Aviation - established to provide
cooperative interagency aviation expertise in support of wildland fire
management. Aviation safety to include management and operations
oversight is the primary focus.
Business - established to develop and
coordinate business management policy and procedures within interagency
standards.
Equipment - established to develop and
coordinate equipment standards, policy and procedures within interagency
standards.
Fire Program
Analysis -
established to provide guidance, advice, monitoring, and assistance to
field units in the interagency implementation of FPA. FPA is an
interagency analysis that includes an aggregation of all lands being
considered in the analysis called a Fire Planning Unit (FPU). Twelve
interagency FPUs have been identified in the Northern Rockies.
Native American
Crew (NAC) -
organized to recommend emergency firefighter crew management policy to
fire protection agencies.
Operations - established to provide a zone
consensus approach to incident management operational issues.
Prevention and
Interface -
established to coordinate fire prevention activities between the NRCG
agencies, and between NRCG agencies and structural fire organizations
with particular emphasis on the interface and other areas of high person
caused fire risk; identify an interagency approach for meeting fire
suppression responsibilities in interface areas considering the
capabilities and legislated responsibilities of the agencies and those of
local governments and private property owners; in addition, develop and
implement an educational program about the role of fire in ecosystem
management.
Training - coordinates efforts which will facilitate
the development, presentation and evaluation of Wildland Fire
Suppression, Incident Management, Aviation Management, Fire Use and Fuels
Management interagency training needs in the Northern Rockies Area.
NRCG
Board/Committee Liaisons:
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Aviation
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Jim Kelton / FWS
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Business
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Ted Mead / MT DNRC
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Dispatch
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Kelly Kane / NPS
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Equipment
|
Bill Colwell / MT Fire
Chiefs
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Fire Program Analysis
|
Cory Winnie / BIA - NW
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Fuels
|
Ken Schmid
/ BLM – MT/Dakota
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Logistics (Proposed)
|
Rick Seidlitz
(Vice Chair) / MT Fire Wardens
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Native American Crew
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Robert LaPlant
/ BIA - RM
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Operations
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Patti Koppenol
(Chair) / USFS & Paul Grimstad / MT DES
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Prevention & Interface
|
Ken Ockfen
/ IDL
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Training
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Sarah Tunge / NDFS
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