Publications

NWCG publications and web portals are the primary vehicles by which NWCG standards are transmitted. Publications include standards, guides, job aids, position taskbooks, training curricula, and other documents. Publications are distributed through hardcopy print, web pages, mobile device applications, and other digital media. Web portals include key information that is updated on a continuous schedule. Read More.

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Title PMS#/Portal Maintained By Parent Committee Date Published
AD Pay Plan Matrix IBC-01 Incident Business Committee IBC 2018-01
Aerial Supervision Logbook 509 National Interagency Aviation Committee NIAC 2014-06
Agency Administrator’s Guide To Critical Incident Management 926 Risk Management Committee RMC 2008-07
Basic Land Navigation 475 Operations and Training Committee OTC 2016-05
Buying Team Incident Waybill 902-1 Incident Business Committee IBC 2018-04
Comportamiento Incidental Form 935-2 Incident Business Committee IBC 2012-08
Course Coordinator's Guide 907 Operations and Training Committee OTC 2014-12
Data Standards 910 Data Standards and Terminology Subcommittee DMC 2017-06
Delivering Tactical Decision Games Using Sand Table Exercises (DVD) 468 Leadership Subcommittee OTC 2011-02
Design and Delivery of Tactical Decision Games 468-1 Leadership Subcommittee OTC 2018-08
El Refugio De Protección Nueva Generación Video 411 Fire Shelter Subcommittee ETC 2003-03
El Refugio De Protección Nueva Generación 411 Fire Shelter Subcommittee ETC 2003-03
Emergency Facilities & Land Use Agreement 902-2 Incident Business Committee IBC 2018-04
Field Manager's Course Guide 901-1 Operations and Training Committee OTC 2018-10
Fire Behavior Field Reference Guide 437 Fire Behavior Subcommittee FENC 2019-04
Fire Behavior Nomograms 436-3 Fire Behavior Subcommittee FENC 1992-03
Fire Weather Cloud Chart 438 Fire Weather Subcommittee FENC 2016-08
Fireline Handbook Appendix B: Fire Behavior 410-2 Fire Behavior Subcommittee FENC 2006-04
Fitness and Work Capacity 304-2 Risk Management Committee RMC 2009-12
Gaining an Understanding of the National Fire Danger Rating System 932 Fire Danger Subcommittee FENC 2002-07
Geographic Information System Standard Operating Procedures On Incidents 936 Geospatial Subcommittee DMC 2014-09
Guide to Preventing Aquatic Invasive Species Transport by Wildland Fire Operations 444 Invasive Species Subcommittee ETC 2017-01
Guide to Wildland Fire Origin and Cause Determination 412 Wildland Fire Investigation Subcommittee CEPC 2016-04
High Pressure Portable Pump Instructions Poster 460 Motorized Equipment Unit, National Fire Equipment System Subcommittee ETC 2010-04
ICS Forms NIMSIC-01 National Incident Management System Integration Committee NIMSIC
Incident Behavior Form 935-1 Incident Business Committee IBC 2012-08
Incident Commander's Organizer 206 Operations and Training Committee OTC 2015-03
Incident Response Pocket Guide 461 Incident Operations Subcommittee OTC 2018-04
Interagency Aerial Supervision Guide 505 Interagency Aerial Supervision Subcommittee NIAC 2017-04
Interagency Aviation Mishap Response Guide And Checklist 503 National Interagency Aviation Committee NIAC 2014-05
Interagency Emergency Helicopter Extraction Source List 512 Helicopter Short-Haul Unit, Interagency Helicopter Operations Subcommittee NIAC 2018-03
Interagency Helicopter Operations Guide 510 Interagency Helicopter Operations Guide Unit, Interagency Helicopter Operations Subcommittee NIAC 2016-06
Interagency Helicopter Rappel Guide 511 Interagency Helicopter Operations Subcommittee, Interagency Rappel Unit NIAC 2016-07
Interagency Prescribed Fire Planning and Implementation Procedures Guide 484 Fire Use Subcommittee FMC 2017-07
Interagency Transportation Guide For Gasoline, Mixed Gas, Drip-Torch Fuel, and Diesel 442 Ground Ignition Subcommittee ETC 2011-04
Job Aids J-XXX Operations and Training Committee OTC
LCES Decal 472 Risk Management Committee RMC 2017-02
Leading in the Wildland Fire Service 494-2 Leadership Subcommittee OTC 2007-01
National Fire Danger Rating System Reference Materials (CD-ROM) 933 Fire Danger Subcommittee FENC 2010-06
National Interagency Buying Team Guide 315 Incident Business Committee IBC 2009-08
NIMS Wildland Fire Qualification System Flow Chart 308 Operations and Training Committee OTC 2018-10
NIMS Wildland Fire Qualification System Guide 310-1 Operations and Training Committee OTC 2018-10
NWCG Airtanker Base Directory 507 Interagency Airtanker Base Directory Unit, Interagency Airtanker Base Subcommittee NIAC 2018-06
NWCG Aviation Technical Assistance Directory 504 National Interagency Aviation Committee NIAC 2018-06
NWCG Data Management Strategy 940 Data Management Committee DMC 2018-03
NWCG Glossary of Wildland Fire 205 Data Standards and Terminology Subcommittee DMC 2018-01
NWCG NFES Catalog - Part 2: Publications 449-2 National Fire Equipment System Subcommittee ETC 2019-04
NWCG NFES Catalog - Part 1: Fire Supplies and Equipment 449-1 National Fire Equipment System Subcommittee ETC 2018-05
Position Task Books 311 Operations and Training Committee OTC 2017-10
NWCG Prescribed Fire Plan Template 484-1 Fire Use Subcommittee FMC 2018-03
NWCG Report on Wildland Firefighter Fatalities in the United States: 2007-2016 841 Risk Management Committee RMC 2017-12
NWCG Smoke Management Guide for Prescribed Fire 420-2 Technical Smoke Topics Subcommittee SmoC 2018-02
NWCG Standards for Aerial Ignition 501 Interagency Aerial Ignition Unit, Interagency Helicopter Operations Subcommittee NIAC 2018-05
NWCG Standards for Airspace Coordination 520 Interagency Airspace Subcommittee NIAC 2018-05
NWCG Standards for Airtanker Base Operations 508 Standards for Airtanker Base Operations Unit, Interagency Airtanker Base Subcommittee NIAC 2018-06
NWCG Standards for Aviation Transport of Hazardous Materials 513 National Interagency Aviation Committee NIAC 2018-02
NWCG Standards for Fire Equipment Storage And Refurbishing 448 National Fire Equipment System Subcommittee, Refurbishment Unit ETC 2018-04
NWCG Standards for Fire Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations 515 Interagency Fire Unmanned Aircraft Systems Subcommittee NIAC 2019-02
NWCG Standards for Fire Weather Stations 426-3 Fire Weather Subcommittee FENC 2019-03
NWCG Standards for Ground Ignition Equipment 443 Ground Ignition Subcommittee ETC 2019-02
NWCG Standards for Interagency Incident Business Management 902 Incident Business Committee IBC 2018-04
NWCG Standards for Single Engine Airtanker Operations 506 Single Engine Airtanker Board NIAC 2018-05
NWCG Standards for Wildfire Prevention: Recreation Areas and Patrols 456 Communication Education and Prevention Committee CEPC 2018-03
NWCG Standards for Wildland Fire Module Operations 430 Fire Use Subcommittee, Wildland Fire Module Unit FMC 2019-03
NWCG User Guide for Glossary of Wildland Fire 937 Data Standards and Terminology Subcommittee DMC 2018-04
Clinical Treatment Guidelines for Wildland Fire Medical Units 551 Incident Emergency Medical Subcommittee RMC 2012-07
Unit Identifiers (monthly) 931 Unit Identifier Unit DMC 2017-09
Prescribed Fire Complexity Rating System Guide 424 Fire Use Subcommittee FMC 2017-07
Resource Advisor’s Guide for Wildland Fire 313 Interagency Fire Planning Committee IFPC 2017-08
Single Resource Casual Hire Information Form 934 Incident Business Committee IBC 2015-02
Six Minutes For Safety RMC-01 6 Minutes for Safety RMC 2018-06
Summary and Final Complexity Worksheet 424-1 Fire Use Subcommittee FMC 2017-07
The New Generation Fire Shelter 411 Fire Shelter Subcommittee ETC 2003-03
The New Generation Fire Shelter Video 411 Fire Shelter Subcommittee ETC 2003-03
Training Course Completion Certificate 921-1 Operations and Training Committee OTC 2007-02
User Guide for Development and Maintenance of NWCG Data Standards 938 Data Standards and Terminology Subcommittee DMC 2017-06
Water Handling Equipment Guide 447-1 Mobile Fire Equipment Subcommittee ETC 2013-06
What is the Appropriate RAWS Network? 1003 Fire Weather Subcommittee FENC 2012-08
Wildfire Prevention Strategies Guide 455 Communication Education and Prevention Committee CEPC 1998-03
Wildland Fire Fatality and Entrapment Initial Report 405-1 Risk Management Committee RMC 2016-01
Wildland Fire Incident Management Field Guide 210 Operations and Training Committee OTC 2014-01
Wildland Urban Interface Wildfire Mitigation Desk Reference Guide 051 Wildland Urban Interface Mitigation Committee WUIMC 2017-05
Work Capacity Test : Administrator’s Guide 307 Risk Management Committee RMC 2003-04