The following information was from ticket REQ000000819375 filed with the CIO and best describes the concern and potential problem(s) associated:
Dispatchers are having to click/activate the repeater Black Mtn several times before the repeater will transmit message. Black Mtn repeater is a linked with Copperas Base Station. Please reference ticket REQ000000809342. This is the same problem but now on a different repeater.
This is now a repeating problem on the Gila NF radio network at a different locations. Because this issue has been on-going, Safenet to be filed.
We are now supporting the Area 74 Prescribed fire (NM-GNF-0000012) off the black mountain repeater. This fire is located on the Black Range Ranger district.
This is affecting regular radio traffic in support of the burn and resources in the field. In the event of an emergency (Medical emergency, injury, etc) this would cause serious issues with the potential loss of information. Currently 50+ personnel on the burn and in the field in this area covered by this repeater.
Further: WAVE and Raven software and equipment are not available in the dispatch center although this has been requested. Although there have been attempts to have dispatch personnel install this software on dispatch computers, it is not the responsibility for dispatchers or dispatch personnel to ensure it is and working properly. These would be temporary solutions to the problem if they were available.
Confident in the radio system on the Gila NF is very low. There is not a radio technician on site, there has not been on site for more than a year on the Gila NF, a forest that requires two technicians. Radio concerns and problems on the Gila NF have been long going and outstanding, known on the CIO and Regional USFS Fronts. |