2023 National Interagency Mobilization Guide

NATIONAL

INTERAGENCY

MOBILIZATION

GUIDE

Geographic Areas

March 2023

NATIONAL INTERAGENCY FIRE CENTER

3833 South Development Avenue Boise ID 83705

DATE:

March 1, 2023

TO:

Agency Personnel

FROM:

NIFC-Multi-Agency Coordinating Group

SUBJECT:

2023 National Interagency Mobilization Guide

Attached is the 2023 National Interagency Mobilization Guide. This Guide is written

to reflect the interagency needs of the user and formatted to accept local inserts.

The signatory agencies have directed the National Interagency Coordination Center

(NICC) with review and oversite from the National Multi-Agency Coordinating Group

(NMAC) to annually revise, publish, and distribute the National Interagency

Mobilization Guide by March 1, and issue errata to this document.

The National Interagency Mobilization Guide establishes the standards for

mobilization and demobilization of resources in response to wildland fire and allhazard events. It is the foundational document instituting overarching processes for

total mobility of resources.

Suggestions for modification of the publication can be submitted at any time during

the calendar year. The NICC will accept suggestions for changes either through your

signatory agency, through your Coordination Center (GACC), or through established

interagency organizations such as NWCG Committees, recognized interagency groups

(CGAC, ICAC, etc.), and functional areas (NIICD, RAWS, etc.).

The NICC will present all recommended changes to NMAC for their final acceptance

and approval. Explanation of the modification process, instructions on how to submit

changes, and the change request form are located on the NICC website located at



TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 10 ................................................................................................................................ 1

OBJECTIVES, POLICY AND SCOPE OF OPERATION ...................................................... 1

MISSION STATEMENT ¨C NATIONAL INTERAGENCY COORDINATION CENTER ..... 1

PURPOSE ................................................................................................................................... 1

TOTAL MOBILITY CONCEPT................................................................................................ 1

PRIORITIES ............................................................................................................................... 1

LOCAL AND GEOGRAPHIC AREA DRAWDOWN LEVELS ............................................. 2

NATIONAL READY RESERVE .............................................................................................. 2

NATIONAL SURGE PACKAGES ............................................................................................ 3

SCOPE OF OPERATION .......................................................................................................... 3

National Response Framework (NRF).................................................................................... 3

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) .......................................................... 4

MOBILIZATION/DEMOBILIZATION .................................................................................... 4

WORK/REST, LENGTH OF ASSIGNMENT AND DAYS OFF............................................. 5

Work/Rest Guidelines ............................................................................................................. 5

Length of Assignment ............................................................................................................. 6

Assignment Extension ............................................................................................................ 7

Single Resource/Kind Extensions ........................................................................................... 7

Incident Management Team Extensions ................................................................................. 7

INCIDENT OPERATIONS DRIVING ...................................................................................... 7

INITIAL ATTACK DEFINITION ............................................................................................. 8

RESOURCE MOBILIZATION.................................................................................................. 8

Compacts................................................................................................................................. 9

WILDLAND FIRE ENTRAPMENT/FATALITY ................................................................... 10

NATIONAL RESOURCES ...................................................................................................... 10

UNABLE TO FILL (UTF) PROCEDURE .............................................................................. 11

STANDARD CUBES, WEIGHT, AND GEAR POLICY FOR ALL PERSONNEL ............. 11

NATIONAL FIRE PREPAREDNESS PLAN.......................................................................... 11

WHY PREPAREDNESS LEVELS ARE ESTABLISHED ..................................................... 12

GEOGRAPHIC AREA PREPAREDNESS LEVELS .............................................................. 12

PREPAREDNESS LEVEL DESCRIPTIONS ......................................................................... 12

Preparedness Level 1 ............................................................................................................ 12

Preparedness Level 2 ............................................................................................................ 12

Preparedness Level 3 ............................................................................................................ 13

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Preparedness Level 4 ............................................................................................................ 13

Preparedness Level 5 ............................................................................................................ 13

MULTI-AGENCY COORDINATING GROUPS (MAC) ORGANIZATION ....................... 13

National Multi-Agency Coordinating Group (NMAC) Organization .................................. 14

NIFC Directors¡¯ Delegations ................................................................................................ 14

NMAC Roles/Responsibilities:............................................................................................. 14

Responsibilities of GMACs: ................................................................................................. 15

MAC Group Coordinator ...................................................................................................... 15

Complexity............................................................................................................................ 15

INCIDENT SUPPORT ORGANIZATION (ISO).................................................................... 16

Incident Support Organization (ISO) .................................................................................... 16

Expanded Dispatch Organization ......................................................................................... 16

Expanded Dispatch Functional Areas ................................................................................... 16

Technical Support ................................................................................................................. 17

Administrative Support ......................................................................................................... 17

Example Organizations ......................................................................................................... 17

Incident Support Organization (ISO), Example ¨C Complex Incident: .................................. 18

Incident Support Organization (ISO), Example: .................................................................. 18

MOBILIZATION PROCEDURES FOR MILITARY ASSETS.............................................. 19

INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS ........................................................................................ 19

Canada Support ..................................................................................................................... 19

Australia and New Zealand Support ..................................................................................... 19

Mexico Support ..................................................................................................................... 19

Other Nations Support for Large Scale Mobilizations ......................................................... 19

ORDERING CHANNELS........................................................................................................ 20

Geographic Area Coordination Centers (GACCs) ............................................................... 20

Ordering Procedures ............................................................................................................. 20

Support to Border Fires ......................................................................................................... 21

MOBILIZATION AND DEMOBILIZATION INFORMATION ........................................... 22

NON-INCIDENT RELATED ORDERING ............................................................................. 22

CHAPTER 20 .............................................................................................................................. 23

OVERHEAD AND TEAMS....................................................................................................... 23

OVERHEAD AND TEAMS OVERVIEW .............................................................................. 23

Standards for Wildland Fire Position Qualifications ............................................................ 23

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