Wildfire Governance and the merger of

NWCG/NFAEB

Wildland Fire Governance Structure FUNCTION ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIP

NASF Forest Fire Prot. Committee: - State Representatives ITC Fire Sub-Committee: - Tribal Representatives - BIA Fire Director

National Wildfire Coordinating Group(NWCG)

Wildland Fire Leadership Council(WFLC)

Federal Agency Heads

Fire Executive Council(FEC)

National Interagency Coordination

Center

(NICC)

National Multi-Agency

Coordination Group

(NMAC)

Shared/Joint Staffs

InteragencyTeams/Groups

National Interagency

Aviation Council

(NIAC)

OtherAviation

Strategic Leadership and Oversight to Implement National Fire Plan and National Fire Policy

Federal Agency Leadership, Governors, States/Counties, Tribes

Coordinated Policy and Direction (Fire/Fuels/Aviation)

DOI Bureau Directors, Chief, USFS, USDA – Natural Resources & Environment, DOI Asst. Secy for Policy, Management and Budget

Directors – FS Fire & Aviation,Director, DOI Office of Wildland Fire CoordinationBLM, BIA, FWS, NPS Asst. Directors/equivalentAssoc. Director, DOI Aviation Mgmt. DirectorateChair, NWCG (ex officio)

Fire Directors: BLM, NPS, FWS, BIA, USFSNASF Fire DirectorUS Fire AdministrationIntertribal Timber Council

Coordinated Policy and Program Implementation

Agency StaffProgram ManagementStandardsIncident Operations

State Land/Resource Mgmt. Organization Heads

Tribal Leaders

State Agency & Tribal Heads

National Association of State Foresters (NASF) &

Intertribal Timber Council (ITC)

Fire Committees

June 2007

Grouping of Teams/GroupsOperations

Supporting & Enabling

DISCLAIMER: These charts are intended

to generate discussion. They do not

represent any specific recommendations

or decisions.

Fire Program Management Planning & Policy

• Interagency Fire Planning Team (IFPT)• Federal Fire Policy Directives TG (DTG)• National Burned Area Emergency Response Coordinators Group (NBAER)• Interagency Fuels Coordination Group• Fire & Air Coordination Team (FACT)• National Interagency Aviation Task Council (NIAC)• Fire Use Working Team (FUWT)• Wildland Fire Investigation Working Team (WFTWT)• Education and Prevention Wildland/Urban Interface Working Team (WUIWT) Wildland Fire Education Working Team (WFEWT) Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center (LLC)

Safety & Health• Safety and Health Working Team (SHWT)• Federal Fire Aviation Safety Team (FFAST)• Federal Wildland Firefighter Interagency Medical Standards Program (IMST)

???• Wildland Fire Investigation Working Team (WFTWT)

Incident Operations

• Fire Use Working Team (FUWT)• Incident Operations Standards Working Team (IOSWT)• NIMO Implementation Team (NIMO)*• National Predictive Services Group (NPSG)• National IC/AC Group

National Incident Coordination

• Geographic Area Coordinating Group Advisory Group (GACAG)• National Interagency Coordination Center (NICC) *• National Coordinators Group• National Multi-Agency Coordination Group (NMAC)• National Predictive Services Group (NPSG)• National IC/AC Group

Fire Environment• Fire Environment Working Team (FENWT)

Technology

• Fire Equipment Working Team (FEWT)• Fire Shelter Task Group (FSTG)• Radio Communications Task Group (RCTG)• Information Resource Management Working Team (IRMWT)• Program Management Office (PMO Technology)• Joint Fire Sciences Project (JFSP)*• Remote Automated Weather System (RAWS Partners Group)• Fire Environment Working Team (FENWT)

Education and PreventionCommunication

• Wildland/Urban Interface Working Team (WUIWT)• Wildland Fire Education Working Team (WFEWT)• Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center (LLC)

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* Current Permanent Staffs Red – Removed from Functional Area Blue – Inserted into Functional AreaGreen – Deleted

Business Management• Federal Wildland Fire Planning and Budget Team • Fire Facilities Team• Publications Management System Working Team (PMSWT)• Incident Business Practices Working Team (Fire IBPWT)• Casual Payment Center (CPTG)• Program Management Office (PMO Business)• Interagency Fire Planning Team (IFPT)• Federal Fire Policy Directives TG (DTG)• Safety and Health Safety and Health Working Team (SHWT) Federal Fire Aviation Safety Team (FFAST) Federal Wildland Firefighter Interagency Medical Standards Program (IMST)

Workforce Management• Training Working Team (TWT)• Federal Fire Training Task Group (FFTWG)• IFPM Resolutions Board• IFPM Implementation Team• IFPM Education/Training Task Group• NWCG Training Development Unit (NTDU)• Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center (LLC)

Program Coordination Management

Grouping of Teams/Groups(Round Two)

Operations Technology

DISCLAIMER: These charts are intended

to generate discussion. They do not

represent any specific recommendations

or decisions.

Fire Program Management

• National Burned Area Emergency Response Coordinators Group (NBAER)

• National Interagency Fuels Coordination Group• Fire and Air Coordination Team (FACT)• National Interagency Aviation Council (NIAC)• Fire Use Working Team (FUWT)• Wildland Fire Investigation Working Team (WFTWT)• Education and Prevention Wildland/Urban Interface Working Team

(WUIWT) Wildland Fire Education Working Team

(WFEWT) Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center (LLC)

Incident Operations

• Incident Operations Standards Working Team (IOSWT)

• NIMO Implementation Team (NIMO)*• National Predictive Services Group (NPSG)• National IC/AC Group

National Incident Coordination

• Geographic Area Coordinating Group Advisory Group (GACAG)

• National Interagency Coordination Center (NICC) *

• National Coordinators Group• National Multi-Agency Coordination Group

(NMAC)

• Fire Equipment Working Team (FEWT) Fire Shelter Task Group (FSTG)• Radio Communications Task Group (RCTG)• Information Resource Management Working Team

(IRMWT)• Joint Fire Sciences Project (JFSP)*• Remote Automated Weather System (RAWS

Partners Group)• Fire Environment Working Team (FENWT)

NWCG PMO 11/29/2007

Business Management• Federal Wildland Fire Planning and Budget Team

Fire Facilities Team• Incident Business Practices Working Team (Fire

IBPWT)• Casual Payment Center• Interagency Fire Planning Team (IFPT)• Federal Fire Policy Directives Task Group (DTG)• Safety and Health Safety and Health Working Team (SHWT) Federal Fire Aviation Safety Team (FFAST) Federal Wildland Firefighter Interagency

Medical Standards Program (IMST)

Workforce Management• Workforce Management• Training Working Team (TWT)• Federal Fire Training Task Group (FFTWG)• IFPM Resolutions Board Implementation Team Education/Training Task Group• NWCG Training Development Unit (NTDU)

Program Coordination

* Current Permanent Staffs

NWCG virtual organizationNWCG virtual organization(pre-substructure workshop)(pre-substructure workshop)

• Establishes work program areas

• Identifies support organization

Branch Manager Branch Manager Branch Manager

Executive Secretary

Staff Assistance

Program Manager

Architecture Support

Knowledge Management

Strategic Planning

Fire Investment ReviewCommunications

Web Maintenance

Publications

Writer-Editor Support

Organization Support

Project Coordination

Contract Support

Incident Operations Enabling Equipment and Technology

DISCLAIMER: These charts are intended to generate

discussion. They do not represent formal decisions.

This chart depicts a logical grouping of existing teams and

groups. It is not intended to show the make-up of the future

organization.

Fire Program Management• National Burned Area Emergency Response Coordinators Group (NBAER)• National Interagency Fuels Coordination Group• Fire and Air Coordination Team (FACT)• National Interagency Aviation Council (NIAC)• Fire Use Working Team (FUWT)• Wildland Fire Investigation Working Team (WFIWT)• Incident Operations Standards Working Team (IOSWT)• Education and Prevention Wildland/Urban Interface Working Team (WUIWT) Wildland Fire Education Working Team (WFEWT) Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center (LLC)*

• National Multi-Agency Coordination Group (NMAC)• Geographic Area Coordinating Group Advisory Group (GACAG)• National Coordinators Group• National Interagency Coordination Center (NICC)*

• National Predictive Services Group (NPSG)• National IC/AC Group

• NIMO Implementation Team (NIMO)*

• Fire Equipment Working Team (FEWT)• Fire Shelter Task Group (FSTG)• Radio Communications Task Group (RCTG)• Information Resource Management Working Team (IRMWT)• Joint Fire Sciences Program (JFSP)*• Remote Automated Weather System (RAWS) Partners Group• Fire Environment Working Team (FENWT)

NWCG PMO 12/13/2007

Business Management

• Federal Wildland Fire Planning and Budget Team• Fire Facilities Team• Incident Business Practices Working Team (Fire IBPWT)• Casual Payment Center*• Interagency Fire Planning Team (IFPT)• Federal Fire Policy Directives Task Group (DTG)• Safety and Health Safety and Health Working Team (SHWT) Federal Fire Aviation Safety Team (FFAST) Federal Wildland Firefighter Interagency Medical Standards Program (IMST)*

Workforce Management• Training Working Team (TWT)• Federal Fire Training Task Group (FFTWG)• IFPM Resolutions Board Implementation Team Education/Training Task Group• NWCG Training Development Unit (NTDU)*

*Current Permanent Staffs Designated Liaisons for January meeting Brian McManus, FWS Fire Director Mike Dougherty, USFA Fire Program Manager Tim Murphy, BLM Fire Director Lyle Carlile, BIA Fire Director Dan Smith, NASF Fire Director

Fire Program Coordination

NWCG Committee

McManus

Dougherty

Murphy

Carlile

Smith

These are functions, not individual positions

NWCG Sub-Structure Chart<DRAFT>

NWCG virtual organizationNWCG virtual organization(post-substructure workshop)(post-substructure workshop)

• Teams organize work area’s

• Working Teams identify gaps

• Working Teams identify redundancy

• New Substructure developed that optimizes functionality

DHS and NWCGHow to collaborate and assure integrity of our investments with NIMS

The DHS organization is similar to the NWCG structureDHS has Working Groups established to define:

•Resource Typing•Job Titles to be credentialed•Required training•Standards•Technologies

And for the following functional areas:•Incident Management•Fire/Hazardous Materials•Public Works•Project Support Team•Law Enforcement•Medical/Public Health•Search and Rescue•Emergency Medical Services

Leadership recognizes the need for a crosswalk between DHS and NWCG working groups