Transmittal 5109.32a-98-2
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   FOREST SERVICE HANDBOOK
          WASHINGTON

   FSH 5109.32a - FIRELINE HANDBOOK
NATIONAL WILDFIRE COORDINATING 
   GROUP (NWCG) HANDBOOK 3

Transmittal No. 5109.32a-98-2

 Effective December 31, 1998

POSTING NOTICE.  Transmittals 
are numbered consecutively by 
Handbook number and calendar 
year.  After posting, retain 
this transmittal until the 
next transmittal or supplement 
to this Handbook is received.  
Place the Forest Service 
transmittal at the front of 
the Handbook immediately 
behind the title page; NWCG 
transmittals follow the Forest 
Service transmittals.  The 
last transmittal to this 
Handbook was Transmittal 
5109.32a-98-1.  The last 
supplement to this Handbook 
was Supplement 5109.32a-91-2.

                        Superseded   New
Document                (Number of Pages)

Chapter 5 (revised 9/98)    34      32 

    

Digest:

5109.32a, Chapter 5 - The 
National Wildfire Coordinating 
Group (NWCG) incorporated 
significant changes to 
direction in the September 
1998 revision of Chapter 5, 
Firefighting Safety, in the 
Fireline Handbook (NWCG 
Handbook 3 (PMS 410-1), last 
updated in January 1998). 

Remove the superseded version 
of chapter 5 printed in 
January 1998 and replace the 
entire chapter (pages numbered 
39 through 70) with the 
current version of chapter 5 
revised September 1998.


SUSAN SUPER
Acting Directive Manager