National Wildfire Coordinating Group Field Manager’s ...

1 A publication of the National Wildfire Coordinating Group Field manager s course guide PMS 901-1 October 2018 The National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) provides National leadership to enable interoperable wildland fire operations among federal, state, tribal, territorial, and local partners. NWCG operations standards are interagency by design; they are developed with the intent of universal adoption by the member agencies. However, the decision to adopt and utilize them is made independently by the individual member agencies and communicated through their respective directives systems. Field manager s course guide October 2018 PMS 901-1 The Field manager s course guide provides administrative information about the National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) training courses, including a description, objectives, hours, target Group , instructor qualifications, prerequisites, and instruction level.

2 Only NWCG certified courses are included in this guide . To ensure consistent and quality training across all agencies and geographic areas, NWCG members should adhere to the expectations and standards stated in this guide . This guide should be used in conjunction with the NIMS: Wildland Fire Qualification System guide , PMS 310-1, Field manager s course guide i Table of Contents Introduction .. 1 NWCG Training Program Position on course Presentation and Materials .. 1 course Length for NWCG Courses .. 1 course Prerequisites .. 2 NWCG course Equivalency Guidelines .. 2 FEMA National Incident Management System (NIMS) Training .. 3 course Level Descriptions .. 3 NWCG Instructor Certification .. 4 Instructor Criteria for 300 600 Level NWCG Courses.

3 5 Testing Standards .. 6 Use of NWCG 6 Training Record Retention .. 6 course Components Chart Definitions .. 6 Job 7 Courses .. 8 D-110, Expanded Dispatch Recorder .. 8 D-310, Expanded Dispatch Support Dispatcher .. 9 D-311, Initial Attack Dispatcher .. 10 D-312, Aircraft Dispatcher .. 11 D-510, Expanded Dispatch Supervisory Dispatcher .. 12 FI-110, Wildland Fire Observations and Origin Scene Protection for First Responders .. 13 FI-210, Wildland Fire Origin and Cause Determination .. 14 FI-310, Wildland Fire Investigation: Case Development .. 15 G-131, Wildland Training (FFT1) for Structural Firefighters .. 16 G-231, Wildland Training (ENGB) for Structural Firefighters .. 18 G-330, Wildland Training (STEN) for Structural Firefighters.

4 23 ICS-100, Introduction to ICS .. 26 ICS-200, Basic ICS: ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents .. 27 ICS-300, Intermediate ICS: ICS for Supervisors and Expanding Incidents .. 28 ICS-400, Advanced ICS: ICS for Supervisors and Expanding Incidents .. 29 L-180, Human Factors in the Wildland Fire Service .. 30 L-180, Human Factors in the Wildland Fire Service (Online).. 31 L-280, Followership to Leadership .. 32 L-380, Fireline Leadership .. 33 L-381, Incident Leadership .. 35 L-480, Organizational Leadership in the Wildland Fire Service .. 37 L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff .. 39 L-580, Leadership is Action .. 41 M-410, Facilitative Instructor .. 42 M-580, Fire in Ecosystem Management.

5 43 M-581, Fire Program Management, an Overview .. 45 M-582, Fire Program Management, Leading Complex Fire Programs .. 46 P-101, Fire Prevention Education 1 .. 48 P-301, Fire Prevention Education 2 .. 49 P-310, Fire Prevention Education Team 50 Field manager s course guide ii P-410, Fire Prevention Education Team Leader .. 51 RT-130, Annual Fireline Safety Refresher Training .. 52 RT-273, Single Engine Airtanker manager 54 RT-300, Prescribed Fire Burn Boss Refresher .. 56 RT-340, HRSP Refresher Workshop .. 58 RT-372, Helicopter manager 59 RT-373, Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Incident Operations Refresher .. 61 RT-378, Air Tactical Group Supervisor Refresher .. 63 RX-301, Prescribed Fire Implementation.

6 65 RX-310, Introduction to Fire Effects .. 66 RX-341, Prescribed Fire Plan Preparation .. 67 RX-410, Smoke Management Techniques .. 68 RX-510, Advanced Fire Effects .. 70 S-110, Basic Wildland Fire Orientation .. 72 S-130, Firefighter Training .. 73 S-130, Firefighter Training (Blended) .. 74 S-131, Firefighter Type 1 .. 76 S-190, Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior .. 77 S-190, Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior (Online) .. 78 S-200, Initial Attack Incident Commander .. 79 S-203, Introduction to Incident Information .. 80 S-211, Portable Pumps and Water Use .. 81 S-212, Wildand Fire Chain Saws .. 82 S-215, Fire Operations in the Wildland Urban Interface .. 83 S-219, Firing Operations .. 84 S-230, Crew Boss (Single Resource).

7 85 S-230, Crew Boss (Single Resource) (Blended) .. 86 S-231, Engine Boss (Single Resource) .. 87 S-231, Engine Boss (Single Resource) (Blended) .. 88 S-236, Heavy Equipment Boss (Single Resource) .. 89 S-244, Field Observer .. 90 S-245, Display Processor .. 91 S-248, Status/Check-In Recorder .. 92 S-258, Incident Communications Technician .. 93 S-260, Interagency Incident Business Management (Online).. 94 S-261, Applied Interagency Incident Business Management .. 95 S-262, Incident Contract Project Inspector .. 96 S-270, Basic Air Operations .. 97 S-271, Helicopter Crewmember .. 98 S-273, Single Engine Airtanker manager .. 99 S-290, Intermediate Wildland Fire Behavior .. 100 S-290, Intermediate Wildland Fire Behavior (Online).

8 101 S-300, Extended Attack Incident 102 S-330, Task Force/Strike Team Leader .. 103 S-339, Division/ Group Supervisor .. 104 S-340, Human Resource Specialist .. 105 S-341, GIS Specialist for Incident Management .. 106 S-354, Facilities Unit Leader .. 108 Field manager s course guide iii S-355, Ground Support Unit Leader .. 109 S-357, Food Unit Leader .. 110 S-358, Communications Unit Leader .. 111 S-359, Medical Unit Leader .. 112 S-371, Helibase manager .. 113 S-372, Helicopter Management .. 114 S-373, Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Incident Operations .. 115 S-375, Air Support Group Supervisor .. 117 S-378, Aerial Supervision .. 118 S-390, Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior Calculations .. 119 S-404, Safety Officer.

9 120 S-420, Command and General Staff .. 121 S-430, Operations Section Chief .. 122 S-440, Planning Section Chief .. 123 S-443, Infrared Interpreter for Incident Management .. 124 S-445, Incident Training Specialist .. 126 S-470, Air Operations Branch Director .. 127 S-481, Incident Business Advisor .. 128 S-482, Strategic Operational Planning .. 129 S-490, Advanced Fire Behavior Calculations .. 130 S-491, Intermediate National Fire Danger Rating 132 S-495, Geospatial Fire Analysis, Interpretation, and Application .. 134 S-520, Advanced Incident Management .. 136 S-590, Advanced Fire Behavior Interpretation .. 137 S-620, Area Command .. 140 X-900, Investigating Power Line Caused wildfires .. 141 Field manager s course guide 1 of 142 Introduction The October 2018 Field manager s course guide (FMCG), PMS 901-1 supersedes previous versions of the guide as well as the information set forth within the course instructor guides.

10 Updates to the FMCG will be incorporated as NWCG training course materials are revised, and the courses will reflect the information in this guide as well. Appendix A ( ) is an Errata Sheet listing each modification to inform Field users of the specific changes and the effective date. NWCG Training Program Position on course Presentation and Materials All course instructors and coordinators are encouraged to use the most current versions of NWCG courses (the year the course was certified is listed on each course page). Old versions may only be taught for six months after a new version is available for order. NWCG does not approve of course delivery varying greatly from the recommended course hours. Instructors and students are cautioned that in order to be recognized as an NWCG certified course , certain guidelines must be followed: Lead Instructors are encouraged to enhance course materials to reflect the conditions, resources, and policies of the local unit and area as long as the objectives of the course and each unit are not compromised.