Incident Qualification and Certification System Agency Hierarchy
19 pages 2024
https://iqcsweb.nwcg.gov/sites/default/files/inline-files/USFS%20organizational%20structure_1.pdf
this basically tells you how the usfs wildfire management organization
is structured - typically each ranger district has its own Fire
Management Officer (FMO) - the FMO is the 'fire chief' of the fire
crews assigned to that ranger district
there are glorious exceptions of course
the helicopters and fixed wing aircraft come under the purview of the
Forest FMO - this is the Forest wide FMO who operates from the Forest
Superintendnats Office / HQ
the dispatch office might be under the Forest FMO or it might be a
regional entity or an interagency entity - so they kinda float out
there under their own banner with multi funding sources
some of the Ranger Districts are grouped into Fire Zones - typically
this is for Forests that have very few fires - so a Forest might have
4 ranger districts but only 2 Fire Zones - so then the Forest only has
to pay for / fund 2 FMOs - its similar to 2 small VFDs merging their
admin functions - very generally speaking
usually all the fire planning is done by the District FMOs and the
Forest FMOs - so all the plans cover 1 Ranger District or 1 Fire Zone
or 1 National Forest
1 FMO might be in charge of 1 engine and 1 hand crew - or maybe 1 FMO
is in charge of 10 engines and 3 hand crews etc - like battalions in a
city FD - the size can vary
Ranger Districts typically span several counties - some might span
more than 1 state - but that seems to be rare (since the Natl Forests
typically do not span more than 1 state)
yadda yadda
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