1. 2005 NATIONAL LOGISTICS WORKSHOP
UPDATES?
CURRENT ISSUES

2. DO YOU JUST WANT TO STICK YOUR HEAD IN A CAN?

3. FIRE & AVIATION IN 2005 Managing Aviation Resources
Strategies from 2004
What will be different in the future
Incident Management Teams
February 14, 2005 Memo
Why?
Getting Additional Help
Who will be available?
Consolidated Services Impacts to Incidents

4. FIRE & AVIATION IN 2005
Albert Einstein said “ ANYONE WHO HAS NEVER MADE A MISTAKE HAS NEVER TRIED ANYTHING NEW”
NIMO = National Incident Management Organization
Final Recommendations:
Basic foundation of recommendation:
“Success is predicated on planning and implementing an aggressive landscape- scale vegetative management program and nine key recommendations”

5. FIRE & AVIATION IN 2005 NIMO KEY RECOMMENDATIONS:
Improved Capacity and Capability.
Type 3 IMTs.
Training.
Legal Authorities.
NMAC IMT Management.
Non-Traditional Partnerships.
Improved Hiring Authorities.

6. FIRE & AVIATION IN 2005 NIMO Key Recommendations (Continued)
Standardized Contracts.
Complex Incident Management.
RECOMMENDED ORGANIZATION: Implement a small permanent incident management organization for complex incidents focused on safety, cost efficiency, leadership, and training.

7. FIRE & AVIATION IN 2005 COST CONTAINMENT What’s different this year?
IMT’s and their effect on cost containment.
Appropriation language.
BUSINESS IN THE FUTURE
Office of Inspector General Report – EERA Audit
Business Process Re-engineering
UNKNOWN IMPACTS
Homeland Security Agency
Federal Response Plan

8. WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON Long-Term Retardant Policy Changes
Congressional Activity
Workforce Changes
Competitive Sourcing

9. FIRE & AVIATION IN 2005 A FEW FINAL THOUGHTS!
CHANGE IS HERE – EITHER YOU EMBRACE IT OR GET RUN OVER. IF YOU CHOOSE TO GET RUN OVER MAKE IT WORTHWHILE!!!
IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW YOUR PRIORITIES AND VALUES. YOU CANNOT BE PRESENT FOR EVERYTHING, BUT YOU CAN BE CONSCIOUS OF WHERE YOU PUT YOUR ATTENTION.

10. FIRE & AVIATION IN 2005
AS WE HEAD INTO THE FUTURE RECOGNIZING CHANGE WILL BE HERE FOR AWHILE WE ALL WILL BE LEARNING.
ATTEMPT TO BE FULLY PRESENT. CHOOSE AN ATTITUDE OF OPENNESS AND SHARE WHAT YOU LEARN.

11. QUESTIONS?