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National Incident Management Organization - Team 4

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div .embed-medium img{display: block; margin: auto;} NIMO is composed of four Type 1 Incident Management Teams. Each team consists of seven members, who are assigned full-time to Command and General Staff positions including: Incident Commander; Safety Officer; Public Information Officer; Planning Section Chief; Operations Section Chief; Logistics Section Chief; and Finance Section Chief.…
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National Incident Management Organization - Team 3

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div .embed-medium img{display: block; margin: auto;} NIMO is composed of four Type 1 Incident Management Teams. Each team consists of seven members, who are assigned full-time to Command and General Staff positions including: Incident Commander; Safety Officer; Public Information Officer; Planning Section Chief; Operations Section Chief; Logistics Section Chief; and Finance Section Chief.…
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National Incident Management Organization - Team 2

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div .embed-medium img{display: block; margin: auto;} NIMO is composed of four Type 1 Incident Management Teams. Each team consists of seven members, who are assigned full-time to Command and General Staff positions including: Incident Commander; Safety Officer; Public Information Officer; Planning Section Chief; Operations Section Chief; Logistics Section Chief; and Finance Section Chief.…
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National Incident Management Organization - Team 1

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div .embed-medium img{display: block; margin: auto;} NIMO is composed of four Type 1 Incident Management Teams. Each team consists of seven members, who are assigned full-time to Command and General Staff positions including: Incident Commander; Safety Officer; Public Information Officer; Planning Section Chief; Operations Section Chief; Logistics Section Chief; and Finance Section Chief.…
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National Incident Management Organization - Programs

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NIMO team members work on incident response approximately 10% of the time, and when mobilized, it is usually under special circumstances such as:Early or late season fires when many resources are not available.Long-term fires, (often at the end of the season). NIMO personnel are available for mobilization full time, year-round, making them an ideal resource for long duration events.Merging with a…
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Keeping the lights on and the fires out in rural Montana

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Wildfires are everyone’s concern—they threaten not just the forests in which they burn, but the lives, property and livelihoods of nearby communities. Many communities that live in the shadow of wildfire risk understand this danger and have banded together to address it. One such organization is FireSafe Flathead, which consists of local, county and state representatives, along with officials…
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