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The
Wilderness Fire Resource Advisor Position
and the
Incident Qualification & Certification System
•Incident Qualification & Certification System (IQCS)
•Wilderness Fire Resource Advisor (WRA)
•Resource Advisor (READ)
•Training and Qualifications
•Position Task Book
•Resource Ordering and Status System (ROSS)
Incident Qualification & Certification
System (IQCS)
• Standards for qualifications, training, and
records for interagency fire positions
Wilderness Fire Resource Advisor (WRA)
•Currently not an IQCS listed position
(DOI 310-1 or FS 5109)
• No ‘required’ standards for position
description, training, qualifications, position task
book, etc.
Resource Advisor (READ) is a NWCG listed
position and supported by:
Resource Advisor’s Guide to Wildland Fire 1/04
(NIFC PMS 313, NFES 1831)
•Contains guidelines for the general duties and
responsibilities
•Lists suggested minimums for required:
•Training
•Qualifications
READ Qualifications - Training
SUGGESTED REQUIRED TRAINING:
• Basic Firefighter (S-130) *
• Basic Fire Behavior (S-190) *
• Introduction to ICS (I-100) *
• Basic ICS (I-200) *
• Annual Wildland Fire Refresher
(Standards for Survival)*
* Listed in NIFC Resource Advisor’s Guide for Wildland
Fire Guidebook 1/04, NFES 1831
READ Qualifications - Training
Recommended additional training:
• WFIP/WFSA Workshop
• ICS (I-300) *
• Fire Ops in the Urban Interface (S-215) *
• Field Observer (S-244) *
• Intermediate Fire Behavior (S-290) *
• Fire Suppression Tactics (S-336)
• Advanced Fire Use Applications (S-580) *
• Introduction to Fire Effects (RX-310) *
• Fire in Ecosystem Management (M-580) *
• Fire Business Management (S-260) *
* Listed in NIFC Resource Advisor’s Guide for Wildland
Fire Guidebook 1/04, NFES 1831
WRA Qualifications - Training
Recommended additional training:
Wilderness or Protected Area Manager or Ranger
experience
- OROn-line wilderness training modules:
• The Wilderness Act
• The Minimum Requirements Decision Process
Available soon from:
http://www.carhart.wilderness.net/
READ Qualifications - Other
Fitness Level: *
Light: minimum suggested level for READ
Arduous: suggested for maximum flexibility
* Varies by agency and by region, state, or unit within
the agency
READ Qualifications - Other
Prerequisite experience: *
• Trainee position: none required
• Fully qualified: firefighter, single resource
boss or other fire experience strongly
recommended
* Varies by agency and by region, state, or unit
within the agency
WRA Position Task Book (PTB)
No standard IQCS Position Task Book
– See notebook example
• POSITION TASK BOOK, FS SW Region
• Adapt and use as needed to meet agency/unit
requirements
• Use of a PTB is suggested for trainees
• Perform duties as a trainee until PTB is
completed (shadow a qualified WRA)
• Credibility and effectiveness
• Safety
Dispatching and ROSS
for the
Wilderness Resource Advisor
Original presentations by:
Bianca Jaganaru – SWCC and
Lisa Jones - RMCC
Dispatching and the ROSS
for the
Wilderness Resource Advisor
WRA = READ with Wilderness Specialty*
* NICC - 3/07
Getting a Red Card
This is not a Red Card.
THIS is a Red Card
It’s not actually red anymore but it used to be.
Entering the IQCS
• Locate the IQCS person for your unit.
• Provide copies of training certificates,
fitness test results, any position task books,
previous experience record (if any)
• Certifying Official
– Will require justification and certification of
position (trainee vs. qualified)
• Proof of training
• Documented experience (task books, position
evaluations, etc.)
– Should write “wilderness specialist” on red card
and sign
The WRA and IQCS
Position status and IQCS
– READ and WRA
Training
– Classroom
– Trainee status
Qualifications
– Training, fitness, experience
Position Task Book
ROSS/red card
QUESTIONS ???