operations HTTFS Incident Operations Subcommittee Approved
Operations Branch Director OPBD Operations IOSC Approved
Operations Section Chief Complex OSCC Operations IOSC Approved
Operations Section Chief Type 1* OSC1 Operations IOSC Approved
Operations Section Chief Type 2* OSC2 Operations IOSC Approved
Operations Section Chief Type 3* OPS3 Operations IOSC Approved
Staging Area Manager STAM Operations IOSC Approved
Strike Team Leader Crew STCR Operations IOSC Approved
Strike Team Leader Engine STEN Operations IOSC Approved
Strike Team Leader Heavy Equipment STEQ Operations IOSC Approved
Structure Protection Specialist STPS Operations IOSC Wildland Urban Interface Mitigation Committee Approved
Task Force Leader TFLD Operations IOSC Approved

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