Wildland Duty Officer Daily Checklist

Name

First NameLast Name

Station

Your Email

example@example.com

Date

Platoon

Number of on duty Red Cards

Red Carded personnel per Type VI Stations

Is it a Red Flag Day?*

YesNo

Status of Type III / Type VI Wildland Apparatus by Station

Reserve Apparatus

Status of water tender 9

	In-Service	Out-Of-Service	Driver
Status

Status/location of pumpkin dip tanks

	In-Service	Out-Of-Service	Location
Status

Dip Tank Transport Contact Info/Driver

Access Weather.Gov for daily fire weather forecast for Utah Fire Zone 478:

Notify/Contact list for any impending Red Flag Warnings, Fire Weather Watches, Expected high wind events:

Ops Battalion Chiefs (Ensure Wildland Duty Officer is notated on daily staffing report).
Wildland Type VI Station Officers.
SLC911 (Ensure any Red Flag Warning announcements are made over the air and Dispatch has current Wildland Duty Officer contact info).

Access National Interagency Fire Center webpage for current regional fire activity situational awareness. www.nifc.gov/nicc/sitreprt.pdf

Resources:

• Daily Fire Weather Forecasts: (www.weather.gov)

• National Incident Situation Report: (www.nifc.gov/nicc/sitreprt.pdf)

• Wasatch Front Fire Management Officer (FMO): Dave Vickers (801-554-8984)

• Salt Lake County Fire Warden (State of Utah DNR): Robert Sanders (801-618-9400)

• Unified Fire Authority Wildland Duty Officer: (385-202-0030)

• Wasatch/Cache National Forest, Salt Lake Ranger District: (801-733-2660)

• SLC Public Utilities, Watershed: (801-483-6705).

• Northern Utah Interagency Fire Center (NUIFC): (801-495-7600)