| Incident Management Teams |
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| Program Overview |
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The State Fire Marshal's three Incident Management Teams (IMT) provide comprehensive incident command to manage ongoing emergency operations. IMTs provide incident management expertise in logistics, finance, planning, public information operations, safety and community issues. They respond with resources mobilized by the Governor for a conflagration or other emergency that has overwhelmed the control and resources of local emergency responders (ORS 476.510). IMTs enhance effective coordination among responding agencies during fires, floods, earthquakes, structural collapse, tsunami, spilling of hazardous materials, and other natural or human-caused incidents.
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| Incident Management Intentions |
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The SFM Incident Management Team (IMT) will develop a plan of action to aggressively and safely mitigate the incident to which it has been assigned, either through a unified command or a single incident command structure. The IMT intends to build and operate a command and control structure consistent with its ability to meet the expectations outlined.
Resources assigned to the incident will operate under an incident action plan (IAP), within an organized chain of command and formal safety plan. The IAP will address the strategy and tactics dictated by the risks and resources associated with the incident.
Within the first operational period of the incident, the IMT intends to commit resources to the incident only after resources have been briefed on the developing strategy and tactics of the incident, resource specific objectives, weather, fuel types, and safety considerations. Within the second operational period, the IMT intends to develop a formal IAP for delivery to the Division/Group Supervisor level.
The IMT expects that all personnel shall receive a briefing by their immediate supervisor prior to being deployed within the hazard area. This briefing shall detail resource assignments, assigned objectives, chain of command, and safety considerations.
The IMT will place firefighters at a greater level of risk to save lives. It will place firefighters at risk to save property and reduce environmental impact. The IMT will not place firefighters at risk if the incident does not have life safety, protection of property, or environmental impact implications.
To meet the IMT intentions, a formal series of planning meetings and briefings will occur. The IMT expects all members critical to the development of the IAP to promptly attend those meetings to provide mission critical information.
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| On-Call Calendar |
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During fire season the Incident Management Teams rotate schedules weekly. during off season, they assume a monthly rotation.
Incident Management Team Members
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| Team Configuration |
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Overhead teams will be configured with the following positions:
Incident Commander
Deputy Incident Commander
Information Officer
Safety Officer
Operations Section Chief
Deputy Operations Section Chief
Planning Section Chief
Deputy Planning Section Chief
Resource/Demob Unit Leader
Logistics Section Chief
Finance Section Chief
Training Specialist
As needed: Division/Group Supervisor
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| Pool List |
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Pool members will be familiar with applicable procedure and requirements in the Oregon Fire Service Mobilization Plan, and the Incident Management Team Guidelines.
Pool members are expected to attend the annual pre-fire season training and planning conference and training as offered to meet or maintain position qualifications.
Pool member who are available for mobilization are expect to be ready to mobilize immediately upon notification.
Pool Team Members
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| Training Standards |
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Under the Oregon Interface Qualification System (OIQS), fire personnel from divergent organizations will operate together more safely and effectively on Interface fire incidents. The OIQS provides the framework for the application of uniform qualifications for the development and advancement of personnel involved in the delivery of structural protection in the Interface. These qualifications are specific to training, demonstrated skills and knowledge and experience. The OIQS is designed to provide structural and wildland firefighters common ground for measuring experience and training as it pertains to interface fire protection. It is understood that participants will be from organizations representing a wide variety of local, state and national standards. The OIQS does not replace any of these standards, but it will supplement them. Participants must be qualified at some level (firefighter, company officer, etc.) by their employer, before the OIQS supplemental standards have meaning. The OIQS, as presented here, addresses “Command & General staff” positions as well as “Operations” positions from Basic Firefighter (FFT2) through Division Supervisor. The systems can be expanded to incorporate all ICS positions.
1.2 Scope
The standards contained within the OIQS should be considered minimum qualifications, recommended for adoption to the mobilization authorities of the respective states. Agencies and organizations adopting the system may augment it to meet specific needs, but can not impose their higher standards on other mobilization participants, cooperators, or mutual aid agencies.
For the full scope of the Oregon Interface Qualifications System click on the following link:
Oregon Interface Qualification System
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