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SAFENET ID:
20190625-0002        [Corrective Actions]
Event Start Date:
06/25/2019 1700
Event Stop Date:
 
Incident Name:
CIC Network Outage
Fire Number:
 
State:
Idaho
Jurisdiction:
USFS
Local Unit:
Salmon-Challis NF
Incident Type:
Wildland
Incident Activity:
Support
Stage of Incident:
Initial Attack
Position Title:
 
Task:
 
Management Level:
4
Resources Involved:
1- Type 2 Helicopter, 1- Type 3 Helicopter, 2- Type 6 Engines, 1 Type 4 Engine and Central Idaho Dispatch Center 
Contributing Factors
Contributing Factors:
Communications, Other
Human Factors:
Risk Assessment, Situational Awareness  
Other Factors:
Network reliability 
Narrative
Describe in detail what happened including the concern or potential issue, the environment (weather, terrain, fire behavior, etc), and the resulting health issue.
Central Idaho Dispatch Center received power surge which caused radios and internet to go out while fire personnel and equipment were engaged in initial attack on a fire on the Salmon-Challis National Forest. There was a temporary lose of communication with the resources on the fire including aircraft. With the loss of network; ROSS, AFF and WildCAD went off line. Approximately 30 min later, the network came back on line. We also have thunderstorms moving through the area with no radar to reference and give warning to resources on the fire.

Multiple Safenets have been filed on this issue, including several last field season and at least two this spring.
Immediate Action Taken
Reporting Individual : please describe actions you took to correct or mitigate the unsafe/unhealthful event.
All radios were reset and communications were re-established with fire personnel and aircraft. All aircraft were advised that flight following would have to take place via radio.


Agency Response

20190625-0002-CA001

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