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SAFENET ID:
20200316-0001        [Corrective Actions]
Event Start Date:
03/12/2020 0800
Event Stop Date:
 
Incident Name:
COVID-19
Fire Number:
 
State:
California
Jurisdiction:
USFS
Local Unit:
Los Padres NF
Incident Type:
All Hazard
Incident Activity:
Support
Stage of Incident:
Non-incident
Position Title:
 
Task:
 
Management Level:
N/A
Resources Involved:
All employees  
Contributing Factors
Contributing Factors:
Environmental
Human Factors:
Decision Making, Leadership, Risk Assessment, Situational Awareness  
Other Factors:
COVID-19 
Narrative
Describe in detail what happened including the concern or potential issue, the environment (weather, terrain, fire behavior, etc), and the resulting health issue.
With the Pandemic going on with COVID-19 our employees are being forced to work in close quarters and possible being exposed. Some employees have showed up sick and allowed to stay at there stations. Alternative work schedules should be looked at even for the Fire employees. There is plenty of admin work employees can do from home and still be productive and also be SAFE and not subject there family to us brining something home. Maybe give employees options to take a leave employees are scared and not focused on there jobs. With the amount of rain we have had there is no reason to keep us on to wait for us to get sick. PLEASE consider other option so we can put our family’s first. We can staff on a 30 min delay from our residents, we can work on pre attack maps, training. You have motivated employees that don’t want to get sick or subject there family’s to something.
Immediate Action Taken
Reporting Individual : please describe actions you took to correct or mitigate the unsafe/unhealthful event.
Expressed concerns to management , plus lots of hand washing. We get the feeling fire employees don’t have the same rights as other employees. We’re being told it’s above us for these kinds of decisions. We’re told we must staff but it’s raining.


Agency Response

20200316-0001-CA001

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