Table of Contents ______________________________________________________________ _ CHAPTER 10 - OBJECTIVES, POLICY, AND SCOPE OF OPERATION ........................ 1 Mission Statement ....................................................................................................................... 1 Total Mobility ......................................................................................................................... 1 Priorities .................................................................................................................................. 1 Local and Geographic Area Drawdown, Levels, and National Ready Reserve ..................... 2 Scope of Operation ..................................................................................................................... 3 General .................................................................................................................................... 3 National Response Framework (NRF)................................................................................ 3 Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) .................................................................. 3 Mobilization/Demobilization ...................................................................................................... 3 Work/Rest, Length of Assignment, and Days Off .................................................................. 4 Incident Operations Driving ................................................................................................... 6 Initial Attack Definition .......................................................................................................... 7 Resource Mobilization ............................................................................................................ 7 Wildland Fire Weather Forecasts ............................................................................................ 9 CHAPTER 20 - ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES .......................................................... 11 Ordering Channels/Cost Coding ............................................................................................... 11 Geographic Area Coordination Centers (GACCs) ............................................................... 11 Ordering Procedures ............................................................................................................. 12 Support to Border Fires ..................................................................................................... 12 Unit Identifiers .................................................................................................................. 13 Mobilization and Demobilization Information ................................................................. 13 Non-Incident Related Ordering ............................................................................................. 13 Cost Coding .......................................................................................................................... 13 Bureau of Land Management (BLM) ............................................................................... 13 Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)......................................................................................... 14 National Park Service (NPS) ............................................................................................ 15 Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) ...................................................................................... 16 Forest Service (FS) ........................................................................................................... 16 Overhead/Crews ........................................................................................................................ 17 Overhead Mobilization and Demobilization ......................................................................... 17 Crews .................................................................................................................................... 18 Interagency Wildland Fire Modules ..................................................................................... 20 Smokejumpers....................................................................................................................... 20 Helicopter Module ................................................................................................................ 21 Helicopter Rappellers ............................................................................................................ 22 Non-Standard Overhead Groups ........................................................................................... 22 Communications Coordinator (COMC) ............................................................................... 22 Incident Meteorologist (IMET) ............................................................................................. 22 Cache Support Positions ....................................................................................................... 23 National Incident Management Teams ................................................................................. 23 Interagency Incident Management Teams (IMT) ............................................................. 23 National Area Command Team ........................................................................................ 24 National Incident Management Organization Teams (NIMO) ......................................... 24 Incident Support Teams ........................................................................................................ 24 National Interagency Buying Teams (BUYT) .................................................................. 24 Administrative Payment Teams (APTs) ........................................................................... 24 Burned Area Emergency Response Team (BAER) .......................................................... 25 i Table of Contents National Fire Prevention and Education Teams (NFPET) ............................................... 25 Wildland Fire and Aviation Safety Teams (FAST) .......................................................... 26 Aviation Safety Assistance Team (ASAT) ....................................................................... 26 Serious Accident Investigation Teams (SAIT) ................................................................. 26 Equipment/Supplies .................................................................................................................. 27 Equipment/Supplies Mobilization ........................................................................................ 27 Equipment/Supplies Demobilization .................................................................................... 27 National Interagency Support Cache Ordering Procedures .................................................. 27 NFES Items in Short Supply ............................................................................................. 28 Field Office Replenishment During Fire Season .............................................................. 28 Field Office Replenishment Outside of Fire Season ......................................................... 28 Incident Replacement of NFES Items ............................................................................... 28 Local Unit Incident Replacement: Type 3 and Type 4 Incidents .................................... 28 Incident to Incident Transfer of Equipment and Supplies ................................................ 28 National Incident Radio Support Cache (NIRSC) ................................................................ 28 Radio Mobilization ........................................................................................................... 29 Radio Demobilization ....................................................................................................... 30 Incident Remote Automatic Weather Stations, (IRAWS) NFES #5869 .............................. 30 Project Remote Automatic Weather Stations, (PRAWS) NFES #5870 ............................... 30 National Contract Mobile Food Services and National Contract Mobile Shower Facilities 30 National Contract Mobile Food Services and Shower Facilities Mobilization ................ 31 National Contract Mobile Food Services and Shower Facilities Reassignments ............. 31 National Contract Mobile Food Services and Shower Facilities Demobilization ............ 31 Aircraft ...................................................................................................................................... 31 Aircraft Mobilization ............................................................................................................ 32 Aircraft Demobilization ........................................................................................................ 32 Flight Management Procedures ............................................................................................ 32 Airborne Thermal Infrared (IR) Fire Mapping ..................................................................... 36 Lead Planes ........................................................................................................................... 36 Aerial Supervision Modules (ASM1) ................................................................................... 37 Tactical and Reconnaissance Aircraft ..................................................................................