Incident Business Practices Personnel Archives
Administratively Determined (AD) Pay Plans
2017
Hazard Pay for Limited Control Flights, (DOCX, 626 KB), May require saving before opening
2016
2016 Forest Service AD Pay Plan, (DOCX, 83 KB)
2016 Forest Service Casual Hire Travel Process, (PDF, 897 KB)
2015
2015 Forest Service AD Pay Plan, (PDF, 186 KB)
2015 Forest Service Casual Hire Travel Process, (PDF, 390 KB)
2014
2014 Forest Service AD Pay Plan, (PDF, 179 KB)
2014 Forest Service Casual Hire Travel Process, (PDF, 217 KB)
Travel Worksheet – Sample 1, (PDF, 204 KB)
Travel Worksheet – Sample 1 Instructions, (PDF, 554 KB)
Travel Worksheet – Sample 2, (PDF, 204 KB)
2013
USFS 2013 AD Pay Plan, (PDF, 176 KB)
2013 Forest Service Casual Hire Travel Process, (PDF, 164 KB)
2009
2004
Definition of Fire Crew for Hazard Pay Entitlement, (PDF, 24 KB)
Biweekly Pay Limitation Waiver for Deepwater Horizon Response
Original USDA Waiver, (PDF, 428 KB)
Original FS Waiver, (PDF, 44 KB)
USDA Extension Waiver, (PDF, 450 KB)
FS Extension Waiver, (PDF, 44 KB)
Hazard-Pay Low Level Helicopter Flights
6150-3-1 Letter Hazard Pay for Low Level Helicopter Flights 5/6/2008, (PDF, 14 KB)
6150_3_1 Letter Hazard Pay for Low Level Helicopter Flights 2/9/2007, (PDF, 30 KB)
6150_3_1 Letter Hazard Pay for Low Level Helicopter Flights 12/13/2006, (PDF, 26 KB)
Pay Caps
Maximum Earning Limitation For Firefighters 2010, (PDF, 35 KB)
Locality Pay Caps 2009, (PDF, 17 KB)
Work Rest Standards
NWCG Work Rest Standards 2/6/2004, (PDF, 30 KB)
Clarification memo 7/12/2004, (PDF, 21 KB)
NWCG Memo on Alcohol Use 06/07/2006, (PDF, 131 KB)
Personal Liability Insurance for ICs 7/21/2005, (PDF, 21 KB)
Cost Accounting and Containment
2009 Cost Containment Memo, (PDF, 17 KB)
2009 Cost Containment Form for IMTs, (PDF, 10 KB)
2007 5190 Large Fire Cost Review Memo, (PDF, 16 KB)
2007 Large Fire Cost Review Guidebook, (PDF, 142 KB)
2006 Fire Cost Review Recommendations - Brookings Institute Report - May 15, 2007, (PDF, 1.1 MB)
OIG Audit of FS Large Fire Suppression Costs 11-06, (PDF, 6 KB) OIG Recommendations, (PDF, 642 KB)
WFSA - Most Cost Effective Alternative Direction 06/28/2005, (PDF, 21 KB)
Briefing Paper - Most Cost Effective Alternative 06/28/2005, (PDF, 76 KB)
Briefing Paper- Cost Containment 03/02/2005, (PDF, 76 KB)
2006 Cost Containment Briefing Paper, (PDF, 30 KB)
Large Fire Suppression Costs - Strategies for Cost Management 08/26/2004, (PDF, 1.2 MB)
NWCG - IBPWT - Cost Management Issues 05/11/2004, (PDF, 52 KB)
Large Fire Cost Reduction Plan Memo 04/03/2003, (PDF, 15 KB)
Large Fire Cost Reduction Action Plan March 2003, (PDF, 81 KB)
Cost Analysis
Forest Service Large Fire Area Burned and Suppression Expenditure Trends 1970-2002, (PDF, 164 KB)
Analysis of Agency versus Contractor Costs for Firefighters, Equipment and Facilities 2004, (PDF, 74 KB)
Summary: Federal Crews versus Contract Crews March 2005, (PDF, 321 KB)