1. Identify considerations when assigned as a Strike Team Leader/Military (STLM) or Military Crew Advisor (MCAD).
2. Define military organization and assigned military counterparts that a STL may interact with during a military assignment.
Instructions:
In your groups, read the following scenario and answer the questions. Discuss answers.
Scenario:
You are assigned as a STLM with C Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Infantry out of Ft. Lewis, Washington. After initial training, you are deployed to the Tyee Fire in Central Washington. After further training at the incident, your unit is ready for fire assignment.
Your company’s initial line assignment is to mop up in Division E. In the heat of the day, the division supervisor from Division D says she needs help in her division. She has numerous flare- ups that are threatening the control line and has no other resources to work with.
Who do you need to coordinate with?
How do you decide if your crews can safely perform the assignment?
What do you do if one of your MCADs reports that his crew refuses to go?