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FOREST SERVICE MANUAL
KAIBAB NATIONAL FOREST
WILLIAMS, ARIZONA
FSM 5100 – FIRE MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 5140 – FIRE USE
Supplement No.: 5100-2002-1
Effective Date: February 19, 2002
Duration: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
Approved: MICHAEL R. WILLIAMS
Forest Supervisor
Date Approved: 02/19/2002
Posting Instructions: Supplements are numbered consecutively by title and calendar year.
Post by document; remove the entire document and replace it with this supplement. Retain this
transmittal as the first page(s) of this document. The last supplement to this title was 5100-98-2
to FSM 5120, 5150, and 5160.
New Document
5140.4
2 Pages
Superseded Document(s) by
Issuance Number and
Effective Date
5140.4 (Kaibab Supplement #11,
dated June/July 1987)
2 Pages
Digest:
5140.4 – Reformats existing direction. Adds responsibility for District Ranger to insure that
personnel working on burning operations have appropriate qualifications.
KAIBAB NF SUPPLEMENT 5100-2002-1
EFFECTIVE DATE: 02/19/2002
DURATION: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
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FSM 5100 – FIRE MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 5140 – FIRE USE
5140.4 – Responsibility.
5140.42 – Forest Supervisor. The Forest Supervisor has delegated authority to the District
Rangers for the following items. This authority may not be redelegated.
1. It is the responsibility of the District Ranger to obtain necessary input from appropriate
Staff Specialists to insure that management objectives are defined and that they are met by the
prescribed burn.
2. District Rangers are delegated the authority to approve all Fire Use Plans (this includes
both prescribed fire and wildland fire use for resource benefits).
3. The District Ranger shall also insure that all personnel involved in the planning and
execution of burning operations are qualified to perform their job according to Service-wide and
Regional requirements (FSM 5140 and FSH 5109.17).