Overview of Wildland Fire Organizations

1. Overview of Wildland FireOrganizations May 2008 Created by NWCG Program Management Office These charts are intended only to provide a general picture of these organizations and is NOT to be construed as authoritative or deemed totally accurate.

2. Table of Contents • Wildland Fire Governance Structure • Interagency Participation on Wildland Fire Committees (Agency & Interagency Organization Structures) • Wildland Fire Leadership Council (WFLC) • Fire Executive Council (FEC) • National Fire & Aviation Executive Board (NFAEB) • National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) • National Multi-Agency Coordination (NMAC) Group • Geographic Area Coordination Group (GACG) • NWCG Working Teams These charts are intended only to provide a general picture of these organizations and is NOT to be construed as authoritative or deemed totally accurate.

3. Interagency Wildland Fire Governance Structure FUNCTION ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIP These charts are intended only to provide a general picture of these organizations and is NOT to be construed as authoritative or deemed totally accurate. October 2007 3

4. PRESIDENTGeorge W. Bush SecretaryDepartment of the Interior(DOI) Dirk Kempthorne Secretary Department of Agriculture (USDA) Ed Schafer Deputy Asst. Sec’yIndian AffairsCarl Artman Deputy Asst. Sec’yFish & Wildlife & Parks David Verhey (A) Deputy Asst. Sec’yWater & Science (Vacant) Under Secretary Nat. Resources & Environment Mark Rey Deputy Asst. Sec’yPolicy, Mgmt. & Budget Jim Cason(Represented byNina Hatfield) Deputy Asst. Sec’yLand & Minerals Management Steve Allred Under SecretaryNREMelissa Simpson Chief Forest Service (FS) Gail Kimbell DirectorBureau of IndianAffairs (BIA) Jerold Gidner DirectorBureau of Land Mgmt.(BLM) Jim Caswell DirectorFish & Wildlife Service(FWS) Dale Hall DirectorNational Park Service(NPS) Mary Bomar DirectorU.S. Geological Survey(USGS) Mark D. Meyers Deputy ChiefState & Private Forestry Jim Hubbard Deputy ChiefNational Forest SystemJoel Holtrop Deputy Chief Research & DevelopmentAnn Bartuska DirectorOffice of Trust ServicesVicki Forrest Director Office of Wildland Fire Coordination(OWFC)Mark Beighley Asst. DirectorFire & Aviation Mgmt.Jim Douglas Assistant DirectorNat’l Wildlife Refuge SystemGeoff Haskett DirectorFire & Aviation Management Tom Harbour Asst. DirectorVisitor Resource & ProtectionKaren Taylor-Goodrich Deputy Director Aviation, Operations, and Risk Management Marc Rounsaville Deputy Director NFP, Fuels & Fire Ecology, Partnerships and Planning & Budget Rick Prausa Deputy – WOLynda Boody (A) Fire DirectorNIFC Lyle Carlile Fire DirectorNIFC Tim Murphy Fire DirectorNIFCBrian McManus Fire Director NIFC Tom Nichols(A) Fire Director NIFC Karyn Wood National LeaderForest Fire Systems ResearchMike Hilbruner Dep. DirectorNeal Hitchcock Dep. Chief John Segar Dep. Director Bodie Shaw Dep. Director Tom Nichols Regional Offices (9) Regional Offices(8) State Offices(12) RegionalOffices(8) RegionalOffices(12) Fire Program Fire Program Fire Program Fire Program Fire Program Forests(x) Field Offices(x) Refuges(x) Parks(x) Field Offices/Agencies(x) Fire Program Fire Program Fire Program Fire Program Fire Program Interagency Participation on Wildland Fire Committees Governor States (50) Tribes (X) SecretaryDepartment of Homeland Security(DHS) Michael Chertoff DirectorNatl. Assn. of State Foresters (NASF) Kip Howlett Director Federal Emerg. Mgmt Agency David Paulison GovernorState of Arizona J. Napolitano (Represented by Lori Faeth) WFLC ChairNASF Fire Committee Jeff Jahnke (for Gov. CO) Administrator U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) Charlie Dickinson Tribal Repr. Inter-Tribal Timber Council (ITC) Jim Erickson County Supervisor Mendocino County California Jim Wattenburger ChairNASF Fire Committee Jeff Jahnke (for Gov. CO) Administrator U.S. Fire Administration Charlie Dickinson FC FEC DirectorNatl Fire Prog. Div. U.S. Fire Admin. (Vacant) Chief, Response SectionNatl Fire Prog. Div. U.S. Fire Admin. Hugh Wood Fire DirectorNIFC Dan Smith Tribal Representative Inter-Tribal Timber Council (ITC) Jim Erickson NWCG Wildland Fire Program Manager U.S. Fire Admin. Mike Dougherty May 2008 Fire Program(X) Fire Program (X) Italics = Chair(A) = Acting(X) = Many FC = NASF Fire CommitteeFEC = Fire Executive CouncilNWCG = National Wildfire Coordinating GroupWFLC = Wildland Fire Leadership Council These charts are intended only to provide a general picture of these organizations and is NOT to be construed as authoritative or deemed totally accurate.

5. Wildland Fire Leadership Council (WFLC)Provides strategic leadership and oversight Department of Agriculture Department of the Interior Department of Homeland Security State of ArizonaGovernor Janet Nepolitano(Reprsented by Lori Faeth) BLMDirector Jim Caswell(Represented by Henri Bisson) USDANatural Resources & Environment Under Secretary Mark Rey USDA FSChief Gail Kimbell DOILand &Mineral Mgmt.Asst. Secretary Stephen Allred(Represented by Julie Jacobson) U.S. Fire AdministrationChief Charlie Dickinson Intertribal Timber Council Tribal Representative Jim Erickson NPSDirector Mary Bomar(Represented by Karen Taylor-Goodrich) Voting Members DOIPolicy, Mgmt, & BudgetAsst. Secretary James Cason(Represented by Nina Hatfield) USDANatural Resources & Environment Dep. Under Secretary Melissa Simpson National Assn. of CountiesMendocino County, CA Jim Wattenburger FWSDirector H. Dale Hall BIADirector Jerold Gidner(Represented by Vicki Forrest) USGSDirector Mark Meyers(Represented by Robert Doyle) National Assn. of State Foresters (State of Arizona) Jeff Jahnke DOIOffice of Wildland Fire Coordination Director Mark Beighley USDA-FSDeputy Director for Fire and Aviation Management Rick Prausa (A) Red Lodge Fire District #7Chief Harris Gabrian(Represented by Tom Kuntz) Support Staff Italics = Chair (A) = Acting National Wildland Fire Enterprise Architecture Steering Group Judy Crosby These charts are intended only to provide a general picture of these organizations and is NOT to be construed as authoritative or deemed totally accurate. May 2008

6. Wildland Fire Leadership Council(WFLC) Mission • The Council is a cooperative, interagency organization dedicated to achieving consistent implementation of the goals, actions, and policies in the National Fire Plan and the Federal Wildland Fire Management Policy. The Council provides leadership and oversight to ensure policy coordination, accountability and effective implementation of the National Fire Plan and the Federal Wildland Fire Management Policy. Membership • The Council consists of the Department of Agriculture's Undersecretary for Natural Resources and the Environment and the Chief of the U.S. Forest Service; the Department of the Interior's Directors of the National Park Service, the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Bureau of Land Management, the Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs and the Chief of Staff to the Secretary of the Interior; the Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Fire Administration; the Intertribal Timber Council; the Western Governors Association; the National Association of State Foresters; and the National Association of Counties. Staffing the Council will be coordinated by the Department of Agriculture's Office of Fire and Aviation Management and the Department of the Interior's Office of Wildland Fire Coordination. These charts are intended only to provide a general picture of these organizations and is NOT to be construed as authoritative or deemed totally accurate.

7. Fire Executive Council (FEC)Coordinated Policy and Direction (Fire/Fuels/Aviation) Department of Agriculture(USDA) Department of the Interior(DOI) DirectorOffice of Wildland Fire CoordinationMark Beighley DirectorBIA Office of Trust Services Vicki Forrest DirectorFS Fire & Aviation Management Tom Harbour Assistant DirectorBLM Fire & Aviation Mgmt. Jim Douglas Associate DirectorAviation Management DirectorateMark Bathrick Department of Homeland Security ChiefU.S. Fire Administration Charlie Dickinson Assistant DirectorFWS Nat’l Wildlife Refuge System Geoff Haskett Ex-Officio Members: - NWCG Chairperson Executive Secretary: - Assistant DirectorNPS Visitor Resource & Protection Karen Taylor-Goodrich Italics = Chair (A) = Acting These charts are intended only to provide a general picture of these organizations and is NOT to be construed as authoritative or deemed totally accurate. July 2007

8. Fire Executive Council (FEC) Mission • The Fire Executive Council provides coordinated interagency federal executive level wildland fire policy leadership, direction, and program oversight. Membership • Members includes: • Director, USDA FS Fire & Aviation Management • Director, DOI Office of Wildland Fire Coordination • BLM Assistant Director, Office of Fire and Aviation Management • NPS Associate Director, Visitor and Resource Protection • FWS Assistant Director, National Wildlife Refuge System • BIA Deputy Director, Trust and Services • Associate Director, DOI Aviation Management Division • Administrator, DHS U. S. Fire Administration • Chair, NWCG, in an ex officio capacity These charts are intended only to provide a general picture of these organizations and is NOT to be construed as authoritative or deemed totally accurate.

9. National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG)Coordinated Policy and Program Implementation DHS Fire DirectorNational Assn. of State Foresters Dan Smith Tribal Chair Representative Intertribal Timber Council Jim Erickson DOI USDA Fire DirectorFWS Brian McManus Fire DirectorNPS Tom Nichols (A) Fire DirectorFS Karyn Wood Chief, Response SectionFEMA, U.S. Fire Administration Hugh Wood FS Fire Research Mike Hilbruner Fire DirectorBIA Lyle Carlile Fire DirectorBLM Tim Murphy Exec. Secretary Bonnie Bradshaw Italics = Chair BIA = Bureau of Indian AffairsBLM = Bureau of Land ManagementDHS = Department of Homeland SecurityDOI = Department of the InteriorFS = Forest ServiceFWS = Fish and Wildlife ServiceNPS = National Park ServiceUSDA = U.S. Department of Agriculture These charts are intended only to provide a general picture of these organizations and is NOT to be construed as authoritative or deemed totally accurate. May 2008

10. National Wildfire Coordinating Group(NWCG) Mission • The purpose of NWCG is to coordinate programs of the participating wildfire management agencies so as to avoid wasteful duplication and to provide a means of constructively working together.  Its goal is to provide more effective execution of each agency’s fire management program.  The group provides a formalized system to agree upon standards of training, equipment, qualifications, and other operational functions. Agreed upon policies, standards, and procedures are implemented directly through regular agency channels. Membership • NWCG is made up of the Fire Directors of the USDA Forest Service; four Department of the Interior agencies: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), National Park Service (NPS), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), and the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), and the National Association of State Foresters (NASF).  • The Intertribal Timber Council (ITC) These charts are intended only to provide a general picture of these organizations and is NOT to be construed as authoritative or deemed totally accurate.

11. National Multi-Agency Coordination (NMAC) GroupManages national wildland fire operations DOI USDA DHS NASF Fire Director Dan Smith BIA Fire Director Lyle Carlile FS Operations Director Karyn Wood USFA Wildland Fire Prog. Mgr. Mike Dougherty BLM Operations Tom Boatner FS NICC Manager Kim Christensen BIA = Bureau of Indian AffairsBLM = Bureau of Land ManagementDHS = Department of Homeland SecurityDOI = Department of the InteriorFS = Forest ServiceFWS = Fish and Wildlife ServiceNASF = National Association of State Foresters)NICC = National Interagency Coordination CenterNPS = National Park ServiceUSDA = U. S. Department of AgricultureUSFA = U. S. Fire Administration FWS Fire Director Brian McManus NPS Fire Director Tom Nichols (A) These charts are intended only to provide a general picture of these organizations and is NOT to be construed as authoritative or deemed totally accurate. May 2008

12. National Multi-Agency Coordination (NMAC) Group Mission • The purpose of the NMAC Group is to manage wildland fire operations on a national scope when fire management resource shortages are probable. • Provide oversight of general business practices between the National Multi Agency Coordination (NMAC) group and the Geographic Area Multi-Agency Coordination (GMAC) groups. • Establish priorities among geographic areas. • Direct, control, and allocate resources among or between geographic areas to meet NMAC priorities. • Implement decisions of the NMAC Membership • The National Multi-Agency Coordination (NMAC) group consists of one representative from each of the five federal wildland fire agencies BLM, USFWS, NPS, BIA, USFS), the National Association of State Foresters (NASF), and the Federal Emergency Management Agency – United States Fire Administration (FEMA-USFA) These charts are intended only to provide a general picture of these organizations and is NOT to be construed as authoritative or deemed totally accurate.

13. Geographic Area Coordination Group (GACG) Northern Rockies Thomas Maloney Rocky Mountain Darrell Ausborn Northwest Earl Cordes Eastern Patti Hirami Great Basin Sheldon Wimmer Southern Area Janet Anderson California Ralph Domaski Alaska Brad Cella Southwest Bob Lineback These charts are intended only to provide a general picture of these organizations and is NOT to be construed as authoritative or deemed totally accurate. January 2007

14. Geographic Area Coordination Group (GACG) Mission • The mission of this group is to provide an interagency approach to wildland fire management and all risk support within the Geographic Area. They help develop and implement interagency wildland fire management programs to improve effectiveness and efficiency. This is achieved by: • Operating at a strategic level • Encouraging cooperation across jurisdictional and administrative boundaries • Overseeing fire health and safety issues • Providing interagency direction to field units • Providing a group response to agency specific requests that have interagency implications Membership • The GACG is comprised of representatives from federal, state, and cooperating agencies. Each member of the group has delegated authority to act on behalf of their respective agencies for purposes of planning, priority setting, and implementation of agency policies, direction, and standards for fire management activities within the Geographic Area. These charts are intended only to provide a general picture of these organizations and is NOT to be construed as authoritative or deemed totally accurate.

15. NWCG Teams and Groups Federal Fire Aviation Safety Team Larry Sutton Fire Facilities Team Terry O’Connell DOI Casual Payment Center Kristy Valentine Federal Fire Training Task Group (IFPM/GS-401) Chad Fisher Federal Fire Policy Directives Task Group Rick Jensen Fire Shelter Task Group Tory Henderson Federal Wildland Fire Budget & Planning Team Tom Nichols Federal Wildland Firefighter Interagency Medical Stds Program Kevin Jensen Fire & Air Coordination Team Pete Lahm Fire Environment Working Team Paul Schlobohm Fire Equipment Working Team Tory Henderson Fire UseWorking Team Dave Mueller GACC Chair Advisory Group Pam McAlpin Incident BusinessPractices Working Team Kathy Shelton Incident Operations Standards Working Team Bob LeavertonVince Mazzier Info Resource Mgmt.Working Team Shari Shetler Interagency Fire Planning Team (Linda Mazzu) NIMO Implementation Team Bill Waterbury NWCG Program Mgmt Office Judy Crosby National Burned Area Emergency Response Coordinators Group Meredith Webster National CoordinatorsGroup Kim Christensen National Incident Command/Area Command Group Mike Lohrey National Multi-Agency Coordination Group Lyle Carlile National Interagency Aviation Council Neal Hitchcock National Interagency Fuels Coordination Group Erik Christiansen National Predictive Services Group Tom Wordell NWCG Webmaster(nwcg.gov) Tammy Denney NWCG Training Development Unit Deb Epps Publication Mgmt.System Working Team Allen Deitz Radio Communications Task Group Matt Cnudde RAWS Partners Group Rich McCrea Safety & HealthWorking Team Michelle Ryerson TrainingWorking Team Logan Lee Brown–WFLCRed – NFAEBBlue – NWCGGreen - NMAC (A) = ActingPurple = Full-time Staffs Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center Paula Nasiatka Wildland/UrbanInterface Working Team Alan Dozier Wildland FireInvestigation Working Team Alan CarlsonJeff Bonebrake Wildland FireEducation Working Team Maureen Brooks These charts are intended only to provide a general picture of these organizations and is NOT to be construed as authoritative or deemed totally accurate. April 2008

16. NWCG, NFAEB, and NMAC Teams & Groups • The NWCG, NFAEB, and NMAC have established teams and groups to carry out the functional work of the interagency wildland fire community. Team/group reports and recommendations are submitted to the parent group for review, approval, and further action. • As of January 2008, the WFLC, NFAEB, and NMAC sub-groups were moved into the NWCG organization. A reorganization effort is underway that will add to, merge, and/or eliminate this list of teams and groups. These charts are intended only to provide a general picture of these organizations and is NOT to be construed as authoritative or deemed totally accurate.

17. National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) National Multi-Agency Coordination (NMAC) Group Interagency Fire Planning Committee Workforce Management Committee Smoke Committee NRF/NIMS Committee Fire Environment Committee National Interagency Aviation Committee Risk Management Committee Incident Business Committee Fire Policy Committee Fuels Mgmt/ WUI Mitigation Committee Information Technology Committee Equipment Technology Committee Prevention, Education, Outreach Committee Interim NWCG Sub-StructureMay 2008 Organization Support (Pending) Organizational Management, Strategic Planning, Executive Secretary, Administrative Assistance, Communications, Budget, Contracting, Architecture, Knowledge Management, Project Coordination, Publications, Web Management, Writer/Editor Services, Product Management Blue Italics = Interim assignmentsor point of contact Lyle Carlile (BIA) Mike Dougherty (USFA) Backup: Mike Wallace Lyle Carlile (BIA) Backup: Dan Smith, Brian McManus Karyn Wood (FS) Backup: Tim Murphy Paul Schlobohm (BLM) Al Borup (NPS) Lou Ballard (FWS) Mary Ann Szymoniak (FS) Rick Jensen (BLM) Linda Mazzu(BLM) Eric Christiansen (FWS) Shari Shetler (BLM) Tory Henderson (FS) Chad Fisher (FWS) Pete Lahm (FS) Michele Ryerson (BLM) Paul Schlobohm (BLM) Vince Mazzier (BLM) Roberta DiAmico (NPS) Neal Hitchcock (FS)