6.Exhibit B Training.doc

REQUIRED TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE EXHIBIT B

Personnel Qualifications RX/SR 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). Advanced Firefighter/Squad Boss (FFT1) is included because it is required in the progression of qualifications from FFT2 to CRWB. The requirement for training/experience will always be required for RX burn support. The requirement for training/experience for Suppression Repair and BAER work will be contingent on the current status of the fire when the work is ordered. If the fire status is “contained”, PPE, fire training and red card will be required. If the fire status is in “controlled” status those obligations are not required.

Training and Experience

a. Contractor’s employees shall have met the training and experience requirements as shown in EXHIBIT G, ODF Northwest Interagency Crew Agreement (pages 22-26) 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 included in EXHIBIT G. Further, if any member of the contract crew does not demonstrate an ability to perform the tasks as listed in the Position Task Book (PTB) for their position in EXHIBIT G, that deficient performance may be cause for immediate release.

c. CRWB, FFT1 and FFT2 need to meet the training and performance requirement in the PMS 310-1 (Wildland Fire Qualification System Guide). The Position Task Books provide the documentation of the performance tasks for certification in the positions. Contractor shall maintain a complete set of the records that validate the employee completed all the required training and records that validate they meet the experience requirements listed in EXHIBIT G.

d. 10-Person Crew

Each Type 2 10-person crew shall consist of the following categories of firefighters:

1 – Single Resource CREW BOSS (CRWB)

2 - Advanced Firefighter/Squad Boss (FFT1)

7 – Firefighter Type 2 (FFT2)

Each CREW must have a minimum of two (2) Crew Members that are qualified Sawyers for chainsaw operations. Crew members performing as Sawyers must be certified as Basic Faller (FAL3) in accordance with NWCG standards as specified in PMS 310-1.

Forty percent (40)% of the Type 2 10-person Crew Members must have completed one Season or more of documented firefighting experience.

e. Advanced Firefighter/Squad Boss (FFT1)

Experience

Satisfactory performance as Firefighter (FFT2) that consisted of: At least three (3) separate Incident assignments that each had one Operational Period requiring suppression action on active flame (hotline). A total of at least fifteen (15) Operational Periods on Type

1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 Incidents. After the FFT2 has completed this experience requirement, the individual may be considered for a Trainee FFT1.

AND

Satisfactory position performance as an Advanced Firefighter/Squad Boss (FFT1) Trainee, supervising firefighters on wildfire or prescribed fire Incidents, documented in Position Task Book (PTB) that consisted of: at least three (3) separate training/evaluation assignments that each had one Operational Period requiring suppression action on active flame (hotline). A total of at least fifteen (15) Operational Periods on Type 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 Incidents.

f. Firefighter (FFT2)

Experience

: NONE

g. Prior to being listed on Contractor’s Company Manifest, and in addition to the requirements set forth above and in PMS 310-1, all individuals in the position described in this Exhibit must attend RT-130 Annual Fireline Safety Refresher training course and successfully pass an annual Work Capacity Fitness Test (WCFT) at the arduous level.

The required elements of RT-130 are outlined here and include fire shelter use: https://www.nwcg.gov/publications/training-courses/rt-130

h. Contractor shall ensure that all training received by their employees meets the course content and instructor standards listed in PMS 907 (NWCG Course Coordinator’s Guide) and the NWCG Standards for Course Delivery, PMS 901-1. 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.

Required training and experience must meet what is stated in the most current version of the PMS 310-1, which is updated annually on Oct. 1st. Anyone qualified under a previous version will not have to complete additional training added, but they must maintain currency. If currency is lost (after 5 years for the stated qualifications), then the individual must complete a new task book (except for FFT2) in order to regain currency. Any new requirements added to the 310-1 since original qualification must also be completed.

i. 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.

j. 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 N (“Employee Training and Qualification Summary Form”), in the Northwest Interagency Crew Agreement (Exhibit G).

k. 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.

l. 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, which is Exhibit G, see EXHIBIT Q the Crew Performance Rating.)