What is the national team roster?

The national accounting of Complex Incident Management Teams: which are committed, which are available, and where each one is.

The fire system keeps a running roster of its highest-tier teams. When a CIMT is committed to a fire, the roster shows the assignment, typically before the official narrative describes it.

That gap is structural. A roster is bookkeeping; a report is prose. Bookkeeping moves first.

For contractors

The roster is the best leading indicator in the public record. A team named to a fire near you means large orders are already moving through the system. The Ember Report watches it daily so the gap works for you instead of against you.

In the briefing

"Per the national team roster" is the briefing’s strongest sourcing line, and the receipts show how often the roster led the official record.

Related terms

CIMT · The NIFC situation report

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