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SAFENET ID:
20200621-0002        [Corrective Actions]
Event Start Date:
06/21/2020 0940
Event Stop Date:
 
Incident Name:
Tadpole
Fire Number:
P3M51D (0306) 
State:
New Mexico
Jurisdiction:
USFS
Local Unit:
Silver City Ranger District
Incident Type:
Wildland
Incident Activity:
Support
Stage of Incident:
Extended Attack, Transfer of Command
Position Title:
Team SOF2 
Task:
Team Safety Officer COVID 
Management Level:
3
Resources Involved:
Hand Crews, Engines, Aircraft, Overhead 
Contributing Factors
Contributing Factors:
Communications
Human Factors:
Decision Making, Situational Awareness  
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.
At 0700 hrs. the IMT switched from the team radio kit to the Forest net during transition to the incoming IMT. The Forest assumed Incident within and incident responsibilities with this switch. The new team would assume command at 1800 hrs. At 0830 hrs during the Command & General Staff meeting, the COML notified the C&G that the Forest command repeater was "down". This necessitated all resources to re-clone back to the team radio kit, and postpone deactivation of the radio kit command repeater. The re-clone was accomplished at approximately 0845. Therefore, for approximately 15 minutes the Team had no command communications with fireline resources.
Immediate Action Taken
Reporting Individual : please describe actions you took to correct or mitigate the unsafe/unhealthful event.
The C&G immediately called their counterparts on the line and instructed them to re-clone. This was accomplished as quickly as possible, approximately 15 minutes.


Agency Response

20200621-0002-CA001

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