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Wildland Fire Safety & Health Reporting Network

SAFENET Event Information

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SAFENET ID:

20200625-0002        [Corrective Actions]

Event Start Date:

06/22/2020 1200

Event Stop Date:

 

Incident Name:

Multiple Incidents

Fire Number:

 

State:

Nevada

Jurisdiction:

BLM

Local Unit:

Incident Type:

Wildland

Incident Activity:

Line

Stage of Incident:

Initial Attack, Extended Attack

Position Title:

Dispatch Center Manager 

Task:

 

Management Level:

3

Resources Involved:

Multiple 

Contributing Factors

Contributing Factors:

Equipment

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.

We have the new Catalyst Radio system installed at the dispatch center. Communication is broken when there is an increased level of radio traffic. It requires a lot of data and the internet at the Dispatch Center does not have the Bandwidth required to to use modern systems. We are losing radio communications with Aircraft and the field, phone lines are going down and internet speed is compromised. All this impacts the service that this dispatch center can provide to the field. It creates safety issues to Fire Fighters.

Immediate Action Taken

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

We are using cell phones as much as possible for communication.

Agency Response

20200625-0002-CA001
20200625-0002-CA002

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