Spring Fire and Aviation Leadership 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 Eng 2006 Tend

Type Pro- posed Type Type Type Type Total Numbers of Engines 1996 – 2006

Number of Tenders 1996 – Pro- posed Type Type Type Total

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 Engines Type of EngineNumberLocation Type 65Okanogan Type 65Colville Type 610Klamath Falls Type 65LaGrande Type 65Grants Pass Type 65Pendleton Type 65John Day Type 44Bend Type 66Bend

SCHEDULE OF SERVICES NATIONAL TYPE 2-IA HANDCREW SERVICES ITEM NOTYPE CREW QTYPROXIMITY TO HOST UNIT (miles radius) HOST UNIT COORDINATION CENTERMANDATORY AVAILABILITY PERIOD 1IA2 ea50 milesWenatchee N.F. Wenatchee, WA6/1-9/30 2IA2 ea50 milesColville N.F., Colville WA6/1-9/30 3IA2 ea50 milesWallowa/Whitman N.F., La Grande, OR6/1-9/30 4IA2 ea50 milesUmatilla N.F., Pendleton, OR6/1-9/30 5IA2 ea50 milesMalheur N.F., John Day, OR6/1-9/30 6IA4 ea50 milesDeschutes National Forest6/1-9/30 7IA3 ea50 milesSiskiyou N.F., Grants Pass OR6/1-9/30 8IA3 ea50 milesWinema N.F., Klamath Falls OR6/1-9/30 9IA2 ea50 milesWillamette N.F., Oakridge OR6/1-9/30

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