SAFENET

• ⋅ Annual Statistics
• ⋅ FOIA
• ⋅ Accessibility
• ⋅ Privacy Statement
• ⋅ Disclaimer

SAFENET

Wildland Fire Safety & Health Reporting Network

SAFENET Event Information

Create Agency Response

SAFENET ID:

20231109-0003        [Corrective Actions]

Event Start Date:

11/09/2023 0800

Event Stop Date:

 

Incident Name:

National Flight Following Down

Fire Number:

P8QRC1 0812 

State:

South Carolina

Jurisdiction:

USFS

Local Unit:

South Carolina Interagency Coordination Center - SC-FMF

Incident Type:

Wildland

Incident Activity:

Transport to/from

Stage of Incident:

Extended Attack

Position Title:

Assistant Center Manager 

Task:

Flight follow aircraft 

Management Level:

4

Resources Involved:

Two type 1 helicopters, one type 3 helicopter, and numerous engines and other ground resources. 

Contributing Factors

Contributing Factors:

Communications, 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 a type 1 helicopter assigned to the Mill Mountain fire who tried hitting us on National Flight Follow but was unable to. We must have open communication with aircraft on the incident and are unable to. We are having to place an extra burden on Georgia Interagency Coordination Center to get them to flight follow our resource for us.

Immediate Action Taken

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

Our center manager has placed a ticket in to get the radios fixed after and I have filed this SafeNet.

Agency Response

20231109-0003-CA001

Return to Top