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SAFENET ID:

20200627-0001        [Corrective Actions]

Event Start Date:

06/26/2020 1530

Event Stop Date:

 

Incident Name:

Pagosa and Dolores Network Outages

Fire Number:

 

State:

Colorado

Jurisdiction:

USFS

Local Unit:

Dolores & Pagosa Ranger Station

Incident Type:

Wildland

Incident Activity:

Line, Support, Transport to/from, Readiness/Preparedness

Stage of Incident:

Initial Attack, Extended Attack, Transfer of Command, Mop Up, Demobe, Non-incident, Other

Position Title:

 

Task:

 

Management Level:

N/A

Resources Involved:

 

Contributing Factors

Contributing Factors:

Communications

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.

The USDA Forest Service network dropped at approximately 1530 on 6/26/2020 at both the Dolores and Pagosa Ranger District Offices. CODRC radio network is radio control over IP (RCoIP). This network system transports radio traffic back to Durango Interagency Dispatch Center. That radio traffic is crucial for initial attack response and safety of all ground/aviation resources. There is no backup or fail safe system to transport this voice data in the event of a USDA Forest Service network outage. The breakdown in the network is preventing communication between all ground/aviation resources and the dispatch center. There are multiple ground resources working on initial attack response as there was a dry lightning storm and red flag fire weather. There are also resources out working on project work throughout the forest.

Immediate Action Taken

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

All ground resources have been directed to relay all information to the zone Duty Officer. From there the zone Duty Officer will be giving all information to dispatch via telephone.

Agency Response

20200627-0001-CA001

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