The MNICS Working Teams allow for interagency teamwork to address mission critical interagency work specific to wildland firefighting in Minnesota. MNICS Working Teams meet through out the year and discuss current events related to wildland fire, solve problems, and plan for workforce development events, infrastructure, and technology.
The MNICS Task Force establishes working teams, asks for proposals from the teams, and approves projects, proposals and priorities. MNICS Working Teams serve in an advisory capacity to the Task Force.
Working teams meet at the MNICS annual meeting and regularly convene throughout the year. Each working team is responsible for coordinating interagency support on tasks and projects throughout the year. These teams are an essential part to the everyday mission and success of MNICS.
Interested in joining a MNICS Team? Contact your MNICS Task Force member for more information on how you can join.
| Working Team | Focus |
| Air Operations | Identify and resolve issues and share information related to aviation operations involving training, prescribed fire, wildfire, and all risk incidents. |
| Communications | Coordinate communications, infrastructure, technology and training to enhance safe incident operations optimizing communications capabilities. of all responding. |
| Dispatch | Provide advice and input on issues pertaining to dispatch functions in support of the policies and procedures of all agencies. |
| Finance | Provide interagency recommendations for action or resolution on issues related to incident business functions and mobilization of emergency incident resources. |
| Information Technology | Identify current technologies and software programs supporting data information collection, sharing, and map development supporting fire and all hazard incidents. |
| Logistics | Provide advice and input on issues pertaining to logistics functions during incidents in support of the policies and procedures of all agencies. |
| Operations | Facilitate interagency information and idea exchange on topics specific to Minnesota fire operations at all levels, while supporting development and cohesion among interagency crews and teams. |
| Prescribed Fire and Fuels | Provide prescribed fire and wildland fire use cooperation among wildland fire agencies and organizations in Minnesota and facilitate cooperative use of fire related resources for prescribed fires. |
| Public Information & Prevention | Identify opportunities to promote consistent messaging during wildfire incidents and align prevention strategies to inform, education and promote public safety during periods of high fire danger. |
| Training | Provide leadership and support necessary to foster a multi-agency training program for wildfire, prescribed fire, Incident Command System and dispatch to serve the needs of wildfire and emergency response agencies in Minnesota. |
| Type 3 Incident Management | Provide support in the development, recruitment, and rostering of interagency Type 3 incident management teams in Minnesota. |