Incident Qualification and Certification System

1
Incident Qualification and Certification System
2
What is IQCS?

• Incident Qualification and Certification System
• Developed by the 5 Federal fire agencies to
  commonly manage and track fire qualifications
• Web-based database, hosted on a government server
  in Boise

3
How is TNC involved?(A bit of history)

• Staff working with federal and state partners for
  years, many needed proof of qualifications
• Weve relied on partners to qualify and provide
  qualification cards (red cards) our staff
• Relying on partners for administrative favors is
  challenging and often frustrating
• TNC RFAE Coop agreement (and new fire standards)
  started the discussion with partners
• National Fire Aviation Board (fire directors)
  agreed to allow TNC access to IQCS

4
Why is TNC participating?

• Allows us to participate on interagency
  assignments (Rx Fires, Wildfires, Wildland Fire
  Use, etc.)
• Gives us an ability to respond to non-wildfire
  disaster relief
• Some programs need red cards to be able to burn
  with partners

5
Proposal to include all TNC Fire Staff

• We have set a goal to enter all TNC fire staff
  into IQCS by the end of 2006
• Why?
• No ability to assess our capacity below burn boss
  level
• Need to be able to strategically train/mentor
  based on organizational gaps in capacity
• Identified as a concern by pre-mtg. survey
  mentoring at mid-level
• IQCS can be used to track skills of TNC over time
• Use to help ID potential employees, detailers,
  new hire, seasonals
• Recruitment tool
• Cant do this on an emergency basis, Katrina
  response was too difficult
• Is this mandatory?

6
Timeline for IQCS

• Based on a 3-Tiered priority system
• Tier 1 Staff that need Red-Cards to complete
  their annual goals
• Completed by March 31
• Need to be identified by the end of this week
• Tier 2 Staff who anticipate participating on
  assignments this year
• Need to get information as soon as possible
• Tier 3 All other staff
• We have dedicated time this summer to enter data
  and complete the project

7
What do I need to do?

• Need to collect data as soon as reasonable from
  you and your fire staff
• Lets review the form and what it takes to get
  you in the system
• Form
• Instructions
• FAQ

8
(No Transcript)
9
(No Transcript)