The repeaters on the vale district have been progressively deteriorating over the last few years. The radios at this time specifically bank 1 have been down for several weeks with no remedy. There have been many requests submitted with no resolution. ON 2/11/19 we had units in the field that were attempting to complete ESR work on the Skyline fire on the vale district. However after traveling to a point where they would need to unload the UTV to continue on to the incident in deep snow. When reaching this point they discovered that they could not reach dispatch on their mobile radio or handhelds, there also is no cell service in that area. Upon realizing this do to the weather and no communication they decided to return to the office for safety concerns. This was the smart decision as if they had been involved in accident or even got stuck they would have been hours without help coming. |