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SAFENET ID:

20190603-0001        [Corrective Actions]

Event Start Date:

06/03/2019 0700

Event Stop Date:

 

Incident Name:

Lone Mountain Fire

Fire Number:

 

State:

New Mexico

Jurisdiction:

USFS

Local Unit:

Smokey Bear RD

Incident Type:

Wildland

Incident Activity:

Line

Stage of Incident:

Initial Attack, Extended Attack

Position Title:

Center Manager 

Task:

 

Management Level:

4

Resources Involved:

Wildfire Module, Type 1 

Contributing Factors

Contributing Factors:

Communications, Equipment

Human Factors:

 

Other Factors:

 

Narrative

Describe in detail what happened including the concern or potential issue, the environment (weather, terrain, fire behavior, etc), and the resulting health issue.

Smokey Bear RD on the Lincoln National Forest has had a known and continuing intermittent issue of Buck Base Station and corresponding repeaters receiving what appears to be interference from another frequency for the last 6 months. This has caused transmissions between dispatch and field units to be unreadable and the radio channel to become "stuck" and unusable for upwards to 30 seconds at a time. On May 26th, 2019, the Lone Mountain fire started in a remote part of the Smokey Bear RD. Currently a Type 1 Wildfire Module is staying over night on the incident and has reported issues with communication due to the interference starting on June 2nd 2019. Communication is hampered between the crew and with dispatch. This is the only Base station that works with the incident therefore there is not a back up frequency that can be utilized for the incident talk to dispatch. The incident has been supplementing communication with the use of cell phones, however coverage is spotty at best.

Immediate Action Taken

Reporting Individual : please describe actions you took to correct or mitigate the unsafe/unhealthful event.

Local radio tech has requested the equipment needed to identify the possible interfering frequency. Incident will continue to supplement communications with dispatch using cell phones as needed.

Agency Response

20190603-0001-CA001

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