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SAFENET ID:
20200508-0001        [Corrective Actions]
Event Start Date:
05/08/2020 1300
Event Stop Date:
 
Incident Name:
Birch Vally
Fire Number:
73012059 
State:
Alaska
Jurisdiction:
State
Local Unit:
Delta Junction
Incident Type:
Wildland
Incident Activity:
Support
Stage of Incident:
Initial Attack
Position Title:
 
Task:
 
Management Level:
4
Resources Involved:
State Forestry and local Structure Dept 
Contributing Factors
Contributing Factors:
Human Factors
Human Factors:
Decision Making, Leadership, Risk Assessment  
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.
State Forestry was in the process of receiving a fire call, the local Prevention unit started a response and arrived on scene with in minutes before dispatch had the information from the caller. during the size up from the Prevention unit and the statment no other resources need the fire was knocked down, the local VFD AST Chief called over the Forestry IA channel inquiring why they had not been notified yet and DEMANDED the Forestry Dispatcher call 911 to notified the VFD. when the AST. Chief arrived on scene and avoided the Forestry IC, the Forestry IC tried to walk over to the AST Chief and he would turn and walk away. The AST Chief then told the Forestry type 6 engine to move and get out of the way, basically telling them to leave. This happened in 2019 when he ordered Forestry to leave a wildfire. Talking with my IC and staff they pulled back from the fire. The VFD with no communication with Forestry started doing their won thing on the wildfire, this fire was 1/2 acre in grass and dead other then a few smoldering spots. if this was a running wildfire there would be safety concerns with no command structure in place and no unified como. with the emergency over the VFDs still had a full code response to the incident.
Immediate Action Taken
Reporting Individual : please describe actions you took to correct or mitigate the unsafe/unhealthful event.
I have talked with my fire staff on the safety concerns of this individual. I have talked with my management and wee have a meeting planed with the VFD. Currently if we need to pull off wildfire for safety concerns we will, but this leads to public safety concerns during a running wildfire.


Agency Response

20200508-0001-CA001

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