Skip to main content

Resource Unit Leader

Position Description

Duties

  • Coordinates with section chiefs and unit leaders to assign specific resources to fill needs identified in the planning meeting.
  • Coordinates with section chiefs and unit leaders to place resource orders to reconcile resource deficiencies and needs.
  • Requires a specific knowledge of the capabilities of all suppression resources in order to meet the identified resource needs.
  • Obtains briefing from Planning section Chief.
  • Organizes and supervises subordinates and work area.
  • Establishes and maintains positive interpersonal and interagency working relationships.
  • Provides for the safety and welfare of assigned personnel.
  • Completes all ICS forms and cards as appropriate.
  • Organizes check-in locations, brief personnel assigned to check-in function.
  • Interacts and coordinates with unit leaders and operations personnel.
  • Displays and adjusts resource status information to reflect function, organization, status, and location of all resources on the incident.
  • Tracks restrictions/work requirements for each resource.
  • Prepares resource availability information.
  • Provides resource information in the planning meetings.
  • Records operational and logistical information and decisions on ICS Form 215.
  • Prepares ICS Forms 203/204/207 for IAP.
  • Provides information to SITL on current status of resources for ICS Form 209.
  • Submits original forms and documents to DOCL for each operational period.
  • Attends operational meetings.
  • Adjusts resource availability to reflect demobilization plan.
  • Interacts with PSC and other sections on resource unit release priorities.
  • Confirms demobilization instructions with supervisor.

Position Knowledge and/or Requirements

  • S-348, Resources Unit Leader
  • Satisfactory performance as SCKN and RESL

 

NWCG Latest Announcements

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 

Updated, NWCG Standards for Wildland Fire Module Operations, PMS 430

Date: March 11, 2025
Contact: Fire Use Subcommittee
Wildland Fire Module Unit

The NWCG Standards for Wildland Fire Module Operations, PMS 430 standardizes procedures and expectations for Wildland Fire Modules (WFMs). These standards are to be used by staff, supervisors, specialists, and technicians for planning, administering, and conducting WFM operations. These standards will also be used as a measure of WFM qualifications, capabilities, and expected performance, for both Type 1 and Type 2 WFMs.

References:

NWCG Standards for Wildland Fire Module Operations, PMS 430

NEW! NWCG Standards for Airtanker Operations, PMS 514

Date: March 7, 2025
Contact: National Interagency Aviation Committee

The NWCG Standards for Airtanker Operations, PMS 514 establishes the standards for dispatching, utilizing, and coordinating airtankers on interagency wildland fires. These standards should be used in conjunction with the NWCG Standards for Aerial Supervision (SAS), PMS 505, NWCG Standards for Airtanker Base Operations (SABO), PMS 508, and any applicable agency plans.

References:

NWCG Standards for Airtanker Operations, PMS 514