The Safety Officer Type 2 (SOF2) is responsible for monitoring the overall operation of an incident from a risk management perspective and providing recommendations to mitigate hazards in order to provide for the welfare of assigned resources. The SOF2 may function as a member of the Command Staff of a Type 2 Incident Management Team (IMT) or may be a single resource. The SOF2 may supervise the Medical Unit Leader (MEDL) or other members in the safety organization. The SOF2 typically reports to the Incident Commander (IC) and works in the Command functional area.
The SOF2 performs position duties commensurate with Type 1 incident complexity and characteristics stated in the Interagency Standards for Fire and Fire Aviation Operations (Red Book).
The Forest Service and Department of Interior are enabled by Administratively Determined Pay Plans (AD Pay Plans) to hire persons for temporary duration for the following reasons:
- To cope with a sudden and unexpected emergency caused by a fire, or extreme fire potential, flood, storm, or any other all-hazard emergency that threatens damage to federally protected property, has the potential to cause loss of life, serious injury, public health risk, or damage to natural or cultural resources unless brought under immediate control.
- To provide emergency assistance to States under formalized agreements.
- To meet mission assignments issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
The National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) Incident Business Committee (IBC) reviews positions annually and establishes pay rate classifications for each position.
For more information on the AD Pay Plans, visit Incident Business Committee.
Removed: from "These Positions Maintain Currency For SOF2":
- Safety Officer, Line (SOFR)
Removed: from "SOF2 Maintain Currency For These Positions "":
- Safety Officer, Line (SOFR)
Added: to "These Positions Maintain Currency For SOF2":
- Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3)
Added: to "SOF2 Maintains Currency For These Positions ":
- Safety Officer Type 3 (SOF3)
Updated: Once qualified as a SOF2, the SOF3 qualification may be granted by the certifying official. Certification must be documented on a “verification/certification” page of the SOF3 PTB.
Removed: Required Training and Required Experience and replaced with "The qualification pathway for this position is discontinued per NWCG direction on January, 2023. Responders with an active PTB will transition to the corresponding complex position PTB."
Added: Safety Officer Complex (SOFC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For SOF2" and "SOF2 Maintains Currency For These Positions."
Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.
Added: to Qualification Requirements: Note: Once qualified as a SOF2, the SOFR qualification may be granted by the certifying official. Certification must be documented on a “verification/certification” page of the SOFR Position Task Book (311-82).
Added: Incident Commander Type 2 (ICT2) to "These Positions Maintain Currency for SOF2" and "SOF2 Maintains Currency for These Positions."
Updated: Position Task Book language updated to reflect the following: Once qualified as a SOF2, the SOFR qualification may be granted by the certifying official. Certification must be documented on a “verification/certification” page of the SOFR Position Task Book (311-82).
Added: Operations Section Chief Type 2 (OSC2) to the "These Positions Maintain Currency For SOF2."
Position created. Safety Officer in 1984 PMS 310-1.
