CICCS ROAD MAP

1. CICCS ROAD MAP TRAINING BEGIN EXPERIENCE NOMINATION BRUSH CLASSES APPLICATION QUALIFICATION PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE CERTIFICATION TASK BOOK PEERREVIEW APPLICATION

2. CICCS ROADMAP TO QUALIFICATION • OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS • DETAILED VIEW OF EACH COMPONENT • EXAMPLES • HANDOUTS • CD • PROPS

3. THE PROCESS • CHOOSE A DISCIPLINE • NOMINATION FOR CLASS • CLASS SELECTION • POSITION TASK BOOK • TRAINEE STATUS • PEER REVIEW • QUALIFICATION AND ROSS ENTRY

4. Who do you want to be? Ground Support Unit Leader Strike Team Leader Etc, etc, etc, etc Sit Unit Leader Field Observer Planning Section Chief Structure Defense Specialist Ops Section Chief Helicopter Manager Engine Boss

5. CHOOSING A DISCIPLINE • DISCIPLINES ARE THE UMBRELLA • EACH UMBRELLA HAS NUMEROUS ICS POSITIONS UNDERNEATH THEM • OVER 108 POSSIBILITIES • POSITION DESCRIPTIONS ARE FOUND IN FIRELINE HANDBOOK OR NWCG FIELD MANAGER COURSE GUIDE (ON CD)

6. 108 DIFFERENT POSITIONS!!!!!!!!

7. COMMAND & GENERAL STAFF OPERATIONS PLANNING LOGISTICS AIR OPERATIONS FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION PRESCRIBED FIRE PREVENTION & INVESTIGATION DISPATCH CHOICES

8. BASICS FIRST • WORK FROM BOTTOM UP • LONG PROCESS • ADVANCE THROUGH DEMONSTRATED PERFORMANCE IN SUBORDINATE POSITIONS • LAFD MUST COMPLY WITH STATE STANDARDS

9. OPERATIONS (example) • S-190 (Intro to Wildland Firefighting) RECENTLY TAUGHT IN DRILL TOWER • ALSO AVAILABLE ONLINE AT NFAONLINE • S-290 (Intermediate Wildland Fire Behavior) • S190 IS PRE-REQUISITE • REQUIRED TO OPEN ANY SINGLE RESOURCE BOSS TASKBOOK • SINGLE RESOURCE BOSS QUALIFICATION • REQUIRED AS THE BASIS FOR UPWARD MOVEMENT • AND SO ON AND SO ON

10. CAREER PATH CHOSEN??? REQUIRED CLASSES • CALIFORNIA POSITION GUIDE • Typical Expiration of class currency • PRE-REQUISITES • FOUND IN NWCG FIELD MANAGERS COURSE GUIDE (CD) • PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS for Position

11. NOMINATION FOR CLASSES • 2009 INFORMATION NOTICE • SEE HANDOUT • 2010 CHANGES • MUST MEET CLASS PRE-REQUISITES • CANCELLATIONS • DEPARTMENT NEEDS • LIMIT ON TRAINEES IN EACH POSITION( SOME EXCEPTIONS) • WILL BE POSTED ON PORTAL IN SEPTEMBER

12. NOMINATION FORM • BLANK FORM IN PACKET FORM MUST BE TYPED

13. NOMINATION FORM FORM MUST BE TYPED

14. NOMINATION FORM FORM MUST BE TYPED

15. NOMINATION FORM(pg. 2) FORM MUST BE TYPED

16. 2009 Class Selection Criteria • Members working on specific document/wildland certification in rank order • Members with pre-requisite training in rank order • Chief Officer Management Teams • IMT members • Captains • Members at large, by seniority • All members THE ABOVE CRITERIA IS CHANGING FOR 2010

17. Other Information • Cancellations- members expected to give 7 days minimum notice or F-225 to TSB, through channels and reimbursement to City for tuition • Members requesting to attend training in other Regions or States must go through In-Service Training for nomination • Tuition required for some courses to be paid by LAFD – at this point • This process is for NWCG classes only. Other process for State Fire Marshal and CC classes

18. TRAINEE APPROVAL PROCESS • AFTER THE CLASS REQUIREMENTS AND PRE-REQUISITES FOR POSITIONS ARE ATTAINED • TRAINEE APPLICATION • TRAINING & EXPERIENCE • CLASS CERTIFICATES • POSITION CERTIFICATES • ALL SUBMITTED TO IN-SERVICE TRAINING FOR CICCS COMMITTEE APPROVAL

19. TRAINEE APPLICATION

20. EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING

21. TRAINEE APPROVAL PROCESS • COMMITTEE COMPOSITION • REQUIREMENTS MET? • 2010 CICCS POSITION GUIDE • CERTIFICATES • PRE-REQUISITE POSITIONS • TRAINEE LIMITS BEING ESTABLISHED • To ensure successful qualification

22. POSITION TASK BOOK • After CICCS COMMITTEE APPROVAL • POSITION TASK BOOK(PTB) ISSUED BY IN-SERVICE TRAINING ONLY • SEE EXAMPLE OF PTB COVER PAGE • WHITE QUALIFICATION CARD ISSUED • 20 MINUTE TRAINEE ORIENTATION • F-225 FOR ENTRY IN RESOURCE ORDERING AND STATUS SYSTEM (ROSS) • OTHER DOCS (ICS 225)

23. F-225 & ICS 225 SAMPLES

24. TRAINEE DEPLOYMENT • SELECTION BASED ON PROCEDURE ESTABLISHED IN LAFD DB 10-09 • 2 ‘QUALITY’ ASSIGNMENTS (MINIMUM) REQUIRED BEFORE CERTIFICATION CONSIDERATION IN any OVERHEAD POSITION(esp. OPS)

25. CICCS PEER REVIEW COMMITTEE POSITION REVIEW RESPONSIBILITIES • FOUR LEVELS OF CICCS APPLICATION REVIEW • THE SPONSORING DEPT/AGENCY • THE OPERATIONAL AREA • THE REGION • THE STATE

26. CERTIFICATION & QUALIFICATION • POSITIONS THAT CAN BE DONE BY HOME UNIT (IN-SERVICE TRAINING) • Agency Representative • Crew Boss • Engine Boss • Firefighter I & II • Fire line EMT and Fire line Paramedic • Incident Commander 4 and 5

27. CERTIFICATION & QUALIFICATION • ALL OTHER POSITIONS ARE DONE BY: • CAL-EMA OPERATIONAL AREA • CAL-EMA REGION • CICCS STATE TASK FORCE • THE COMMITTEE LEVEL DEPENDS ON THE POSITION BEING SOUGHT (pg 27-28 in CA. Qualification Guide) also in one of your handouts

28. PEER REVIEW APPLICATION

29. TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE • SAME APPLICATION • MINOR CHANGES TO FORM • UPDATED WITH INCIDENTS • UPDATED WITH CLASSES

30. CERTIFICATION AT COMMITTEE • PACKET IS PRESENTED BY CICCS COORDINATOR • PACKET CONTAINS • COMPLETED POSITION TASK BOOK • ALL PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS (ICS225) • COPIES OF LOWER LEVEL CICCS CERTIFICATES FOR POSITION REQUIRED EXPERIENCE • COPIES OF ALL COURSE COMPLETION CERTIFICATES FOR POSITION REQUIRED TRAINING • OTHER DOCS (IAP’S, 214’S, ETC)

31. CERTIFICATION • COMMITTEE DISCUSSES PACKET • RECOMMENDATION IS MADE • COMMITTEE EITHER ‘CERTIFIES’ OR DECLINES CERTIFICATION WITH RECOMMENDATIONS (i.e. more assignments, re-take class, try another discipline, etc)

32. QUALIFICATION AFTER ‘CERTIFICATION’, IT IS HOME UNIT FIRE CHIEF OR DESIGNEE (Chief White) WHO ‘QUALIFIES’ INDIVIDUAL • QUALIFICATION BASED ON • NEEDS OF DEPARTMENT • PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS OF POSITION • SPECIFIC AGENCY CRITERIA

33. ROSS ENTRY • SAME F-225 AS BEFORE WITH ‘TRAINEE’ REMOVED FROM LETTER

34. QUESTIONS??? • INFORMATION ON CD • POWERPOINT • CICCS QUALIFICATION GUIDE • CICCS POSITION GUIDE • CICCS PEER REVIEW APPLICATION • F-225 ROSS ENTRY REQUEST • DEPARTMENTAL BULLETIN 10-09 • DEPARTMENTAL BULLETIN 10-10 • ICS 225 • NWCG FIELD MANAGER’S COURSE GUIDE