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SAFENET ID:
20180727-0003        [Corrective Actions]
Event Start Date:
06/15/2018 0800
Event Stop Date:
 
Incident Name:
Radio Communications
Fire Number:
 
State:
Oregon
Jurisdiction:
USFS
Local Unit:
McKenzie River Ranger District / Willamette National Forest
Incident Type:
Wildland, Prescribed/Fuels Treatment, All Hazard
Incident Activity:
Line, Support, Transport to/from, Readiness/Preparedness
Stage of Incident:
Initial Attack, Mop Up, Non-incident, Other
Position Title:
Incident Commander / Duty Officer 
Task:
 
Management Level:
N/A
Resources Involved:
District Personell, Dispatch Personell,  
Contributing Factors
Contributing Factors:
Communications
Human Factors:
 
Other Factors:
Unknown, potentially old wiring. 
Narrative
Describe in detail what happened including the concern or potential issue, the environment (weather, terrain, fire behavior, etc), and the resulting health issue.
McKenzie River RD on the Willamette NF has been having radio communication problems for the past month. Transmissions between Initial Attack resources and Eugene Dispatch are scratchy and broken and at times completely unreadable. It seems to have become a routine in the last month to repeat information multiple times to have it understood by the receiving party. This happens on handhelds as well as mobiles. These issues happen while using the Frissell repeater.
On 7.26.2018 we had a medical emergency and an Initial Attack. Both of these incidents were affected by the bad radio communications.
Immediate Action Taken
Reporting Individual : please describe actions you took to correct or mitigate the unsafe/unhealthful event.
The radio technicians have been working hard on the problem and believe the issue may be in the old copper wiring located at the McKenzie River Ranger Station.


Agency Response

20180727-0003-CA001

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