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NWCG | NWCG is an operational group designed to coordinate programs of the participating wildfire management agencies. NWCG Toggle navigation Executive Board AboutCorrespondenceMemorandumsAnnouncementsMeeting MinutesNWCG CharterNWCG StaffInteragency Agreement for NWCG Shared FundingWFLP Governance BoardPartners and AgreementsCourse Steering CommitteesM-581, Fire Program Management Course Steering CommitteeM-582, AA Advanced Wildland Fire Course Steering CommitteeCommittees Committee OrganizationList of CommitteesMaster NWCG RosterNWCG Master Committee CharterOrganizational TypesCommittee Roles and Membership InformationCourse Steering Committee Guidance & TemplatesCSC Standard Operating GuidelinesMeeting Agenda Notes TemplateCommittee CriteriaMember-Specific RostersBureau of Indian Affairs RosterBureau of Land Management RosterFish Wildlife Service RosterForest Service RosterIntertribal Timber Council RosterInternational Association of Fire Chiefs RosterNational Association of State Foresters RosterNational Park Service RosterUS Fire Administration RosterOther RosterCommittee ConnectionsPublications Publication CatalogTraining CatalogPosition Task Books (PTBs)- NWCG PTBs- Agency Specific PTBsPublication and Web Portal ManagementICS FormsNFES CatalogsPositions Position CatalogCommittee AssignmentsIPD DevelopmentAir OperationsCommandDispatchFinance/ AdministrationLogisticsOperationsPlanningPrescribed FirePrevention and InvestigationTraining Training CatalogRT-130 (WFSTAR) CatalogVirtual Instructor-Led DeliveryTraining QuicklinksJob AidsPosition Task Books (PTBs) - NWCG PTBs - Agency Specific PTBsWildland Fire Leadership Development ProgramFEMA Course InformationWildland Fire Learning PortalTool Box Systems ImprovementStandards Management CycleHow to Become a Wildland FirefighterProject PrioritiesAlertsBudget GuidanceCommunicationsCommunications GuidanceCorrespondence TemplatesWeb Platform Guidance and SupportData Standards, PMS 910NFES CatalogsNWCG Glossary of Wildland Fire, PMS 205NIFC Photo LibrarySubmit Innovative IdeasState Member Travel GuidanceWFITSearch View Navigation Read NWCG Information on the CoronavirusNWCG Standards for Water Scooping Operations, PMS 518The NWCG Standards for Water Scooping Operations establishes the standards for dispatching, utilizing, and coordinating water scooping aircraft on interagency wildland fires. These standards should be used in conjunction with the NWCG Standards for Aerial Supervision, PMS 505... Read MoreResilience, Summer 2021 MHSC NewsletterMaintaining resilience can be challenging in the best of times, and the current circumstances can make it even more difficult.While these tips and strategies are offered as a way to improve well-being and resilience, if you find that they are not enough, seek social support, mentoring, or counseling.Read MoreTweets by NWCG⇒ MissionThe National Wildfire Coordinating Group provides national leadership to enable interoperable wildland fire operations among federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial partners.Primary objectives include:Establish national interagency wildland fire operations standards. Recognize that the decision to adopt standards is made independently by the NWCG members and communicated through their respective directives systems.Establish wildland fire position standards, qualifications requirements, and performance support capabilities (e.g. training courses, job aids) that enable implementation of NWCG standards.Support the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy goals: to restore and maintain resilient landscapes; create fire adapted communities; and respond to wildfires safely and effectively.Establish information technology (IT) capability requirements for wildland fire.Ensure that all NWCG activities contribute to safe, effective, and coordinated national interagency wildland fire operations.⇒ Member AgenciesBureau of Indian Affairs (U.S. Department of the Interior)Bureau of Land Management (U.S. Department of the Interior)Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S. Department of the Interior)Forest Service (U.S. Department of Agriculture)International Association of Fire ChiefsIntertribal Timber CouncilNational Association of State ForestersNational Park Service (U.S. Department of the Interior)United States Fire Administration (Federal Emergency Management Agency)Office of Wildland Fire (U.S. Department of the Interior) - Associate MemberNational Weather Service - Associate Member⇒ NWCG StandardsNWCG standards establish common practices and requirements that enable efficient and coordinated national interagency wildland fire operations. These standards may include guidelines, procedures, processes, best practices, specifications, techniques, and methods. NWCG standards are interagency by design; however, the decision to adopt and utilize them is made independently by the individual member agencies and communicated through their respective directives systems.Incident Position standards are a component of NWCG standards. They enable consistent and uniform performance by personnel mobilized by position under NIMS-ICS principles. Incident position standards include incident position descriptions (duties and responsibilities) and position qualification requirements for training, experience, physical fitness, and position currency.⇒ NWCG HistoryThe National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) was established in 1976 through a Memorandum of Understanding between the Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior. The memorandum defined the function and purpose of NWCG as follows:“To establish an operational group designed to coordinate programs of the participating agencies so as to avoid wasteful duplication and to provide a means of constructively working together. Its goal is to provide more effective execution of each agency’s fire management program. The Group provides a formalized system to agree upon standards of training, equipment, aircraft, suppression priorities, and other operational areas. Agreed upon policies, standards, and procedures are implemented directly through regular agency channels.”Twelve “working teams” and a number of sub-teams, comprised of member agency leaders and experts in various fields, were established in functional areas such as fire equipment, fire weather, incident operations, training, and incident business. These teams led the initial effort to achieve a broad national standardization in key areas of wildland fire management.Listed in the order of which they joined, currentNWCG members are:U.S. Forest ServiceBureau of Indian AffairsBureau of Land ManagementNational Park ServiceU.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceNational Association of State ForestersU.S. Fire AdministrationIntertribal Timber CouncilInternational Association of Fire ChiefsOffice of Wildland Fire(Associate Member)National Weather Service(Associate Member)Seventeen primary committees and a number of subordinate groups - again representing the key functional areas in wildland fire management - continue the work of their predecessors. And although individual members are different and agency membership has evolved, the primary mission remains largely unchanged. NWCG continues to provide leadership for a seamless response to wildland fire across the nation. 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