Incident BusinessUpdatesFebruary 2010

DIANE TAYLORR8 – INCIDENT BUSINESS

COORDINATOR

2010 Changes, Retirements, Etc.• Incident Business Practices Working Team

changed to Incident Business Committee▫Committee is made up of the Agency

Business Leads located at NIFC and 2 State Incident Busines Leads – Jill Lipsey, TX and Janell Ray, CO State

• Mary Ann Szymoniak retired 10/2009. Sarah Fisher is the new Incident Business Administration Branch Chief effective 10/2009

National Personnel Changes

•Sheri Elliott new Region 5 IAC effective April 2009

• Jane Haker, Region 1 IAC, retired 12/31/09. Her replacement is Tracy Nimolos effective 10/09. Region 1 hired 5 Incident Business Specialists – zoned on various Forests

•Tina Ledger, Region 4 IAC, retiring 3/1/2010

•Kathy Shelton, Region 6 IAC, retiring 4/30/2010.

Regional Personnel Changes

•Barbara Cooper, SA Buying Team Leader retired effective 10/31/09.

Incident Travel

•ADs▫ Paid on OF-288 for

mileage/incidentals/baggage/parking (amount is coded to a different BOC and does not count in taxes)

▫Flights made through CBA will NOT require voucher or TA

▫Will need to be processed through GovTrip if more than above (ie. Hotel, car rental)

Incident Travel cont.

•FS employees▫Prepare a limited open authorization for

Mission-Critical▫Use GovTrip to process Vouchers▫P Codes will be available to all for TA

•Crew Bosses can still use Purchase Cards to subsist their crew – CANNOT use purchase card to pay for baggage.

General Topics•Cost Reviews

▫No relief – still a priority for FS ▫Expect more discussion with State budgets

dropping•Fuel Vendors

▫Expanding the use of credit cards•Rental Vehicles through GSA or an EERA

▫Process payments like any other equipment▫Should NOT pay on your travel card (liability)▫Dispatch should consider using EERA if team is

ordered for your unit

General Topics (2)

•Best Value Dispatching in Full Swing▫Resources hired for incident only released

first▫After that priority is set in demob plan

No expectation to release in Best Value Order

• 2010 FS AD Pay Plan –▫ in process now, one of the changes will

incorporate the RUS (1.77%) increase in rates.

▫DOI is reviewing the 2010 rates.

General Topics (3)

•Fire Coop Agreements have been changed for out of area response▫National Template▫No Portal to Portal▫Set Rates and Overhead

•Single Point of Payment - PROPOSED ▫ DOI = Casual Pay▫FS = EERAs and Contracts

•OWCP Clarification▫Poison Oak/Ivy will require CA-1▫See the following website for latest OWCP

info.http://www.fs.fed.us/fire/ibp/personnel/2009_Web_Comp_for_Injury_document.pdf

Solicitations – National TemplatesMoving to more competitive pre-season agreements.• 07 – Engines, Tactical & Support Tenders• 08 – Mobile Laundry, Clerical Support Trailers, GIS

Trailers, Faller Modules, Refer Trucks, Mechanic Service Trucks, Tents/Canopy

• 09 – Potable Water/Gray Water/Trailer Mounted -Hand wash stations.

▫Portable Toilets & Hand wash stations▫Heavy metal... Dozers, excavators, testing in the

SA• Dispatch tables generated based on best value

e-Isuite

• e-ISuite is the next generation version of I-Suite and when fully implemented will replace the current I-Suite Application. The e-ISuite system is a web browser (e.g. Internet Explorer) enabled I-Suite application for use at the Incident Command Post (ICP) and in agency offices to manage emergency incidents and planned events. ▫Pilot release is expected in May 2011▫Development team is currently validating

requirements and design specs▫Several business meetings will be held over

the next several months to gather and validate additional requirements

Future Years• Barcoding is Back and Alive

▫ 2 teams in CA piloted last year• Master Agreement for the Fed agencies is being

rewritten – expect release end of fire season 2010. Current agreement extended through 9/30/2010.

• Serious Injury and Death Handbook is in draft format• Federal Excess Personal Property Rules being

looked at• National MOU with FEMA for all hazard assignments• New 6109.11 Handbook being released in the future• Amdendment to FSH 6509.11g in early stages now