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SAFENET ID:
20231113-0001        [Corrective Actions]
Event Start Date:
11/11/2023 0030
Event Stop Date:
 
Incident Name:
CY23 DBNF Fire Support
Fire Number:
P8EK6Q24 
State:
Kentucky
Jurisdiction:
USFS
Local Unit:
Cumberland District of the Daniel Boone NF
Incident Type:
Wildland, Prescribed/Fuels Treatment, All Hazard
Incident Activity:
Line, Support, Readiness/Preparedness
Stage of Incident:
Other
Position Title:
Center Manager 
Task:
Search and Rescue 
Management Level:
N/A
Resources Involved:
SAR's team, Law Enforcement, Wildland Firefighters 
Contributing Factors
Contributing Factors:
Communications, Equipment, Other
Human Factors:
 
Other Factors:
Radio repeater system failure to entire district.  
Narrative
Describe in detail what happened including the concern or potential issue, the environment (weather, terrain, fire behavior, etc), and the resulting health issue.
Late Friday night, early Saturday morning, a link failure occurred between the Cumberland district of the DBNF and dispatch. The radio tech worked diligently to mitigate the issue to no avail. The issue appears to not be in the hardware but appears to be in network access. This failure has occurred before and was thought to be resolved. This failure puts firefighters, Law Enforcement and the general public in harms way. A ticket was submitted on the issue.
Immediate Action Taken
Reporting Individual : please describe actions you took to correct or mitigate the unsafe/unhealthful event.
Mitigating factors include but not limited to: using cell phones and human repeaters to support operations, state and local resources to provide additional radio coverage when working together on operations. Submitted a ticket.


Agency Response

20231113-0001-CA001

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