Cache Mission

Mission:

Provide equipment and supplies to wildfire and other emergency incidents, or conducting land management activities with the use of fire. Primary mission to support wildland fire suppression/wildland fire use support, it may also support non-wildland fire projects. Committed to supporting fire fighters in the field.

Scope:

Provide interagency support to regional, national, and international organizations. The RMK provides logistical and material support directly to incidents, organizations supporting incidents and individual units or projects. Supports type I, II, and III incidents.

Concept of Operations:

The cache is a National Shared Resource of reusable standardized supplies and equipment that is commonly available to all customers to meet short-term needs within a geographic specified area. The use of items is considered a loan, and not sales and the cache has a refurbishment program in place.

HISTORY:

In the Spring of 1999, the former Jeffco Fire Cache moved into it's new location at the Denver Federal Center.

BACKGROUND:

• 30,000 square feet of warehouse space with 2,000 square feet of office space.
• Supports 5 state areas: Colorado, Wyoming, S. Dakota, Kansas, and Nebraska.
• The RMK is the only Type I cache in the Rocky Mountain Area.
• We support 5 cache vans: located at the RMK Cache, Durango, CO, Grand Junction, CO, Fort Washakee, WY, and Custer, SD. Cache vans are equipped to support 250 personnel 24-36 hrs.
• Open for business year-round except for mandatory annual physical inventory scheduled each January, the RMK Cache Employs 5 x permanent employees with an additional 12-45 employees as part of the Interagency Staffing Support with operations up to 7 days/week with split ops. Employees have an assortment of tasks to process new stock, package, ship, refurbish, and restock items, manage the extensive records, sharpen employment skills, and keep informed and aware of new products and ideas.
• Normal Operating Hours: 0700-1530 unless mission dictates extensions or split operations.

STOCKING PLAN:

• At any given time, the RMK provides adequate supplies to outfit 2500 fire fighting personnel.
• Has capacity to build up to 5 National Mobile Cache Support Vans (NFES 2069) plus supplies to recycle the vans.
• Serves as the primary source of water handling supplies, generators, and chainsaws for assigned region.
• Maintains an average inventory worth approximately $6M.