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Wildland Fire Safety & Health Reporting Network

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SAFENET ID:
20250827-0001        [Corrective Actions]
Event Start Date:
08/25/2025 2027
Event Stop Date:
08/26/2025 1550 
Incident Name:
2025 Radio- Network and Phone Issues
Fire Number:
CO-NCC-000009 
State:
Colorado
Jurisdiction:
BLM
Local Unit:
Northern Colorado Interagency Communication Center
Incident Type:
Wildland
Incident Activity:
Line
Stage of Incident:
Initial Attack
Position Title:
 
Task:
 
Management Level:
5
Resources Involved:
Overhead, Equipment 
Contributing Factors
Contributing Factors:
Equipment
Human Factors:
 
Other Factors:
Radio network went down. 
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 first test we sent out when the BLM network went down was "BLM MBR radio down BLM/MBR link between NCC & BLM/MBR is down at this time. Field Resources can hear each other but no NCC and vice versa. Radio Tech will take a look in the morning." The BLM Radio network came back online 8/25 @ 21:23. It went back down at 8/26 @ 08:39. This text was sent out to our dispatch zone: "BLM Radios are currently down. We are not showing a link fail on the consoles on the dispatch floor, but we are unable to hear transmissions from the field over the BLM radios." The BLM Radio network came back online 8/26 @ 15:50. During this time our field resources were coming back from IA incidents, & checking fires. We had someone at a base station that was able to talk to the field resources via a base station that thankfully was close enough to be able to communicate via line-of-sight. Our dispatch center was also able to communicate with both the base station operator and field resources via cell phone. Not having radio comms with the field can be a situation that prevents resources from engaging in firefighting operations entirely. No fire suppression, no cutting trees, no engaging whatsoever because it presents a substantial safety risk, as dispatch can't provide any assistance.
Immediate Action Taken
Reporting Individual : please describe actions you took to correct or mitigate the unsafe/unhealthful event.
We had a person on a BLM base station in Craig who was able to talk to field resources, and call our main dispatch center in Johnstown on the phone. Eventually the radio network came back on line, but we were never informed what caused the radio network to fail.


Agency Response

20250827-0001-CA001

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