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Incident Qualification and Certification System Agency Hierarchy Agency: FWS00 Lvl Org Code and Description 1 90100 Director-U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service 2 10100 Office Of Regional Director, Region 1 3 R1AH Region 1 All Hazard 4 10120 Asst Reg Dir-Ecological Serv 5 13410 Washington Fish & Wildlife Ofc 4 10140 Asst Reg Dir-Fisheries 5 10141 Division Of Fisheries Administration 5 10142 Division Of Fisheries-Supervisor I 6 13225 Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery 7 13220 Entiat National Fish Hatchery 7 13265 Winthrop National Fish Hatcher 6 14220 Dworshak National Fish Hatchery 7 14235 Kooskia National Fish Hatchery 5 10143 Division Of Fisheries-Supervisor II 5 10144 Division Of Fisheries-Supervisor III 5 10145 Division Of Fisheries-Supervisor IV 6 13290 Warm Springs National Fish Hatchery 6 14230 Hagerman National Fish hatchery 3 R1FIRE Region 1 Fire 4 10130 Reg Chief, Natl Wildlife Refug 5 10131 Refuge Operations Support 5 10133 Columbia Basin Ecosystem-Refuges 6 13510 Columbia National Wildlife Refuge 6 13560 Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge 6 13561 Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Re 6 13570 Malheur National Wildlife Refuge 6 13580 Mid-Columbia River NWR Complex 7 13520 McNary National Wildlife Refuge 7 13521 Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge 7 13522 Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge 7 13581 Cold Springs National Wildlife Refuge 7 13582 McKay Creek National Wildlife Refuge 7 13583 Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge 6 13700 Hanford Reach Natl MN/Saddle Mountain Na 6 14560 Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge 6 14580 Kootenai National Wildlife Refuge 6 14610 Southeast Idaho National Wildlife Refuge 7 14611 Camas National Wildlife Refuge 7 14612 Grays Lake National Wildlife Refuge 7 14613 Bear Lake National Wildlife Refuge 7 14614 Minidoka National Wildlife Refuge 7 14615 Oxford Slough Waterfowl Prod 6 14620 Sheldon-Hart Mountain NWR Complex 7 14621 Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge 7 14622 Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge 5 10134 North Pacific Coast Ecosystem-Refuges 6 13420 Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office 6 13530 Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge Compl 7 13534 Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge 6 13531 Washington Maritime National Wildlife Re Page Nbr: 1 Property of the US Government - Not for distribution outside IQCS Fire Support Activities Operator: wchristopher This document contains Sensitive but Unclassified information Dt/Time: 12/05/19 10:41 Properly destroy in accordance with the GRS/BLM Combined Records Scedule (MS-1220, Appendix 2) Incident Qualification and Certification System Agency Hierarchy Agency: FWS00 Lvl Org Code and Description 7 13532 San Juan Islands National Wildlife Refug 7 13533 Protection Island National Wildlife Refu 7 13535 Washington Island National Wildlife Refu 7 13536 Copalis National Wildlife Refuge 7 13537 Flattery Rocks National Wildlife Refuge 7 13538 Quillayute Needls National Wildlife Refu 7 13539 Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge 6 13551 Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge 7 13556 Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refug 7 13557 Pierce National Wildlife Refuge 7 13558 Franz Lake National Wildlife Refuge 6 13552 Willapa National Wildlife Refuge 7 13554 Julia Butler Hansen NWR For White-tailed 7 13555 Lewis And Clark National Wildlife Refuge 6 13590 Willamette Valley National Wildlife Refu 7 13587 Basket Slough National Wildlife Refuge 7 13588 Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge 7 13589 William L Finley National Wildlife Refug 6 13594 Oregon Coast National Wildlife Refuge Co 7 13593 Cape Meares National Wildlife Refuge 7 13595 Three Arch Rocks National Wildlife Refug 7 13596 Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge 7 13597 Nestucca Bay National Wildlife Refuge 7 13598 Siletz Bay National Wildlife Refuge 7 13599 Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge 6 13600 Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge 7 13601 Wapato Lake National Wildlife Refuge 5 12100 Pacific Islands Ecoregion 6 12510 Hawaii and Pacific Islands National Wild 7 12513 Jarvis Island National Wildlife Refuge 7 12516 Big Island National Wildlife Refuge Comp 8 12517 Kona Forest National Wildlife Refuge 8 12536 Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge 7 12518 Guam National Wildlife Refuge 7 12519 Kauai National Wildlife Refuge Complex 8 12522 Hanalei National Wildlife Refuge 8 12523 Huleia National Wildlife Refuge 8 12530 Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge 7 12520 Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge 7 12521 Pacific Remote Islands National Wildlife 8 12511 Baker Island National Wildlife Refuge 8 12512 Howland Island National Wildlife Refuge 8 12514 Rose Atoll National Wildlife Refuge 8 12515 Johnston Island National Wildlife Refuge 8 12526 Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refug 8 12533 Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge 8 12534 Kingman Reef National Wildlife Refuge 8 12535 Wake Island National Wildlife Refuge 7 12527 Oahu National Wildlife Refuge Complex 8 12524 Pearl Harbor National Wildlife Refuge Page Nbr: 2 Property of the US Government - Not for distribution outside IQCS Fire Support Activities Operator: wchristopher This document contains Sensitive but Unclassified information Dt/Time: 12/05/19 10:41 Properly destroy in accordance with the GRS/BLM Combined Records Scedule (MS-1220, Appendix 2) Incident Qualification and Certification System Agency Hierarchy Agency: FWS00 Lvl Org Code and Description 8 12529 James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge 8 12532 Oahu Forest Wildlife Refuge 7 12528 Mauai National Wildlife Refuge Complex 8 12525 Kakahaia National Wildlife Refuge 8 12531 Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge 2 20100 Office Of Regional Director, Region 2 3 R2AH Region 2 All Hazard 4 20120 Assistant Regional Director-Ecological S 5 21450 Austin Ecological Services Field Office 4 20140 Assistant Regional Director-Fisheries 5 20141 Division Of Fisheries 6 21230 San Marcos Aquatic Resource Center 6 21240 Tishomingo National Fish Hatchery 6 21260 Uvalde National Fish Hatchery 6 22210 Alchesay-Williams Creek National Fish Ha 6 22230 Mescalero National Fish Hatchery 4 20150 Assistant Regional Director-Migratory Bi 3 R2FIRE Region 2 Fire 4 20130 Regional Chief-National Wildlife Refuge 5 20132 Division of Fire Management 5 20133 Refuge Supervisor-Arizona/New Mexico 6 02AZFIRE Arizona Fire District 7 22523 San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge 7 22530 Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge 7 22540 Cibola National Wildlife Refuge 7 22550 Havasu National Wildlife Refuge 7 22551 Bill Williams River National Wildlife Re 7 22560 Imperial National Wildlife Refuge 7 22570 Kofa National Wildlife Refuge 7 22571 Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge 6 02NMFIRE New Mexico Fire District 7 22220 Dexter NFH & Technology Center 7 22260 Mora National Fish Hatchery & Technology 7 22510 Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge 7 22520 Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refu 7 22521 San Andres National Wildlife Refuge 7 22522 Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge 7 22580 Northern New Mexico Refuges Complex 8 22581 Maxwell National Wildlife Refuge 8 22582 Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge 5 20134 Refuge Supervisor-Oklahoma/Texas 6 21520 Texas Chenier Plain Refuges Complex 7 21521 Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge 7 21522 Moody National Wildlife Refuge 7 21525 McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge 7 21526 Texas Point National Wildlife Refuge 6 21530 Aransas/Matagorda Island NWR Complex 7 21531 Matagorda Island National Wildlife Refug 7 21532 Aransas National Wildlife Refuge 6 21540 Texas Midcoast Refuges Complex Page Nbr: 3 Property of the US Government - Not for distribution outside IQCS Fire Support Activities Operator: wchristopher This document contains Sensitive but Unclassified information Dt/Time: 12/05/19 10:41 Properly destroy in accordance with the GRS/BLM Combined Records Scedule (MS-1220, Appendix 2) Incident Qualification and Certification System Agency Hierarchy Agency: FWS00 Lvl Org Code and Description 7 21541 San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge 7 21542 Big Boggy National Wildlife Refuge 7 21543 Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge 6 21550 South Texas Refuges Complex 7 21551 Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge 7 21552 Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlif 7 21553 Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge 6 21560 Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildli 6 21561 Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife R 6 21570 Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge 6 21580 Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge 6 21590 Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge 7 21591 Grulla National Wildlife Refuge 6 21592 Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge 6 21593 Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge 6 21594 Caddo Lake National Wildlife Refuge 6 21630 Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge 6 21640 Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge 7 21645 Ozark Plateau National Wildlife Refuge 6 21650 Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge 6 21660 Washita National Wildlife Refuge 7 21661 Optima National Wildlife Refuge 6 21670 Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge 6 21680 Little River National Wildlife Refuge 7 21685 Little Sandy National Wildlife Refuge 2 30100 Office Of Regional Director, Region 3 3 R3AH Region 3 All Hazard 4 30120 Assistant Regional Director-Ecological S 5 30123 USFWS Missouri Private Lands Office 5 30125 USFWS Indiana Private Lands Office 5 30126 USFWS Ohio Private Lands Office 5 30127 USFWS Illinois Private Lands Office 5 30135 Division Of Realty 6 32589 Litchfield Wetland Acquisition Office 4 30140 Assistant Regional Director - Fisheries 5 31030 Division of Refuge Law Enforcement 6 03EASTZONE Region 3 East Zone 7 31510 Seney National Wildlife Refuge 8 31511 Huron National Wildlife Refuge 8 31512 Harbor Island National Wildlife Refuge 8 31513 Kirtlands Warbler Wildlife
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