Assistant Area Commander Planning

Duties

• Assembles information on individual incident strategies and objectives and determine potential conflicts based on the following information:
  • Wildland Fire Situation Analysis
  • Delegations of Authority
  • Objectives from Incident Action Plans
  • List of Incident Management Teams critical resources
  • Maps
  • Incident Status Summaries
  • Agency Administrator direction
• Maintains an Area Command Incident Status Summary including critical resources by operational period by incident.
• Prepares recommendations for allocation and/or reassignment of critical resources.
• Prepares and distribute Area Command Team decisions.
• Prepares and facilitate Area Command briefings as requested or needed.
• Establishes direction for demobilization of critical resources.
• Ensures demobilization plans are coordinated between Incident Management Teams and agency dispatchers.
• Maintains unit log and log of strategic decisions.
• Assures Area Commander re-delegates authorities to Incident Commanders as needed.
• Prepares and maintains information for Area command documentation package:
  • Area Command briefing agenda(s) and schedules
  • Phone lists/organization charts
  • Area Command Delegations of Authority, roles, performance and other written agency administrator direction
  • Incident Management Team performance ratings
  • Dated priority/critical resources

Position Knowledge and/or Requirements

• Area Command S-620
• Satisfactory performance as an Incident Commander or general staff on a National Type 1 IMT
  AND
• Satisfactory position performance as an Assistant Area Commander, Planning on a wildland fire incident