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. |