Blocks 1 to 7: employee and hiring unit
Hired At, Employee Common Identifier, Type of Employment, Hiring Unit Name, the employee's name, and the hiring unit's phone and fax numbers.
OF288
Incident Time Report
- Agency
- GSA
- Revision
- Rev. 2/2016
- Fillable fields
- 225
- Pages
- 1
- Official source
- GSA form page
- Checked
- October 20, 2026
Optional Form 288 (OF 288): Incident Time Report
Optional Form 288 (OF 288), Incident Time Report, is a one-page time record for work on incidents. Its footer names the Department of the Interior (Bureau of Land Management) and the Department of Agriculture (U.S. Forest Service) and prints OPTIONAL FORM 288 (REV. 2/2016). GSA hosts a copy in its forms library.
The form records the employee and the hiring unit, up to four incidents in Columns A to D, the dates and hours worked on each, and commissary and travel entries. It ends with an employee signature, a time officer signature and a box marked For Payment Center use only.
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What's on OF 288
Blocks 8 to 15: incident details
In each of Columns A to D: Incident Name, Incident Order Number (e.g., ID-BOF-000123), Fire Code (e.g., B2C5), Resource Request Number (e.g., O-33), Position Code (e.g., CRWB-T), AD Class, AD Rate and the Home/Hiring Unit Accounting Code.
Daily hours and totals
Under each column, rows for Mo, Day, Start, Stop and Hours, a Year box and block 16, Total Hours. Block 17 is the total hours for all columns.
Block 18: commissary and travel
Month, Day, Category (e.g., commissary, meals, lodging, mileage, medical, etc.), Reimbursement, Deduction and FireCode, with totals for reimbursement and deduction.
Blocks 19 to 21: remarks and signatures
Remarks, the Employee Signature and the Time Officer Signature, beside the For Payment Center use only box.
How to complete OF 288
- 1
Fill in blocks 1 to 7
Enter where the person was hired, the identifier, the name and the hiring unit details, and mark one Type of Employment box (X One).
- 2
Describe each incident
Column A holds the first incident and Columns B to D hold others. Columns B, C and D have Same as Column boxes for the columns before them.
- 3
Record the hours
Enter the month, day, start and stop times and hours. The form says to indicate H for hazard pay, E plus % for environmental differential and T for travel in the hours column.
- 4
Add the totals
Enter the year and Total Hours (block 16) under each column, and Total Hours (all columns) in block 17.
- 5
List commissary and travel
Record each item in block 18 by month, day and category, with any reimbursement or deduction.
- 6
Sign it
The employee signs block 20 and the time officer signs block 21. The box marked For Payment Center use only stays for the payment center.
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Where it goes
The PDF prints no mailing address. It carries a box marked For Payment Center use only and a note that the above items are correct and proper for payment from available appropriations.
Codes in the hours column
H for hazard pay, E plus % for environmental differential, and T for travel, as printed under the time rows.
Ordering printed copies
GSA's page says U.S. Government Departments, Agencies, and Offices can order this form at www.gsaglobalsupply.gsa.gov or www.gsaadvantage.gov with a government purchase card or AAC (Activity Address Code). The Stock Number is 7540-01-124-7633.
Contractors
GSA's page says Government Contractors will need to have their Government Department, Agency, or Office sponsor their request before placing an order.
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Questions about Form OF288
Who issues OF 288?
The footer names the Department of the Interior (Bureau of Land Management) and the Department of Agriculture (U.S. Forest Service), with OPTIONAL FORM 288 (REV. 2/2016). GSA hosts a copy in its forms library.
What do H, E and T mean in the hours column?
The form says to indicate H for hazard pay, E plus % for environmental differential and T for travel.
Can one OF 288 cover more than one incident?
The form has four incident columns, A to D, each with its own incident name, order number, codes and hours. Block 17 totals the hours for all columns.
Who signs OF 288?
The employee signs block 20 and the time officer signs block 21.
How do agencies order printed copies of OF 288?
GSA's page says government departments, agencies and offices can order it at www.gsaglobalsupply.gsa.gov or www.gsaadvantage.gov, Stock Number 7540-01-124-7633, and that government contractors need their department, agency or office to sponsor the request.
Is OF 288 the form that OF 289 refers to?
OF 289, Property Loss or Damage Report, Fire Suppression, asks in block 2 for the ID No. from Form OF-288, which it calls the Emerg. Firefighter Time Report. The current OF 288 is titled Incident Time Report.