Spring Fire and AviationLeadership Team

Contracted Resources April, 2006

Agreement Engines Agreement Tenders Agreement Crews Agreement Strike Teams, Engines and Crews Agreement Falling Modules PNW Contract Engines National Contract Crews Equipment and Training Inventory System (EaTIS)

Engine / Tender/Crew/Strike Teams/Falling Module

Number of Vendors

In 2006, the solicitations were separated so vendors applied to the individual solicitations.

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 20052006 Eng

2006 Tend

102 139 147 122 136 208 265 393 355 358 147 165

Type 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

2006Pro-

posed

Type 4 26 39 37 34 50 86 106 127 83 79 74

Type 5 13 14 12 5 7 3 7 16 6 4 7

Type 6 97 153 165 157 155 237 296 331 318 280 246

Type 7 58 37 24 8 3 1 1 0 0 0 0

Total 194 243 238 204 215 327 410 474 407 363 327

Numbers of Engines

1996 – 2006

Number of Tenders1996 – 2006

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

2006Pro-

posed

Type 1 3 1 1 3 3 7 13 0 0 0

Type 2 49 77 71 70 74 128 160 295 258 250 215

Type 3 20 23 24 21 17 24 26 38 40 42 34

Total 72 101 96 94 94 159 199 333 298 292 249

Strike Teams of Engines

Five Engines of the same ICS Type, staffed appropriately

Strike Team Leader with vehicle If the Strike Team is ordered for double shifts, the

contractor will provide a Strike Team Leader – Engines for each shift.

Only Contractors who have been awarded an Agreement will be authorized to provide a Strike Team.

Strike Team Leader(s) Engines and all crew member must be employees of the contractor providing the Strike Team.

The Strike Team Leader can only supervise the employees in their strike team. They cannot supervise agency employees or other contractors’ employees. And the Strike Team Leader cannot sign Daily Shift Ticket as Supervisor.

Strike Team has to be dispatched as a team, mobilized as a team, utilized as a team and demobilized as a team.

Resources cannot be separated or broken apart.

If a piece of equipment breaks down, the Incident can choose to continue working the rest of the Strike Team.

The engine cannot be replaced by an engine that is not on the Agreement. The rate would be reduced by the respective charge for that individual piece of equipment

Strike Teams of Crews

Two crews offered by one Contractor with same dispatch location 41 properly trained employees

Strike Team Leader for Crews with 4x4 vehicle Two crew bosses Six squad bosses 32 crew members Strike Team Leader for Crew trainee can work

with STLC, with no agency compensation

Crews must arrive at the incident at the same time

Cost – combination of cost of the two crews plus STLC

Subsistence

When fire camp is not available and commuting is not feasible: Engines / Tenders

Conus – $40 per person for lodging, plus $25 for food / drink

Crews $50 per person for lodging, plus $39 for food /

drink

Regional Contract EnginesType of Engine Number Location

Type 6 5 Okanogan

Type 6 5 Colville

Type 6 10 Klamath Falls

Type 6 5 LaGrande

Type 6 5 Grants Pass

Type 6 5 Pendleton

Type 6 5 John Day

Type 4 4 Bend

Type 6 6 Bend

SCHEDULE OF SERVICESNATIONAL TYPE 2-IA HANDCREW SERVICES

ITEM NO TYPE CREW

QTY PROXIMITY TO HOST UNIT

(miles radius)

HOST UNIT COORDINATION CENTER MANDATORY AVAILABILITY

PERIOD

1 IA 2 ea 50 miles Wenatchee N.F. Wenatchee, WA 6/1-9/30

2 IA 2 ea 50 miles Colville N.F., Colville WA 6/1-9/30

3 IA 2 ea 50 miles Wallowa/Whitman N.F., La Grande, OR

6/1-9/30

4 IA 2 ea 50 miles Umatilla N.F., Pendleton, OR 6/1-9/30

5 IA 2 ea 50 miles Malheur N.F., John Day, OR 6/1-9/30

6 IA 4 ea 50 miles Deschutes National Forest 6/1-9/30

7 IA 3 ea 50 miles Siskiyou N.F., Grants Pass OR 6/1-9/30

8 IA 3 ea 50 miles Winema N.F., Klamath Falls OR 6/1-9/30

9 IA 2 ea 50 miles Willamette N.F., Oakridge OR 6/1-9/30

National Crew Contract

Contract Crew can be assigned to Type 5 incidents – Type 2 Initial Attack configuration at local unit direction

Cannot direct or control government employees

Cannot direct or control another vendor’s employees

IC5 – Type 2 IA Crew

Responsible to Agency Administration All coordination and support operations are

through the agency duty officer or Type 4 or higher Incident Commander

Contractors can obtain experience requirements Coach / evaluator – qualified Type 5 Incident

Commander or higher

EaTIS

December 22, 2005 – Ron Hooper, Director of Acquisition Management

Decision to implement EaTIS nationally in 2006

Based on need for standardization of EERA equipment and methods of hire

Need to streamline incident business processes Acquiring Ordering Utilizing and Paying incident resources

Recommendations included in GAO audit of Forest Service EERA

February 6, 2006 Scaled back implementation of EaTIS Three Regions Piloting EaTIS in 2006

Region 1 Region 5 Region 6

and Two BLM units