Publications

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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
El Refugio De Protección Nueva Generación 411 Fire Shelter Subcommittee ETC 2003-03
El Refugio De Protección Nueva Generación Video 411 Fire Shelter Subcommittee ETC 2003-03
Emergency Facilities & Land Use Agreement 902-2 Incident Business Committee IBC 2018-04
Engine Operator Course Materials (CD) 419 Operations and Training Committee OTC 2009-07
Field Manager's Course Guide 901-1 Operations and Training Committee OTC 2018-06
Fire Behavior Field Reference Guide 437 Fire Behavior Subcommittee FENC 2017-06
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 Operations and Training Committee OTC 2018-04
Interagency Aerial Supervision Guide 505 Interagency Aerial Supervision Subcommittee NIAC 2017-04
Interagency Aviation Mishap Response Guide And Checklist 503 Office of Aviation Services NIAC 2014-05
Interagency Emergency Helicopter Extraction Source List 512 Helicopter Short Haul Unit, Interagency Helicopter Operations Subcommittee NIAC 2018-03
Interagency Fire Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations Guide 515 Interagency Fire Unmanned Aircraft Systems Subcommittee NIAC 2017-07
Interagency Ground Ignition Guide 443 Ground Ignition Subcommittee ETC 2011-09
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
Interagency Wildland Fire Weather Station Standards and Guidelines 426-3 Fire Weather Subcommittee FENC 2014-10
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 2015-10
NIMS Wildland Fire Qualification System Guide 310-1 Operations and Training Committee OTC 2017-10
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 2018-06
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 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 FMC 2018-05
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