from 2026 mob plan at https://gacc.nifc.gov/oscc/CISRM/2026/2026_CISRM_Full_Document.pdf
Forest Service Minimum Drawdown Standard The following matrix depicts the minimum resources necessary to ensure Forest Service GACC coverage: These numbers may be represented by having them identified as available to the GACC from the incident. Type 1/Type 2IA Crews - 4 north - 4 south Smokejumpers Load - 1 north - 0 south Helicopters/Airtankers - 4 north - 4 south (heavy) on order - 1 north - 1 south Incident Management Team - 1 north - 1 south Aerial Supervision - 1 north - 1 south Table 5 Forest Service Minimum Drawdown Matrix ================= did not realize that they had this written down somewhere these are basically the minimum staffing requirements - they always want to have a minimum of 8 helos available in California etc not sure what the 'heavy on order' means totally - it seems to mean they can have 4 light helos north and ad 4 light helos south plus 2 heavy (aircraft) on order - either airtanker or copter or helitanker maybe - 'on order' means that the aircraft might not be in california yet but its on the way - it has been ordered to respond to california - it might take a couple of hours to get fueled and crewed and airborne none of the new england states have any minimum requirements like this that we have ever seen - Boston metro fire does have a general rule that no more than 30% of units can go out of town or city on mutual aid - and some (?many?) FDs do have minimum manning clauses with their local fire unions - so that is somewhat of a drawdown level for structural FDs in the boston area - ie - 70% of minimum staffing note - some of the available' resources can be 'available on scene' - as opposed to 'available in quarters' -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "massfire" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/massfire/CAFXWwKYGbJ5Exa6qk_nB-hWQEJPi0EiHV2jeK8ZdUx8NaQ6j%3Dw%40mail.gmail.com.
