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PMS 448

PPE

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Bag – Polyvinyl - Practice Fire Shelter, M2002 002681 PPE 2025-03
Case – Canteen, Fireline Pack, Blue 000675 PPE 2018-03
Case – Carrying, Fire Shelter M2002, PRACTICE ONLY, Orange 002680 PPE 2025-03
Case – Carrying, Fireline Pack, Blue 000677 PPE 2018-03
Case – Fire Shelter, M2002, Carrying 000927 PPE 2025-03
Helmet – Cap Style, Yellow, Bullard 911C 007287 PPE 2018-03
Helmet – Safety, Plastic, w/Chin Strap 000109 PPE 2018-03
Liner – Fire Shelter, M2002, Carrying Case 000928 PPE 2025-03
Shelter – Fire (Shelter Only), M2002 000926 PPE 2025-03
Shelter – Fire, Complete, M2002 000925 PPE 2025-03
Shelter – Fire, Large (Shelter Only), M2002 000973 PPE 2025-03
Shelter – Fire, Large Size, Complete, M2002 000975 PPE 2025-03
Shelter – Practice - Complete, M2002 002678 PPE 2025-03
Shelter – Practice (Shelter Only), M-2002 002679 PPE 2025-03
Shelter – Practice, Large (Shelter Only), M2002 002798 PPE 2025-03
Shelter – Practice, Large, Complete, M2002 002799 PPE 2025-03
Shroud – Face & Neck, Wildland Firefighter's 001274 PPE 2017-05

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