The Finance/Administration Section Chief, Type 2 (FSC2), is responsible for all financial, administrative, and cost analysis aspects of the incident. The FSC2 supervises members of the Finance/Administration Section and reports to the Incident Commander (IC). The FSC2 works in the Finance/Administration functional area.
The FSC2 performs position duties commensurate with Type 2 incident complexity and characteristics stated in the Interagency Standards for Fire and Fire Aviation Operations (Red Book).
The Forest Service and Department of Interior are enabled by Administratively Determined Pay Plans (AD Pay Plans) to hire persons for temporary duration for the following reasons:
- To cope with a sudden and unexpected emergency caused by a fire, or extreme fire potential, flood, storm, or any other all-hazard emergency that threatens damage to federally protected property, has the potential to cause loss of life, serious injury, public health risk, or damage to natural or cultural resources unless brought under immediate control.
- To provide emergency assistance to States under formalized agreements.
- To meet mission assignments issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
The National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) Incident Business Committee (IBC) reviews positions annually and establishes pay rate classifications for each position.
For more information on the AD Pay Plans, visit Incident Business Committee.
Removed: Required Training and Required Experience and replaced with "The qualification pathway for this position is discontinued per NWCG direction on January, 2023. Responders with an active PTB will transition to the corresponding complex position PTB."
Updated: Position Endorsement
The position for this endorsement is currently being evaluated to the new standards for Complex Incident Management, for current information regarding this change, please contact your NIMSIC representative.
Added: Finance/Administration Section Chief Complex (FSCC) to "These Positions Maintain Currency For FSC2" and "FSC2 Maintains Currency For These Positions".
Added: Incident Position Description (IPD) approved.
Updated: Required Experience:
Satisfactory performance as a Time Unit Leader (TIME).
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Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-46) as a Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 2 (FSC2).
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Satisfactory performance as a Cost Unit Leader (COST).
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Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-46) as a Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 2 (FSC2).
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Satisfactory performance as a Procurement Unit Leader (PROC).
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Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-46) as a Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 2 (FSC2).
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Satisfactory performance as a Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 3 (FSC3).
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Completion and Certification of Position Task Book (311-46) as a Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 2 (FSC2).
Added: S-420 Command & General Staff (32 hrs) to Required Training.
Position created.
Finance Section Chief (Multi-Branch), Finance Section Chief (Multi-Division) and Finance Section Chief (Multi-Leader) in 1984 PMS 310-1.