The Northern Rockies Coordinating Group (NRCG) Board of Directors has Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) with members of contractors associations, private contractors, and educational institutions, otherwise known as training providers. These MOU holders provide training, work capacity testing, position task book management and incident qualifications carding.

NRCG Training Providers

NRCG Fire Training Courses

NRCG Zone Training Representatives

MOU Training Provider Audit Procedures

Contractor Wildland Fire Personnel Qualification Verification

The Northern Rockies Personnel Verifiers have been instructed to reject any training held in the Northern Rockies Geographic Area that has not been taught by a state accredited program, a fire department, an NRGA member agency, or a current MOU holder from either the Northern Rockies (R1) or Northwest (R6) Geographic Area. This restriction does not apply to firefighters trained and verified in other geographic areas.

Training Information/Supplies
NWCG National Wildfire Coordinating Group

Publication Management System
PMS 310-1 Wildland and Prescribed Fire Qualifications System Guide
PMS 901-1 Field Manager's Course Guide

Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA, ICS Online Training
I-100 Introduction to ICS
I-200 Single Resource, Initial Action ICS
IS-700.B National Incident Management System (NIMS)

Personnel Verifications
Personnel records verification inspections are required and must be
completed by a MOU Inspection provider. Contact MOU holder for inspection schedules and locations.

Required annually
RT-130 Annual Fireline Safety Refresher required annually
WCT Work Capacity Test information
Employee Training Verification Form

For more information contact: Brian Webber, NRGA Contracting Operations Specialist,
at 406-274-2102 or brian.webber@usda.gov