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SAFENET ID:

20180725-0003        [Corrective Actions]

Event Start Date:

07/21/2018 1800

Event Stop Date:

 

Incident Name:

Alamgre Radio Repeater

Fire Number:

 

State:

Colorado

Jurisdiction:

USFS

Local Unit:

Pikes Peak District

Incident Type:

Wildland

Incident Activity:

Support

Stage of Incident:

Non-incident

Position Title:

 

Task:

 

Management Level:

N/A

Resources Involved:

Engine, Overhead, Crew, Dispatch 

Contributing Factors

Contributing Factors:

Communications

Human Factors:

Situational Awareness  

Other Factors:

 

Narrative

Describe in detail what happened including the concern or potential issue, the environment (weather, terrain, fire behavior, etc), and the resulting health issue.

Sometime between 1800hrs on July 21, 2018 the forest lost the use of the Alamgre Repeater. The issue was noticed on July 22, 2018 approx 0920hrs. The site might have been struck by lightning during one of the storms that has pushed through the area. This is not the first time that this site has had issues. It had started a year ago when the site (building) was on another location called Green Mountain. With the radio replacement on the PSICC the site was moved. This year (2018) the site was moved from the South Platte Ranger District to the Pikes Peak Ranger District. Once all the pieces were in place the site seemed to work. Within the last few weeks we (Fire Dispatch) have been advised and noticed that the site is working off and on. On the dates listed above a ticket was placed with the CIO group and a call to the local radio tech had been made. The radio tech went to the site and found the problem and fixed it. Not 12 hours later the site was back down and the tech had to return. Once again the issue was though to be fixed and the tech returned to station. And once again today 7/25/2018 the site is down.

Immediate Action Taken

Reporting Individual : please describe actions you took to correct or mitigate the unsafe/unhealthful event.

Action- Have placed a Sev 1 ticket with CIO. Have had Radio Tech at the site two days in a row. Have spoken with the Regional Radio Coordinator about the issue.

Agency Response

20180725-0003-CA001

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