The Heavy Equipment Boss is responsible for the safety and direction of equipment, operator(s), and transport used to suppress, repair and rehabilitate wildland fires. The HEQB supervises a piece of heavy equipment and its operator, and reports to a Strike Team/Task Force Leader or other assigned supervisor. The HEQB works in the Operations functional area.
The Forest Service and Department of Interior are enabled by Administratively Determined Pay Plans (AD Pay Plans) to hire persons for temporary duration for the following reasons:
- To cope with a sudden and unexpected emergency caused by a fire, or extreme fire potential, flood, storm, or any other all-hazard emergency that threatens damage to federally protected property, has the potential to cause loss of life, serious injury, public health risk, or damage to natural or cultural resources unless brought under immediate control.
- To provide emergency assistance to States under formalized agreements.
- To meet mission assignments issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
The National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) Incident Business Committee (IBC) reviews positions annually and establishes pay rate classifications for each position.
For more information on the AD Pay Plans, visit Incident Business Committee.
Removed: from "These Positions Maintain Currency For HEQB":
- Safety Officer, Line (SOFR)
Added: to "These Positions Maintain Currency For HEQB":
- Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3)
Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows:
Added to "These Positions Maintain Currency For HEQB":
- Safety Officer Field (SOFF)
Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.
Position created.
Combined DOZB and TRPB positions into a Heavy Equipment Boss (HEQB) position.
