*** INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM *** Sat Sep 3 19:07:53 1994 Message : #16490400 From: Muffley Special Activi Address : rsm@VITA.ORG Group : Usenet.misc.emerg-services Length : 799 words Subject : Type I and Type II Incident Management Teams Below is a piece provided by the National Interagency Coordination Center in Boise. It gives some insight on the distinction between Type I and Type II Incident Management Teams. Richard Muffley Information Systems Manager Volunteers in Technical Assistance Suite 500 voice: 703/276-1800 1600 Wilson Boulevard fax: 703/243-1865 Arlington, Virginia 22209 internet: rmuffley@vita.org >>> Incident Management Teams and 4 Type II Incident Management Teams were >>> mobilized for large fires in eastern Oregon. >> >>I think this was asked by someone else within the last couple of >>weeks... >> >>Could someone (Mike?) explain what the 'types' of incident management >>teams are? > > Unfortunately, I don't know myself. I've figured out most of the > rest of the acronyms, etc. but I have yet to figure out the difference between > Type I and Type II Incident Command Teams. The only thing that I have noticed > is that the larger fires get the Type I teams... Why or what the difference > are is as much a mystery to me as it is to you. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TEAMS Teams will be ordered by type. Two types exist for National or Interagency assignments. Type I National Interagency Teams and Type II Geographic Area Teams. Each order for teams will require a request for each team member. Type I teams will be mobilized according to the National call-out procedures and rotation. Type II teams will be mobilized by specific geographic area policy. The primary mission of these teams is for wildland fire incident management. Non-fire incident management assignments on federal wildland agency managed lands may occur under the following guidelines: A. Planned events should be managed internally by the respective agency. B. Base eight salary, overtime, travel and per diem will be paid by the receiving agency. C. The planned length of assignment should not exceed two weeks without negotiated approval. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) mobilization under the Federal Response Plan (FRP) will be accomplished using the national call-out procedures. The NIFC MAC Group will determine priorities, and approve National Interagency Team assignment for non-fire use. Type I Team Rotation Procedures: A. Type I teams remain on call for a maximum of seven days. B. At the time (clock hour and day of week) a team from the National rotation is mobilized, the next geographic area in rotation will be notified an placed in two hour call status and will remain in call status for the next seven days. The next two geographic areas in rotation will also be notified of the schedule change. C. Geographic Areas with more than one team may decide which "eligible" team responds to a National call (Geographic Area must pass if no "eligible" team can meet the two hour call). D. Teams will be considered "ineligible" for national assignment if the primary Incident Commander is unavailable or it is necessary to have more than two substitutes to fill Command/General Staff positions. E. Once a team has actually been committed to an incident, either internally or nationally, it will remain ineligible for national assignment until all national teams have had an assignment. F. Any mobilization, locally or nationally, will be considered as an assignment unless it is canceled prior to the team actually being mobilized. Those teams which are mobilized but which do not actually receive a fire assignment will be considered eligible for assignment prior to beginning the second round of teams eligibility for national assignment. G. All assignments, both within an Area and Nationally, count as experience. H. Areas having two or more teams may commit two teams internally at the same time prior to going to the National rotation. I. Once a team(from the National Rotation List) is staged, the Geographic Area can commit that team to any fire in the Geographic Area. If NICC receives another request, the first team from the National List will be mobilized. J. The Geographic Area will coordinate with NICC before reassigning an out of area team to another fire. K. NIFC Directors retain the authority to adjust the national schedule when necessary to archive team experience objectives. (Muffley Special Activi)