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Forest Service Roster

Please use the NWCG Roster Update form to submit roster changes.
Name Phone Email NWCG Member Agency
Pietruszka, Brad 970-394-0812 bradley.pietruszka@usda.gov Forest Service
Pitrolo, Melanie 828-257-4213 melanie.pitrolo@usda.gov Forest Service
Podany, Julie 928-777-5690 julie.podany@usda.gov Forest Service
Potter, Brian 206-732-7828 Brian.Potter@usda.gov Forest Service
Procter, Trent 559-784-1500 trent.procter@usda.gov Forest Service
Quillen, Andrew 404-347-2424 andrew.quillen@usda.gov Forest Service
Ramirez, Monica 541-504-7346 monica.ramirez@usda.gov Forest Service
Ravenberg, Gary 801-908-1908 gary.ravenberg@usda.gov Forest Service
Ray, Dan 520-260-3608 daniel.ray@usda.gov Forest Service
Reeves, Marcus 406-329-3014 marcus.reeves@usda.gov Forest Service
Reichert, Heather 541-504-7352 heather.reichert@usda.gov Forest Service
Reilly, David 541-975-5420 david.reilly1@usda.gov Forest Service
Reynoso, Ricardo 720-277-8920 ricardo.reynosso@usda.gov Forest Service
Richardson, Owen 406-896-2875 owen.richardson@usda.gov Forest Service
Richmond, Colbey 208-859-2845 colbey.richmond@usda.gov Forest Service
Richter, Stew 202-841-8807 stewart.richter@usda.gov Forest Service
Rickert, Ian 208-731-6338 ian.rickert@usda.gov Forest Service
Robertson, Alex 541-788-0650 alex.robertson@usda.gov Forest Service
Robertson, Kevin 406-329-4928 kevin.robertson@usda.gov Forest Service
Robillard, Larry 208-387-5682 larry.robillard@usda.gov Forest Service
Rodeffer, Stu 520-305-6492 stuart.rodeffer@usda.gov Forest Service
Romero, Frankie 208-634-0798 francisco.romero@usda.gov Forest Service
Meadows, Ronald 606-878-7430 x 103 ronald.meadows@usda.gov Forest Service
Rowe, Courtney 760-923-8974 courtney.rowe@usda.gov Forest Service
Rozin, Alexandra 503-956-5033 alexandra.rozin@usda.gov Forest Service
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NWCG Latest Announcements

NWCG Standards for Mitigation in the Wildland Urban Interface, PMS 052

Date: May 25, 2023
Contact: Wildland Urban Interface Mitigation Committee (WUIMC)

The NWCG Standards for Mitigation in the Wildland Urban Interface, PMS 052, establishes the standards for understanding and implementation of concepts, issues, and best practices to increase community fire adaptation. This publication is designed to: support common understanding, encourage use of consistent and proven local risk reduction efforts, increase awareness and implementation of mitigation best practices, techniques, tactics, and strategies, and improve community and structure survivability as the result of pre-wildfire mitigation actions.

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Incident Performance and Training Modernization (IPTM) Contract Awarded

Date: May 17, 2023
Contact: Incident Performance and Training Modernization (IPTM)

Today, the National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) announced the award of a contract as part of an ongoing effort to improve wildland fire management through Incident Performance and Training Modernization. The contract will assist NWCG with building incident position standards, developing an integrated performance-based training system, and aid in modernizing training materials and operational tools to meet NWCG’s mission. NWCG will lead this multi-year effort and will generally start with entry level positions.

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NWCG Standards for M-2002 Fire Shelters, PMS 411

Date: May 15, 2023
Contact: Fire Shelter and Personal Protective Equipment Subcommittee (FSPPES)

An updated PMS 411 with a new name NWCG Standards for M-2002 Fire Shelters, is now available on the NWCG website. PMS 411 is no longer a PDF but is now an interactive web portal. The portal contains 10 sections, each explaining a different part of the fire shelter, training for its use, and the use of the fire shelter on the fireline.

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2024 Standards for Interagency Incident Business Management (SIIBM) Comment Period, Memo 23-06

Date: May 9, 2023
Contact: Incident Business Committee (IBC)

The IBC has recognized several changes to business practices that necessitate a revision to release a new edition in the Spring of 2024. Like the previous SIIBM update, the 2024 version will only be available via the NWCG website for downloading and printing. There will not be a hard copy version published and available to order from the cache.
The IBC is requesting comments and content edits from the field regarding potential revisions to the 2024 SIIBM. The memo's attached comment sheet describes the format in which comments should be provided. Comments are due by November 3, 2023.

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