Position History By Year

The NWCG Standards for Wildland Fire Position Qualifications, PMS 310-1, establishes minimum NWCG position qualification standards for training, experience, physical fitness, and currency for national mobilization to wildland fire incidents. And position qualification standards are located in the NWCG Position Catalog. Each NWCG Position includes a record of all qualifications changes. A historical record of all changes is found here, organized by position. It includes positions which have been removed from the NWCG Position Catalog. An historical record of all changes is found here, organized by update year. A consolidated Position History is also available.

Year: 2025
Position	Position Code	Change	Functional Area
Aircraft Dispatcher	ACDP	Added: NWCG Incident Position Standards for Aircraft Dispatcher, PMS 350-67 Required Training: Added: A-103, Temporary Flight Restrictions and Advisory Notices to Airmen (NOTAMs) A-110, Aviation Transportation of Hazardous Materials A-202, Interagency Aviation Organizations A-203, Basic Airspace A-204, Manned Aircraft Capabilities and Limitations A-205, Risk Management I A-208, Aircraft and Pilot Approval A-303, Human Factors in Aviation A-305, Risk Management II A-307, Aviation Policy and Regulations II A-310, Overview of Crew Resource Management (DOI) or N9059, Crew Resource Management 7 Skills (USFS) Removed: ICS-200, ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents Required Experience: Added: Satisfactory performance as an Initial Attack Dispatcher (IADP) Removed: Satisfactory performance as an Expanded Dispatch Recorder (ERDC) These Positions Maintain Currency for ACDP: Added: Initial Attack Dispatcher (IADP) Removed: Aircraft Base Radio Operator (ABRO) , Expanded Dispatch Recorder (EDRC) ACDP Maintains Currency for These Positions: Added: Aircraft Base Radio Operator (ABRO), Expanded Dispatch Support Dispatcher (EDSD), Initial Attack Dispatcher (IADP) Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Position created.	Dispatch
Resources Unit Leader*	RESL	Added: NWCG Incident Position Standards for Resources Unit Leader, PMS 350-27 NWCG Position Task Book for Resources Unit Leader (RESL), PMS 311-27 Incident Status Summary (ICS 209) Resource Count Job Aid, J-112 Added: Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) to "RESL Maintains Currency For These Positions." Added: Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For RESL." Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Added: to Qualification Requirements : Note: Once qualified as a RESL, the PSC3 qualification may be granted by the certifying official. Certification must be documented on a “verification/certification” page of the PSC3 Position Task Book (PMS 311-55). Position created.	Planning
Demobilization Unit Leader*	DMOB	Added: NWCG Incident Position Standards for Demobilization Unit Leader, PMS 350-115 NWCG Position Task Book for Demobilization Unit Leader (DMOB), PMS 311-115 Added: Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency for DMOB." Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Position created.	Planning
Incident Commander Type 4*	ICT4	Removed: from "These Positions Maintain Currency For ICT4": Safety Officer, Line (SOFR) Added: to "These Positions Maintain Currency For ICT4": Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3) Added: to "ICT4 Maintains Currency For These Positions ": Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3) Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: Added to "ICT4 Maintains Currency For These Positions": Safety Officer Field (SOFF) Added: Operation Section Chief Complex (OSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For ICT4." Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Added: “except HMGB” to "ICT4 Maintains Currency for These Positions". Added: Any Single Resource Position (CRWB, DOZB, ENGB, FELB, FIRB, TRPB, HMGB) meets the prerequisite experience for Incident Commander Type 4 (ICT4). Position created.	Command
Area Command Aviation Coordinator	ACAC	Removed: Type 1 (ICT1) on a National Type 1 Incident Management Team language from Required Experience. Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Added: Required training S-620 (32 hrs). Position created.	Air Operations
Fire Behavior Analyst	FBAN	Removed: S-491, Intermediate National Fire Danger Rating System from Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills. Added: S-491, Intermediate National Fire Danger Rating System to Required Training. Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Added: to Qualification Requirements: Note: If an LTAN meets the prerequisite experience and qualifications of an FBAN, the certifying official may grant the FBAN qualification. Certification must be documented on a “verification/certification” page. Position created.	Planning
Task Force Leader	TFLD	Removed: from "These Positions Maintain Currency For TFLD": Safety Officer, Line (SOFR) Removed: from "TFLD Maintain Currency For These Positions "": Safety Officer, Line (SOFR) Added: to "These Positions Maintain Currency For TFLD": Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3) Added: to "TFLD Maintain Currency For These Positions ": Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3) Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: Added to "TFLD Maintains Currency For These Positions": Safety Officer Field (SOFF) Added: Operation Section Chief Complex (OSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For TFLD." Added: to Qualification Requirements: If a TFLD meets the prerequisite experience and qualifications of a STL, the appropriate STL qualification may be granted by the certifying official. Certification must be documented on a ‘verification/certification’ page of the TFLD Position Task Book (311-10). Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Removed: Tactical Decision Making in the Wildland Fire (S-336) from "Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills." Added: Crew Representative (CREP) to "TFLD Maintains Currency for These Positions." Added: the following qualification pathway for required experience: Satisfactory performance in any two Strike Team Leader positions (STCR, STEQ, STEN). Updated: The Task Force Leader (TFLD) and Strike Team Leader (STDZ, STEN, STCR, STPL) Position Task Books (PTB)(311-10) have been combined. However, the positions have not been combined. Strike Team Leader tasks are completed only once. The Required Experience for TFLD must be met prior to completing additional TFLD tasks. Upon satisfactory performance in the prerequisite single resource boss position, the specific strike team leader task book may be initiated. Once qualified as a Strike Team Leader, any additional single resource boss qualifications will also qualify the individual in that corresponding strike team leader position—without having to complete the Strike Team Leader PTB for the new position—once agency certification is documented on the PTB Certification page. Deleted: S-330 (24 hrs.) and S-390 (16 hrs.) from Required Training. Position created.	Operations
Crew Boss, Single Resource	CRWB	Removed: from "These Positions Maintain Currency For CRWB": Safety Officer, Line (SOFR) Added: to "These Positions Maintain Currency For CRWB": Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3) Updated: Incident Position Description Standards and References: PTB Position Qualification Requirements, PMS 310-1: Required Experience Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: Added to "These Positions Maintain Currency For CRWB": Safety Officer Field (SOFF) Added: Incident Commander Type 5 (ICT5) to "CRWB Maintains Currency for These Positions". Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Added: Required Training: S-230, Crew Boss (Single Resource) (24 hrs). Position created.	Operations
Heavy Equipment Boss, Single Resource	HEQB	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.	Operations
Safety Officer Type 2*	SOF2	Removed: from "These Positions Maintain Currency For SOF2": Safety Officer, Line (SOFR) Removed: from "SOF2 Maintain Currency For These Positions "": Safety Officer, Line (SOFR) Added: to "These Positions Maintain Currency For SOF2": Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3) Added: to "SOF2 Maintains Currency For These Positions ": Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3) Updated: Once qualified as a SOF2, the SOF3 qualification may be granted by the certifying official. Certification must be documented on a “verification/certification” page of the SOF3 PTB. Removed: Required Training and Required Experience and replaced with "The qualification pathway for this position is discontinued per NWCG direction on January, 2023. Responders with an active PTB will transition to the corresponding complex position PTB." Added: Safety Officer Complex (SOFC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For SOF2" and "SOF2 Maintains Currency For These Positions." Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Added: to Qualification Requirements: Note: Once qualified as a SOF2, the SOFR qualification may be granted by the certifying official. Certification must be documented on a “verification/certification” page of the SOFR Position Task Book (311-82). Added: Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2) to "These Positions Maintain Currency for SOF2" and "SOF2 Maintains Currency for These Positions." Updated: Position Task Book language updated to reflect the following: Once qualified as a SOF2, the SOFR qualification may be granted by the certifying official. Certification must be documented on a “verification/certification” page of the SOFR Position Task Book (311-82). Added: Operations Section Chief Type 2 (OSC2) to the "These Positions Maintain Currency For SOF2." Position created. Safety Officer in 1984 PMS 310-1.	Command
Engine Boss, Single Resource	ENGB	Removed: from "These Positions Maintain Currency For ENGB": Safety Officer, Line (SOFR) Added: to "These Positions Maintain Currency For ENGB": Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3) Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: Added to "These Positions Maintain Currency For ENGB": Safety Officer Field (SOFF) Added: Engine Boss (ENGB) maintains currency for Incident Commander Type 5 (ICT5). Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Added: A Skills Crosswalk comparing National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standards for structural firefighters with National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) wildland firefighter skills has been developed for the FFT2, FFT1, ENGB, and STEN positions. Added: Required training: S-230, Crew Boss (Single Resource)(24 hrs), S-231, Engine Boss (Single Resource)(8 hrs), S-205, Fire Operations in the Urban Interface (28 hrs). Position created.	Operations
Safety Officer Type 1*	SOF1	Removed: Required Training RT-130, Wildland Fire Safety Training Annual Refresher (WFSTAR) S-520, Advanced Incident Management OR Complex Incident Management Course (CIMC) Required Experience Satisfactory performance as a Safety Officer Type 2 (SOF2) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Safety Officer Type 1 (SOF1) Position Task Book, PMS 311-04 SOF1 and SOF2 share combined PTB Added: The qualification pathway for this position is discontinued per NWCG direction on January, 2025. Responders with an active PTB will transition to the corresponding complex position PTB. Added: Safety Officer Complex (SOFC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For SOF1" and "SOF1 Maintains Currency For These Positions." Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Added: Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2) to "These Positions Maintain Currency for SOF1" and "SOF1 Maintains Currency for These Positions." Removed: Operations Section Chief Type 3, Wildland Fire (OPS3) from "These Positions Maintain Currency for SOF1" and from "SOF1 Maintains Currency for These Positions." Position created. Safety Officer in 1984 PMS 310-1.	Command
Public Information Officer Type 1*	PIO1	Removed: Required Training RT-130, Wildland Fire Safety Training Annual Refresher (WFSTAR) S-520, Advanced Incident Management OR Complex Incident Management Course (CIMC) Required Experience Satisfactory performance as a Public Information Officer Type 2 (PIO2) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Public Information Officer Type 1 (PIO1) Position Task Book, PMS 311-06 OR Satisfactory performance as a Operations Section Chief Type 1 (OSC1) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Public Information Officer Type 1 (PIO1) Position Task Book, PMS 311-06* OR Satisfactory performance as a Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC1) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Public Information Officer Type 1 (PIO1) Position Task Book, PMS 311-06* OR Satisfactory performance as a Safety Officer Type 1 (SOF1) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Public Information Officer Type 1 (PIO1) Position Task Book, PMS 311-06* OR Satisfactory performance as a Planning Section Chief Type 1 (PSC1) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Public Information Officer Type 1 (PIO1) Position Task Book, PMS 311-06* *Individuals utilizing this pathway must complete the Public Information Officer Course (E/L952) prior to position qualification. Added: The qualification pathway for this position is discontinued per NWCG direction on January, 2025. Responders with an active PTB will transition to the corresponding complex position PTB. Added: Public Information Officer Complex (PIOC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For PIO1" and "PIO1 Maintains Currency For These Positions." Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Added: to "Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills." E/L-952, Public Information Officer IS-42, Social Media in Emergency Management L-580, Leadership is Action Added: “Individuals utilizing this pathway must complete the Public Information Officer Course (E/L952) prior to position qualification.” Added: Bridging experience pathways for qualified OSC1, LSC1, and PSC1 to move into the PIO1 position. Added: Annual Fireline Safety Refresher (RT-130) as Required Training. Position created. Replaced IOF1.	Command
Felling Boss, Single Resource	FELB	Removed: from "These Positions Maintain Currency For FELB": Safety Officer, Line (SOFR) Added: to "These Positions Maintain Currency For FELB": Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3) Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: Added to "These Positions Maintain Currency For FELB": Safety Officer Field (SOFF) Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Added: Required Training: S-230, Crew Boss (Single Resource) (24 hrs) and S-212, Wildland Fire Chainsaws (28 hrs). Position created.	Operations
Strike Team Leader Engine	STEN	Removed: from "These Positions Maintain Currency For STEN": Safety Officer, Line (SOFR) Removed: from "STEN Maintains Currency For These Positions ": Safety Officer, Line (SOFR) Added: to "These Positions Maintain Currency For STEN": Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3) Added: to "STEN Maintains Currency For These Positions ": Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3) Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: Added to "STEN Maintains Currency For These Positions": Safety Officer Field (SOFF) Added: Operation Section Chief Complex (OSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For STEN." Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Removed: Tactical Decision Making in the Wildland Fire (S-336) from "Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills." Updated: The Task Force Leader (TFLD) and Strike Team Leader (STDZ, STEN, STCR, STPL) Position Task Books (PTB)(311-10) have been combined. However, the positions have not been combined. Strike Team Leader tasks are completed only once. The Required Experience for TFLD must be met prior to completing additional TFLD tasks. Upon satisfactory performance in the prerequisite single resource boss position, the specific strike team leader task book may be initiated. Once qualified as a Strike Team Leader, any additional single resource boss qualifications will also qualify the individual in that corresponding strike team leader position—without having to complete the Strike Team Leader PTB for the new position—once agency certification is documented on the PTB Certification page. Position created. Task Force/Strike Team Leader in 1984 PMS 310-1.	Operations
Firing Boss, Single Resource	FIRB	Removed: from "These Positions Maintain Currency For FIRB": Safety Officer, Line (SOFR) Added: to "These Positions Maintain Currency For FIRB": Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3) Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: Added to "These Positions Maintain Currency For FIRB": Safety Officer Field (SOFF) Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Added: Field Observer (FOBS) to "FIRB Maintains Currency for These Positions." Updated: The Ignition Specialist positions (RXI1& RXI2) have been replaced with the Firing Boss (FIRB) position. Added: S-230, Crew Boss (Single Resource) (24 hrs.) and S-234 (24 hrs.) to Single Resource Boss Firing Required Training. Position created. Single Resource Boss in 1984 PMS 310-1.	Operations
Assistant Area Commander, Planning	ACPC	Removed: Satisfactory performance as an Incident Commander or General Staff on a National Type 1 Incident Management Team. Added: Satisfactory performance as an Incident Commander Complex (ICCI), or Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC), or Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC), or Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC), or Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC). Added: Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) and Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency for ACPC." Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) and Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC) to "ACPC Maintains Currency for These Positions." Added: Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For ACPC". Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) to "ACPC Maintains Currency For These Positions". Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Removed: Assistant Area Commander, Logistics (ACLC) from "ACPC Maintains Currency for These Positions". Added: Required training S-620, Area Command (32 hrs). Position created.	Planning
Logistics Section Chief Type 1*	LSC1	Removed: Required Training S-520, Advanced Incident Management OR Complex Incident Management Course (CIMC) Required Experience Satisfactory performance as a Logistics Section Chief Type 2 (LSC2) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC1) Position Task Book, PMS 311-33 OR Satisfactory performance as a Operations Section Chief Type 1 (OSC1)* AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC1) Position Task Book, PMS 311-33 OR Satisfactory performance as a Planning Section Chief Type 1 (PSC1)* AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC1) Position Task Book, PMS 311-33 OR Satisfactory performance as a Safety Officer Type 1 (SOF1)* AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC1) Position Task Book, PMS 311-33 Individuals utilizing this pathway must complete the Logistics Section Chief Course (E/L967) prior to position qualification. Added: The qualification pathway for this position is discontinued per NWCG direction on January, 2025. Responders with an active PTB will transition to the corresponding complex position PTB. Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: Deleted from "These Positions Maintain Currency For LSC1" and from "LSC1 Maintains Currency For These Positions": Service Branch Director (SVBD) Support Branch Director (SUBD) Added: Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For LCS1" and "LCS1 Maintains Currency For These Positions." Added: Assistant Area Commander Logistics (ACLC) to "LCS1 Maintains Currency For These Positions." Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Added: “Individuals utilizing this pathway must complete the Logistics Section Chief Course (E/L967) prior to position qualification.” Updated: Corrected asterisk note to read: Individuals must complete the Logistics Section Chief Course (E/L967) prior to position qualification. Added: of Support Branch Director (SUBD) to LSC1 Maintains Currency For These Positions. Updated: Prerequisite experience modified as follows: Satisfactory performance as a Logistics Section Chief Type 2 (LSC2). + Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-33) as a Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC1). OR Satisfactory performance as a Operations Section Chief Type 1 (OSC1). + Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-33) as a Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC1) on a wildfire incident. OR Satisfactory performance as a Planning Section Chief Type 1 (PSC1). + Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-33) as a Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC1) on a wildfire incident. OR Satisfactory performance as a Safety Officer Type 1 (SOF1). + Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-33) as a Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC1) on a wildfire incident. Removed: of Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC3) from the "These Positions Maintain Currency for LSC1" positions. Added: of Area Commander (ACDR) for "These Positions Maintain Currency for LSC1." Added: of Service Branch Director (SVBD) to "LSC1 Maintains Currency for These Positions." Position created. Logistics Section Chief (Multi-Branch), Logistics Section Chief (Multi-Division) and Logistics Section Chief (Multi-Leader) in 1984 PMS 310-1.	Logistics
Planning Section Chief Type 1*	PSC1	Removed: Required Training S-520, Advanced Incident Management OR Complex Incident Management Course (CIMC) Required Experience Satisfactory performance as a Planning Section Chief Type 2 (PSC2) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Planning Section Chief Type 1 (PSC1) Position Task Book, PMS 311-23 OR Satisfactory performance as an Operations Section Chief Type 1 (OSC1) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Planning Section Chief Type 1 (PSC1) Position Task Book, PMS 311-23* OR Satisfactory performance as a Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC1) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Planning Section Chief Type 1 (PSC1) Position Task Book, PMS 311-23* OR Satisfactory performance as a Safety Officer Type 1 (SOF1) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Planning Section Chief Type 1 (PSC1) Position Task Book, PMS 311-23* * Individuals utilizing this pathway must complete the Planning Section Chief Course (S-440) prior to position qualification. Added: The qualification pathway for this position is discontinued per NWCG direction on January, 2025. Responders with an active PTB will transition to the corresponding complex position PTB. Added: Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For PSC1" and "PSC1 Maintains Currency For These Positions." Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Added: “Individuals utilizing this pathway must complete the Planning Section Chief Course (S-440) prior to position qualification.” Updated: Prerequisite Experience modified as follows: Satisfactory performance as a Planning Section Chief Type 2 (PSC2). + Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (PMS 311-23) as a Planning Section Chief Type 1 (PSC1) on a wildfire incident. OR Satisfactory performance as an Operations Section Chief Type 1 (OSC1). + Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (PMS 311-23) as a Planning Section Chief Type 1 (PSC1) on a wildfire incident. OR Satisfactory performance as a Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC1). + Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (PMS 311-23) as a Planning Section Chief Type 1 (PSC1) on a wildfire incident. OR Satisfactory performance as a Safety Officer Type 1 (SOF1). + Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (PMS 311-23) as a Planning Section Chief Type 1 (PSC1) on a wildfire incident. Removed: Planning Section Chief Type 3 (PSC3) from These Positions Maintain Currency for PSC1 positions and PSC1 Maintains Currency for These Positions. Position created. Planning Section Chief (Multi-Branch), Planning Section Chief (Multi-Division) and Planning Section Chief (Multi-Leader) in 1984 PMS 310-1.	Planning
Safety Officer Complex	SOFC	Removed: from "These Positions Maintain Currency For SOFC": Safety Officer, Line (SOFR) Removed: from "SOFC Maintain Currency For These Positions "": Safety Officer, Line (SOFR) Added: to "These Positions Maintain Currency For SOFC": Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3) Added: to "SOFC Maintains Currency For These Positions ": Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3) Removed: X-520, NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: Added to SOFC Qualification Requirements: *** S-420, Command and General Staff or L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff or O-305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team, and I-400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff, must be completed before initiating the NWCG Safety Officer Complex, Position Task Book, PMS 311-104. Updated Required Training: S-520, Advanced Incident Management OR Complex Incident Management Course (CIMC) OR Complex Incident Management Field Evaluation (PDF) OR a completed X-520,NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form (PDF). Added: To Required Training: ICS-400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff S-420, Command and General Staff OR L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff OR 0305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team To Required Experience: OR Satisfactory performance as a Division/Group Supervisor (DIVS) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Safety Officer Complex (SOFC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-104 To These Positions Maintain Currency For SOFC: Division/Group Supervisor (DIVS) Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) Incident Commander Type 1 (ICT1) Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2) Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC) Operations Section Chief Type 1 (OSC1) Operations Section Chief Type 2 (OSC2) Safety Officer, Line (SOFR) To SOFC Maintains Currency For These Positions: Division/Group Supervisor (DIVS) Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) Incident Commander Type 1 (ICT1) Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2) Safety Officer, Line (SOFR) To Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills: L-480, Organizational Leadership in the Wildland Fire Service L-580, Leadership is Action S-404, Safety Officer Position created.	Command
Operations Section Chief Type 1*	OSC1	Removed: Required Training RT-130, Wildland Fire Safety Training Annual Refresher (WFSTAR) S-520, Advanced Incident Management OR Complex Incident Management Course (CIMC) Required Experience Satisfactory performance as an Operations Section Chief Type 2 (OSC2) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Operations Section Chief Type 1 (OSC1) Position Task Book, PMS 311-08 - OSC1/OSC2 Combined. Added: The qualification pathway for this position is discontinued per NWCG direction on January, 2025. Responders with an active PTB will transition to the corresponding complex position PTB. Added: Safety Officer Complex (SOFC) to "OSC1 Maintains Currency For These Positions." Added: Position-Specific publication added under Standards and References: NWCG Position-Specific Standards for Operations Section Chiefs, PMS 350-8. Added: Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For OSC1" and "OSC1 Maintains Currency For These Positions" Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Added: Operations Section Chief Type 3, Wildland Fire (OPS3) to "OSC1 Maintains Currency for These Positions." Removed: Operations Section Chief Type 3, Wildland Fire (OPS3) from "These Positions Maintain Currency for OSC1" and from "OSC1 Maintains Currency for These Positions." Added: S-430, Operations Section Chief (16 hrs.) and S-420, Command and General Staff (32 hrs.). Position created. Operations Section Chief (Multi-Branch), Operations Section Chief (Multi-Division) and Operations Section Chief (Multi-Leader) in 1984 PMS 310-1.	Operations
Assistant Area Commander, Logistics	ACLC	Removed: Satisfactory performance as an Incident Commander or General Staff on a National Type 1 Incident Management Team. Added: Satisfactory performance as an Incident Commander Complex (ICCI), or Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC), or Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC), or Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC), or Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC). Added: Incident Commander Complex (ICCI), Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For ACLC". Incident Commander Complex (ICCI), Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC), Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC) to "ACLC Maintains Currency For These Positions". Added: Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC1) to "These Positions Maintain Currency for ACLC". Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Removed: Assistant Area Commander, Planning (ACPC) from "These Positions Maintain Currency for ACLC". Added: S-620 Area Command (32 hrs.) Position created.	Logistics
Strike Team Leader Crew	STCR	Removed: from "These Positions Maintain Currency For STCR": Safety Officer, Line (SOFR) Removed: from "STCR Maintains Currency For These Positions ": Safety Officer, Line (SOFR) Added: to "These Positions Maintain Currency For STCR": Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3) Added: to "STCR Maintains Currency For These Positions ": Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3) Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: Added to "STCR Maintains Currency For These Positions": Safety Officer Field (SOFF) Added: Operation Section Chief Complex (OSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For STCR." Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Removed: Tactical Decision Making in the Wildland Fire (S-336) from "Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills." Added: Crew Representative (CREP) to "STCR Maintains Currency for These Positions." Updated: The Task Force Leader (TFLD) and Strike Team Leader (STDZ, STEN, STCR, STPL) Position Task Books (PTB)(311-10) have been combined. However, the positions have not been combined. Strike Team Leader tasks are completed only once. The Required Experience for TFLD must be met prior to completing additional TFLD tasks. Upon satisfactory performance in the prerequisite single resource boss position, the specific strike team leader task book may be initiated. Once qualified as a Strike Team Leader, any additional single resource boss qualifications will also qualify the individual in that corresponding strike team leader position—without having to complete the Strike Team Leader PTB for the new position—once agency certification is documented on the PTB Certification page. Added: S-205 (28 hrs) to Required Training. Position created. Task Force/Strike Team Leader in 1984 PMS 310-1.	Operations
Safety Officer, Field	SOFF	Removed: from "These Positions Maintain Currency For SOFF": Safety Officer, Line (SOFR) Added: to "These Positions Maintain Currency For SOFF": Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3) Updated: The Safety Officer, Field (SOFF) position is not a prerequisite to the NWCG Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3) position. Position created.	Command
Incident Commander Type 1*	ICT1	Removed: Required Training RT-130, Wildland Fire Safety Training Annual Refresher (WFSTAR) S-520, Advanced Incident Management OR Complex Incident Management Course (CIMC) Required Experience Satisfactory performance as an Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Incident Commander Type 1 (ICT1) Position Task Book, PMS 311-01 Added: The qualification pathway for this position is discontinued per NWCG direction on January, 2025. Responders with an active PTB will transition to the corresponding complex position PTB. Added: Safety Officer Complex (SOFC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For ICT1." Safety Officer Complex (SOFC) to "ICT1 Maintains Currency For These Positions." Added: Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) and Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For ICT1" and "ICT1 Maintains Currency For These Positions". Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Added: Liaison Officer (LOFR) to "ICT1 Maintains Currency For These Positions". Removed: Incident Commander Type 3 (ICT3) from "ICT1 Maintains Currency for These Positions". Added: Agency Representative (AREP) for "ICT1 Maintains Currency for These Positions". Position created. Incident Commander (Multi-Branch), Incident Commander (Multi-Division) and Incident Commander (Multi-Leader) in 1984 PMS 310-1.	Command
Area Commander	ACDR	Removed: Satisfactory performance as an Incident Commander Type 1 (ICT1) on a National Type 1 Incident Management Team. Added: Satisfactory performance as an Incident Commander Complex (ICCI). Added: Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) to "These Positions Maintain Currency for ADCR." Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) and Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC) to "ACDR Maintains Currency for These Positions." Added: Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) to "Maintains Currency For These Positions". Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Added: Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC1) to Area Commander (ACDR) Maintains Currency for these Positions. Added: Required training S-620 – Area Command (32 hrs). Position created.	Command
Safety Officer Type 3	SOF3	Position title changed to Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3) from Safety Officer, Line (SOFR). Added: Safety Officer Complex (SOFC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For SOFR." Safety Officer Complex (SOFC) to "SOFR Maintains Currency For These Positions." Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Added: Advanced ICS (ICS-400) required training to align position with FEMA Type 3 standards. Added: Transition Plan: All qualified SOFR individuals will remain qualified. Individuals will be granted ICS-400 in responder’s records. All SOFR trainees will be required to complete ICS-400 prior to position qualification. Updated: Position Task Book language to reflect the following: Once qualified as a SOF2, the SOFR qualification may be granted by the certifying official. Certification must be documented on a “verification/certification” page of the SOFR Position Task Book (311-82). Position created. The title of the Safety Officer Type 3 position has been changed to Safety Officer, Line (SOFR). This position is entry level, is not a prerequisite for higher qualifications, and is not tied to the complexity of an incident.	Command
Incident Commander Complex	ICCI	Removed: X-520, NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: Added: To ICCI Qualification Requirements: ***S-420, Command and General Staff or L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff or O-305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team, and I-400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff, must be completed before initiating the NWCG Incident Commander Complex, Position Task Book, PMS 311-101. To Required Training: OR a completed X-520, NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form (PDF) Added: To Required Training: ICS-400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff S-420, Command and General Staff OR L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff OR 0305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team To Required Experience: OR Satisfactory performance as an Incident Commander Type 3 (ICT3) AND Satisfactory performance as an Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) Position Task Book, PMS 311-101 OR Satisfactory performance as an Incident Commander Type 3 (ICT3) AND Satisfactory performance as a Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) Position Task Book, PMS 311-101 OR Satisfactory performance as an Incident Commander Type 3 (ICT3) AND Satisfactory performance as a Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) Position Task Book, PMS 311-101 OR Satisfactory performance as an Incident Commander Type 3 (ICT3) AND Satisfactory performance as a Safety Officer Complex (SOFC) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) Position Task Book, PMS 311-101 OR Satisfactory performance as an Incident Commander Type 3 (ICT3) AND Satisfactory performance as a Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) Position Task Book, PMS 311-101 To These Positions Maintain Currency For ICCI: Area Commander (ACDR) Assistant Area Commander Logistics (ACLC) Assistant Area Commander Planning (ACPC) Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC) Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 1 (FSC1) Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 2 (FSC2) Incident Commander Type 3 (ICT3) Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC) Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC1) Logistics Section Chief Type 2 (LSC2) Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC) Operations Section Chief Type 1 (OSC1) Operations Section Chief Type 2 (OSC2) Operations Section Chief Type 3, Wildland Fire (OPS3) Planning Section Chief Type 1 (PSC1) Planning Section Chief Type 2 (PSC2) Safety Officer Complex (SOFC) Safety Officer Type 1 (SOF1) Safety Officer Type 2 (SOF2) To ICCI Maintains Currency For These Positions: Agency Representative (AREP) Area Commander (ACDR) Assistant Area Commander Logistics (ACLC) Assistant Area Commander Planning (ACPC) Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC) Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 1 (FSC1) Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 2 (FSC2) Liaison Officer (LOFR) Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC) Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC1) Logistics Section Chief Type 2 (LSC2) Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC) Operations Section Chief Type 1 (OSC1) Operations Section Chief Type 2 (OSC2) Operations Section Chief Type 3, Wildland Fire (OPS3) Safety Officer Complex (SOFC) Safety Officer Type 1 (SOF1) Safety Officer Type 2 (SOF2) To Other Training Which Supports Development Of Knowledge And Skills: E/L 950, All-Hazards Position Specific Incident Commander L-480, Organizational Leadership in the Fire Service L-580, Leadership is Action Added: Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For ICCI" and "ICCI Maintains Currency For These Positions." Position created.	Command
Planning Section Chief Complex	PSCC	Removed: X-520, NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: Added: To PSCC Qualification Requirements: **S-420, Command and General Staff or L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff or O-305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team, and I-400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff, must be completed before initiating the NWCG Planning Section Chief Complex, Position Task Book, PMS 311-123. Updated: S-520, Advanced Incident Management OR Complex Incident Management Course (CIMC) OR Complex Incident Management Field Evaluation (PDF) OR a completed X-520,NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form (PDF). Added: To Required Training: ICS-400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff S-420, Command and General Staff OR L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff OR 0305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team To Required Experience: OR Satisfactory performance as a Situation Unit Leader (SITL) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-123 OR Satisfactory performance as a Resources Unit Leader (RESL) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-123 OR Satisfactory performance as a Planning Section Chief Type 3 (PSC3) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-123 (see note) OR Satisfactory performance as a Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-123 (see note) OR Satisfactory performance as a Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-123 (see note) OR Satisfactory performance as a Complex Incident Safety Officer (SOFC) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-123 (see note) Note: Individuals utilizing this pathway must complete the Planning Section Chief Course (S-440) prior to position qualification.* To These Positions Maintain Currency for PSCC: Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2) Planning Section Chief Type 3 (PSC3) Resources Unit Leader (RESL) Situation Unit Leader (SITL) To PSCC Maintains Currency For These Positions: Demobilization Unit Leader (DMOB) Documentation Unit Leader (DOCL) Planning Section Chief Type 3 (PSC3) To Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills: L-480, Organizational Leadership in the Wildland Fire Service L-580, Leadership is Action S-440, Planning Section Chief Added: Area Commander (ACDR), Assistant Area Commander, Planning (ACPC), Incident Commander Complex (ICCI), and Incident Commander Type 1 (ICT1) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For PSCC ". Added: Assistant Area Commander, Planning (ACPC), Incident Commander Complex (ICCI), Incident Commander Type 1 (ICT1), Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2), Resources Unit Leader (RESL), Situation Unit Leader (SITL), and Status/Check-In Recorder (SCKN) to "PSCC Maintains Currency For These Positions." Position created.	Planning
Operations Section Chief Complex	OSCC	Removed: X-520, NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: Added: To OSCC Qualification Requirements: **S-420, Command and General Staff or L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff or O-305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team, and I-400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff, must be completed before initiating the NWCG Operations Section Chief Complex, Position Task Book, PMS 311-108. Updated: Required Training: S-520, Advanced Incident Management OR Complex Incident Management Course (CIMC) OR Complex Incident Management Field Evaluation (PDF) OR a completed X-520,NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form (PDF) Added: To Required Training: ICS-400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff S-420, Command and General Staff OR L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff OR 0305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team To Required Experience: OR Satisfactory performance as a Division/Group Supervisor (DIVS) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Operation Section Chief, Complex (OSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-108 To These Positions Maintain Currency For OSCC: Area Commander (ACDR) Assistant Area Commander Logistics (ACLC) Assistant Area Commander Planning (ACPC) Division/Group Supervisor (DIVS) Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) Incident Commander Type 1 (ICT1) Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2) Incident Commander Type 3 (ICT3) Operation Branch Director (OPBD) Operation Section Chief 3, Wildland Fire (OPS3) To OSCC Maintains Currency For These Positions: Assistant Area Commander Planning (ACPC) Division/Group Supervisor (DIVS) Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) Incident Commander Type 1 (ICT1) Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2) Incident Commander Type 3 (ICT3) Incident Commander Type 4 (ICT4) Operations Brand Director (OPBD) Operations Section Chief Type 3, Wildland Fire (OPS3) Safety Officer Complex (SOFC) Safety Officer Type 1 (SOF1) Safety Officer Type 2 (SOF2) Strike Team Leader including (STCR, STEQ, STEN) Structure Protection Specialist (STPS) Task Force Leader (TFLD) To Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills: S-430, Operations Section Chief L-480, Organizational Leadership in the Fire Service L-580, Leadership is Action Added: Position-Specific publication added under Standards and References: NWCG Position-Specific Standards for Operations Section Chiefs*, PMS 350-8. Position created.	Operations
Safety Officer Complex	SOFC	Removed: from "These Positions Maintain Currency For SOFC": Safety Officer, Line (SOFR) Removed: from "SOFC Maintain Currency For These Positions "": Safety Officer, Line (SOFR) Added: to "These Positions Maintain Currency For SOFC": Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3) Added: to "SOFC Maintains Currency For These Positions ": Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3) Removed: X-520, NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: Added to SOFC Qualification Requirements: *** S-420, Command and General Staff or L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff or O-305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team, and I-400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff, must be completed before initiating the NWCG Safety Officer Complex, Position Task Book, PMS 311-104. Updated Required Training: S-520, Advanced Incident Management OR Complex Incident Management Course (CIMC) OR Complex Incident Management Field Evaluation (PDF) OR a completed X-520,NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form (PDF). Added: To Required Training: ICS-400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff S-420, Command and General Staff OR L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff OR 0305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team To Required Experience: OR Satisfactory performance as a Division/Group Supervisor (DIVS) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Safety Officer Complex (SOFC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-104 To These Positions Maintain Currency For SOFC: Division/Group Supervisor (DIVS) Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) Incident Commander Type 1 (ICT1) Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2) Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC) Operations Section Chief Type 1 (OSC1) Operations Section Chief Type 2 (OSC2) Safety Officer, Line (SOFR) To SOFC Maintains Currency For These Positions: Division/Group Supervisor (DIVS) Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) Incident Commander Type 1 (ICT1) Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2) Safety Officer, Line (SOFR) To Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills: L-480, Organizational Leadership in the Wildland Fire Service L-580, Leadership is Action S-404, Safety Officer Position created.	Command
Public Information Officer Complex	PIOC	Removed: X-520, NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: Added: To PIOC Qualification Requirements: *S-420, Command and General Staff or L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff or O-305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team, and I-400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff, must be completed before initiating the NWCG Public Information Officer Complex, Position Task Book, PMS 311-106. Updated: S-520, Advanced Incident Management OR Complex Incident Management Course (CIMC) OR Complex Incident Management Field Evaluation (PDF) OR a completed X-520,NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form (PDF). Removed: NOTE: This qualification standard is effective until December 31, 2022, per NWCG Memorandum 22-002, Amended** Added: To Required Training: ICS-400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff S-420, Command and General Staff OR L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff OR 0305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team To Required Experience: OR Satisfactory performance as a Public Information Officer Type 3 (PIO3) AND Completion and Certification of Public Information Officer Complex (PIOC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-106 OR Satisfactory performance as a Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC) AND Completion and Certification of Public Information Officer Complex (PIOC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-106 (see note) OR Satisfactory performance as a Incident Logistics Section Complex (LSCC) AND Completion and Certification of Public Information Officer Complex (PIOC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-106 (see note) OR Satisfactory performance as a Safety Officer Complex (SOFC) AND Completion and Certification of Public Information Officer Complex (PIOC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-106 (see note) OR Satisfactory performance as a Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) AND Completion and Certification of Public Information Officer Complex (PIOC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-106 (see note) Note: Individuals utilizing this pathway must complete the Public Information Officer Course (E/L 952) prior to position qualification. To These Positions Maintain Currency For PIOC: Public Information Officer Type 3 (PIO3) To PIOC Maintains Currency For These Positions: Public Information Officer Type 3 (PIO3) To Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills: E/L 952, All-Hazards Position Specific Public Information Officer IS-42, Social Media in Emergency Management L-580, Leadership is Action Position created.	Command
Initial Attack Dispatcher	IADP	Added: NWCG Incident Position Standards for Initial Attack Dispatcher, PMS 350-60 Remove A-107, Aviation Policy and Regulations I Interagency Aviation Training as Required Training. Required Training Add: A-100, Basic Aviation Safety A-107, Aviation Policy and Regulations I A-109, Aviation Radio Use A-115, Automated Flight Following A-200, Mishap Review A-207, Aircraft Flight Scheduling Remove: ICS-100, Introduction to ICS These Positions Maintain Currency for IADP: Add - Aircraft Dispatcher (ACDP) Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Position created.	Dispatch
Logistics Section Chief Complex	LSCC	Removed: X-520, NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: Added to "LSCC Qualification Requirements": * S-420, Command and General Staff or L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff or O-305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team, and I-400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff, must be completed before initiating the NWCG Logistics Section Chief Complex, Position Task Book, PMS 311-133. Updated Required Training: S-520, Advanced Incident Management OR Complex Incident Management Course (CIMC) OR Complex Incident Management Field Evaluation (PDF) OR a completed X-520,NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form (PDF). Deleted from "These Positions Maintain Currency For LSCC" and from "LSCC Maintains Currency For These Positions": Service Branch Director (SVBD) Support Branch Director (SUBD) Added: To Required Training: ICS-400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff S-420, Command and General Staff OR L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff OR 0305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team To Required Experience: OR Satisfactory performance as a Facilities Unit Leader (FACL) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Logistic Section Chief Complex (LSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-133 OR Satisfactory performance as a Ground Support Unit Leader (GSUL) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Logistic Section Chief Complex (LSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-133 OR Satisfactory performance as a Supply Unit Leader (SPUL) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Logistic Section Chief Complex (LSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-133 OR Satisfactory performance as a Logistics Section Chief Type 3 (LSC3) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Logistic Section Chief Complex (LSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-133 OR Satisfactory performance as a Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Logistic Section Chief Complex (LSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-133 (see note) OR Satisfactory performance as a Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Logistic Section Chief Complex (LSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-133 OR Satisfactory performance as a Safety Officer Complex (SOFC) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Logistic Section Chief Complex (LSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-133 Note:** Individuals utilizing this pathway must complete the Logistics Section Chief Course (E/L 967) prior to position qualification. To These Positions Maintain Currency for LCSS: Assistant Area Commander, Logistics (ACLC) Facilities Unit Leader (FACL) Ground Support Unit Leader (GSUL) Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) Incident Commander Type 1 (ICT1) Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2) Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC3) Service Branch Director (SVBD) Supply Unit Leader (SPUL) Support Branch Director (SUBD) To LSCC Maintains Currency for These Positions: Assistant Area Commander Logistics (ACLC) Base/Camp Manager (BCMG) Equipment Manager (EQPM) Facilities Unit Leader (FACL) Ground Support Unit Leader (GSUL) Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) Incident Commander Type 1 (ICT1) Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2) Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC3) Ordering Manager (ORDM) Receiving/Distribution Manager (RCDM) Service Branch Director (SVBD) Supply Unit Leader (SPUL) Support Branch Director (SUBD) To Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills: E/L 967, All-Hazards Position Specific Logistics Section Chief L-480, Organizational Leadership in the Fire Service L-580, Leadership is Action Position created.	Logistics
Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex	FSCC	Removed: X-520, NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: Added: 1. To FSCC Qualification Requirements Summary: *S-420, Command and General Staff or L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff or O-305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team, and I-400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff, must be completed before initiating the NWCG Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex, Position Task Book, PMS 311-146. 2. To Required Training: OR a completed X-520, NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form (PDF) Added: To Required Training: S-420, Command and General Staff OR L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff OR 0305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team To Required Experience: Satisfactory performance as a Time Unit Leader (TIME) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-146 OR Satisfactory performance as a Cost Unit Leader (COST) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-146 OR Satisfactory performance as a Procurement Unit Leader (PROC)** AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-146 OR Satisfactory performance as a Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 3 (FSC3) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-146 To These Positions Maintain currency for FSCC: Compensation/Claims Unit Leader (COMP) Cost Unit Leader (COST) Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 3 (FSC3) Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) Incident Commander Type 1 (ICT1) Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2) Procurement Unit Leader (PROC) Time Unit Leader (TIME) To FSCC Maintains Currency For These Positions: Cost Unit Leader (COST) Compensation/Claims Unit Leader (COMP) Equipment Time Recorder (EQTR) Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 3 (FSC3) Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) Incident Commander Type 1 (ICT1) Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2) Personnel Time Recorder (PTRC) Procurement Unit Leader (PROC) Time Unit Leader (TIME) To Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills: E/L 973, All-Hazards Position Specific Finance/Admin. Section Chief L-480, Organizational Leadership in the Wildland Fire Service L-580, Leadership is Action Position Created.	Finance/ Administration

Year: 2024
Position	Position Code	Change	Functional Area
Expanded Dispatch Coordinator	CORD	Added: NWCG Incident Position Standards for Expanded Dispatch Recorder, PMS 350-56 Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Position created.	Dispatch
Expanded Dispatch Recorder	EDRC	Added: NWCG Incident Position Standards for Expanded Dispatch Recorder, PMS 350-59 Added: Initial Attack Dispatcher (IADP) to "EDRC Maintains Currency for These Positions". Removed: Aircraft Dispatcher (ACDP) from "EDRC Maintains Currency for These Positions". Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Position created.	Dispatch
Expanded Dispatch Support Dispatcher	EDSD	Added: NWCG Incident Position Standards for Expanded Dispatch Support Dispatcher, PMS 350-58 Added: Aircraft Dispatcher (ACDP) to "These Positions Maintain Currency for EDSD". Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Position created.	Dispatch
Prescribed Fire Burn Boss Type 1	RXB1	Updated: Standards and References: Position Task Book RXB1 Qualification Requirements: Required Experience Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Updated: RX-510 course name. Position created. Part 2.	Prescribed Fire
Crew Boss, Single Resource	CRWB	Removed: from "These Positions Maintain Currency For CRWB": Safety Officer, Line (SOFR) Added: to "These Positions Maintain Currency For CRWB": Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3) Updated: Incident Position Description Standards and References: PTB Position Qualification Requirements, PMS 310-1: Required Experience Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: Added to "These Positions Maintain Currency For CRWB": Safety Officer Field (SOFF) Added: Incident Commander Type 5 (ICT5) to "CRWB Maintains Currency for These Positions". Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Added: Required Training: S-230, Crew Boss (Single Resource) (24 hrs). Position created.	Operations
Strike Team Leader Heavy Equipment	STEQ	Removed: from "These Positions Maintain Currency For STEQ": Safety Officer, Line (SOFR) Removed: from "STEQ Maintain Currency For These Positions "": Safety Officer, Line (SOFR) Added: to "These Positions Maintain Currency For STEQ": Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3) Added: to "STEQ Maintain Currency For These Positions ": Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3) Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: Added to "STEQ Maintains Currency For These Positions": Safety Officer Field (SOFF) Added: Operation Section Chief Complex (OSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For STEQ." Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Removed: Tactical Decision Making in the Wildland Fire (S-336) from "Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills." Position created. Combined STDZ and STPL positions into a Strike Team Heavy Equipment (STEQ) position.	Operations
Logistics Section Chief Type 3*	LSC3	Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: Deleted from "These Positions Maintain Currency For LSC3" and from "LSC3 Maintains Currency For These Positions": Service Branch Director (SVBD) Support Branch Director (SUBD) Added: Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For LSC3." Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC) to "LSC3 Maintains Currency For These Positions." Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Added: to Qualification Requirements: Note: Once qualified as SPUL, FACL, GSUL, or ICT3, the LSC3 qualification may be granted by the certifying official. Certification must be documented on a “verification/certification” page of the LSC3 Position Task Book (311-35). Added: Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team (O-305) to "Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills." Added: Introduction to ICS (ICS-100) and NIMS: An Introduction (IS-700) to Required Training. Removed: Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC1) from the "LSC3 Maintains Currency for These Positions." Added: Service Branch Director (SVBD) and Support Branch Director (SUBD) to "These Positions Maintains Currency for LSC3." Added: the following language: FEMA PTBs are available on the NWCG website. Position created. Type 3 Position standards are being introduced to provide an agreed to minimum standard for National Mobilization and to help develop local capability. Currently the PSC3, LSC3, and FSC3 positions are utilized by FEMA and the Department of the Interior All Hazard qualification program. NWCG recognizes the ability of cooperating agencies at the local level to jointly define and accept each other’s qualifications for initial attack, extended attack, large fire operations, and prescribed fire. Position qualification pathways for the LSC3, PSC3, and FSC3 positions include both equivalency and position task book alternatives for position qualification. FEMA position task books will be utilized for these positions and are available at training.fema.gov/position%20specific%20taskbooks/taskbook_list.asp.	Logistics
Planning Section Chief Complex	PSCC	Removed: X-520, NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: Added: To PSCC Qualification Requirements: **S-420, Command and General Staff or L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff or O-305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team, and I-400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff, must be completed before initiating the NWCG Planning Section Chief Complex, Position Task Book, PMS 311-123. Updated: S-520, Advanced Incident Management OR Complex Incident Management Course (CIMC) OR Complex Incident Management Field Evaluation (PDF) OR a completed X-520,NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form (PDF). Added: To Required Training: ICS-400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff S-420, Command and General Staff OR L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff OR 0305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team To Required Experience: OR Satisfactory performance as a Situation Unit Leader (SITL) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-123 OR Satisfactory performance as a Resources Unit Leader (RESL) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-123 OR Satisfactory performance as a Planning Section Chief Type 3 (PSC3) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-123 (see note) OR Satisfactory performance as a Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-123 (see note) OR Satisfactory performance as a Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-123 (see note) OR Satisfactory performance as a Complex Incident Safety Officer (SOFC) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-123 (see note) Note: Individuals utilizing this pathway must complete the Planning Section Chief Course (S-440) prior to position qualification.* To These Positions Maintain Currency for PSCC: Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2) Planning Section Chief Type 3 (PSC3) Resources Unit Leader (RESL) Situation Unit Leader (SITL) To PSCC Maintains Currency For These Positions: Demobilization Unit Leader (DMOB) Documentation Unit Leader (DOCL) Planning Section Chief Type 3 (PSC3) To Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills: L-480, Organizational Leadership in the Wildland Fire Service L-580, Leadership is Action S-440, Planning Section Chief Added: Area Commander (ACDR), Assistant Area Commander, Planning (ACPC), Incident Commander Complex (ICCI), and Incident Commander Type 1 (ICT1) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For PSCC ". Added: Assistant Area Commander, Planning (ACPC), Incident Commander Complex (ICCI), Incident Commander Type 1 (ICT1), Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2), Resources Unit Leader (RESL), Situation Unit Leader (SITL), and Status/Check-In Recorder (SCKN) to "PSCC Maintains Currency For These Positions." Position created.	Planning
Ordering Manager	ORDM	Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: Deleted from "These Positions Maintain Currency For ORDM": Service Branch Director (SVBD) Support Branch Director (SUBD) Added: Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For ORDM." Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Removed: ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents (ICS-200) from "Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills." Added: ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents (ICS-200) to Required Training. Transition Plan: All qualified individuals will remain qualified. Individuals will be granted ICS-200 in responder’s records. All trainee ORDM will be required to complete ICS-200 prior to position qualification. Position created.	Logistics
Logistics Section Chief Type 2*	LSC2	Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: Deleted from "These Positions Maintain Currency For LSC2" and from "LSC2 Maintains Currency For These Positions": Service Branch Director (SVBD) Support Branch Director (SUBD) Removed: Required Training and Required Experience and replaced with "The qualification pathway for this position is discontinued per NWCG direction on January, 2023. Responders with an active PTB will transition to the corresponding complex position PTB." Updated: Position Endorsement The position for this endorsement is currently being evaluated to the new standards for Complex Incident Management, for current information regarding this change, please contact your NIMSIC representative. Added: Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For LSC2" and "LSC2 Maintains Currency For These Positions". Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Added: “Individuals utilizing this pathway must complete the Logistics Section Chief Course (E/L967) prior to position qualification.” Updated: asterisk note to read: Individuals must complete the Logistics Section Chief Course (E/L967) prior to position qualification. Updated: Prerequisite experience modified as follows: Satisfactory performance as a Facilities Unit Leader (FACL). + Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-33) as a Logistics Section Chief Type 2 (LSC2). OR Satisfactory performance as a Ground Support Unit Leader (GSUL). + Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-33) as a Logistics Section Chief Type 2 (LSC2). OR Satisfactory performance as a Supply Unit Leader (SPUL). + Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-33) as a Logistics Section Chief Type 2 (LSC2). OR Satisfactory performance as a Logistics Section Chief Type 3 (LSC3). + Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-33) as a Logistics Section Chief Type 2 (LSC2). OR Satisfactory performance as an Operations Section Chief Type 2 (OSC2). + Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-33) as a Logistics Section Chief Type 2 (LSC2) on a wildfire incident. OR Satisfactory performance as a Planning Section Chief Type 2 (PSC2). + Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-33) as a Logistics Section Chief Type 2 (LSC2) on a wildfire incident. OR Satisfactory performance as a Safety Officer Type 1 (SOF2). + Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-33) as a Logistics Section Chief Type 2 (LSC2) on a wildfire incident*. Added: S-420 Command & General Staff (32 hrs.) to Required Training. Position created. Logistics Section Chief (Multi-Branch), Logistics Section Chief (Multi-Division) and Logistics Section Chief (Multi-Leader) in 1984 PMS 310-1.	Logistics
Facilities Unit Leader*	FACL	Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: Deleted from "These Positions Maintain Currency For FACL": Service Branch Director (SVBD) Support Branch Director (SUBD) Deleted from "FACL Maintains Currency For These Positions": Support Branch Director (SUBD) Added: Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For FACL." Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC) to "FACL Maintains Currency For These Positions." Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Added: To Qualification Requirements: Note: Once qualified as a FACL, the LSC3 qualification may be granted by the certifying official. Certification must be documented on a “verification/certification” page of the LSC3 Position Task Book (311-35). Position created.	Logistics
Support Branch Director	SUBD	Position Archived. Added: Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For SUBD." Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC) to "SUBD Maintains Currency For These Positions." Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Removed: “*designates agency established position qualifications.” Position created.	Logistics
Incident Commander Type 4*	ICT4	Removed: from "These Positions Maintain Currency For ICT4": Safety Officer, Line (SOFR) Added: to "These Positions Maintain Currency For ICT4": Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3) Added: to "ICT4 Maintains Currency For These Positions ": Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3) Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: Added to "ICT4 Maintains Currency For These Positions": Safety Officer Field (SOFF) Added: Operation Section Chief Complex (OSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For ICT4." Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Added: “except HMGB” to "ICT4 Maintains Currency for These Positions". Added: Any Single Resource Position (CRWB, DOZB, ENGB, FELB, FIRB, TRPB, HMGB) meets the prerequisite experience for Incident Commander Type 4 (ICT4). Position created.	Command
Unmanned Aircraft System Pilot	UASP	Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: Added to "Required Experience": Completion and Certification of NWCG Unmanned Aircraft System, Pilot Position Task Book, PMS 311 78. Updated: Required Training, A-450 course title updated. Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Position created.	Air Operations
Task Force Leader	TFLD	Removed: from "These Positions Maintain Currency For TFLD": Safety Officer, Line (SOFR) Removed: from "TFLD Maintain Currency For These Positions "": Safety Officer, Line (SOFR) Added: to "These Positions Maintain Currency For TFLD": Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3) Added: to "TFLD Maintain Currency For These Positions ": Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3) Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: Added to "TFLD Maintains Currency For These Positions": Safety Officer Field (SOFF) Added: Operation Section Chief Complex (OSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For TFLD." Added: to Qualification Requirements: If a TFLD meets the prerequisite experience and qualifications of a STL, the appropriate STL qualification may be granted by the certifying official. Certification must be documented on a ‘verification/certification’ page of the TFLD Position Task Book (311-10). Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Removed: Tactical Decision Making in the Wildland Fire (S-336) from "Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills." Added: Crew Representative (CREP) to "TFLD Maintains Currency for These Positions." Added: the following qualification pathway for required experience: Satisfactory performance in any two Strike Team Leader positions (STCR, STEQ, STEN). Updated: The Task Force Leader (TFLD) and Strike Team Leader (STDZ, STEN, STCR, STPL) Position Task Books (PTB)(311-10) have been combined. However, the positions have not been combined. Strike Team Leader tasks are completed only once. The Required Experience for TFLD must be met prior to completing additional TFLD tasks. Upon satisfactory performance in the prerequisite single resource boss position, the specific strike team leader task book may be initiated. Once qualified as a Strike Team Leader, any additional single resource boss qualifications will also qualify the individual in that corresponding strike team leader position—without having to complete the Strike Team Leader PTB for the new position—once agency certification is documented on the PTB Certification page. Deleted: S-330 (24 hrs.) and S-390 (16 hrs.) from Required Training. Position created.	Operations
Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex	FSCC	Removed: X-520, NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: Added: 1. To FSCC Qualification Requirements Summary: *S-420, Command and General Staff or L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff or O-305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team, and I-400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff, must be completed before initiating the NWCG Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex, Position Task Book, PMS 311-146. 2. To Required Training: OR a completed X-520, NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form (PDF) Added: To Required Training: S-420, Command and General Staff OR L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff OR 0305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team To Required Experience: Satisfactory performance as a Time Unit Leader (TIME) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-146 OR Satisfactory performance as a Cost Unit Leader (COST) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-146 OR Satisfactory performance as a Procurement Unit Leader (PROC)** AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-146 OR Satisfactory performance as a Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 3 (FSC3) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-146 To These Positions Maintain currency for FSCC: Compensation/Claims Unit Leader (COMP) Cost Unit Leader (COST) Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 3 (FSC3) Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) Incident Commander Type 1 (ICT1) Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2) Procurement Unit Leader (PROC) Time Unit Leader (TIME) To FSCC Maintains Currency For These Positions: Cost Unit Leader (COST) Compensation/Claims Unit Leader (COMP) Equipment Time Recorder (EQTR) Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 3 (FSC3) Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) Incident Commander Type 1 (ICT1) Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2) Personnel Time Recorder (PTRC) Procurement Unit Leader (PROC) Time Unit Leader (TIME) To Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills: E/L 973, All-Hazards Position Specific Finance/Admin. Section Chief L-480, Organizational Leadership in the Wildland Fire Service L-580, Leadership is Action Position Created.	Finance/ Administration
Public Information Officer Complex	PIOC	Removed: X-520, NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: Added: To PIOC Qualification Requirements: *S-420, Command and General Staff or L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff or O-305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team, and I-400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff, must be completed before initiating the NWCG Public Information Officer Complex, Position Task Book, PMS 311-106. Updated: S-520, Advanced Incident Management OR Complex Incident Management Course (CIMC) OR Complex Incident Management Field Evaluation (PDF) OR a completed X-520,NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form (PDF). Removed: NOTE: This qualification standard is effective until December 31, 2022, per NWCG Memorandum 22-002, Amended** Added: To Required Training: ICS-400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff S-420, Command and General Staff OR L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff OR 0305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team To Required Experience: OR Satisfactory performance as a Public Information Officer Type 3 (PIO3) AND Completion and Certification of Public Information Officer Complex (PIOC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-106 OR Satisfactory performance as a Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC) AND Completion and Certification of Public Information Officer Complex (PIOC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-106 (see note) OR Satisfactory performance as a Incident Logistics Section Complex (LSCC) AND Completion and Certification of Public Information Officer Complex (PIOC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-106 (see note) OR Satisfactory performance as a Safety Officer Complex (SOFC) AND Completion and Certification of Public Information Officer Complex (PIOC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-106 (see note) OR Satisfactory performance as a Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) AND Completion and Certification of Public Information Officer Complex (PIOC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-106 (see note) Note: Individuals utilizing this pathway must complete the Public Information Officer Course (E/L 952) prior to position qualification. To These Positions Maintain Currency For PIOC: Public Information Officer Type 3 (PIO3) To PIOC Maintains Currency For These Positions: Public Information Officer Type 3 (PIO3) To Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills: E/L 952, All-Hazards Position Specific Public Information Officer IS-42, Social Media in Emergency Management L-580, Leadership is Action Position created.	Command
Logistics Section Chief Type 1*	LSC1	Removed: Required Training S-520, Advanced Incident Management OR Complex Incident Management Course (CIMC) Required Experience Satisfactory performance as a Logistics Section Chief Type 2 (LSC2) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC1) Position Task Book, PMS 311-33 OR Satisfactory performance as a Operations Section Chief Type 1 (OSC1)* AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC1) Position Task Book, PMS 311-33 OR Satisfactory performance as a Planning Section Chief Type 1 (PSC1)* AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC1) Position Task Book, PMS 311-33 OR Satisfactory performance as a Safety Officer Type 1 (SOF1)* AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC1) Position Task Book, PMS 311-33 Individuals utilizing this pathway must complete the Logistics Section Chief Course (E/L967) prior to position qualification. Added: The qualification pathway for this position is discontinued per NWCG direction on January, 2025. Responders with an active PTB will transition to the corresponding complex position PTB. Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: Deleted from "These Positions Maintain Currency For LSC1" and from "LSC1 Maintains Currency For These Positions": Service Branch Director (SVBD) Support Branch Director (SUBD) Added: Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For LCS1" and "LCS1 Maintains Currency For These Positions." Added: Assistant Area Commander Logistics (ACLC) to "LCS1 Maintains Currency For These Positions." Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Added: “Individuals utilizing this pathway must complete the Logistics Section Chief Course (E/L967) prior to position qualification.” Updated: Corrected asterisk note to read: Individuals must complete the Logistics Section Chief Course (E/L967) prior to position qualification. Added: of Support Branch Director (SUBD) to LSC1 Maintains Currency For These Positions. Updated: Prerequisite experience modified as follows: Satisfactory performance as a Logistics Section Chief Type 2 (LSC2). + Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-33) as a Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC1). OR Satisfactory performance as a Operations Section Chief Type 1 (OSC1). + Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-33) as a Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC1) on a wildfire incident. OR Satisfactory performance as a Planning Section Chief Type 1 (PSC1). + Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-33) as a Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC1) on a wildfire incident. OR Satisfactory performance as a Safety Officer Type 1 (SOF1). + Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-33) as a Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC1) on a wildfire incident. Removed: of Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC3) from the "These Positions Maintain Currency for LSC1" positions. Added: of Area Commander (ACDR) for "These Positions Maintain Currency for LSC1." Added: of Service Branch Director (SVBD) to "LSC1 Maintains Currency for These Positions." Position created. Logistics Section Chief (Multi-Branch), Logistics Section Chief (Multi-Division) and Logistics Section Chief (Multi-Leader) in 1984 PMS 310-1.	Logistics
Operations Section Chief Complex	OSCC	Removed: X-520, NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: Added: To OSCC Qualification Requirements: **S-420, Command and General Staff or L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff or O-305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team, and I-400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff, must be completed before initiating the NWCG Operations Section Chief Complex, Position Task Book, PMS 311-108. Updated: Required Training: S-520, Advanced Incident Management OR Complex Incident Management Course (CIMC) OR Complex Incident Management Field Evaluation (PDF) OR a completed X-520,NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form (PDF) Added: To Required Training: ICS-400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff S-420, Command and General Staff OR L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff OR 0305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team To Required Experience: OR Satisfactory performance as a Division/Group Supervisor (DIVS) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Operation Section Chief, Complex (OSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-108 To These Positions Maintain Currency For OSCC: Area Commander (ACDR) Assistant Area Commander Logistics (ACLC) Assistant Area Commander Planning (ACPC) Division/Group Supervisor (DIVS) Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) Incident Commander Type 1 (ICT1) Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2) Incident Commander Type 3 (ICT3) Operation Branch Director (OPBD) Operation Section Chief 3, Wildland Fire (OPS3) To OSCC Maintains Currency For These Positions: Assistant Area Commander Planning (ACPC) Division/Group Supervisor (DIVS) Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) Incident Commander Type 1 (ICT1) Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2) Incident Commander Type 3 (ICT3) Incident Commander Type 4 (ICT4) Operations Brand Director (OPBD) Operations Section Chief Type 3, Wildland Fire (OPS3) Safety Officer Complex (SOFC) Safety Officer Type 1 (SOF1) Safety Officer Type 2 (SOF2) Strike Team Leader including (STCR, STEQ, STEN) Structure Protection Specialist (STPS) Task Force Leader (TFLD) To Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills: S-430, Operations Section Chief L-480, Organizational Leadership in the Fire Service L-580, Leadership is Action Added: Position-Specific publication added under Standards and References: NWCG Position-Specific Standards for Operations Section Chiefs*, PMS 350-8. Position created.	Operations
Incident Commander Complex	ICCI	Removed: X-520, NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: Added: To ICCI Qualification Requirements: ***S-420, Command and General Staff or L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff or O-305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team, and I-400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff, must be completed before initiating the NWCG Incident Commander Complex, Position Task Book, PMS 311-101. To Required Training: OR a completed X-520, NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form (PDF) Added: To Required Training: ICS-400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff S-420, Command and General Staff OR L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff OR 0305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team To Required Experience: OR Satisfactory performance as an Incident Commander Type 3 (ICT3) AND Satisfactory performance as an Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) Position Task Book, PMS 311-101 OR Satisfactory performance as an Incident Commander Type 3 (ICT3) AND Satisfactory performance as a Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) Position Task Book, PMS 311-101 OR Satisfactory performance as an Incident Commander Type 3 (ICT3) AND Satisfactory performance as a Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) Position Task Book, PMS 311-101 OR Satisfactory performance as an Incident Commander Type 3 (ICT3) AND Satisfactory performance as a Safety Officer Complex (SOFC) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) Position Task Book, PMS 311-101 OR Satisfactory performance as an Incident Commander Type 3 (ICT3) AND Satisfactory performance as a Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) Position Task Book, PMS 311-101 To These Positions Maintain Currency For ICCI: Area Commander (ACDR) Assistant Area Commander Logistics (ACLC) Assistant Area Commander Planning (ACPC) Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC) Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 1 (FSC1) Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 2 (FSC2) Incident Commander Type 3 (ICT3) Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC) Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC1) Logistics Section Chief Type 2 (LSC2) Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC) Operations Section Chief Type 1 (OSC1) Operations Section Chief Type 2 (OSC2) Operations Section Chief Type 3, Wildland Fire (OPS3) Planning Section Chief Type 1 (PSC1) Planning Section Chief Type 2 (PSC2) Safety Officer Complex (SOFC) Safety Officer Type 1 (SOF1) Safety Officer Type 2 (SOF2) To ICCI Maintains Currency For These Positions: Agency Representative (AREP) Area Commander (ACDR) Assistant Area Commander Logistics (ACLC) Assistant Area Commander Planning (ACPC) Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC) Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 1 (FSC1) Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 2 (FSC2) Liaison Officer (LOFR) Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC) Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC1) Logistics Section Chief Type 2 (LSC2) Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC) Operations Section Chief Type 1 (OSC1) Operations Section Chief Type 2 (OSC2) Operations Section Chief Type 3, Wildland Fire (OPS3) Safety Officer Complex (SOFC) Safety Officer Type 1 (SOF1) Safety Officer Type 2 (SOF2) To Other Training Which Supports Development Of Knowledge And Skills: E/L 950, All-Hazards Position Specific Incident Commander L-480, Organizational Leadership in the Fire Service L-580, Leadership is Action Added: Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For ICCI" and "ICCI Maintains Currency For These Positions." Position created.	Command
Heavy Equipment Boss, Single Resource	HEQB	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.	Operations
Safety Officer, Field	SOFF	Removed: from "These Positions Maintain Currency For SOFF": Safety Officer, Line (SOFR) Added: to "These Positions Maintain Currency For SOFF": Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3) Updated: The Safety Officer, Field (SOFF) position is not a prerequisite to the NWCG Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3) position. Position created.	Command
Strike Team Leader Engine	STEN	Removed: from "These Positions Maintain Currency For STEN": Safety Officer, Line (SOFR) Removed: from "STEN Maintains Currency For These Positions ": Safety Officer, Line (SOFR) Added: to "These Positions Maintain Currency For STEN": Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3) Added: to "STEN Maintains Currency For These Positions ": Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3) Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: Added to "STEN Maintains Currency For These Positions": Safety Officer Field (SOFF) Added: Operation Section Chief Complex (OSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For STEN." Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Removed: Tactical Decision Making in the Wildland Fire (S-336) from "Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills." Updated: The Task Force Leader (TFLD) and Strike Team Leader (STDZ, STEN, STCR, STPL) Position Task Books (PTB)(311-10) have been combined. However, the positions have not been combined. Strike Team Leader tasks are completed only once. The Required Experience for TFLD must be met prior to completing additional TFLD tasks. Upon satisfactory performance in the prerequisite single resource boss position, the specific strike team leader task book may be initiated. Once qualified as a Strike Team Leader, any additional single resource boss qualifications will also qualify the individual in that corresponding strike team leader position—without having to complete the Strike Team Leader PTB for the new position—once agency certification is documented on the PTB Certification page. Position created. Task Force/Strike Team Leader in 1984 PMS 310-1.	Operations
Service Branch Director	SVBD	Position Archived. Added: Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For SVBD." Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC) to "SVBD Maintains Currency For These Positions." Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Removed: “*designates agency established position qualifications.” Position created.	Logistics
Equipment Manager	EQPM	Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: Deleted from "These Positions Maintain Currency For EQPM": Service Branch Director (SVBD) Support Branch Director (SUBD) Added: Logistic Section Chief Complex (LSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency for EQPM." Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Position created.	Logistics
Food Unit Leader*	FDUL	Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: Deleted from "FDUL Maintains Currency For These Positions": Service Branch Director (SVBD) Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Added: S-357, Food Unit Leader (32 hrs.) to Required Training. Position created.	Logistics
Crew Boss, Single Resource	CRWB	Removed: from "These Positions Maintain Currency For CRWB": Safety Officer, Line (SOFR) Added: to "These Positions Maintain Currency For CRWB": Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3) Updated: Incident Position Description Standards and References: PTB Position Qualification Requirements, PMS 310-1: Required Experience Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: Added to "These Positions Maintain Currency For CRWB": Safety Officer Field (SOFF) Added: Incident Commander Type 5 (ICT5) to "CRWB Maintains Currency for These Positions". Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Added: Required Training: S-230, Crew Boss (Single Resource) (24 hrs). Position created.	Operations
Ground Support Unit Leader*	GSUL	Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: Deleted from "These Positions Maintain Currency For GSUL": Service Branch Director (SVBD) Support Branch Director (SUBD) Deleted from " GSUL Maintains Currency For These Positions": Support Branch Director (SUBD) Added: Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC) to These Positions Maintain Currency For GSUL Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC) to GSUL Maintains Currency For These Positions Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Added: to Qualification Requirements: Note: Once qualified as a GSUL, the LSC3 qualification may be granted by the certifying official. Certification must be documented on a “verification/certification” page of the LSC3 Position Task Book (311-35). Position created.	Logistics
Medical Unit Leader*	MEDL	Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: Deleted from "MEDL Maintains Currency For These Positions": Service Branch Director (SVBD) Updated "MEDL Maintains Currency For These Positions": None Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Updated: MEDL requirements to reflect the current EMT qualification position requirement. Position created.	Logistics
Engine Boss, Single Resource	ENGB	Removed: from "These Positions Maintain Currency For ENGB": Safety Officer, Line (SOFR) Added: to "These Positions Maintain Currency For ENGB": Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3) Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: Added to "These Positions Maintain Currency For ENGB": Safety Officer Field (SOFF) Added: Engine Boss (ENGB) maintains currency for Incident Commander Type 5 (ICT5). Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Added: A Skills Crosswalk comparing National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standards for structural firefighters with National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) wildland firefighter skills has been developed for the FFT2, FFT1, ENGB, and STEN positions. Added: Required training: S-230, Crew Boss (Single Resource)(24 hrs), S-231, Engine Boss (Single Resource)(8 hrs), S-205, Fire Operations in the Urban Interface (28 hrs). Position created.	Operations
Base/Camp Manager	BCMG	Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: Deleted from "These Positions Maintain Currency For BCMG": Service Branch Director (SVBD) Support Branch Director (SUBD) Added: Logisitc Section Chief Complex (LSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency for BCMG." Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Position created.	Logistics
Strike Team Leader Crew	STCR	Removed: from "These Positions Maintain Currency For STCR": Safety Officer, Line (SOFR) Removed: from "STCR Maintains Currency For These Positions ": Safety Officer, Line (SOFR) Added: to "These Positions Maintain Currency For STCR": Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3) Added: to "STCR Maintains Currency For These Positions ": Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3) Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: Added to "STCR Maintains Currency For These Positions": Safety Officer Field (SOFF) Added: Operation Section Chief Complex (OSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For STCR." Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Removed: Tactical Decision Making in the Wildland Fire (S-336) from "Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills." Added: Crew Representative (CREP) to "STCR Maintains Currency for These Positions." Updated: The Task Force Leader (TFLD) and Strike Team Leader (STDZ, STEN, STCR, STPL) Position Task Books (PTB)(311-10) have been combined. However, the positions have not been combined. Strike Team Leader tasks are completed only once. The Required Experience for TFLD must be met prior to completing additional TFLD tasks. Upon satisfactory performance in the prerequisite single resource boss position, the specific strike team leader task book may be initiated. Once qualified as a Strike Team Leader, any additional single resource boss qualifications will also qualify the individual in that corresponding strike team leader position—without having to complete the Strike Team Leader PTB for the new position—once agency certification is documented on the PTB Certification page. Added: S-205 (28 hrs) to Required Training. Position created. Task Force/Strike Team Leader in 1984 PMS 310-1.	Operations
Logistics Section Chief Complex	LSCC	Removed: X-520, NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: Added to "LSCC Qualification Requirements": * S-420, Command and General Staff or L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff or O-305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team, and I-400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff, must be completed before initiating the NWCG Logistics Section Chief Complex, Position Task Book, PMS 311-133. Updated Required Training: S-520, Advanced Incident Management OR Complex Incident Management Course (CIMC) OR Complex Incident Management Field Evaluation (PDF) OR a completed X-520,NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form (PDF). Deleted from "These Positions Maintain Currency For LSCC" and from "LSCC Maintains Currency For These Positions": Service Branch Director (SVBD) Support Branch Director (SUBD) Added: To Required Training: ICS-400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff S-420, Command and General Staff OR L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff OR 0305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team To Required Experience: OR Satisfactory performance as a Facilities Unit Leader (FACL) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Logistic Section Chief Complex (LSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-133 OR Satisfactory performance as a Ground Support Unit Leader (GSUL) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Logistic Section Chief Complex (LSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-133 OR Satisfactory performance as a Supply Unit Leader (SPUL) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Logistic Section Chief Complex (LSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-133 OR Satisfactory performance as a Logistics Section Chief Type 3 (LSC3) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Logistic Section Chief Complex (LSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-133 OR Satisfactory performance as a Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Logistic Section Chief Complex (LSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-133 (see note) OR Satisfactory performance as a Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Logistic Section Chief Complex (LSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-133 OR Satisfactory performance as a Safety Officer Complex (SOFC) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Logistic Section Chief Complex (LSCC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-133 Note:** Individuals utilizing this pathway must complete the Logistics Section Chief Course (E/L 967) prior to position qualification. To These Positions Maintain Currency for LCSS: Assistant Area Commander, Logistics (ACLC) Facilities Unit Leader (FACL) Ground Support Unit Leader (GSUL) Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) Incident Commander Type 1 (ICT1) Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2) Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC3) Service Branch Director (SVBD) Supply Unit Leader (SPUL) Support Branch Director (SUBD) To LSCC Maintains Currency for These Positions: Assistant Area Commander Logistics (ACLC) Base/Camp Manager (BCMG) Equipment Manager (EQPM) Facilities Unit Leader (FACL) Ground Support Unit Leader (GSUL) Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) Incident Commander Type 1 (ICT1) Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2) Logistics Section Chief Type 1 (LSC3) Ordering Manager (ORDM) Receiving/Distribution Manager (RCDM) Service Branch Director (SVBD) Supply Unit Leader (SPUL) Support Branch Director (SUBD) To Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills: E/L 967, All-Hazards Position Specific Logistics Section Chief L-480, Organizational Leadership in the Fire Service L-580, Leadership is Action Position created.	Logistics
Supply Unit Leader*	SPUL	Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: Deleted from "These Positions Maintain Currency For SPUL": Service Branch Director (SVBD) Support Branch Director (SUBD) Deleted from "SPUL Maintains Currency For These Positions": Support Branch Director (SUBD) Added: Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For SPUL." Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC) to "SPUL Maintains Currency For These Positions." Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Added: to Qualification Requirements: Note: Once qualified as a SPUL, the LSC3 qualification may be granted by the certifying official. Certification must be documented on a “verification/certification” page of the LSC3 Position Task Book (311-35). Position created.	Logistics
Communications Unit Leader*	COML	Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: Deleted from "COML Maintains Currency For These Positions": Service Branch Director (SVBD) Removed: OR Satisfactory performance as an Incident Communications Center Manager (INCM) Added: AND Satisfactory performance as an Incident Communications Center Manager (INCM) Added: Satisfactory performance as an Incident Communications Technician (COMT) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Communications Unit Leader (COML) Position Task Book, PMS 311-34 OR Satisfactory performance as an Incident Communications Center Manager (INCM) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Communications Unit Leader (COML) Position Task Book, PMS 311-34 Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Position created.	Logistics
Safety Officer Complex	SOFC	Removed: from "These Positions Maintain Currency For SOFC": Safety Officer, Line (SOFR) Removed: from "SOFC Maintain Currency For These Positions "": Safety Officer, Line (SOFR) Added: to "These Positions Maintain Currency For SOFC": Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3) Added: to "SOFC Maintains Currency For These Positions ": Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3) Removed: X-520, NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: Added to SOFC Qualification Requirements: *** S-420, Command and General Staff or L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff or O-305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team, and I-400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff, must be completed before initiating the NWCG Safety Officer Complex, Position Task Book, PMS 311-104. Updated Required Training: S-520, Advanced Incident Management OR Complex Incident Management Course (CIMC) OR Complex Incident Management Field Evaluation (PDF) OR a completed X-520,NWCG CIM Field Evaluation Form (PDF). Added: To Required Training: ICS-400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff S-420, Command and General Staff OR L-481, Advanced Leadership for Command and General Staff OR 0305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team To Required Experience: OR Satisfactory performance as a Division/Group Supervisor (DIVS) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Safety Officer Complex (SOFC) Position Task Book, PMS 311-104 To These Positions Maintain Currency For SOFC: Division/Group Supervisor (DIVS) Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) Incident Commander Type 1 (ICT1) Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2) Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC) Operations Section Chief Type 1 (OSC1) Operations Section Chief Type 2 (OSC2) Safety Officer, Line (SOFR) To SOFC Maintains Currency For These Positions: Division/Group Supervisor (DIVS) Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) Incident Commander Type 1 (ICT1) Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2) Safety Officer, Line (SOFR) To Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills: L-480, Organizational Leadership in the Wildland Fire Service L-580, Leadership is Action S-404, Safety Officer Position created.	Command
Felling Boss, Single Resource	FELB	Removed: from "These Positions Maintain Currency For FELB": Safety Officer, Line (SOFR) Added: to "These Positions Maintain Currency For FELB": Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3) Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: Added to "These Positions Maintain Currency For FELB": Safety Officer Field (SOFF) Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Added: Required Training: S-230, Crew Boss (Single Resource) (24 hrs) and S-212, Wildland Fire Chainsaws (28 hrs). Position created.	Operations
Firing Boss, Single Resource	FIRB	Removed: from "These Positions Maintain Currency For FIRB": Safety Officer, Line (SOFR) Added: to "These Positions Maintain Currency For FIRB": Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3) Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: Added to "These Positions Maintain Currency For FIRB": Safety Officer Field (SOFF) Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Added: Field Observer (FOBS) to "FIRB Maintains Currency for These Positions." Updated: The Ignition Specialist positions (RXI1& RXI2) have been replaced with the Firing Boss (FIRB) position. Added: S-230, Crew Boss (Single Resource) (24 hrs.) and S-234 (24 hrs.) to Single Resource Boss Firing Required Training. Position created. Single Resource Boss in 1984 PMS 310-1.	Operations

Year: 2023
Position	Position Code	Change	Functional Area
Communications Unit Leader*	COML	Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: Deleted from "COML Maintains Currency For These Positions": Service Branch Director (SVBD) Removed: OR Satisfactory performance as an Incident Communications Center Manager (INCM) Added: AND Satisfactory performance as an Incident Communications Center Manager (INCM) Added: Satisfactory performance as an Incident Communications Technician (COMT) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Communications Unit Leader (COML) Position Task Book, PMS 311-34 OR Satisfactory performance as an Incident Communications Center Manager (INCM) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Communications Unit Leader (COML) Position Task Book, PMS 311-34 Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Position created.	Logistics
Unmanned Aircraft System Pilot	UASP	Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: Added to "Required Experience": Completion and Certification of NWCG Unmanned Aircraft System, Pilot Position Task Book, PMS 311 78. Updated: Required Training, A-450 course title updated. Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Position created.	Air Operations
Incident Commander Type 1*	ICT1	Removed: Required Training RT-130, Wildland Fire Safety Training Annual Refresher (WFSTAR) S-520, Advanced Incident Management OR Complex Incident Management Course (CIMC) Required Experience Satisfactory performance as an Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Incident Commander Type 1 (ICT1) Position Task Book, PMS 311-01 Added: The qualification pathway for this position is discontinued per NWCG direction on January, 2025. Responders with an active PTB will transition to the corresponding complex position PTB. Added: Safety Officer Complex (SOFC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For ICT1." Safety Officer Complex (SOFC) to "ICT1 Maintains Currency For These Positions." Added: Planning Section Chief Complex (PSCC) and Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For ICT1" and "ICT1 Maintains Currency For These Positions". Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Added: Liaison Officer (LOFR) to "ICT1 Maintains Currency For These Positions". Removed: Incident Commander Type 3 (ICT3) from "ICT1 Maintains Currency for These Positions". Added: Agency Representative (AREP) for "ICT1 Maintains Currency for These Positions". Position created. Incident Commander (Multi-Branch), Incident Commander (Multi-Division) and Incident Commander (Multi-Leader) in 1984 PMS 310-1.	Command
Service Branch Director	SVBD	Position Archived. Added: Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For SVBD." Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC) to "SVBD Maintains Currency For These Positions." Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Removed: “*designates agency established position qualifications.” Position created.	Logistics
Operations Branch Director	OPBD	Added: Operation Section Chief Complex (OSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For OPBD." Operation Section Chief Complex (OSCC) TO "OPBD Maintains Currency For These Positions." Added: NWCG Position-Specific Standards for Operations Section Chiefs, PMS 350-8 to Position-Specific publication under Standards and References. Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Removed: “*designates agency established position qualifications.” Position created.	Operations
Ground Support Unit Leader*	GSUL	Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: Deleted from "These Positions Maintain Currency For GSUL": Service Branch Director (SVBD) Support Branch Director (SUBD) Deleted from " GSUL Maintains Currency For These Positions": Support Branch Director (SUBD) Added: Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC) to These Positions Maintain Currency For GSUL Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC) to GSUL Maintains Currency For These Positions Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Added: to Qualification Requirements: Note: Once qualified as a GSUL, the LSC3 qualification may be granted by the certifying official. Certification must be documented on a “verification/certification” page of the LSC3 Position Task Book (311-35). Position created.	Logistics
Facilities Unit Leader*	FACL	Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: Deleted from "These Positions Maintain Currency For FACL": Service Branch Director (SVBD) Support Branch Director (SUBD) Deleted from "FACL Maintains Currency For These Positions": Support Branch Director (SUBD) Added: Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For FACL." Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC) to "FACL Maintains Currency For These Positions." Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Added: To Qualification Requirements: Note: Once qualified as a FACL, the LSC3 qualification may be granted by the certifying official. Certification must be documented on a “verification/certification” page of the LSC3 Position Task Book (311-35). Position created.	Logistics
Strike Team Leader Heavy Equipment	STEQ	Removed: from "These Positions Maintain Currency For STEQ": Safety Officer, Line (SOFR) Removed: from "STEQ Maintain Currency For These Positions "": Safety Officer, Line (SOFR) Added: to "These Positions Maintain Currency For STEQ": Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3) Added: to "STEQ Maintain Currency For These Positions ": Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3) Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: Added to "STEQ Maintains Currency For These Positions": Safety Officer Field (SOFF) Added: Operation Section Chief Complex (OSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For STEQ." Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Removed: Tactical Decision Making in the Wildland Fire (S-336) from "Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills." Position created. Combined STDZ and STPL positions into a Strike Team Heavy Equipment (STEQ) position.	Operations
Supply Unit Leader*	SPUL	Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: Deleted from "These Positions Maintain Currency For SPUL": Service Branch Director (SVBD) Support Branch Director (SUBD) Deleted from "SPUL Maintains Currency For These Positions": Support Branch Director (SUBD) Added: Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For SPUL." Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC) to "SPUL Maintains Currency For These Positions." Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Added: to Qualification Requirements: Note: Once qualified as a SPUL, the LSC3 qualification may be granted by the certifying official. Certification must be documented on a “verification/certification” page of the LSC3 Position Task Book (311-35). Position created.	Logistics
Equipment Manager	EQPM	Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: Deleted from "These Positions Maintain Currency For EQPM": Service Branch Director (SVBD) Support Branch Director (SUBD) Added: Logistic Section Chief Complex (LSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency for EQPM." Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Position created.	Logistics
Time Unit Leader*	TIME	Added: Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For TIME." Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC) to "TIME Maintains Currency For These Positions." Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Added: to Qualification Requirements: Note: Once qualified as a TIME, the FSC3 qualification may be granted by the certifying official. Certification must be documented on a “verification/certification” page of the FSC3 Position Task Book (311-50). Position created.	Finance/ Administration
Task Force Leader	TFLD	Removed: from "These Positions Maintain Currency For TFLD": Safety Officer, Line (SOFR) Removed: from "TFLD Maintain Currency For These Positions "": Safety Officer, Line (SOFR) Added: to "These Positions Maintain Currency For TFLD": Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3) Added: to "TFLD Maintain Currency For These Positions ": Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3) Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: Added to "TFLD Maintains Currency For These Positions": Safety Officer Field (SOFF) Added: Operation Section Chief Complex (OSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For TFLD." Added: to Qualification Requirements: If a TFLD meets the prerequisite experience and qualifications of a STL, the appropriate STL qualification may be granted by the certifying official. Certification must be documented on a ‘verification/certification’ page of the TFLD Position Task Book (311-10). Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Removed: Tactical Decision Making in the Wildland Fire (S-336) from "Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills." Added: Crew Representative (CREP) to "TFLD Maintains Currency for These Positions." Added: the following qualification pathway for required experience: Satisfactory performance in any two Strike Team Leader positions (STCR, STEQ, STEN). Updated: The Task Force Leader (TFLD) and Strike Team Leader (STDZ, STEN, STCR, STPL) Position Task Books (PTB)(311-10) have been combined. However, the positions have not been combined. Strike Team Leader tasks are completed only once. The Required Experience for TFLD must be met prior to completing additional TFLD tasks. Upon satisfactory performance in the prerequisite single resource boss position, the specific strike team leader task book may be initiated. Once qualified as a Strike Team Leader, any additional single resource boss qualifications will also qualify the individual in that corresponding strike team leader position—without having to complete the Strike Team Leader PTB for the new position—once agency certification is documented on the PTB Certification page. Deleted: S-330 (24 hrs.) and S-390 (16 hrs.) from Required Training. Position created.	Operations
Claims Specialist	CLMS	Position archived. Added: to Required Experience Section: Note: Once qualified as a COMP, the CLMS qualification may be granted by the certifying official. Certification must be documented. Updated: Claims Specialist (CLMS) Required experience modified as follows: Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-47) as a Compensation/Claims Unit Leader (COMP)* Added: the following language: *Certification as COMP will allow certification as INJR. Position created.	Finance/ Administration
Support Branch Director	SUBD	Position Archived. Added: Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For SUBD." Logistics Section Chief Complex (LSCC) to "SUBD Maintains Currency For These Positions." Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Removed: “*designates agency established position qualifications.” Position created.	Logistics
Procurement Unit Leader*	PROC	Added: Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For PROC." Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC) to "PROC Maintains Currency For These Positions." Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Position created.	Finance/ Administration
Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 2*	FSC2	Removed: Required Training and Required Experience and replaced with "The qualification pathway for this position is discontinued per NWCG direction on January, 2023. Responders with an active PTB will transition to the corresponding complex position PTB." Updated: Position Endorsement The position for this endorsement is currently being evaluated to the new standards for Complex Incident Management, for current information regarding this change, please contact your NIMSIC representative. Added: Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For FSC2" and "FSC2 Maintains Currency For These Positions". Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Updated: Required Experience: Satisfactory performance as a Time Unit Leader (TIME). + Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-46) as a Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 2 (FSC2). OR Satisfactory performance as a Cost Unit Leader (COST). + Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-46) as a Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 2 (FSC2). OR Satisfactory performance as a Procurement Unit Leader (PROC). + Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-46) as a Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 2 (FSC2). OR Satisfactory performance as a Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 3 (FSC3). + Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-46) as a Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 2 (FSC2). Added: S-420 Command & General Staff (32 hrs) to Required Training. Position created. Finance Section Chief (Multi-Branch), Finance Section Chief (Multi-Division) and IFinance Section Chief (Multi-Leader) in 1984 PMS 310-1.	Finance/ Administration
Public Information Officer	PIOF	Position archived. Removed: IS-700, NIMS: An Introduction from required training. Added: PIO1 position endorsement approved 01/19/2022. Remove: ICS-100, Introduction to ICS and ICS-200, ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents from Required Training. Added: S-203, Introduction to Incident Information OR E/L952, All Hazards Position Specific Public Information Officer to Required Training. Added: Satisfactory performance as a Public Information Officer, Technician (PIOT) to Required Experience. Added: Public Information Officer Type 2 (PIOT) to "PIOF Maintains Currency for These Positions." Added: to "Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills:" IS 42 (Social Media in Emergency Management) IS-29 (Public Information Officer Awareness) S-203, Introduction to Incident Information (if not taken in lieu of L-952) E/L952, All Hazards Position Specific Public Information Officer (if not taken in lieu of S-203) L-280, Followership to Leadership L-380, Fireline Leadership, and/or L-381, Incident Leadership Removed: S-110, Basic Wildland Fire Orientation from "Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills:" Added: Intermediate ICS for Expanding Incidents (ICS-300) and Advanced ICS (ICS-400) as required training to align position with FEMA Type 3 standards. Added: Transition Plan All qualified individuals will remain qualified. Individuals will be granted ICS-300 and ICS-400 in responder’s records at the time of implementation. All PIOF trainees will be required to complete ICS-300 and ICS-400 prior to position qualification. Added: Introduction to Incident Information (S-203), Introduction to ICS (ICS-100), Wildland Fire Service (L-180), Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior (S-190), Firefighter Training (S-130), Human Factors in the and Annual Fireline Safety Refresher (RT-130) as Required Training. Position created. The title of Information Officer Type 3 (IOF3) has been changed to Public Information Officer (PIOF). This position is entry level, is not a prerequisite for higher qualifications, and is not tied to the complexity of an incident.	Command
Compensation/Claims Unit Leader*	COMP	Added: Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency for COMP." Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC) to "COMP Maintains Currency for These Positions." Removed: Claims Specialist (CLMS) and Compensation-for-Injury Specialist (INJR) from "These Positions Maintain Currency for COMP." Claims Specialist (CLMS) and Compensation-for-Injury Specialist (INJR) from "COMP Maintains Currency for These Positions." Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Added: To Required Experience: Note: Once qualified as a COMP, the CLMS and INJR qualifications may be granted by the certifying official. Certification must be documented. Added: Introduction to ICS (ICS-100) and NIMS — An Introduction (IS-700) to Required Training. Removed: Satisfactory performance as a Compensation-for Injury Specialist (INJR) from Required Experience. Satisfactory performance as a Claims Specialist (CLMS) from Required Experience. Added: Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-47) as a Compensation/Claims Unit Leader (COMP)* to Required Experience. Added: The following language: *Certification as COMP will allow certification as CLMS and INJR. Position created.	Finance/ Administration
Liaison Officer*	LOFR	Added: Incident Commander Complex (ICCI) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For LOFR." Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Added: Incident Commander Type 1 (ICT1) and Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2) to These Positions Maintain Currency for LOFR. Added: Liaison Officer (E/L956) to Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills. Updated: Required Experience and removed from the list of Positions without NWCG Position Task Books. Added: Position Task Book requirement per NWCG Memorandum 10-022. Position created.	Command
Incident Commander Type 4*	ICT4	Removed: from "These Positions Maintain Currency For ICT4": Safety Officer, Line (SOFR) Added: to "These Positions Maintain Currency For ICT4": Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3) Added: to "ICT4 Maintains Currency For These Positions ": Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3) Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: Added to "ICT4 Maintains Currency For These Positions": Safety Officer Field (SOFF) Added: Operation Section Chief Complex (OSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For ICT4." Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Added: “except HMGB” to "ICT4 Maintains Currency for These Positions". Added: Any Single Resource Position (CRWB, DOZB, ENGB, FELB, FIRB, TRPB, HMGB) meets the prerequisite experience for Incident Commander Type 4 (ICT4). Position created.	Command
Safety Officer Type 2*	SOF2	Removed: from "These Positions Maintain Currency For SOF2": Safety Officer, Line (SOFR) Removed: from "SOF2 Maintain Currency For These Positions "": Safety Officer, Line (SOFR) Added: to "These Positions Maintain Currency For SOF2": Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3) Added: to "SOF2 Maintains Currency For These Positions ": Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3) Updated: Once qualified as a SOF2, the SOF3 qualification may be granted by the certifying official. Certification must be documented on a “verification/certification” page of the SOF3 PTB. Removed: Required Training and Required Experience and replaced with "The qualification pathway for this position is discontinued per NWCG direction on January, 2023. Responders with an active PTB will transition to the corresponding complex position PTB." Added: Safety Officer Complex (SOFC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For SOF2" and "SOF2 Maintains Currency For These Positions." Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Added: to Qualification Requirements: Note: Once qualified as a SOF2, the SOFR qualification may be granted by the certifying official. Certification must be documented on a “verification/certification” page of the SOFR Position Task Book (311-82). Added: Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2) to "These Positions Maintain Currency for SOF2" and "SOF2 Maintains Currency for These Positions." Updated: Position Task Book language updated to reflect the following: Once qualified as a SOF2, the SOFR qualification may be granted by the certifying official. Certification must be documented on a “verification/certification” page of the SOFR Position Task Book (311-82). Added: Operations Section Chief Type 2 (OSC2) to the "These Positions Maintain Currency For SOF2." Position created. Safety Officer in 1984 PMS 310-1.	Command
Strike Team Leader Engine	STEN	Removed: from "These Positions Maintain Currency For STEN": Safety Officer, Line (SOFR) Removed: from "STEN Maintains Currency For These Positions ": Safety Officer, Line (SOFR) Added: to "These Positions Maintain Currency For STEN": Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3) Added: to "STEN Maintains Currency For These Positions ": Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3) Updated Positions Qualification Requirements as follows: Added to "STEN Maintains Currency For These Positions": Safety Officer Field (SOFF) Added: Operation Section Chief Complex (OSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For STEN." Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Removed: Tactical Decision Making in the Wildland Fire (S-336) from "Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills." Updated: The Task Force Leader (TFLD) and Strike Team Leader (STDZ, STEN, STCR, STPL) Position Task Books (PTB)(311-10) have been combined. However, the positions have not been combined. Strike Team Leader tasks are completed only once. The Required Experience for TFLD must be met prior to completing additional TFLD tasks. Upon satisfactory performance in the prerequisite single resource boss position, the specific strike team leader task book may be initiated. Once qualified as a Strike Team Leader, any additional single resource boss qualifications will also qualify the individual in that corresponding strike team leader position—without having to complete the Strike Team Leader PTB for the new position—once agency certification is documented on the PTB Certification page. Position created. Task Force/Strike Team Leader in 1984 PMS 310-1.	Operations
Compensation for Injury Specialist	INJR	Position archived. Added: to Required Experience Section: Note: Once qualified as a COMP, the INJR qualification may be granted by the certifying official. Certification must be documented. Updated: Required experience modified as follows: Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-47) as a Compensation/Claims Unit Leader (COMP)* Added: the following language: *Certification as COMP will allow certification as INJR. Position created.	Finance/ Administration
Personnel Time Recorder	PTRC	Added: Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For PTRC." Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Position created.	Finance/ Administration
Structure Protection Specialist	STPS	Added: Operation Section Chief Complex (OSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For STPS." Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Position created.	Operations
Operations Section Chief Type 1*	OSC1	Removed: Required Training RT-130, Wildland Fire Safety Training Annual Refresher (WFSTAR) S-520, Advanced Incident Management OR Complex Incident Management Course (CIMC) Required Experience Satisfactory performance as an Operations Section Chief Type 2 (OSC2) AND Completion and Certification of NWCG Operations Section Chief Type 1 (OSC1) Position Task Book, PMS 311-08 - OSC1/OSC2 Combined. Added: The qualification pathway for this position is discontinued per NWCG direction on January, 2025. Responders with an active PTB will transition to the corresponding complex position PTB. Added: Safety Officer Complex (SOFC) to "OSC1 Maintains Currency For These Positions." Added: Position-Specific publication added under Standards and References: NWCG Position-Specific Standards for Operations Section Chiefs, PMS 350-8. Added: Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For OSC1" and "OSC1 Maintains Currency For These Positions" Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Added: Operations Section Chief Type 3, Wildland Fire (OPS3) to "OSC1 Maintains Currency for These Positions." Removed: Operations Section Chief Type 3, Wildland Fire (OPS3) from "These Positions Maintain Currency for OSC1" and from "OSC1 Maintains Currency for These Positions." Added: S-430, Operations Section Chief (16 hrs.) and S-420, Command and General Staff (32 hrs.). Position created. Operations Section Chief (Multi-Branch), Operations Section Chief (Multi-Division) and Operations Section Chief (Multi-Leader) in 1984 PMS 310-1.	Operations
Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 3*	FSC3	Added: Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC) to These Positions Maintain Currency For FSC3 Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC) to FSC3 Maintains Currency For These Positions Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved. Added: to Qualification Requirements: Note: Once qualified as TIME, COST, or ICT3, the FSC3 qualification may be granted by the certifying official. Certification must be documented on a “verification/certification” page of the FSC3 Position Task Book (311-50). Added: Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team (O-305) to "Other Training Which Supports Development of Knowledge and Skills". Added: Introduction to ICS (ICS-100) and NIMS: An Introduction (IS-700) to Required Training. Removed: Finance Section Chief Type 1 (FSC1) from "These Positions Maintain Currency for FSC3" and from "FSC3 Maintains Currency for These Positions". Added: of the following language: FEMA PTBs are available on the NWCG website. Position created. Type 3 Position standards are being introduced to provide an agreed to minimum standard for National Mobilization and to help develop local capability. Currently the PSC3, LSC3, and FSC3 positions are utilized by FEMA and the Department of the Interior All Hazard qualification program. NWCG recognizes the ability of cooperating agencies at the local level to jointly define and accept each other’s qualifications for initial attack, extended attack, large fire operations, and prescribed fire. Position qualification pathways for the LSC3, PSC3, and FSC3 positions include both equivalency and position task book alternatives for position qualification. FEMA position task books will be utilized for these positions and are available at training.fema.gov/position%20specific%20taskbooks/taskbook_list.asp.	Finance/ Administration

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Incident Position Standards and the Next Generation Position Task Books Now Available for DMOB, DOCL, and RESL

Date: February 28, 2025
Contact: Incident Operations Subcommittee

NWCG is excited to announce that Incident Position Standards and the Next Generation Position Task Books are now available for Demobilization Unit Leader (DMOB), Documentation Unit Leader (DOCL), and Resources Unit Leader (RESL).

The Performance Support Packages for these positions, including a job aid for RESL, were developed as part of the Incident Performance and Training Modernization (IPTM) effort. These resources support trainees, qualified personnel, and evaluators in their respective roles.

Any changes to qualification pathways will take effect with the next update of the NWCG Standards for Wildland Fire Position Qualifications, PMS 310-1.

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NWCG Demobilization Unit Leader Position Page

NWCG Documentation Unit Leader Position Page

NWCG Resources Unit Leader Position Page

Next Generation Position Task Book and Updated Incident Position Description Now Available for Operations Section Chief Complex

Date: February 27, 2025
Contact: Incident Operations Subcommittee

NWCG is excited to announce that Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC) has a Next Generation NWCG Position Task Book for Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC), PMS 311-108 and an updated Incident Position Description.

These resources support trainees, qualified personnel, and evaluators in their respective roles.

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NWCG Operations Section Chief Complex Position Page

NWCG Operations Section Chief Complex Incident Position Description

NWCG Position Task Book for Operations Section Chief Complex (OSCC), PMS 311-108

2025 NWCG Incident Response Pocket Guide (IRPG), PMS 461, Now Available

Date: February 27, 2025
Contact: Incident Operations Subcommittee

NWCG is excited to announce that the 2025 NWCG Incident Response Pocket Guide (IRPG), PMS 461, is now available. Visit NWCG's website to learn about the major updates and changes in the 2025 version of the IRPG. The NWCG Guia de Respuesta de Incidente de Bolsillo (GRI), PMS 461-ES is available electronically and will be available from Great Basin Cache by early summer 2025.

All hard copy materials, including the IRPG, are ordered through the Great Basin Cache (GBK). Information on the ordering process can be found in the National Fire Equipment System (NFES) Catalog.

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2025 IRPG Information

NWCG Incident Response Pocket Guide (IRPG), PMS 461

NWCG Guia de Respuesta de Incidente de Bolsillo (GRI), PMS 461-ES

NWCG NFES Catalog - Part 2: Publications, PMS 449-2

2025 Professional Reading Program

Date: February 18, 2025
Contact: Wildland Fire Leadership Development Program (WFLDP)

The Wildland Fire Leadership Development Program is announcing the 2025 Professional Reading list! The goal of the annual reading list is to promote the reading and discussion of the books throughout the year.

The five books chosen for this year are: Surf When You Can by Brett Crozier, Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl, Elephant Company by Vicki Constantine Croke, Simply Managing by Henry Mintzberg, and Chop Wood Carry Water by Joshua Metcalf.

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