d.Exhibit_B.doc

Exhibit B:

REQUIRED TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE

Personnel Qualifications The following qualifications will be used as a minimum requirement for all contract crew personnel. For purpose of this contract three positions are recognized: Single Resource Crew Boss (CRWB), Firefighter type 1 (fft1), and Firefighter type 2 (fft2) (see EXIBIT I, Northwest Interagency Crew Agreement). Advanced Firefighter/Squad Boss (fft1) is included in EXHIBIT I because it is required in the progression of qualifications from FFT2 to CRWB.

Training and Experience

a. Contractor’s employees shall have met the training and experience requirements as shown in EXHIBIT I, Northwest Interagency Crew Agreement for the position they are performing when assigned.

b. The Government reserves the right to reject any personnel who are not in full compliance with these specifications including EXHIBIT I. Further, if any member of the contact crew does not demonstrate an ability to perform the tasks as listed in the Position task Book (PTB) for their position in EXHIBIT I, that deficient performance may be cause for immediate release.

c. Contract Single Resource Crew Bosses (CRWB) and Firefighter Type 1 and 2 shall meet the training and experience requirements and the performance tasks in PMS 311-13 PTB for Single Resource Boss and Firefighter Type 1 and 2.

d. In addition to the training requirements for the CRWB and FFT2 positions listed in EXHIBIT I, Northwest Interagency Crew Agreement, contractor shall ensure that all returning certified employees receive annually, “Standards For Survival,” and “Your Fire Shelter” (1995 Pamphlet and Video) refresher courses. Contractor shall maintain records validating that employees have received this additional training.

e. Contractor shall ensure that all training received by their employees meets the course content and instructor standards listed in PMS 907. The training shall have been accomplished by an instructor who has been designated or approved by a recognized national or local Contractor association or Government approved educational institution. These associations or educational institutions must have a current Memorandum of Understanding with the Pacific Northwest Wildfire Coordination Group (PNWCG) that they will meet the course content and instructor standards listed in PMS 907.

f. Contractor employees who, as of 12/31/95, completed the required training specified in EXHIBIT I, Northwest Interagency Crew Agreement, for one or more of the positions listed for this contract, and have documentation to validate such training; and meet the experience requirements as specified in EXHIBIT I, and have documentation to validate such experience for the position(s), can be considered qualified. Contractor shall maintain a complete set of the records that validate the employee completed all the EXHIBIT I required training as of 12/31/95, and records that validate they meet the experience requirements listed in EXHIBIT I.

g. A valid and current Wildland Fire Qualifications System certification record (Red Card or similar official agency document) for the positions listed for this contract from NWCG member agencies in the western States ( Oregon, Washington, California, Idaho, Nevada, Alaska, Arizona, Utah, and Montana) will be acceptable support documentation that an individual has met the training and experience requirements for this contract.

h. Contractor shall maintain in their records, on employees who posses such a current certification record, either a letter on official letterhead paper from the issuing agency that states the certification record was valid or copies of the individual’s training and experience records that validate the certification record. An example of employee record format is contained in EXHIBIT K, Northwest Interagency Crew Agreement – “Suggested Crew Training Record Format.”

i. Contractor shall be responsible for employee training and experience records in such a manner that they can be easily obtained and available for inspection at anytime during the contract period.

j. Contractor may use Government incidents, for which they are requested and assigned, to qualify and certify employees for FFT1 and CRWB position. Only one training or evaluation assignment will be permitted per crew on each incident. The coach/evaluator must, as a minimum, be certified in the position they are coaching or evaluating and will be a paid member of the contract crew. The trainee will be in addition to the contract crew and paid by the Contractor--they are not charged to the government. (See, Northwest Interagency Crew Agreement, EXHIBIT J (PTB) for incident evaluation assignment procedures.)