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FOREST SERVICE MANUAL
NORTHERN REGION (REGION 1)
MISSOULA, MT
FSM 5700 – AVIATION MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 10 – ADMINISTRATION
Supplement No.: 5700-2012-1
Effective Date: April 26, 2012
Duration: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
Approved: VICTORIA CHRISTIANSEN
Acting Regional Forester
Date Approved: 04/23/2012
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 5700-20003 to FSM 5720.
New Document
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Superseded Document(s) by
Issuance Number and
Effective Date
R1 Supplement 5700-2000-2
id 5700-2010-1, 8/3/2010
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5713.3 – Incorporates Region 1 Interim Directive (ID) 5700-2010-1, the Forest Service Region
1, has the lead on implementing the training of Forest Service smokejumpers in the use of the
Ram-Air Parachute system according to BLM standards and procedures. Revises paragraph and
removes referenced page numbers.
R1 SUPPLEMENT r1-5700-2012-1
EFFECTIVE DATE: 4/26/2012
DURATION: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
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FSM 5700 – AVIATION MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 10 – ADMINISTRATION
5713.3 – SMOKEJUMPER AIRCRAFT AND EQUIPMENT
All smokejumpers trained and operating on the Bureau of Land Management parachute system
will be governed and operate according to the Interagency Standards for Fire and Fire Aviation
Operations, BLM Smokejumpers. Included in this section are BLM SMKJ Operations which
states: BLM smokejumper operational and administrative procedures are located in the
Interagency Smokejumper Operations Guide (ISOG), the BLM Ram-Air Training Manual
(RATM), the Boise Smokejumpers User Guide, the Alaska Fire Service Operational Procedures,
Policies, and Guidelines, and other pertinent agreements and operating plans.
The BLM SMKJ Equipment section includes: BLM smokejumpers use the Smokejumper RamAir Parachute System exclusively. All abnormalities in personnel parachute equipment and
procedures will be reported through the Malfunction and Abnormality Reporting System
(MARS). All parachuting operations will be performed according to established agency policies
and procedures. All modifications to and deviations from established standards will be reported,
documented, and approved through the BLM SMKJ Modification Documentation (MODOC)
process.
The Forest Service, Region One, has the lead on implementing the training of Forest Service
smokejumpers in the use of the Ram-Air Parachute system according to BLM standards and
procedures.