FEPP DESK GUIDE
CHAPTER 90 - PROPERTY TRAINING FOR FEPP AND OTHER FIRE NEEDS
CONTENTS
Objective
Policy
Responsibility
New Personnel
Types of Training
Training Materials
OBJECTIVE
This section addresses the need for training of personnel who have the
responsibility for managing or using FEPP in the fire protection program.
It also addresses the training needs of personnel who order from or interact
with the various Federal sources of supply listed in Chapter
70.
The objective is to to achieve a proper training level for: 1) Forest
Service employees who have the responsibility to manage or use FEPP in
the fire protection program, 2) personnel who order from or interact with
the various Federal Sources of Supply listed in Chapter 70 of this desk
guide and are involved in the programs described, and 3) the State and
local fire employees acting as Forest Service agents in these programs.
It is the policy of the Forest Service to encourage and provide training
to employees described above. The policy shall be to use Forest Service
and State employees as much as possible to provide training, but when
necessary use employees from the GSA, DLA, and other agencies.
The administration of this Federal-State cooperative program is the joint
responsibility of the individual State foresters and the Forest Service.
It is incumbent upon all parties to be sure that adequate training is
available and given to maximize savings and to minimize program abuse,
individual liability, and agency liability.
New personnel assigned to the FEPP program seldom come with a property
management background. Reduce the learning time and the number of problems
by conducting formal and informal training. Time invested in training
reduces the time required later in resolving legal and administrative
concerns.
TYPES OF TRAINING
Training for the FEPP program and for purchasing from the many Federal
sources of supply comes from workshops conducted by the Forest Service
and States, the GSA, from FEPP reviews, national workshops and conferences,
and the State Agencies for Surplus Property.
Functional Training - Forest Service and State trainers should
conduct formal functional training as needed to ensure that personnel
are adequately prepared for their role.
Workshops - State foresters and Forest Service regional/area
FEPP managers should conduct workshops to familiarize new Federal and
State employees with the FEPP program, and to maintain currency with Forest
Service, GSA, and DoD regulations.
GSA periodically conducts training on Federal property management,
including FEPP, and on purchasing fire supplies of GSA through the FEDSTRIP
system. This training will also prepare the user to order from the MILSTRIP
system. GSA also conducts classes on a host of supply, logistics, purchasing,
and contracting subjects. State foresters should work through the Forest
Service to obtain this training.
FEPP Reviews - Participating in FEPP reviews conducted by the
Forest Service and/or the State is a good way to get training and a current
oversight of a FEPP program. Participating in reviews of other States/regions
is useful.
National workshops of the Users and Screeners Association (USA) and
the National Association of State Agencies for Surplus Property (NASASP)
are useful sources of training for acquisition and use of excess and surplus
property.
The many agencies that participate in the FEPP and purchasing programs
provide a wealth of training materials.
USDA Forest Service publishes the FEPP Desk Guide. There are also many regional
FEPP Handbooks and FEDSTRIP guides.
GSA publishes the FPMR, the FMR, and bulletins, sales notices, pamphlets,
and pocket guides.
Some State foresters have developed FEPP direction specific to their
programs in State FEPP handbooks. In addition, several States have developed
modification plans, wiring diagrams, and parts lists for FEPP modification
plans, wiring diagrams, and parts lists for FEPP.
DoD has a number of publications, compact disks, microfiche, and technical
manuals that are applicable to the FEPP program and individual types of
FEPP. Information on some of those materials is in Chapter 70 of this
document.
REC in Roscommon, Michigan has developed a tank modification plan
for most of the major military vehicles, in addition to a number of other
useful studies and plans. Write to:
Roscommon Equipment Center
c/o Forest Fire Experiment Station
P.O. Box 68
Roscommon, MI 48653
(517)275-5211 Fax: (517)275-8249
www.roscommonequipmentcenter.com/
E-mail: info@RoscommonEquipmentCenter.com
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