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FOREST SERVICE HANDBOOK
NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS (WO)
WASHINGTON, DC
FSH 5109.34 - INTERAGENCY INCIDENT BUSINESS MANAGEMENT HANDBOOK
(NATIONAL WILDFIRE COORDINATING GROUP (NWCG) HANDBOOK 2)
Supplement No.: 5109.34-2016-1
Effective Date: May 2, 2016
Duration: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
Approved: VICTORIA C. CHRISTIANSEN
Associate Deputy Chief, S&PF
Date Approved: 04/29/2016
Posting Instructions: This supplement removes the entire parent text of the interagency
handbook and replaces it with the March 2016 handbook revision. Forest Service Interim
Directive (ID) 5109.34-2016-1, issued in April 2016, is retained in chapter 10. The last Forest
Service directive issued to this handbook was Interim Directive 5109.34-2016-1 to chapter 10.
New Document
Superseded Document(s) by
Issuance Number and
Effective Date
Front Cover and Title Pages
01 through 03
10-1 through 10-111
20-1 through 20-64
30-1 through 30-17
40-1 through 40-12
50-1 through 50-6
60-1 through 60-2
70-1 through 70-22
80-1 through 80-26
90-1 through 90-8
Appendix A-1 through A-4
Appendix B-1 through B-34
Glossary G-1 through G-10
All parent text of handbook only
5 Pages
3 Pages
111 Pages
64 Pages
17 Pages
12 Pages
6 Pages
2 Pages
22 Pages
26 Pages
8 Pages
4 Pages
34 Pages
10 Pages
WO SUPPLEMENT 5109.34-2016-1
EFFECTIVE DATE: 05/02/2016
DURATION: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
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FSH 5109.34 - INTERAGENCY INCIDENT BUSINESS MANAGEMENT HANDBOOK
(NATIONAL WILDFIRE COORDINATING GROUP (NWCG) HANDBOOK 2)
Digest:
5109.34 - The Interagency Incident Business Management Handbook (IIBMH) National
Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) Handbook 2 has been incorporated into the Forest
Service Directive System as FSH 5109.34 for ease of distribution and supplementation.
A full size (8.5” x 11”) version of the amended chapters is available for print from the web at:
http://www.nwcg.gov/sites/default/files/publications/pms902.pdf. The posted version of the
handbook has been replaced with the revised March 2016 version. The IIBMH is available for
order from the Great Basin Cache in 8.5” x 6.5” format. When ordering the 2016 version of the
handbook, any amendments, supplements, and/or interim directives may need to be printed from
the web at: http://www.fs.fed.us/im/directives/
SUMMARY INFORMATION: Below is a summary list of areas that contain policy change,
new, and updated direction in bullet format by chapter.
Chapter 10 – Personnel
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Emphasized that incident host units should furnish equipment required for positions and
AD employees should not be using personal equipment
Clarified the intent of the AD Pay Plan is not to be used to hire personnel in detail
positions
Clarified legal authorities for criteria to meet compensable meal periods
Chapter 20 – Acquisition
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Clarified when meals can be furnished to employees at home units
Added language to allow for replacement of supplemental foods purchased pre-season
and consumed on an incident, using the incident replacement process. Also included
website for additional information regarding firefighter nutrition requirements
Clarified dispatch considerations regarding contracted resources
Chapter 50 – Interagency Cooperative Relations
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Clarified language regarding requirements for resources ordered through Cooperative
Agreements
Tool Kit
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Added matrix of appropriate hazard pay justifications