1. Identify the responsibilities of the Task Force/Strike Team Leader before and during mobilization.
2. Identify the capabilities and limitations of assigned personnel and equipment.
3. Identify the responsibilities of the Task Force/Strike Team Leader during the check-in process.
4. List information to be provided at the incident during the check-in process.
FEMA ICS Forms: https://training.fema.gov/icsresource/icsforms.aspx
NWCG ICS Forms: https://www.nwcg.gov/publications/ics-forms
NIMS IAP: https://www.nimsiap.org/
Texas ICS Excel Workbooks: http://texasimt.com/Forms/ICSforms.htm
IS-201: Forms Used for the Development of the Incident Action Plan: https://training.fema.gov/is/courseoverview.aspx?code=IS-201
CALFIRE Firescope FOG Manual: https://firescope.caloes.ca.gov/fog-manual
Firescope Docs: https://firescope.caloes.ca.gov/publications
Resource Typing Library: https://rtlt.preptoolkit.fema.gov/Public
US Coast Guard Files:
USCG IMH Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.uscg.app&hl=en_US
USCG IMH IOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/u-s-coast-guard-mimh/id1119233985
Instructions:
Refer to the completed resource order for Over Head on page 1.19 (and below) of their student workbook (SW).
Read the following Marre Fire update briefing: (Take Notes)
You have been ordered as a Strike Team Leader Crew for the Marre Fire on the Los Padres National Forest in southern California. You are to report to the Sequoia National Forest supervisor’s office in Porterville, California to join up with two agency hired AD crews. Due to a lack of vehicles, you will ride with the crews en route to the incident.
Instructions:
Working in your group, discuss what information about your assignment can be obtained from the resource order and your dispatch office.
Discuss methods for finding other information.
Your travel situtation may not be ideal. What are some pros and cons about your travel situation. What can you do once you reach the incident to improve your situation?
Instructions:
Using the map below, develop a travel plan for you and your crews.
Part 1: Be prepared to brief the class: (10 Min)
Plan your travel route and brief your resources on the travel plan.
Part 2: Discuss what actions TFLD/STL would take for the events: (10 Min)
While en route to the incident base, one of the crew buses reports a flat tire. What is your responsibility?
The axle bearing is also burned out. Now what do you do?
You receive another bus. What is your first action?
Do you have any examples of personnel problems/conflicts they have encountered (such as attitudes, cultural differences, agency conflict, etc.), and methods they used to resolve them?
Instructions:
Complete the Check-in process using the ICS-211 form below using all of the information you have gathered so far.
Be prepared to present in 10 minutes.
Red Book
Interagency Standards for Fire and Fire Aviation Operations 2023