As the IMO IC for my forest I learned today on the Regional CERT call that required PPE and cleaning supplies that were ordered through the NIMO team prior and the region and Washington Office were turned down and Washington Office direction was to have the field units locate their own supplies . This is unacceptable for our wild land fire resources . Other agencies have figured this out for their critical infrastructure workers . We are forced to have our field resources look for bleach , ppe, cleaning supplies to make sure that they can start in May . I feel that the region and CERT team want to do everything to help , but the USDA and Forest Service Washington Office is providing poor support to our wild land firefighters who will need to be ready for fire season coming up shortly . Getting us supplies needed for safe and effective wildland fire response and station sanitization needs to be their top priority . |