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6 Minutes For Safety Roster
Name Sort descending Member Agency Phone Email Role
Graff, Eric Forest Service 208-387-5606 eric.graff2@usda.gov Advisor
Hankla, Brandon Forest Service 208-380-3775 brandon.hankla@usda.gov Primary Member
Jones, Taylor Bureau of Land Management 208-235-4705 tljones@blm.gov Primary Member
Lee, Sarah Bureau of Land Management 208-387-5745 sjlee@blm.gov NWCG Deputy Program Manager
Martinez, Juan National Park Service 530-515-6561 juan_martinez@nps.gov Primary Member
McCowan, Tyler Bureau of Land Management 208-387-5891 tmccowan@blm.gov Advisor
McWilliams, Zeb Bureau of Land Management 307-261-7717 zmcwilli@blm.gov Primary Member
Norton-Jensen, John Bureau of Land Management 601-559-0308 jnortonjensen@blm.gov Primary Member
O'Brien, Patricia Bureau of Land Management 208-387-5943 paobrien@blm.gov Advisor
Proud, Mike National Weather Service 803-822-8038 mike.proud@noaa.gov Advisor

NWCG Latest Announcements

Updated, NWCG Guide to Wildland Fire Origin and Cause Determination, PMS 412

Date: April 8, 2025
Questions?  Please contact:
Wildland Fire Investigation Subcommittee

PMS 412 provides guidance for wildland fire investigations. This guide outlines recommended procedures, practices, techniques, and methods to promote a systematic approach. The last update to this publication was in 2016.

References:

NWCG Guide to Wildland Fire Origin and Cause Determination PMS 412

Updated NWCG Standards for Airtanker Base Operations, PMS 508

Date: March 31, 2025
Questions?  Please contact:
Airtanker Base Operations Unit

The updated NWCG Standards for Airtanker Base Operations (SABO), PMS 508 standardizes operations and procedures at interagency airtanker bases to ensure safe, efficient, and effective operations in support of interagency goals and objectives.

References:

NWCG Standards for Airtanker Base Operations, PMS 508

WFSTAR 2025 Core Component Module Package and 2024 Fire Year in Review Now Available

Date: March 14, 2025
Questions?  Please contact:
Joe Schindel at mschindel@blm.gov
 

The 2025 Core Component Module Package for RT-130, Wildland Fire Safety Training Annual Refresher (WFSTAR) and the 2024 Fire Year in Review are now available on the NWCG website. The 2025 Core Component Module Package provides all content needed to deliver RT-130.

References:

2025 Core Component Module Package

2024 Fire Year in Review Module

NEW! NWCG Wildland Urban Interface Mitigation Field Guide, PMS 053

Date: March 12, 2025
Contact: Wildland Urban Interface Mitigation Committee

The NWCG Wildland Urban Interface Mitigation Field Guide, PMS 053 provides mitigation practitioners at all experience levels with recommendations on the most effective and efficient ways to accomplish mitigation work in communities at risk to wildfire damage or destruction. The content in this guide was written in coordination with the NWCG Standards for Mitigation in the Wildland Urban Interface, PMS 052.

References:

NWCG Wildland Urban Interface Mitigation Field Guide, PMS 053