Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management Bureau of Indian Affairs: Navajo, Southwest, Western Region Bureau of Land Management: Arizona, New Mexico National Park Service, Intermountain Region New Mexico State Forestry Division U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Southwest Region U.S. Forest Service, Southwestern Region To: Southwest Area Interagency Mobilization Guide Holders From: Southwest Coordinating Group Subject: Southwest Area Interagency Mobilization Guide The Southwest Area Mobilization Guide is written to reflect the interagency needs of the user. The Guide will be in an online version only and agencies and/or individuals can print as needed locally. Beginning in 2021, the document includes the National Mobilization Guide along with Southwest supplemental guidance. The Southwest Area will align with the National Mobilization Guide edit process annually and publish these changes as they occur. Southwest Interagency Mobilization Guide ii Table of Contents Chapter 10 Objectives, Policy and Scope of Operation ............................................................. 1 Mission Statement – National Interagency Coordination Center ...................................................... 1 Scope of Operation .......................................................................................................................... 4 National Response Framework (NRF) .................................................................................................. 4 Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) ...................................................................................... 4 Mobilization/Demobilization ........................................................................................................... 5 Work/Rest, Length of Assignment, and Days Off ................................................................................. 8 Length of Assignment ........................................................................................................................... 9 Assignment Extension ........................................................................................................................ 10 Incident Operations Driving ............................................................................................................... 12 Initial Attack Definition ...................................................................................................................... 14 Resource Mobilization ........................................................................................................................ 15 Compacts ............................................................................................................................................ 16 Wildland Fire Entrapment/Fatality .................................................................................................... 18 National Resources ............................................................................................................................. 18 Notification of Commitment of National Resources .......................................................................... 19 Unable to Fill (UTF) Procedure ........................................................................................................... 19 Standard Cubes, Weight, and Gear Policy for all Personnel .............................................................. 19 Cost Coding .................................................................................................................................... 20 National Fire Preparedness Plan .................................................................................................... 26 Geographic Area Preparedness Levels ............................................................................................... 26 Preparedness Level Descriptions ....................................................................................................... 27 Multi-Agency Coordinating Groups (MAC) Organization ................................................................. 28 NMAC Roles/Responsibilities ............................................................................................................. 28 Responsibilities of GMACs .................................................................................................................. 30 NIFC Directors’ Delegations ............................................................................................................... 30 Incident Support Organization (ISO) .................................................................................................. 30 Expanded Dispatch Organization ....................................................................................................... 31 Technical Support ............................................................................................................................... 32 Administrative Support ...................................................................................................................... 32 MAC Group Coordinator .................................................................................................................... 32 Mobilization Procedures for Military Assets ................................................................................... 35 International Operations ............................................................................................................... 36 Ordering Channels ......................................................................................................................... 37 Geographic Area Coordination Centers (GACCs) ............................................................................... 37 Ordering Procedures .......................................................................................................................... 38 Chapter 20 Overhead and Teams ........................................................................................... 42 Standards for Wildland Fire Position Qualifications ........................................................................ 42 Overhead Mobilization and Demobilization ................................................................................... 42 Southwest Interagency Mobilization Guide iii Interagency Wildland Fire Modules ................................................................................................... 44 Smokejumpers .................................................................................................................................... 45 Pilots – Lead Plane, Aerial Supervision Module and Smokejumper ................................................... 46 Helicopter Module ............................................................................................................................. 46 Helicopter Rappellers ......................................................................................................................... 47 Non-Standard Overhead Groups ........................................................................................................ 48 Communications Coordinator (COMC) .............................................................................................. 49 Flight Manager ................................................................................................................................... 50 Incident Meteorologist (IMET) ........................................................................................................... 51 Cache Support Positions ..................................................................................................................... 52 National Incident Management Teams .......................................................................................... 54 Interagency Incident Management Teams (IMTs) ............................................................................. 54 NIMO Incident Management Team Type of Assignments ................................................................. 68 National Area Command Team .......................................................................................................... 68 Incident Support Teams ................................................................................................................. 69 National Interagency Buying Teams (BUYT) ....................................................................................... 70 Review, Audit, Process Team (RAP) ................................................................................................... 72 Burned Area Emergency Response Team (BAER) .............................................................................. 72 National Fire Prevention and Education Teams (NFPET) ................................................................... 74 Community Mitigation Assistance Teams (CMAT) ............................................................................. 76 Fire and Aviation Safety Teams (FAST) ............................................................................................... 77 Aviation Safety and Technical Assistance Team (ASTAT) ................................................................... 77 Serious Accident Investigation Teams (SAIT) ..................................................................................... 78 Chapter 30 Crews .................................................................................................................