5/12/16 Manti-LaSal NF Type 3 Training and Simulation

Manti-LaSal NF Agency Administrator
conducting IMT In-briefing

A member from each of the four NIMO Teams presented two days of Type 3 IMT Training to the Manti-LaSal National Forest in Price, UT. The training concluded with a full scale simulation of a Type 3 Wildfire.

On Day 1, the two Manti-LaSal T3 IMT's went through a review of the ICS Planning Process and Team processes. Concurrently, the Agency Administrator's from the Manti-LaSal NF, Local Emergency Management, and County officials worked through a day of discussions centered around Values at Risk, Risk Management, and Delegations of Authority. The Agency Administrators wrote the Delegation of Authority that was used for the second day Wildfire Simulation.

Manti-LaSal T3 IMT conducting
a Tactics Meeting

On Day 2, the IMT's were in-briefed by the Agency Administrator's, received a Delegation of Authority and WFDSS, flew a Google Earth helicopter flyover of the fire. Each IMT set Objectives, Strategies, and Tactics for the next operational period. An Incident Action Plan was developed using the ICS planning process. Each simulation concluded with an operational period briefing.

Manti-LaSal T3 IMT conducting a
Command and General Staff Meeting

Training's like these are part of NIMO's mission to create capacity and capability within the Forest Service and help agencies develop better fire capability at the local, community level.