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SAFENET ID:
20190213-0002        [Corrective Actions]
Event Start Date:
02/11/2019 0932
Event Stop Date:
 
Incident Name:
Skyline Dozerline Rehab
Fire Number:
L3TJ 
State:
Oregon
Jurisdiction:
BLM
Local Unit:
Vale District
Incident Type:
Prescribed/Fuels Treatment
Incident Activity:
Support
Stage of Incident:
Other
Position Title:
Senior Fire Dispatcher 
Task:
Dispatch And Initial Attack 
Management Level:
N/A
Resources Involved:
Overhead 
Contributing Factors
Contributing Factors:
Communications, Environmental, Other
Human Factors:
 
Other Factors:
Lack of maintenance 
Narrative
Describe in detail what happened including the concern or potential issue, the environment (weather, terrain, fire behavior, etc), and the resulting health issue.
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.
Immediate Action Taken
Reporting Individual : please describe actions you took to correct or mitigate the unsafe/unhealthful event.
Actions took was the return to the office and reestablishing communication with dispatch. Moving forward as the radios are still down in that area only areas that can be reached will work be done. This effectively reduces the area of operations for field going staff, and where there is critical work that needs to be accomplished.


Agency Response

20190213-0002-CA001

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