Many members of the NCLFA staff have an extensive wildland fire background and continue to be active in firefighting. Other staff members became red-card qualified through their work at the Fire Center. Most of the staff are active on current fires, either through individual resource assignments or assignments with the NCFLA's Fire Intelligence Module.

This fire season work, through individual resource assignments and the Fire Intelligence Module deployments, helps direct our work to be relevant to our partners in fire and land management. Fire assignments allow the staff to learn more about fire management and observe how and why technology can benefit on-the-ground operations.