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Shingletown Emergency Radio - Core Areas Plan

(SER-CAP)

PARTICIPANTS MUST CONSULT THIS PAGE FOR PLAN UPDATES,    AFTER ACTION REPORTS (FIRES, LOST PERSON SEARCH, POWER OUTAGES, SNOW STORMS, ...); PRACTICE NETS, DRILLS,   ETC..

Prior reports and after action:   Current Page.   Prior pages:  006 005 004  003   002  001

CURRENT REPORTS / AFTER ACTION ARE BELOW.

SER  SYSTEM FOCUS IS THE SHINGLETOWN CORE  WHICH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING ACTIVE AND PARTICIPATING AREAS: 

  VILLAGE (1 Ham);    LONG HOLLOW;    MIDWAY;    SITES;   Wilson Hill (1 Ham)  The Emergency Radio Operations Center TEAM approach in use (adopted 1/27/2022).  Non Hams continue to comprise the bulk of the plan 2/2025)

REPORTS / AFTER ACTION - MOST RECENT 
2025  02 13  - No Net

SER REPORT OF NET OPERATIONS:      2025 02 06   

NET TIME (DURATION FROM TONE OUT TO DEACTIVATION):      18 MINUTES                                               

AREAS / NEIGHBORHOODS  REPORTING: 5

Stations Reporting: 19

Reports:   ALL QXA

Agenda:   SITREP.                                Also did training for Mapping 2;      9 Relay East; and     9 Relay West

Areas Reporting

# Stations

Identifiers

MW DIV 2 N               

Stns reporting: 3

 

VL  DIV  3 N  (1 Ham)

Stns reporting: 12

VL: F1  F7  F8 F2 L3 L4 S6 S7 F14 E1 B1 B7

LH  DIV  3 N

Stns reporting: 1

 

WH DIV  3 S   (1 Ham)

Stns reporting: 1

 

SITES  DIV 3 N

Stns reporting: 2

 

 

 

 

Net Control / Net Structure

CONTROL (EROC 9)

F1

BACK UP  (EROC 9)

 

160 TC        

F1

MAPPING 1            

F1

FIRE CONTROL 

 

9 RELAY WEST

F8

CAL FIRE 20       

F7

MAPPING 2

F2

 

 

9 RELAY EAST

B1

 

 

 

 

 

 

55 RELAY 

 

 

 

TRIANG 1

 

 

 

56 RELAY 

 

 

 

TRIANG 2

 

 

 

58 RELAY

F1

 

 

 

 

 

 

61 SILENT

 

 

 

 

 

After Action:   Note: We have had major storms today and substantial snow.

We did the “new” script. It shows more detail so that stations have more instruction. The “new” script reflects the modifications and improvements done since the prior version.

55 Summary and 56 Summary were deleted from Plan based on Net Ops Practice. We do NOT have enough help to perform the bullet point summary (e.g., 55 Summary; 56 Summary) for others not participating. During nets, F1 (ham) is performing 4 functions (with 3 radios) and if we had an emergency the workload may have to increase by at least 1 or 2 more radios and other tacticals (e.g., camera, winds, Triangulation, et…). Such is too much.  We will only be able to do summaries on the Frequencies that we conduct Net Operations. We have to focus on the people  / Areas who are helping to do the work. More stations are stepping up to perform functions. That is good.

Moving from 58 to 56 (or visa versa) may improve ability to copy Wilson Hill

Sites propagation is still bad (difficult terrain). Sites did not copy  9 Relay East. Sites had 7” of snow (antenna covered by ice  & snow).  Sites and Wilson Hill were Q4 / Q5 both ways on Eroc 56.   MW1 did NOT hear 9 Relay West.

 

2025  02  04  Structure Fire – Forward Road:  KK6SWE advised  on 13, that Cal Fire heading south on Wilson Hill (we changed Ham freq. to 12 resulting in better propagation and ability to hear each other - at that time). K6PDS attempted to locate information on Internet Resources. However, nothing showing -  Cameras – Rain total blocking of any visual; and Camera mapping showed nothing; Fire Mappers showed nothing; Facebook references showed nothing; watch duty showed nothing, etc …).   Cal Fire Radio Traffic – Tehama had Cal Fire Responding (Engines…, Support…, Water Tenders…). PDS advised SWE of  Cal Fire radio traffic but advised couldn’t determine location of incident.  Next Sierra 6 transmitted on EROC 9 that she checked www.Broadcastify.com  (paid version)  with play back option and found the information from Cal Fire radio play back. Sierra 6 relayed on EROC 9:  Structure Fire 34992 Forward Road, Manton  - cdf tac 3. K6PDS (F1) mapped (approx -121.745   40.433) as approx 2.1 miles Easterly of Digger Butte.   Foxtrot 7 had relayed on EROC 9 the information from Sierra 6 to Foxtrot 1 (who was monitoring Cal Fire radio traffic on 2 other radios – but they had not repeated the address).  The results of this combined information was transmitted on EROC 9 and 12.

 Observations: 

This is good practice for fire season which will soon be upon us. 

Again, internet references did NOT show the incident.

The SER Plan coordinated both Ham (Wilson Hill Area) and EROC 9 communications.

 GREAT JOB TO THE COORDINATED WORK BETWEEN FREQUENCIES!

 Thank you to KK6SWE ; VIL SIERRA  6; and VIL FOXTROT 7.  ALSO GOLF 7 ACKNOWLEDGED TX ON 12 AND EROC 9

Thank you. K6PDS (F1)

2025 02 02  Midnight 36  Cal Fire Tone out: Residential Structure Fire Shingle Creek Ln. (times are approx) TAC 11  Incident Shingle IC.  Cal Fire responding E22,  E 2463,   WT 21,  Wt 20, …   At Midnight 51 hours approx.  E 2463 reports  - Well involved structure and  Power Lines down. Start Breathing support; possibility of trapped victim.  Midnight 57 hours  E 532 at scene – good knock down.  1 burn victim (male adult – Burns Head and upper body. 1 person unaccounted for in structure.  … Request medical copter …  1 confirmed 1144;  WT 20 WT 21 at scene 0102 hours … medic 716 in route from Cotton wood.  0106 hours will be extended commitment … cancel breathing support.  0126 hours WT 21 out of water – needs to get more water … Redding response - best source of water will be hydrant at Black Butte school … 0130 medics to report behind WT 20 … 0134 hours Cancel copter request.  0145 SER silent monitoring deactivated.

 Notes:  Report – 1 deceased. Also, Heavy rain and strong winds out of the south (32 MPH / gusts 50 MPH – per Internet winds) during above incident.  Also, only information available during incident was Cal Fire Radio traffic. I didn’t find any Sheriff radio traffic for incident.   Points: Nothing was showing on any internet sources as to the active fire.  Also, PG& E web site showed power outage for residences near fire; however, per neighbor (next day), they received a warning over their phone of a possible power outage but there was no power outage.  Two neighbors reported. Neighbor to the south reported that he didn’t know there was a fire until later that morning when he got up. Other neighbor to the NNW advised that the dogs awakened them, that the flames were very high (almost as high as the tree tops) and that embers were blowing into their yard so they monitored situation.

Some Lessons: The internet may not even show an incident. Also, the internet showed an area outage when there wasn’t one.  The two neighbors I spoke with had not communicated with each other during the incident. One neighbor next door to the fire wasn’t even aware of the fire.  Your neighborhood radios can be important – communicating information to others.

SER REPORT OF NET OPERATIONS:      2025 01  30   

NET TIME (DURATION FROM TONE OUT TO DEACTIVATION):      15 approx. MINUTES                

AREAS / NEIGHBORHOODS  REPORTING: 4

Stations Reporting: 13

Reports:   ALL QXA

Agenda:   SITREP.                                Also did training for Mapping 2;   ; and     9 Relay West

Areas Reporting

# Stations

Identifiers

MW DIV 2 N               

Stns reporting: 0

 

VL  DIV  3 N  (1 Ham)

Stns reporting: 9

VL: F1  F7  F8 F2 i1  L10  L9  S6 S7 (S6 AND S7 REPORTED BY E-MAIL)

LH  DIV  3 N

Stns reporting: 1

 

WH DIV  3 S   (1 Ham)

Stns reporting: 1

 

SITES  DIV 3 N

Stns reporting: 2 phone

 

 

 

 

Net Control / Net Structure

CONTROL (EROC 9)

F1

BACK UP  (EROC 9)

 

160 TC        

F1

MAPPING 1            

F1

FIRE CONTROL 

 

9 RELAY WEST

F8

CAL FIRE 20       

F7

MAPPING 2

F2

 

 

9 RELAY EAST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

55 RELAY 

 

 

 

TRIANG 1

 

 

 

56 RELAY 

 

 

 

TRIANG 2

 

 

 

58 RELAY

F1

56 summary (to delete this function)

F1

 

 

 

 

61 SILENT

F1

 

 

 

 

After Action:   56 Summary,  55 Summary. are being deleted from plan. We do NOT have enough help to perform the bullet point summary (e.g., 55 Summary; 56 Summary) as a specific task for others not participating in net operations. This was intended to help others not participating. However, tonight F1 (ham) was performing 6 functions. If we had an emergency such would increase. This is too much for 1 person to do. If other persons want to help out then we will try to help them, but we can’t be concerned about people / areas who do nothing (and who don’t even advise if they are listening).

 Further, the recent interference from Dar Walker (w6io) has resulted in more work, frequency plan revisions, frequency testing, radio re-programming, etc…  and has further jeopardized the emergency comms plan. Two hams haven’t updated their ham radios to the new plan. They no longer help out. The changes were needed in an attempt to avoid Dar Walker’s interference during a wildfire or other emergency.  Also, 2 stations have moved out of Shingletown. They were a big help and will be missed.

 We will only do summaries on the Frequencies that we conduct Net Operations. We have to focus on the people  / Areas who are helping to do the work

 We did the “new” script. It shows more detail so that stations have more instruction, for example the 9 Relay stations. This should help in training others to take on control functions. The “new” script reflects the modifications and improvements done since the prior version.

 

2025 01 24   1005 hours Cal Fire tone out - Smoke check in area of Immigrant Trail and Ritts Mill Rd. .. E 22 Responding ..  E 22 in Area (1011 hours) ... Multiple Burn piles 8227 Ritts Mill .. making contact with property owner - advised of regulations. 

Note: Today is a no burn day in all of Shasta County. Also from 10 PM tonight to 10 PM Sunday - Wind advisory. TX on EROC 9 and 10 (Xray 15-10)  along with recommendation that all stations conduct QWA procedure periodically during this period and report as necessary.

SER REPORT OF NET OPERATIONS:      2025  01  23    

TIME:   1900 HOURS         

NET TIME (DURATION FROM TONE OUT TO DEACTIVATION):      14 MINUTES

AREAS / NEIGHBORHOODS  REPORTING :      4                  # STATIONS REPORTING :     21

DATA POINTS COLLECTED                        :     63   

     “XX” THOSE WHICH APPLY        __  XX  _ STN ID              ___ XX  __STN LOCATION           __ XX  _ QXA RPTS        

                                          __ NOT DONE   __ QWA RPTS (BREVITY FIRE REPORTS  - NO SUSPECT SMOKE, FIRE OR EMBERS OBSERVED]).

THE NET WAS TONED OUT, NET INFRASTRUCTURE TACTICALS ACTIVATED,  NET OPERATIONS CONDUCTED ON TWO FREQUENCIES); REPORTS COLLECTED ON FREQUENCY,  ALL REPORTS WERE MAPPED, REVIEWED, AND TRANSMITTED WITH SUMMARY AND NET CONTROL  RECOMMENDATION.

DATA POINTS

REPORTED

MW

DIV’

2 N

VL

DIV

 3 N

LH

DIV

3 N

RA

DIV

3 N

WH

DIV

3 S

SITES

DIV

3 N

SL

DIV

4 N

TOTAL  DATA POINTS

ALL AREAS

 

EROC   

   9

EROC

 9

EROC 9

 

CH  55 OR 56 or 58

 

EROC 9,

 55, 56 OR 58

 

 

STNS

MW

1 2 3 4

STNS

MULTIPLE

STNS

LH1

STNS

HAM

QXX

STNS

HAM KK6SWE

STNS

SITES 7  SITES 8

STNS

HAM

AJ6KJ

 

#  STN CHECK INS by area:

[EACH PROVIDING STATION AREA / NEIGHBORHOOD AND TACTICAL ID.]

4

14

0

 

1

2

0

21

MW 3

RPTD

SUMMRY

VL  STNS RPTING:

F1  F7 F8  F2  S6 S7 I1 L3 L4 F14 T2 S3 E4  E1

LH Stns

 

LH1

 

WH stns

KK6SWE

ROUGH COMS

 

 

ROUGH COMS

 

 

STN LOCATION RPTS

4

14

0

 

1

2

0

21

REPORTS:  “QXA (MEANING: ALL OKAY AND NOTHING TO REPORT AT MY QTH AND NONE OF THE PROBLEMS ON FORMAT TANGO 9A   OR TANGO 9M  EXIST).  THUS:

 --NO PROBLEMS REPORTED

--NO NEEDS REPORTED

4

14

0

 

1

2

0

21

Reports  “QWA” (Brevity Fire Watch)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RPTS:  /B   LAND LINE NOT WORKING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RPTS      “/Y” (MEANING IS AS FOLLOWS: IF “/Y” FOR A SINGLE STATION, IT MEANS:  STN  REPORTED PROBLEMS BUT I AM OKAY AND DO NOT NEED ASSISTANCE;  OR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IF “/Y”  FOR AN AREA , IT MEANS:  STN REPORTING IS OKAY,  MY AREA OKAY, AND ANY ASSISTANE NEEDS IN MY AREA ARE BEING TAKEN CARE OF BY MY AREA. NO OUT OF AREA ASISTANCE NEEDED AT THIS TIME.

TOTALS

12

42

0

 

3

6

0

63

NET INFRASTRUCTURE ACTIVATIONS:

CONTROL   (EROC 9)

F1

BACK UP  (EROC 9)      

 

160 TC                             

F1

MAPPING 1            

F1

FIRE CONTROL 

 

9 RELAY WEST

F8

CAL FIRE 20

F7

MAPPING 2            

 

 

 

55 RELAY 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

56 RELAY

F1

 

 

TRIANG 1

 

 

 

58 RELAY 

F1

 

 

TRIANG 2

 

 

 

61 SILENT

 

 

 

 

CONTROL RECOMMENDATION:      NO ACTION

AFTER ACTION:   GREAT JOB TO ALL THOSE WHO PARTICIPATED AND HELPED OUT!  WE ARE HAVING STATIONS PRACTICE MAPPING 2 AND 9 RELAY WEST SO EVERYONE BECOMES COMFORTABLE WORKING NET OPERATIONS.  PLEASE VOLUNTEER FOR OTHER CONTROL FUNCTIONS.

 

2025 01 21 Cal Fire tone out 0803 hours - Resid. Structure Fire 30463 Shingletown Ridge Road  X Bunnytail... Engines, WT, Prev ... responding Ridge IC TAC 11 ..   SER Estim  distance  .66 miles SW of Highway 44 and Shasta Forest Drive; Internet winds out of East at 2KT.   Ridge IC at scene 0817 hours - Can handled, cancel balance. 0830 All units available. SER silent monitoring deactivated 0830 hours. K6PDS
2025 01 20 - Cal Fire Tone Out Midnight 08 hours -  Creekside Mobile Home Park - unattended burn pile ... SER Silent monitoring activated ... E 22 Responding ...  E 22 in Area ... Midnight 016 at scene of unattended Burn Pile - will be extinguishing.  SER Silent Monitoring deactivated.
2025 01 15 - Power outage 2000 hours (reported 1938 hours) - Wilson Hill Area. PG&E Power outage map also shows Manton (large area), Paynes Creek ... . 2114 hours Per PG& E outage map Wilson Hill back on, smaller Area of Manton out. Paynes Creek still out.  Initial outage reported on EROC 9 and Eroc 58. Potential impact - communication failures.

SER REPORT OF NET OPERATIONS:      2025  01 16   

NET TIME (DURATION FROM TONE OUT TO DEACTIVATION):      13 Min. Approx.                        

AREAS / NEIGHBORHOODS  REPORTING: 4

Stations Reporting: 24   (72 DATA POINTS)

Reports:   ALL QXA           Recommendation:       NO ACTION

Agenda:   SITREP.        

Areas Reporting

# Stations

Identifiers

MW DIV 2 N               

Stns reporting: 4

 

VL  DIV  3 N  (1 Ham)

Stns reporting: 17

VL:   F1  g7  f7  f8  f2  L3 L4  s6  L10 L9 s7 t2  i1 s3 b1 b7 e1

LH  DIV  3 N

Stns reporting: 0

 

WH DIV  3 S   (1 Ham)

Stns reporting: 1

 

SITES  DIV 3 N

Stns reporting: 2 phone

New antenna up – but VL had no copy.  Follow to be done.

STARLITE  kj

                      :  0

 

Net Control / Net Structure

CONTROL (EROC 9)

B1

BACK UP  (EROC 9)

F1

160 TC        

F1

MAPPING 1            

F1

FIRE CONTROL 

 

9 RELAY WEST

 

CAL FIRE 20       

F7

MAPPING 2

F8

 

 

9 RELAY EAST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

55 RELAY 

 

55 SILENT

 

TRIANG 1

 

 

 

56 RELAY 

 

 

 

TRIANG 2

 

 

 

58 RELAY

F1

58 SILENT

 

 

 

 

 

61 SILENT

 

TX ON 12 BULLET PT SUMM  **

F1

 

 

After Action:   follow up with Sites on comms.  o/s antenna is up.

**  Not sufficient resources to continue this procedure.

 

SER REPORT OF NET OPERATIONS:      2025  01  09    

TIME:   1900 HOURS         

NET TIME (DURATION FROM TONE OUT TO DEACTIVATION):      14 MINUTES

AREAS / NEIGHBORHOODS  REPORTING :      4

# STATIONS REPORTING                                    :     21

DATA POINTS COLLECTED                        :     63   

     “XX” THOSE WHICH APPLY         __  XX  _ STN ID              ___ XX  __STN LOCATION           __ XX  _ QXA RPTS        

                                          __ NOT DONE   __ QWA RPTS (BREVITY FIRE REPORTS  - NO SUSPECT SMOKE, FIRE OR EMBERS OBSERVED]).

THE NET WAS TONED OUT, NET INFRASTRUCTURE TACTICALS ACTIVATED,  NET OPERATIONS CONDUCTED ON TWO FREQUENCIES); REPORTS COLLECTED ON FREQUENCY,  ALL REPORTS WERE MAPPED, REVIEWED, AND TRANSMITTED WITH SUMMARY AND NET CONTROL  RECOMMENDATION.

DATA POINTS

REPORTED

MW

DIV’

2 N

VL

DIV

 3 N

LH

DIV

3 N

RA

DIV

3 N

WH

DIV

3 S

SITES

DIV

3 N

SL

DIV

4 N

TOTAL  DATA POINTS

ALL AREAS

 

EROC   

   9

EROC

 9

EROC 9

 

CH  55 OR 56 or 58

 

EROC 9,

 55, 56 OR 58

 

 

STNS

MW

1 2 3 4

STNS

MULTIPLE

STNS

LH1

STNS

HAM

QXX

STNS

HAM KK6SWE

STNS

SITES 7  SITES 8

STNS

HAM

AJ6KJ

 

#  STN CHECK INS by area:

[EACH PROVIDING STATION AREA / NEIGHBORHOOD AND TACTICAL ID.]

3

16

1

 

1

0

0

21

MW 3

RPTD

SUMMRY

VL  STNS RPTING:

F1  G7  F7  F8  F2  L10  L9  I1  S6  S7  L3  L4  S3  T2  B1  E1

LH Stns

 

LH1

 

WH stns

KK6SWE

 ROUGH COMS

 

   

 

 

STN LOCATION RPTS

3

16

1

 

1

0

0

21

REPORTS:  “QXA

(MEANING: ALL OKAY AND NOTHING TO REPORT AT MY QTH AND NONE OF THE PROBLEMS ON FORMAT TANGO 9A   OR TANGO 9M  EXIST). 

 --NO PROBLEMS REPORTED

--NO NEEDS REPORTED

3

16

1

 

1

0

0

21

Reports  “QWA”       (Brevity Fire Watch)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RPTS:  /B   LAND LINE NOT WORKING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RPTS      “/Y”

(MEANING IS AS FOLLOWS:

IF “/Y” FOR A SINGLE STATION, IT MEANS:  STN  REPORTED PROBLEMS BUT I AM OKAY AND DO NOT NEED ASSISTANCE;  OR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IF “/Y”  FOR AN AREA , IT MEANS:  STN REPORTING IS OKAY,  MY AREA OKAY, AND ANY ASSISTANE NEEDS IN MY AREA ARE BEING TAKEN CARE OF BY MY AREA. NO OUT OF AREA ASISTANCE NEEDED AT THIS TIME.

TOTALS

9

48

3

 

3

0

0

63

NET INFRASTRUCTURE ACTIVATIONS:

CONTROL   (EROC 9)

B1

BACK UP  (EROC 9)      

F1

160 TC                             

F1

MAPPING 1            

F1

FIRE CONTROL 

 

9 RELAY WEST

 

CAL FIRE 20

F7

MAPPING 2            

F8

 

 

55 RELAY 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

56 RELAY

F1

 

 

TRIANG 1

 

 

 

58 RELAY 

F1

 

 

TRIANG 2

 

 

 

61 SILENT

 

 

 

 

 

CONTROL RECOMMENDATION:      NO ACTION

AFTER ACTION:   GREAT JOB TO ALL THOSE WHO PARTICIPATED AND HELPED OUT!

 

2025 01 04 - Cal Fire tone out (1102 hours) Comm Vehicle Fire (RV)  35469 Collossians Way. TAC 11  (Thatcher IC); SER TX - advisory .. monitoring situation ... 1120 hours fire knocked down .. cancel  prevention ... 1136 hours SER Deactivated monitoring.
2025 01 03 Tornado Warning - Reported Ground contact Paynes Creek Area SW of Shingletown. Direction of Travel NE towards Shingletown. Advisory issued on EROC 9,  EROC 10 (USING  12); AND EROC 58. Stations advised to monitor CH 22 NOAA Weather for more information ..  Advisory again issued when warning expired.   Screen Shot from Inks Camera -  click to view larger image

2025 Tornado - Paynes Creek DOT NE 1_3_2025 5_58_50 PM.png (1289265 bytes)

 

SER REPORT OF NET OPERATIONS:      2025  01  02  

TIME:   1900 HOURS         

NET TIME (DURATION FROM TONE OUT TO DEACTIVATION):      14 MINUTES

AREAS / NEIGHBORHOODS  REPORTING:      4   (NOTE: 2 ADDITIONAL AREAS ARE WORKING ON ANTENNAS TO REACH NETS)

SUMMARY:   Our Net collected 63 specific situational DATA POINTS  

 (IE.,   STN LOCATION;    STN ID;  and  QXA REPORTS;

Did not do   QWA REPORTS [BREVITY FIRE REPORTS  - NO SUSPECT SMOKE, FIRE OR EMBERS OBSERVED]).

THE NET WAS TONED OUT, NET INFRASTRUCTURE TACTICALS ACTIVATED,  NET OPERATIONS CONDUCTED ON TWO FREQUENCIES); REPORTS COLLECTED ON FREQUENCY,  ALL REPORTS WERE MAPPED, REVIEWED, AND TRANSMITTED WITH SUMMARY AND NET CONTROL  RECOMMENDATION.

All of this was completed in  14 MINUTES.    THIS NET COVERED  4 AREAS NEIGHBORHOODS) with 21 stations reporting.

DATA POINTS

REPORTED

MW

DIV’

2 N

VL

DIV

 3 N

LH

DIV

3 N

RA

DIV

3 N

WH

DIV

3 S

 

SITES

DIV

3 N

SL

DIV

4 N

TOTAL  DATA POINTS

ALL AREAS

 

EROC       9

EROC

 9

EROC 9

 

CH  55 OR 58

 

 

EROC 9,

 55 OR 58

 

 

STNS

MW

1 2 3 4

STNS

MULTIPLE

STNS

LH1

STNS

HAM

QXX

STNS

HAM KK6SWE

 

STNS

SITES 7  SITES 8

STNS

HAM

AJ6KJ

 

#  STN CHECK INS by area:

[EACH PROVIDING STATION AREA / NEIGHBORHOOD AND TACTICAL ID.]

4

15

1

 

1

 

0

 

21

MW 3

RPTD

SUMMRY

VL  STNS RPTING:

F1  F7 F8 G7 F2 L3 L4  I1 T2 S3  F14 B1 B7 E1 E4 

LH Stns

 

LH1

 

WH stns

 

KK6SWE

 

RADIO WORK

 

 

 

 

 

ANTENNA WORK planned

Note: was Q5 on Eroc 9 as to K6PDS.

 

STN LOCATION RPTS

4

15

1

 

1

 

 

 

21

REPORTS:  “QXA

(MEANING: ALL OKAY AND NOTHING TO REPORT AT MY QTH AND NONE OF THE PROBLEMS ON FORMAT TANGO 9A OR TANGO 9M EXIST)

4

15

1

 

1

 

 

 

21

Reports  “QWA”

(Brevity Fire Watch)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RPTS:  /B   LAND LINE NOT WORKING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RPTS      “/Y”

(MEANING IS AS FOLLOWS:

IF “/Y” FOR A SINGLE STATION, IT MEANS:  STN  REPORTED PROBLEMS BUT I AM OKAY AND DO NOT NEED ASSISTANCE;  OR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IF “/Y”  FOR AN AREA , IT MEANS:  STN REPORTING IS OKAY,  MY AREA OKAY, AND ANY ASSISTANE NEEDS IN MY AREA ARE BEING TAKEN CARE OF BY MY AREA. NO OUT OF AREA ASISTANCE NEEDED AT THIS TIME.

TOTALS

12

45

3

 

3

 

0

0

63

NET INFRASTRUCTURE ACTIVATIONS:

CONTROL   (EROC 9)

B1

55 RELAY 

 

160 TC          

F1

MAPPING 1            

F1

FIRE CONTROL 

 

55 SILENT

 

CAL FIRE 20

F7

MAPPING 2            

F8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BACK UP  (EROC 9)      

    F1

58 RELAY 

F1

 

 

TRIANG 1

 

 

 

58 SILENT

 

 

 

TRIANG 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONTROL RECOMMENDATION:      NO ACTION

AFTER ACTION:   GREAT JOB TO ALL THOSE WHO PARTCIPATED AND HELPED OUT!

 

 

2024 12 25 - Cal Fire Tone Out - Residential Structure Fire - Northwood Drive  X  Linda Rd. (Sites Area); Initial SER TX as K6PDS leaving house; SER continued monitoring and issuing advisories as heading to Redding; 0823; SER TX advisory (K6PDS) mobile (heading to Redding); Structure fire fully involved (large garage .... Cal Fire Responding... propane tanks gassing... Breathing support in route... Stations should monitor Channel 20 to monitor situation; Cal Fire units heading towards Shingletown (East Bound on 44) ... Fire Knockdown per Cal Fire       End of TX by K6PDS

After Action:   2 stations in MW copied reports (thank you for acknowledging  TX while K6PDS  was mobile);  S6 Village station heard report and contacted persons living in area of fire (and posted information to Shingletown Community Fire Information  - face book); Starlite station heard TX. 

May everyone have a Blessed and Merry Christmas

 

2024 12 22  - 1300 hours (and thereafter)  – Communications Failures:

 Frontier Internet failure:  Village T2, F1, F7,  S1,  E4, G7

                                       Starlite:   KJ

                                       Wilson Hill: SWE

Frontier Land Line Failure (Village): - only 1 stnt reporting such.

Cell Phone failures:  reported in Village and Starlite

Midway (MW 2) – no failures (QXA).

Long Hollow- no report.

Sites – no report

Per frontier there is an  Area Outage – working on it. Expected restoration 2037 hours.

As of 1610 hours – All services restored.  All QXA. (responding:  Village T1; G7  L3  I1. F2; Starlite:KJ; Wilson Hill:SWE.

2024 12 19  Net Cancelled. Stations please continue scan 24/7.
2024 12 18  0320 hours Cal fire Tone out - Vehicle Fire Black Butte Road ... Cal Fire responding .. E 22 at scene commercial vehicle ... road blocked by vehicles ... 0329 hours continue response ... 0333 hours Black IC - no fire ... can handle with units at Scene.  SER Silent Monitoring deactivated 0334 hours.

SER REPORT OF NET OPERATIONS:      2024  12  12    

TIME:   1900 HOURS         

NET TIME (DURATION FROM TONE OUT TO DEACTIVATION):      15 MINUTES

AREAS / NEIGHBORHOODS  REPORTING :      6   # STATIONS REPORTING                                    :     27

DATA POINTS COLLECTED                        :     81   

   “XX” THOSE WHICH APPLY     __  XX  __ STN ID              ___ XX  ___STN LOCATION           __ XX  __ QXA RPTS        

                                          __ NOT DONE   __ QWA RPTS (BREVITY FIRE REPORTS  - NO SUSPECT SMOKE, FIRE OR EMBERS OBSERVED]).

 THE NET WAS TONED OUT, NET INFRASTRUCTURE TACTICALS ACTIVATED,  NET OPERATIONS CONDUCTED ON TWO FREQUENCIES); REPORTS COLLECTED ON FREQUENCY,  ALL REPORTS WERE MAPPED, REVIEWED, AND TRANSMITTED WITH SUMMARY AND NET CONTROL  RECOMMENDATION.

DATA POINTS

REPORTED

MW

DIV’

2 N

VL

DIV

 3 N

LH

DIV

3 N

RA

DIV

3 N

WH

DIV

3 S

 

SITES

DIV

3 N

SL

DIV

4 N

TOTAL  DATA POINTS

ALL AREAS

 

EROC   

   9

EROC

 9

EROC 9

 

CH  55 OR 56 or 58

 

 

EROC 9,

 55, 56 OR 58

 

 

STNS

MW

1 2 3 4

STNS

MULTIPLE

STNS

LH1

STNS

HAM

QXX

STNS

HAM KK6SWE

 

STNS

SITES 7  SITES 8

STNS

HAM

AJ6KJ

 

#  STN CHECK INS by area:

[EACH PROVIDING STATION AREA / NEIGHBORHOOD AND TACTICAL ID.]

3

19

1

 

1

 

2

1

27

MW 3

RPTD

SUMMRY

VL  STNS RPTING:

F1  F7 F8 G7 L3 L4 L10 L9 F2 F14 T2 S3 S6 S7 B1 B7 E1 E4 I1

LH Stns

 

LH1

 

WH stns

 

KK6SWE

 

RADIO WORK

 

BY PHONE

 

ANTENNA WORK planned

Note: was Q5 on Eroc 9 as to K6PDS.

 

STN LOCATION RPTS

3

19

1

 

1

 

2

1

27

REPORTS:  “QXA

(MEANING: ALL OKAY AND NOTHING TO REPORT AT MY QTH AND NONE OF THE PROBLEMS ON FORMAT TANGO 9A   OR TANGO 9M  EXIST)

3

19

1

 

1

 

2

1

27

Reports  “QWA”       (Brevity Fire Watch)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RPTS:  /B   LAND LINE NOT WORKING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RPTS      “/Y” (MEANING IS AS FOLLOWS:  IF “/Y” FOR A SINGLE STATION, IT MEANS:  STN  REPORTED PROBLEMS BUT I AM OKAY AND DO NOT NEED ASSISTANCE;  OR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IF “/Y”  FOR AN AREA , IT MEANS:  STN REPORTING IS OKAY,  MY AREA OKAY, AND ANY ASSISTANE NEEDS IN MY AREA ARE BEING TAKEN CARE OF BY MY AREA. NO OUT OF AREA ASISTANCE NEEDED AT THIS TIME.

TOTALS

9

57

3

 

3

 

6

3

81

NET INFRASTRUCTURE ACTIVATIONS:

CONTROL   (EROC 9)

B1

55 RELAY 

 

160 TC          

F1

MAPPING 1            

F1

FIRE CONTROL 

 

55 SILENT

F1

CAL FIRE 20

F7

MAPPING 2            

F8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BACK UP  (EROC 9)      

    F1

58 RELAY 

F1

 

 

TRIANG 1

 

 

 

58 SILENT

 

 

 

TRIANG 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONTROL RECOMMENDATION:      NO ACTION

AFTER ACTION:   GREAT JOB TO ALL THOSE WHO PARTCIPATED AND HELPED OUT!

 

2024 12 12 - Stns should prepare for the storms (snow) and high winds of 45 mph. Preparations included: gasoline supply; generators ready; communications, radios, battery power etc...; food, water, medical ... etc...
2024  12 11 - Net Cancelled

SER REPORT OF NET OPERATIONS:      2024  12 05  

TIME:   1900 HOURS         

NET TIME (DURATION FROM TONE OUT TO DEACTIVATION):   17 MINUTES

AREAS / NEIGHBORHOODS  REPORTING:      4   (NOTE: 2 ADDITIONAL AREAS ARE WORKING ON ANTENNAS TO REACH NETS)

SUMMRAY:   Our Net collected 95 specific situational DATA POINTS  

 (IE.,   STN LOCATION;    STN ID;     QXA REPORTS;  AND   QWA REPORTS [BREVITY FIRE REPORTS  - NO SUSPECT SMOKE, FIRE OR EMBERS OBSERVED]).

THE NET WAS TONED OUT, NET INFRASTRUCTURE TACTICALS ACTIVATED,  NET OPERATIONS CONDUCTED ON TWO FREQUENCIES); REPORTS COLLECTED ON FREQUENCY,  ALL REPORTS WERE MAPPED, REVIEWED, AND TRANSMITTED WITH SUMMARY AND NET CONTROL  RECOMMENDATION.

All of this was completed in  17 MINUTES.    THIS NET COVERED  4 AREAS NEIGHBORHOODS) with 24 stations reporting.

DATA POINTS

REPORTED

MW

DIV’

2 N

VL

DIV

 3 N

LH

DIV

3 N

RA

DIV

3 N

WH

DIV

3 S

 

SITES

DIV

3 N

SL

DIV

4 N

TOTAL  DATA POINTS

ALL

 

EROC       9

EROC

 9

EROC 9

 

CH  55 OR 58

 

 

EROC 9,

 55 OR 58

 

 

STNS

MW

1 2 3 4

STNS

MULTIPLE

STNS

LH1

STNS

HAM

QXX

STNS

HAM KK6SWE

 

STNS

SITES 7  SITES 8

STNS

HAM

AJ6KJ

 

#  STN CHECK INS by area:

[EACH PROVIDING STATION AREA / NEIGHBORHOOD AND TACTICAL ID.]

4

18

1

 

0

 

0

1

24

MW 3

RPTD

SUMMRY

VL  STNS RPTING:

F1 F7 S1  S2 F2 I1 F8 G7 L10 L9 S3 B1 B7 L3 L4 E1 S6 S7  

LH Stns

 

LH1

 

WH stns

 

KK6SWE

 

RADIO WORK

 

 

 

 

 

ANTENNA WORK planned

Note: was Q5 on Eroc 9 as to K6PDS.

 

STN LOCATION RPTS

4

18

1

 

 

 

 

1

24

REPORTS:  “QXA

(MEANING: ALL OKAY AND NOTHING TO REPORT AT MY QTH AND NONE OF THE PROBLEMS ON FORMAT TANGO 9A OR TANGO 9M EXIST)

4

18

1

 

 

 

 

1

24

Reports  “QWA”

(Brevity Fire Watch)

4

17

1

 

 

 

 

1

23

RPTS:  /B   LAND LINE NOT WORKING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RPTS      “/Y”

(MEANING IS AS FOLLOWS:

IF “/Y” FOR A SINGLE STATION, IT MEANS:  STN  REPORTED PROBLEMS BUT I AM OKAY AND DO NOT NEED ASSISTANCE;  OR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IF “/Y”  FOR AN AREA , IT MEANS:  STN REPORTING IS OKAY,  MY AREA OKAY, AND ANY ASSISTANE NEEDS IN MY AREA ARE BEING TAKEN CARE OF BY MY AREA. NO OUT OF AREA ASISTANCE NEEDED AT THIS TIME.

TOTALS

16

71

4

 

0

 

0

4

95

NET INFRASTRUCTURE ACTIVATIONS:

CONTROL   (EROC 9)

B1

55 RELAY 

 

160 TC          

F1

MAPPING 1            

F1

FIRE CONTROL 

 

55 SILENT

 

CAL FIRE 20

F7

MAPPING 2            

F8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BACK UP  (EROC 9)      

    F1

58 RELAY 

F1

 

 

TRIANG 1

 

 

 

58 SILENT

 

 

 

TRIANG 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONTROL RECOMMENDATION:      NO ACTION

AFTER ACTION:   GREAT JOB TO ALL THOSE WHO PARTCIPATED AND HELPED OUT!

 

2024 12 05 - powerful 7. magnitude earthquake off California Coast.  Reports:- VL all stations all reporting EQ felt, no damage (except S6 northern most station reporting EQ not felt); MW - EQ felt, no damage;  SL  EQ did not feel earthquake. Conclusion: all reports between /M1 to /M3.
2024 11 28  Net Cancelled - Thanksgiving. All stations to continue 24/7 scan
2024 11 28   0435 hours - Cal Fire Tone out Residential Structure Fire Alarm 8303 Amber Woods Place - (no response from residents) - Cal Fire responding.  SER Mapping  Approx .27 miles NNW from AJ6KJ.  .. SER continuing silent monitoring .. E 2463 Responding, Bat 2409 Responding Training 2427 Responding, WT 21 Responding ... etc... . 0449 hours E 22 at scene - 2 story structure, nothing showing.. Continue response code 2 ... 0459 hours false alarm cancel response.  SER Silent Monitoring Deactivated.
2024 11 27  Midnight 25 - Cal Fire Tone out - Commercial structure Alarm Black Butte Elementary School.  Incident - Ponderosa. Cal Fire responding ... TAC 12 ... Midnight  43 - Cancel response .. false alarm.  SER Silent monitoring deactivated.
2024 11 26  1022 hour repeater deactivated - low battery. TX on EROC 9 and EROC 58.  Later turned back on - some sun out.

SER REPORT OF NET OPERATIONS:      2024  11  21   

TIME:   1900 HOURS         

NET TIME (DURATION FROM TONE OUT TO DEACTIVATION):   18 MINUTES

AREAS / NEIGHBORHOODS  REPORTING:      4

SUMMRAY:   Our Net collected 61 specific situational DATA POINTS  DURING THE NET.   THE NET WAS TONED OUT, NET INFRASTRUCTURE TACTICALS ACITIVATED,  NET OPERATIONS CONDUCTED ON TWO FREQUENCIES (3RD Frequency was monitored – silent); REPORTS COLLECTED ON BOTH FREQUENCIES,  ALL REPORTS MAPPED, REVIEWED, AND TRANSMITTED WITH SUMMARY AND NET CONTROL  RECOMMENDATION IN. All completed in  18 MINUTES.

 THIS NET COVERED  4 AREAS NEIGHBORHOODS).

DATA POINTS

REPORTED

MW

DIV’

2 N

VL

DIV

 3 N

LH

DIV

3 N

RA

DIV

3 N

WH

DIV

3 S

 

SITES

DIV

3 N

SL

DIV

4 N

TOTAL  DATA POINTS

 -  ALL AREAS

 

EROC 9

EROC 9

EROC 9

 

CH  55 OR 58

 

RELAY

PHONE

ANTENNA WORK

EROC 9

OR 55 OR 58

 

 

STNS

MW

1 2 3 4

STNS

MULTIPLE

STNS

LH1

STNS

HAM

QXX

STNS

HAM KK6SWE

 

STNS

SITES 7  SITES 8

STNS

HAM

AJ6KJ

 

#  CHECK INS by area: [EACH PROVIDING STATION AREA / NEIGHBORHOOD AND TACTICAL ID.]

3

12

1

 

1

 

 

 

17

MW 3 RPTD

SUMMRY

VL  STNS RPTING:

F1 F7 F2 F8 S1  I1  T2  S3  E1  B6  S6  S7  

LH Stns

 

LH1

 

WH stns

 

KK6SWE

 

 

 

 

STN LOCATION RPTS

3

12

1

 

1

 

 

 

17

REPORTS:

“QXA

(MEANING:ALL OKAY AND NOTHING TO REPORT AT MY QTH AND NONE OF THE PROBLEMS ON FORMAT TANGO 9A OR TANGO 9M EXIST)

3

2

1

 

1

 

 

 

7

RPTS:  /B   LAND LINE NOT WORKING

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RPTS      “/Y”

(MEANING IS AS FOLLOWS:

IF “/Y” FOR A SINGLE STATION, IT MEANS:  STN  REPORTED PROBLEMS BUT I AM OKAY AND DO NOT NEED ASSISTANCE;  OR

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

IF “/Y”  FOR AN AREA , IT MEANS:  STN REPORTING IS OKAY,  MY AREA OKAY, AND ANY ASSISTANE NEEDS IN MY AREA ARE BEING TAKEN CARE OF BY MY AREA. NO OUT OF AREA ASISTANCE NEEDED AT THIS TIME.

TOTALS

9

46

3

 

3

 

 

 

61

NET INFRASTRUCTURE ACTIVATIONS:

CONTROL   (EROC 9)

F1

55 RELAY 

 

160 TC                         

F1

MAPPING 1            

F1

FIRE CONTROL 

 

55 SILENT

S1

CAL FIRE 20

F7

MAPPING 2            

F8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BACK UP  (EROC 9)      

   

58 RELAY 

F1

 

 

TRIANG 1

 

 

 

58 SILENT

 

 

 

TRIANG 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONTROL RECOMMENDATION:  LL failure in Village. Frontier working on problem. All stations be on alert for any emergency traffic for relay.

AFTER ACTION:   GREAT JOB TO ALL THOSE WHO PARTCIPATED AND HELPED OUT!

 

2024 11  22  - 0935  hours Frontier Land Line Failure CONTINUES- Village.  AREA OUTAGE # OF CUSTOMERS IMPACTED PER FRONTIER  1004. Estim time for restoration  2152 hours this evening.

     Outage VL:  F1  I1 B6 L3 T2 S6 S3

MIDWAY 3 has service.

 Later  2024  11 22 (1024 hours) LL restored (repaired). Stns Reporting: VL   F1 F7  B6 S3 I1 S1 S6.

2024 11  21  - 0805 hours Frontier Land Line Failure - Village. Stations Reporting Failure:  B1  B6  S3  S6  I1  F1 F7 T2.

Areas Reporting no outage:  Long Hollow (per radio report); Starlite (per cell phone no outage);  Wilson Hill  (per cell phone - no outage),  Midway (per cell phone - no outage).

Per Frontier Area Outage - estimated time for restoration is 2200 hours tonight (10:00 PM).  Number of customers impacted 1460.

TX on EROC 9 and EROC 58  (505 SIMPLEX) (SAVING EROC 55  repeater for emergency traffic due to low battery). Heavy rain / snow upper elevations.

2024 11 20  Cal Fire Tone out (0723 hours) – Flu Fire  30576 Thumper (later corrected to 30657 Thumper).  Silent monitoring (Telephone call to T10 since in his area). ... Cal Fire responding … 0747 hours E 2463 available.  Silent monitoring deactivated  0748 hours.

SER REPORT OF NET OPERATIONS:      2024 10  31   

TIME:  1900  HOURS         

NET TIME (DURATION FROM TONE OUT TO DEACTIVATION):      17 MINUTES

AREAS / NEIGHBORHOODS  RPTING: 6

# STATIONS REPORTING : 23

DATA PTS COLLECTED:  63   

DATA POINTS (agenda) “XX” THOSE WHICH APPLY   :

         __  XX  _ STN ID              ___ XX  __STN LOCATION           __ XX  _ QXA RPTS        

                     __ NOT DONE   __ QWA RPTS (BREVITY FIRE REPORTS  - NO SUSPECT SMOKE, FIRE OR EMBERS OBSERVED]).

 THE NET WAS TONED OUT, NET INFRASTRUCTURE TACTICALS ACTIVATED,  NET OPERATIONS CONDUCTED ON TWO FREQUENCIES); REPORTS COLLECTED ON FREQUENCY,  ALL REPORTS WERE MAPPED, REVIEWED, AND TRANSMITTED WITH SUMMARY AND NET CONTROL  RECOMMENDATION.

DATA POINTS REPORTED

MW

DIV’

2 N

VL

DIV

 3 N

LH

DIV

3 N

RA

DIV

3 N

WH

DIV

3 S

SITES

DIV

3 N

SL

DIV

4 N

TOTAL  DATA POINTS

ALL AREAS

 

EROC   

   9

EROC

 9

EROC 9

 

CH  55 OR 56 or 58

 

EROC 9,

 55, 56 OR 58

 

 

STNS

MW

1 2 3 4

STNS

MULTIPLE

STNS

LH1

STNS

HAM

QXX

STNS

HAM KK6SWE

STNS

SITES 7  SITES 8

STNS

HAM

AJ6KJ

 

# STN CK INS by area:

[EACH PROVIDING STATION AREA / NEIGHBORHOOD AND TACTICAL ID.]

3

15

1

 

1

2

1

23

MW 3

RPTD

SUMMRY

VL  STNS RPTING:

F1  F7  S1  I1  B6  F8  F2  F14  S6  S7  E4  E1 S3  B1  B7

LH Stns

 

LH1

 

WH stns

KK6SWE

 

ROUGH COMS

 

Via

phone

 

 

STN LOCATION RPTS

3

15

1

 

1

2

1

23

REPORTS:  “QXA (MEANING: ALL OKAY AND NOTHING TO REPORT AT MY QTH AND NONE OF THE PROBLEMS ON FORMAT TANGO 9A   OR TANGO 9M  EXIST).

 --NO PROBLEMS REPORTED

--NO NEEDS REPORTED

3

15

1

 

1

2

1

23

Reports  “QWA”       (Brevity Fire Watch)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RPTS:  /B   LAND LINE NOT WORKING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RPTS      “/Y” (MEANING IS AS FOLLOWS:IF “/Y” FOR A SINGLE STATION, IT MEANS:  STN  REPORTED PROBLEMS BUT I AM OKAY AND DO NOT NEED ASSISTANCE;  OR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IF “/Y”  FOR AN AREA , IT MEANS:  STN REPORTING IS OKAY,  MY AREA OKAY, AND ANY ASSISTANE NEEDS IN MY AREA ARE BEING TAKEN CARE OF BY MY AREA. NO OUT OF AREA ASISTANCE NEEDED AT THIS TIME.

TOTALS

9

45

3

 

3

6

3

69

NET INFRASTRUCTURE ACTIVATIONS:

CONTROL   (EROC 9)

F1

BACK UP  (EROC 9)      

 

 

 

MAPPING 1            

F1

FIRE CONTROL 

 

9 RELAY WEST

 

 

 

MAPPING 2            

F8

 

 

55 RELAY 

F1

55 SUMMARY

 

 

 

 

 

56 RELAY

 

56 SUMMARY

 

TRIANG 1

 

 

 

58 RELAY (SILENT)

S2

160 TC          

F1

TRIANG 2

 

 

 

61 SILENT

 

CAL FIRE 20

F7

 

 

CONTROL RECOMMENDATION:      NO ACTION.

Note: B1 and B7 reported from 20981 Dersch Rd. Anderson (Praire school). The following stations copied  B1 AND B7:  F1;  F8; E1; AND MW3.  The distance was 19.4 miles from Village.

AFTER ACTION:   GREAT JOB TO ALL THOSE WHO PARTCIPATED AND HELPED OUT!

 

2024 10 24 appr 2144 hours Cal Fire tone out possible gunshot victim - Side Bottom Road.. Silent Monitoring activated. Monitoring Cal Fire 20 and Ch 21 (Sheriff).  No CHP in Area. ...  Cal Fire responding ..... Sheriff units in route ...  Cal fire staged...  Med 144 staged ... Sheriff - 1 detained, cancel Medical....  Silent monitoring deactivated 2224 hours.  Note: Per KRCTV.Com 1 person (woman) shot / killed.

2024  10 24

1900 hours   

Report of Net Operations  -  SERCAP

Total Net Time:     15 minutes.

THE REPORTS OF QXA AND QWA have PREVIOUSLY been treated as one report by each station for the report count. BUT, in reality, each is a separate report for specific conditions.  Thus,  QXA relates to situations such as electricity, phone, water, earthquakes, food needs, … (QXA meaning none of 2 full pages of specific problems  exist).  On the other hand,  QWA is the Brevity Fire Watch procedure done by each station to determine if there is any suspect smoke, fire, or embers. Thus a large amount of information is accumulated in a short time period. ANOTHER GREAT JOB TONIGHT!

Net

Infrastructure

 AGENDA > 

 SITUATION REPORT (FMT  T9M or T9A);

QWA PROCEDURE

 

Control

B1

Areas Reporting   6

 

# STNS

Stns Reporting

Fire Control

Back Up

F1

Village            DIV  3 N

14

VL:     F1  F7  F8 F2 I1  B1 B7  B6  S6  S7  G7  L10  L9  E4

55 Silent

Shingletown/Pioneer Pizza

VL:  

  55 Relay (RPTR)

F1

Midway          DIV 2 N

4

58 Silent

F1

Long Hollow  DIV 3 N

1

 

  58 Relay

Rest Area       DIV 3 N

0

Ham:  

Sites Area      DIV 3N

2

VIA PHONE RELAY

160 TC

F1

Starlite           DIV 4 N

1

Ham:   KJ     (CH 55 OR EROC 9)

Mapping

F1

Wilson Hill      DIV 3 S  CH 55

1

Ham:  SWE  (CH 55)

CAL FIRE 20

F7

TOTAL STNS REPORTING AND PARTICIPATING IN THIS NET   AND ANY  DRILLS          >    (A)

Note: There are additional VL stations (approx 33+) that don’t report. They have ability to listen to EROC 9. Other Areas also have ability to listen  to plan.

   

 

23

 TOTAL

CHECK INS

 

23

 TOTAL

RPTS

 

46

 TOTAL

DRILL RPTS

 

0

  0        

Triangulation

 

 

 

 COMPARE ABOVE # OF STATIONS REPORTING TO THE CURRENT ROSTER OF ESSENTIAL RADIO ALERTING AND RESPONSE TEAM STATIONS

         ***    >     (B)

 

 

 

 

27

CURRENT ROSTER OF  

ESSENTIAL RADIO ALERTING AND RESPONSE TEAM STATIONS:

VL:    20  -  B1  B7  B6  E4  F1  F7  F2  F8  F14  G7  I1  L3  L4  L9  L10  S1  S2  S3  S6  S7   

LH:     1- LH1

MW:   4 – MW 1, 2, 3, 4

RA:    0

 SL:    1  (Ham)    KJ

WH:   1  (Ham)   SWE  (CH 55)

Flight Radar

 

 

___Camera

 

Drill 911 Relay

 

PERCENT REPORTING

85.%

(A)  DIVIDED BY  (B)

CONTROL SUMMARY:            

All Stations and Areas reporting:  QXA AND QWA NO EXCEPTIONS

CONTROL RECOMMENDATION: 

NO ACTION                                                            

 

AFTER ACTION:   

*** ESSENTIAL RADIO ALERTING AND RESPONSE TEAM STATIONS  (current monthly list). To achieve this designation, a VOLUNTEER station must have  up to date radios and be   CURRENTLY AND CONSISTENTLY  RESPONDING TO ALERTS  AND  ACTIVATIONS ;  ISSUING ALERTS AND ACTIVATIONS;   AND PROVIDING REPORTS  DURING RADIO OPERATIONS.

 We need more stations to achieve this designation so that in the case of emergency, we have enough volunteer skilled radio operators to conduct necessary emergency radio operations (e.g., FIRE NETS for forest fires, smoke checks, 911 relays, etc…).

 Those Areas / Neighborhoods providing such radio operators are the focus of the SERCAP system.

 IT IS IMPORTANT THAT STATIONS REGULARILY PARTICIPATE IN THE WEEKLY PRACTICE NETS.  THIS WAY YOU CONFIRM YOUR RADIO IS WORKING AND YOU MAINTAIN YOUR RADIO SKILLS. IN AN EMERGENCY, YOU DON’T WANT TO BE TRYING TO REMEMBER HOW TO WORK YOUR RADIO.

 

2024 10 20  1030 hours AJ6KJ reports on Ch 55 (760) Frontier Land Line is now operating in Starlite.   That is OVER 3 DAYS of Frontier Land Lines not operating.

2024 10 17  (0829 hours)  AJ6KJ reports on Ch 55 (760)  Frontier Land Land NOT working in Starlite (not working since last night). 

2024 10 18 - AJ6KJ reports Frontier Land Lines still not working in:  Starlite, Rest Area, Sites up to at least McCumber.

2024 10 18  Red Flag warning - TX on 760 (55) stations to periodically perform QWA procedure and any station (ham or non ham) relay emergency traffic; Stations with TX capability on 760 (55) carry radios with them. Persons only with Frontier Land Line will not be able to call 911 (e.g., to report a fire, etc...). We have had high winds and red flag.

2024  10 17

1900 hours   

Report of Net Operations  -  SERCAP

Total Net Time:     13 minutes.

THE REPORTS OF QXA AND QWA have PREVIOUSLY been treated as one report by each station for the report count. BUT, in reality, each is a separate report for specific conditions.  Thus,  QXA relates to situations such as electricity, phone, water, earthquakes, food needs, … (QXA meaning none of 2 full pages of specific problems  exist).  On the other hand,  QWA is the Brevity Fire Watch procedure done by each station to determine if there is any suspect smoke, fire, or embers. Thus a large amount of information is accumulated in a short time period. ANOTHER GREAT JOB TONIGHT!

Net

Infrastructure

 AGENDA > 

 SITUATION REPORT (FMT  T9M or T9A);

QWA PROCEDURE

 

Control

B1

Areas Reporting   6

 

# STNS

Stns Reporting

Fire Control

 

Back Up

F1

Village            DIV  3 N

13

VL:     F1  F7  S1 S2 I1 L3 L4 G7 F2 F8 F14 B1 B7

55 Silent

 

Shingletown/Pioneer Pizza

 

VL:  

  55 Relay (RPTR)

F1

Midway          DIV 2 N

4

 

58 Silent

S1

Long Hollow  DIV 3 N

1

 

  58 Relay

 

Rest Area       DIV 3 N

0

Ham:  

   

Sites Area      DIV 3N

0

qxx

160 TC

F1

Starlite           DIV 4 N

1

Ham:   KJ     (CH 55 OR EROC 9)

Mapping

F1

Wilson Hill      DIV 3 S  CH 55

1

Ham:  SWE  (CH 55)

CAL FIRE 20

F7

TOTAL STNS REPORTING AND PARTICIPATING IN THIS NET   AND ANY  DRILLS          >    (A)

Note: There are additional VL stations (approx 33+) that don’t report. They have ability to listen to EROC 9. Other Areas also have ability to listen  to plan.

 

 

 

20

 

TOTAL

CHECK INS

20

 

TOTAL

RPTS

 40

 

TOTAL

DRILL RPTS

 0

  0        

Triangulation

 

 

 

 

COMPARE ABOVE # OF STATIONS REPORTING TO THE CURRENT ROSTER OF

ESSENTIAL RADIO ALERTING AND RESPONSE TEAM STATIONS

         ***    >     (B)

 

 

 

 

27

CURRENT ROSTER OF

 

ESSENTIAL RADIO ALERTING AND RESPONSE TEAM STATIONS:

VL:    20  -  B1  B7  B6  E4  F1  F7  F2  F8  F14  G7  I1  L3  L4  L9  L10  S1  S2  S3  S6  S7   

LH:     1- LH1

MW:   4 – MW 1, 2, 3, 4

RA:    0

 SL:    1  (Ham)    KJ

WH:   1  (Ham)   SWE  (CH 55)

Flight Radar

 

 

___Camera

 

Drill 911 Relay

 

PERCENT REPORTING

74.%

(A)  DIVIDED BY  (B)

CONTROL SUMMARY:            

All Stations and Areas reporting:  QXA AND QWA EXCEPTIONS: STARLITE – FRONTIER LAND LINE NOT WORKING

CONTROL RECOMMENDATION: 

NO ACTION,  EXCEPT FOR HIGHTENED  MONITORING FOR STATIONS /  AREASEXPRIENCING FRONTIER LAND LINE FAILURE                                                            

 

AFTER ACTION:   *** ESSENTIAL RADIO ALERTING AND RESPONSE TEAM STATIONS  (current monthly list). To achieve this designation, a VOLUNTEER station must have  up to date radios and be   CURRENTLY AND CONSISTENTLY  RESPONDING TO ALERTS  AND  ACTIVATIONS ;  ISSUING ALERTS AND ACTIVATIONS;   AND PROVIDING REPORTS  DURING RADIO OPERATIONS.

 We need more stations to achieve this designation so that in the case of emergency, we have enough volunteer skilled radio operators to conduct necessary emergency radio operations (e.g., FIRE NETS for forest fires, smoke checks, 911 relays, etc…).

 Those Areas / Neighborhoods providing such radio operators are the focus of the SERCAP system.

 IT IS IMPORTANT THAT STATIONS REGULARILY PARTICIPATE IN THE WEEKLY PRACTICE NETS.  THIS WAY YOU CONFIRM YOUR RADIO IS WORKING AND YOU MAINTAIN YOUR RADIO SKILLS. IN AN EMERGENCY, YOU DON’T WANT TO BE TRYING TO REMEMBER HOW TO WORK YOUR RADIO.

2024 10 14  (1345 hours)  spot fire - Radio Relay  VML on 760 - Vehicle Tire came off trailer, sparks, into grass started fire. K6PDS called 911 and advised. Cal fire responding.  Incident in area of 29863 Highway 44    boulder ridge  and albers.

SER REPORT OF NET OPERATIONS:      2024 10 03   

NET TIME (DURATION FROM TONE OUT TO DEACTIVATION):      15 approx. MINUTES                

AREAS / NEIGHBORHOODS  REPORTING: 6

Stations Reporting: 23

Reports:   ALL QXA   ALL QWA        Recommendation:       NO ACTION

Agenda:   SITREP.  BREV FIRE WATCH (QWA PROC)

Areas Reporting

# Stations

Identifiers

MW DIV 2 N               

Stns reporting: 3

 

VL  DIV  3 N  (1 Ham)

Stns reporting: 15

VL:   F1  F7  F8 F2  S1 S2  I1 F14  S6  S7  S3  G7  E1 B1  B7

LH  DIV  3 N

Stns reporting: 1

 

WH DIV  3 S   (1 Ham)

Stns reporting: 1

 

SITES  DIV 3 N

Stns reporting: 2 phone

 

STARLITE  kj

                      :  1

 

Net Control / Net Structure

CONTROL (EROC 9)

B1

BACK UP  (EROC 9)

F1

160 TC        

F1

MAPPING 1            

F1

FIRE CONTROL 

 

9 RELAY WEST

 

CAL FIRE 20       

F7

MAPPING 2

 

 

 

9 RELAY EAST

 

55 SILENT

 

 

 

 

 

55 RELAY 

F1

58 SILENT

S1

TRIANG 1

 

 

 

56 RELAY 

 

 

 

TRIANG 2

 

 

 

58 RELAY

 

56 summary (to delete this function)

 

 

 

 

 

61 SILENT

 

 

 

 

 

After Action:   NO ACTION

 

 

Radio, Emergency Communications and Hurricane Helene.  Please read the following ABOUT NON HAMS USING HAM FREQUENCIES DURING EMERGENCIES - HURRICANE HELENE ...

Source:  https://daily.hamweekly.com/2024/10/ham-radio-and-the-helene-aftermath/

 October 2, 2024

We're beginning to see ways in which amateur radio operators are stepping up to help their communities in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. …

One of the most high-profile stories comes from Tom (K4SWL), publisher of QRPer … He and his neighbors are cut off from accessing the local network of roads by car, requiring him to instead rely on bikes to check on the local community and gather supplies such as medicine.

Hams will be very interested in his use of HTs [hand held radios],spread across licensed, and non-licensed family members and neighbors to stay in contact with one another. (emphasis added).

I set up a simplex frequency and schedule so we could communicate.  … . No, most of these people don’t have [Ham] licenses, but this is 100% a real emergency. Hams in the region have even been giving volunteers their radios to share wellness checks via our repeater systems and the emergency response network.”  (emphasis added).

SER Comment:  In Shingletown, we already have a PRE-STAGED and fully operating emergency communications plan for both Hams AND NON HAMS (and the Plan fully integrates and coordinates BOTH). You are all helping and part of it.  In the event of an emergency, the radios, and the plan are already existing.  Further, you already have the equipment with you and are using it. If you are not actively participating, Hurricane Helene might sending you a message to get involved.

Nathan  

 

2024 10 09    1013 hours (approx)  Midway reports Power Restored. Note: State Power Outage map has NOT yet been updated.
2024 10 09  Power Outage: appr 0945 hours Midway reports power out.  VL F1 advises there is an accident on 44 Cross Shingle Creek. Veh hit power pole.  State Power Outage map below shows outage.  Cal Fire on scene. PG&E requested, CHP, Frontier.

2024  09 26

1900 hours   

Report of Net Operations  -  SERCAP

Total Net Time:     15 minutes.

THE REPORTS OF QXA AND QWA have PREVIOUSLY been treated as one report by each station for the report count. BUT, in reality, each is a separate report for specific conditions.  Thus,  QXA relates to situations such as electricity, phone, water, earthquakes, food needs, … (QXA meaning none of 2 full pages of specific problems  exist).  On the other hand,  QWA is the Brevity Fire Watch procedure done by each station to determine if there is any suspect smoke, fire, or embers. Thus a large amount of information is accumulated in a short time period. ANOTHER GREAT JOB TONIGHT!

Net

Infrastructure

 

AGENDA > 

 

SITUATION REPORT (FMT  T9M or T9A);

QWA PROCEDURE

 

Control

B1

Areas Reporting   6

 

# STNS

Stns Reporting

Fire Control

 

Back Up

F1

Village            DIV  3 N

15

VL:     F1  F7  S1 S2 I1  F8  F2  G7 L10  L9 L3  L4  B1  B7  T10

55 Silent

 

Shingletown/Pioneer Pizza

 

VL:  

  55 Relay (RPTR)

F1

Midway          DIV 2 N

3

 

58 Silent

S1

Long Hollow  DIV 3 N

1

 

  58 Relay

 

Rest Area       DIV 3 N

0

Ham:  

   

Sites Area      DIV 3N

2

VIA PHONE RELAY

160 TC

F1

Starlite           DIV 4 N

1

Ham:   KJ     (CH 55 OR EROC 9)

Mapping

F1

Wilson Hill      DIV 3 S  CH 55

1

Ham:  SWE  (CH 55)

CAL FIRE 20

F7

TOTAL STNS REPORTING AND PARTICIPATING IN THIS NET   AND ANY  DRILLS          >    (A)

Note: There are additional VL stations (approx 33+) that don’t report. They have ability to listen to EROC 9. Other Areas also have ability to listen  to plan.

 

 

 

23

 

TOTAL

CHECK INS

 

23

 

TOTAL

RPTS

 

46

 

TOTAL

DRILL RPTS

 

0

  0        

Triangulation

 

 

 

 

COMPARE ABOVE # OF STATIONS REPORTING TO THE CURRENT ROSTER OF

ESSENTIAL RADIO ALERTING AND RESPONSE TEAM STATIONS

         ***    >     (B)

 

 

 

 

27

CURRENT ROSTER OF

 

ESSENTIAL RADIO ALERTING AND RESPONSE TEAM STATIONS:

VL:    20  -  B1  B7  B6  E4  F1  F7  F2  F8  F14  G7  I1  L3  L4  L9  L10  S1  S2  S3  S6  S7   

LH:     1- LH1

MW:   4 – MW 1, 2, 3, 4

RA:    0

 SL:    1  (Ham)    KJ

WH:   1  (Ham)   SWE  (CH 55)

Flight Radar

 

 

___Camera

 

Drill 911 Relay

 

PERCENT REPORTING

85.%

(A)  DIVIDED BY  (B)

CONTROL SUMMARY:            

All Stations and Areas reporting:  QXA AND QWA NO EXCEPTIONS

CONTROL RECOMMENDATION: 

NO ACTION                                                            

 

AFTER ACTION:   

*** ESSENTIAL RADIO ALERTING AND RESPONSE TEAM STATIONS  (current monthly list). To achieve this designation, a VOLUNTEER station must have  up to date radios and be   CURRENTLY AND CONSISTENTLY  RESPONDING TO ALERTS  AND  ACTIVATIONS ;  ISSUING ALERTS AND ACTIVATIONS;   AND PROVIDING REPORTS  DURING RADIO OPERATIONS.

 We need more stations to achieve this designation so that in the case of emergency, we have enough volunteer skilled radio operators to conduct necessary emergency radio operations (e.g., FIRE NETS for forest fires, smoke checks, 911 relays, etc…).

Those Areas / Neighborhoods providing such radio operators are the focus of the SERCAP system.

 IT IS IMPORTANT THAT STATIONS REGULARILY PARTICIPATE IN THE WEEKLY PRACTICE NETS.  THIS WAY YOU CONFIRM YOUR RADIO IS WORKING AND YOU MAINTAIN YOUR RADIO SKILLS. IN AN EMERGENCY, YOU DON’T WANT TO BE TRYING TO REMEMBER HOW TO WORK YOUR RADIO.

 

SER REPORT OF NET OPERATIONS:      2024 09 19   

NET TIME (DURATION FROM TONE OUT TO DEACTIVATION):      18 approx. MINUTES                

AREAS / NEIGHBORHOODS  REPORTING: 4

Stations Reporting: 22   (66 DATA POINTS)

Reports:   ALL QXA   ALL QWA        Recommendation:       NO ACTION

Agenda:   SITREP.         BREV FIRE WATCH (QWA PROC)  AND   STNS ALSO REPORTED PROPAGATION E.G., Q4…

Areas Reporting

# Stations

Identifiers

MW DIV 2 N               

Stns reporting: 4

 

VL  DIV  3 N  (1 Ham)

Stns reporting: 15

VL:   F1  F7  S2  S2 F2  F8  I1  L10  L9 E4 F14  B1  B7  E1  G7

LH  DIV  3 N

Stns reporting: 0

 

WH DIV  3 S   (1 Ham)

Stns reporting: 0

 

SITES  DIV 3 N

Stns reporting: 2 phone

 

STARLITE  kj

                      :  1

 

Net Control / Net Structure

CONTROL (EROC 9)

F1

BACK UP  (EROC 9)

 

160 TC        

F1

MAPPING 1            

F1

FIRE CONTROL 

 

9 RELAY WEST

 

CAL FIRE 20       

F7

MAPPING 2

 

 

 

9 RELAY EAST

 

55 SILENT

 

 

 

 

 

55 RELAY 

F1

58 SILENT

F1

TRIANG 1

 

 

 

56 RELAY 

 

 

 

TRIANG 2

 

 

 

58 RELAY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

61 SILENT

 

 

 

 

 

After Action:   NO ACTION

 

 

2014 09 18  1856 - Advisory - Stations be prepared for any emergency traffic relay due to any communication failures  There appear to be multiple power outages in Shingletown Area. Conduct QWA procedure / report as needed. Lightening strikes in our Area. TX on EROC 9 and EROC 10 (55).
2014 09 18   1855 hours - Another Power Outage ( Midway, Indwood  Long Hollow) - See State Wide Power Outage Map

2024 09 18  1848 hours - Starlite reports (KJ) that Power is now restored at his location.
2024 09 18  approx 1826 hours - Cal Fire tone out - single tree on fire in area of 30395 Shingletown Ridge Road X Red Rock Road (Ridge Incident)  (South of Village) - units responding .... SER Advisory on EROC 9 ... Cal fire on scene  ... Single tree, fire knocked down ... Cal Fire Canceling response  1834 hours.     SER Advisory TX Eroc 9.  Stns responding on EROC 9 included  G7  I1  E4  MW2  S1 ..
2024 09 18 aprox 1630 hours - Shingletown Power Outages  Sites Area (East of Sites 7); Starlite; McCumber, and other areas of Shingletown ( see image below). Also as of 1740 hours Starlite advised (KJ)  Frontier land lines out.  PG&E advised KJ estimated power restoration 2100 hours tonight (9:00 P.M). Thunder and lightening at present as well as recent ....   Stations advised to conduct QWA procedure periodically and be ready to realy any emergency radio traffic.  (TX EROC 9 and EROC 55). 1750 hours Fronter LL in Starlite working.  Wilson Hill Area (SWE) advises all  QXA at his location (has power, landline, etc...)

State Wide Power outage Map

2024  09 12

1900 hours   

Report of Net Operations  -  SERCAP

Total Net Time:     16 minutes.

THE REPORTS OF QXA AND QWA have PREVIOUSLY been treated as one report by each station for the report count. BUT, in reality, each is a separate report for specific conditions.  Thus,  QXA relates to situations such as electricity, phone, water, earthquakes, food needs, … (QXA meaning none of 2 full pages of specific problems  exist).  On the other hand,  QWA is the Brevity Fire Watch procedure done by each station to determine if there is any suspect smoke, fire, or embers. Thus a large amount of information is accumulated in a short time period. ANOTHER GREAT JOB TONIGHT!

Net

Infrastructure

 

AGENDA > 

 SITUATION REPORT (FMT  T9M or T9A);

QWA PROCEDURE

 

Control

B1

Areas Reporting

 

# STNS

Stns Reporting

Fire Control

Back Up

F1

Village            DIV  3 N

17

VL:     F1  F7  S1 S2 I1  F8  F2  L10  L9  C6 L3 L4 E1 F14  S3  B1  E4

55 Silent

Shingletown/Pioneer Pizza

VL:  

  55 Relay (RPTR)

F1

Midway          DIV 2 N

2

58 Silent

S1

Long Hollow  DIV 3 N

1

 

  58 Relay

Rest Area       DIV 3 N

0

Ham:  

160 TC

F1

Starlite           DIV 4 N

1

Ham:   KJ     (CH 55 OR EROC 9)

Mapping

F1

Wilson Hill      DIV 3 S  CH 55

1

Ham:  SWE  (CH 55)

CAL FIRE 20

F7

TOTAL STNS REPORTING AND PARTICIPATING IN THIS NET   AND ANY  DRILLS          >    (A)

Note: There are additional VL stations (approx 33+) that don’t report. They have ability to listen to EROC 9. Other Areas also have ability to listen  to plan.

 

 

 

22

 

TOTAL

CHECK INS

 

22

 

TOTAL

RPTS

 

44

 

TOTAL

DRILL RPTS

 

0

  0        

Triangulation

 

 

 

 COMPARE ABOVE # OF STATIONS REPORTING TO THE CURRENT ROSTER OF

ESSENTIAL RADIO ALERTING AND RESPONSE TEAM STATIONS

         ***    >     (B)

 

 

 

 

27

CURRENT ROSTER OF  ESSENTIAL RADIO ALERTING AND RESPONSE TEAM STATIONS:

VL:    20  -  B1  B7  B6  E4  F1  F7  F2  F8  F14  G7  I1  L3  L4  L9  L10  S1  S2  S3  S6  S7   

LH:     1- LH1

MW:   4 – MW 1, 2, 3, 4

RA:    0

 SL:    1  (Ham)    KJ

WH:   1  (Ham)   SWE  (CH 55)

Flight Radar

 

 

___Camera

 

Drill 911 Relay

 

PERCENT REPORTING

81.%

(A)  DIVIDED BY  (B)

CONTROL SUMMARY:            

All Stations and Areas reporting:  QXA AND QWA NO EXCEPTIONS

CONTROL RECOMMENDATION: 

NO ACTION                                                            

 

AFTER ACTION:   

*** ESSENTIAL RADIO ALERTING AND RESPONSE TEAM STATIONS  (current monthly list). To achieve this designation, a VOLUNTEER station must have  up to date radios and be   CURRENTLY AND CONSISTENTLY  RESPONDING TO ALERTS  AND  ACTIVATIONS ;  ISSUING ALERTS AND ACTIVATIONS;   AND PROVIDING REPORTS  DURING RADIO OPERATIONS.

 We need more stations to achieve this designation so that in the case of emergency, we have enough volunteer skilled radio operators to conduct necessary emergency radio operations (e.g., FIRE NETS for forest fires, smoke checks, 911 relays, etc…).

 Those Areas / Neighborhoods providing such radio operators are the focus of the SERCAP system.

 IT IS IMPORTANT THAT STATIONS REGULARILY PARTICIPATE IN THE WEEKLY PRACTICE NETS.  THIS WAY YOU CONFIRM YOUR RADIO IS WORKING AND YOU MAINTAIN YOUR RADIO SKILLS. IN AN EMERGENCY, YOU DON’T WANT TO BE TRYING TO REMEMBER HOW TO WORK YOUR RADIO.

 

2024 09 06 Vehicle Fire / Spread to Vegetation – 1525 hours VL B1 toned out on Eroc 9 (Great Job B1). F1 issued Advisory on EROC 9 and EROC 55 (listen only on EROC 10). Stations assisting:  F7 , F1, B1, LH1, and  K6PDS (F1)  with K6JGA (On EROC 55).

 Periodic bullet point summaries provided on EROC 9 and EROC 55. Times / distances approximate.

 Incident: Hawk.  Vehicle fire Black Butte Rd      X    Skyhawk Lane.

 In approx area of  40.4728  -122.000566. 

Visible on Tuscan Butte Camera (approx. 18.75 Deg True).

 Rough estimation of distances from incident:

     Incident approx 2.8 miles South West from Midway.

     Incident approx 5 miles West by South West from Village.

     Incident approx 2.4 miles south of highway 44.

 Cal Fire Radio Traffic – Vehicle Fire with spread to vegetation, 1 acre, strong south wind.

     Sheriff in route, Black Butte Rd. completely closed.

Flight radar – aircraft over incident.

 1529 hours substantial smoke column visible on camera.

1541 hours smoke barely visible on camera.

   Cal Fire Radio traffic… :

     Both dozers staged …

     1544 hours – hose lay around fire; forward spread stopped; still high potential for spotting.  

     1558 hours – spotting potential decreased;

                           Cal Fire releasing some assets.  Commitment time 2 hours.

Cal Fire Radio Traffic – advise CHP  burned down Motor home on Black Butte Rd., blocking NB lane.

1601 hours - SER advisory deactivated. 

 

2024  09 05

1900 hours   

Report of Net Operations  -  SERCAP

Total Net Time:     16 minutes.

THE REPORTS OF QXA AND QWA have been treated as one report by each station for the report count. BUT, in reality, each is a separate report for specific conditions.  Thus,  QXA relates to situations such as electricity, phone, water, earthquakes, food needs, … (QXA meaning none of 2 full pages of specific problems  exist).  On the other hand,  QWA is the Brevity Fire Watch procedure done by each station to determine if there is any suspect smoke, fire, or embers. Thus a large amount of information is accumulated in a short time period. GREAT JOB!

Net

Infrastructure

 AGENDA > 

 SITUATION REPORT (FMT  T9M or T9A);

QWA PROCEDURE

 

Control

B1

Areas Reporting

# RPTS

Stns Reporting

Fire Control

Back Up

F1

Village            DIV  3 N

18

VL:     F1  F7  F2  F8  S1  S2  I1  L10  L9  L3  L4  E1  S3  T2  B1  B7  S6   S7

55 Silent

Shingletown/Pioneer Pizza

VL:  

  55 Relay (RPTR)

F1

Midway          DIV 2 N

3

58 Silent

S1

Long Hollow  DIV 3 N

1

 

  58 Relay

Rest Area       DIV 3 N

0

Ham:  

160 TC

F1

Starlite           DIV 4 N

1

Ham:   KJ     (CH 55 OR EROC 9)

Mapping

F1

Wilson Hill      DIV 3 S  CH 55

1

Ham:  SWE  (CH 55)

Cal Fire 20

F7

 

 

TOTAL STNS REPORTING AND PARTICIPATING IN THIS NET   AND ANY  DRILLS          >    (A)

Note: There are additional VL stations (approx 33+) that don’t report. They have ability to listen to EROC 9.

24

Reports            24 CK INS / RPTS

DRILL RPTS -  00 TACTICALS     

TOTAL      24

Triangulation

 

 

 

 

COMPARE ABOVE # OF STATIONS REPORTING TO THE CURRENT ROSTER OF

ESSENTIAL RADIO ALERTING AND RESPONSE TEAM STATIONS

         ***    >     (B)

 

 

27

CURRENT ROSTER OF

 ESSENTIAL RADIO ALERTING AND RESPONSE TEAM STATIONS:

 

VL:    20  -  B1  B7  B6  E4  F1  F7  F2  F8  F14  G7  I1  L3  L4  L9  L10  S1  S2  S3  S6  S7   

LH:     1- LH1

MW:   4 – MW 1, 2, 3, 4

RA:    0

 SL:    1  (Ham)    KJ

WH:   1  (Ham)   SWE  (CH 55)

Flight Radar

 

 

___Camera

 

Drill 911 Relay

 

PERCENT REPORTING

88.%

(A)  DIVIDED BY  (B)

CONTROL SUMMARY:            

All Stations and Areas reporting:  QXA AND QWA  NO EXCEPTIONS

CONTROL RECOMMENDATION: 

NO ACTION                                                            

 

AFTER ACTION:     

*** ESSENTIAL RADIO ALERTING AND RESPONSE TEAM STATIONS  (current monthly list). To achieve this designation, a VOLUNTEER station must have  up to date radios and be   CURRENTLY AND CONSISTENTLY  RESPONDING TO ALERTS  AND  ACTIVATIONS ;  ISSUING ALERTS AND ACTIVATIONS;   AND PROVIDING REPORTS  DURING RADIO OPERATIONS.  

We need more stations to achieve this designation so that in the case of emergency, we have enough volunteer skilled radio operators to conduct necessary emergency radio operations (e.g., FIRE NETS for forest fires, smoke checks, 911 relays, etc…).  

Those Areas / Neighborhoods providing such radio operators are the focus of the SERCAP system.

IT IS IMPORTANT THAT STATIONS REGULARILY PARTICIPATE IN THE WEEKLY PRACTICE NETS.  THIS WAY YOU CONFIRM YOUR RADIO IS WORKING AND YOU MAINTAIN YOUR RADIO SKILLS. IN AN EMERGENCY, YOU DON’T WANT TO BE TRYING TO REMEMBER HOW TO WORK YOUR RADIO.

 Note: on EROC 9 there was repeated jamming attempts during net. Also, on 58 Silent there was repeated keying and Mapping / Backup could hear a TV on in the background when listening  on a radio which didn’t have tone sq.

2024 09  04   1455 hours Structure Fire Shingletown -  Arbor Lane (Sites Rd Area). TX on 55 advisory .. fully involved out building .. no spread to vegetation ... 1509 hours update - fire knocked down, no spread to vegetation.   Arbor IC - Continue 1 engine and 1 water tender, cancel balance.  1513 hours E 2463 At scene  WT 20 at scene ..  Advisory deactivated 1515 hours. 
2024 08 30  Park Fire Status per Cal Fire: 98% Contained   429,603 Acres

 

2024  09  02  approx 1600 hours (rough) - False Alarm.  (Following e-mail senT to local OES Office by K6PDS)

"About a half hour ago or more (approx), we received over the television (using DSL) an alert tone (we are in Shingletown). There was no description or information. We were concerned because we initially heard the tone but didn't know what device it came out of.

Then I received telephone calls from a person in Starlite (Shingletown area) and then another call from a person in the Village who also received alerts - emergency notifications but they received them on their Cell phones.  On one of the Cell phones "Sierra" was listed.... " Evacuation". When the person tried to press the screen for more information - all notifications disappeared.  Then a second alert was received by the Starlite person who advised that it vibrated his phone very hard and he picked up the code  SIE - EO31 (it also listed emergency alert - extreme). I also heard this second alert and determined if [IT] came our of our TV (but we didn't receive it on our cell phones). 
 
This caused concern by at least 3 people who were concerned enough to call me.     I went to Genesys and looked up the number - and it appears that it is for a  Mandatory evacuation order in Sierra county (I have attached the screen shot). Thus, a erroneous alert for Shingletown. I issued an advisory on our Shingletown Radio System.
I previously head the alert tone come through the  TV  (we are in Shingletown) at least a month or more ago, but at the time didn't know the source. At that time there were no alerts in Shingletown.

Conclusion:  it appears that there is a glitch in the emergency notification system somewhere (this does NOT appear to relate to Alert FM).
The problem is that people may begin to not trust the California Alerts when they receive notices from a far distant location and/or receive an alert with no information but hear the distressing alert tone.
Please advise if I should sent this to someone else.
 
Nathan Zeliff 530-474-3267 "

 

2024 09 02 UPDATE ON Frontier Land Line Failure - DIAL TONE OBSERVED AS RESTORED  1000 HOURS. 

(Reporting F1   i1  L3  L4).  F1    TX  QWI on  EROC 9 and EROC 55).

2024 09 02 Fontier Land Line Failure - no dial tone  0700 hours ....
2024 09 01  Frontier Land Line Failure in Village - No Dial Tone  (no ability to dial 911, no reverse 911, water company emergency notification system rendered useless with no dial tone ....  ). Situation continues as of  0745 hours;  1305 hours...  We are in an "above normal" risk of wild fire (see below - Predictive Services National Interagency Fire Center)
2024 08  31    2018 HOURS - Gun shot (reported as initially as Gun Shot Victim) - in area of Westmore Rd (near where power lines cross Westmore Rd ... approx .42 miles west of ponderosa on Westmore Rd. ) ...   minor laseration of hand declined medical ... (no one shot) ... 415 between individuals reported ... Cal Fire staging ... sheriff in route ...  cancelled medical ... cancel medical helicopter ... 1 detained ... Silent monitoring deactivated  2104 hours (F1  / K6PDS). 
2024 08  31  Frontier Land Line Failure in Village (NO Dial Tone)  (observed about 1307 hours by F1 / K6PDS) ... Water Company emergency phone notification system via Frontier Land line rendered NON operational due to Frontier outage.  Substantial time spent attempting to notify Frontier of the Area Outage (which was confirmed by the SER Radio System by securing Reports from Stations both in the Village and outside the Village. Frontier falsely and repeatedly  denied the Area Outage.  Argument with Frontier  "supervisor" on cell phone. The supervisor made false statements and engaged in double speak Bull Shit.... Frontier was advised that 400 homes are without the water company emergency notification system due to the Frontier Outage and people can't make 911 calls or received reverse 911 calls.   Call made to FCC which advised that they would be making contact with another person. ... A substantial time later F1 / K6PDS received text on cell phone (1623 hours) from Frontier advising that there is an Area Outage and that they are working remotely to resolve the issue ....(apparently they will not send out an actual human until 9/22/2024) ....  as of 2124 hours Still no dial tone on Frontier Land line in Village. 

Impact - persons with only Frontier Land Line cannot dial 911 or receive reverse 911 calls ... and the water company can't issue emergency alerts on its phone system because the Frontier Land Lines have no dial tone..

TX made on Eroc 9 and Eroc 55.  (note: the response I received on the radio today was only a few stations. The response was poor! We receive a grade of D- as a whole.  If people can't respond and take 3 seconds when someone is spending over an hour and a half  trying to get Frontier to Fix non working land lines, that is pathetic. 

Thank you to    S2    F7    I1    G7   S3  and MW3 for responding on EROC 9. There was no response on EROC 55 (the repeater - which takes money and time to keep working). If the repeater isn't going to be responded to then why do I worry about  it?. If people don't appreciate the assets, its time for people to do some brain re-wiring.  The Hawaii fires had a whole bunch of radios, but no one on frequency - no hams etc... . Well we have a system for both Hams and NON Hams. It is not a mere "check in charlie" system for playing radio. We are using radio for emergency communications.   If another Park fire hits closer to home and there is no phone, no internet and no cell ... that will be too late for "let's figure it out".

September 2024 Wildland Fire Potential - above normal - see image below (source https://gacc.nifc.gov/nwcc/content/products/fwx/MonthlySeasonal.pdf
2024 08 30  Park Fire Status per Cal Fire:  94% Contained;  429,603 Acres; 4 Counties: Butte, Tehama, Shasta, Plumas

Stations to continue monitoring Internet and other Resources, and  conducting QWA procedure, - report as necessary. Please continue to monitor your SER Radio Plan  24/7 (EROC 9;  and 10  (55)).  We are still in fire season. Thank you.

2024  08 29

1900 hours   

Report of Net Operations  -  SERCAP

Total Net Time:     15

Net

Infrastructure

 AGENDA > 

 SITUATION REPORT (FMT  T9M or T9A);

QWA PROCEDURE

 

Control

B1

Areas Reporting

# RPTS

Stns Reporting

Fire Control

Back Up

F1

Village            DIV  3 N

15

VL:     F1  F7  S1  S2  F2  I1  L9  L10  F8  F14  B1  B7  S3  L3  L4

55 Silent

Shingletown/Pioneer Pizza

VL:  

  55 Relay (RPTR)

F1

Midway          DIV 2 N

3

58 Silent

S1

Long Hollow  DIV 3 N

1

 

  58 Relay

Rest Area       DIV 3 N

0

Ham:  

160 TC

F1

Starlite           DIV 4 N

1

Ham:   KJ     (CH 55 OR EROC 9)

Mapping

F1

Wilson Hill      DIV 3 S  CH 55

1

Ham:  SWE  (CH 55)

Cal Fire 20

F7

 

 

TOTAL STNS REPORTING AND PARTICIPATING IN THIS NET   AND ANY  DRILLS          >    (A)

Note: There are additional VL stations (approx 33+) that don’t report. They have ability to listen to EROC 9.

 

 

21

Reports            21 CK INS / RPTS

DRILL RPTS -  00 TACTICALS     

TOTAL      21

Triangulation

 

 

 

 

COMPARE ABOVE # OF STATIONS REPORTING TO THE CURRENT ROSTER OF

ESSENTIAL RADIO ALERTING AND RESPONSE TEAM STATIONS

         ***    >     (B)

 

 

 

 

27

CURRENT ROSTER OF

 

ESSENTIAL RADIO ALERTING AND RESPONSE TEAM STATIONS:

 

VL:    20  -  B1  B7  B6  E4  F1  F7  F2  F8  F14  G7  I1  L3  L4  L9  L10  S1  S2  S3  S6  S7   

LH:     1- LH1

MW:   4 – MW 1, 2, 3, 4

RA:    0

 SL:    1  (Ham)    KJ

WH:   1  (Ham)   SWE  (CH 55)

Flight Radar

 

 

___Camera

 

Drill 911 Relay

 

PERCENT REPORTING

77.7%

(A)  DIVIDED BY  (B)

CONTROL SUMMARY:            

All Stations and Areas reporting:  QXA AND QWA NO EXCEPTIONS

CONTROL RECOMMENDATION: 

NO ACTION                                                            

 

AFTER ACTION:   

*** ESSENTIAL RADIO ALERTING AND RESPONSE TEAM STATIONS  (current monthly list). To achieve this designation, a VOLUNTEER station must have  up to date radios and be   CURRENTLY AND CONSISTENTLY  RESPONDING TO ALERTS  AND  ACTIVATIONS ;  ISSUING ALERTS AND ACTIVATIONS;   AND PROVIDING REPORTS  DURING RADIO OPERATIONS.

We need more stations to achieve this designation so that in the case of emergency, we have enough volunteer skilled radio operators to conduct necessary emergency radio operations (e.g., FIRE NETS for forest fires, smoke checks, 911 relays, etc…).

Those Areas / Neighborhoods providing such radio operators are the focus of the SERCAP system.

IT IS IMPORTANT THAT STATIONS REGULARLY PARTICIPATE IN THE WEEKLY PRACTICE NETS.  THIS WAY YOU CONFIRM YOUR RADIO IS WORKING AND YOU MAINTAIN YOUR RADIO SKILLS. IN AN EMERGENCY, YOU DON’T WANT TO BE TRYING TO REMEMBER HOW TO WORK YOUR RADIO.

 

2024 08  28– Frontier Land Line Failure and Internet Failure – appears limited to one station’s area in the Village.

 FAILURE  DETECTED AT 1710 hours

 

CONCLUSION:  OUTAGE LIMITED TO ONE STATION’S AREA.

ACTION:              STATION IS CONTACTING FRONTIER VIA CELL PHONE

 

REPORTS:  (using  EROC 9)

 

FRONTIER PHONE

FRONTIER INTERNET

VILLAGE:  F1  S6  

OK

OK

                    B1

                 NOT WORKING

              NOT WORKING

                     I1

OK

N/A

                    L10

N/A

OK

 

 

 

2024 08 25 - Power Outage 2000 hours - Wilson Hill Area - power still out  (per statewide power outages);  as of 2200 hours Power back ON (per review of  statewide outages).
2024 08 25 - Power Outage 1818 hours - Wilson Hill Area - NO POWER.  All other SER Areas reporting Power on (Village: F1   I1    F2:     Midway - MW 3;  Starlite -KJ;     Long hollow  LH1;     SITES - RELAY - THROUGH VL I1).

copy of State Power Outage Map at this time:

2024 08 22   2316 hours Frontier Internet Failure - F1 Vl.    2333 called Frontier - system advised that there is a service outage in our area and agents are working on it.

Update: 2024 08 23  0730 hours - F1 VL - observed Frontier Internet operational. Note: No TX due to 0800 to 2000 hours protocol and no emergency.

SER REPORT OF NET OPERATIONS:      2024  08 22   

NET TIME (DURATION FROM TONE OUT TO DEACTIVATION):      14 Min. Approx.                        

AREAS / NEIGHBORHOODS  REPORTING: 4

Stations Reporting: 21   (84 DATA POINTS)

Reports:   ALL QXA       ALL AWA       Recommendation:       NO ACTION

Agenda:   SITREP.       BRE VITY FIRE WATCH (QWA PROCED)  

Areas Reporting

# Stations

Identifiers

MW DIV 2 N               

Stns reporting: 3

 

VL  DIV  3 N  (1 Ham)

Stns reporting: 14

VL:   F1 F7 F2 I1 F8  L9  L10 F14 L3 L4 S3 T2 B1 B7

LH  DIV  3 N

Stns reporting: 1

 

WH DIV  3 S   (1 Ham)

Stns reporting: 1

 

SITES  DIV 3 N

Stns reporting: 2 phone

HEARD ON 10

STARLITE  kj

                      :  0

 

Net Control / Net Structure

CONTROL (EROC 9)

B1

BACK UP  (EROC 9)

F1

160 TC        

F1

MAPPING 1            

F1

FIRE CONTROL 

 

9 RELAY WEST

 

CAL FIRE 20       

F7

MAPPING 2

 

 

 

9 RELAY EAST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

55 RELAY 

F1

55 SILENT

 

TRIANG 1

 

 

 

56 RELAY 

 

56 SILENT

 

TRIANG 2

 

 

 

58 RELAY

 

58 SILENT

F1

 

 

 

 

61 SILENT

 

 

 

 

 

After Action:  

 

 

2024 08 21  Park Fire Status per Cal Fire:  59% Contained;  429,460 Acres; 4 Counties: Butte, Tehama, Shasta, Plumas

Stations to continue monitoring Internet and other Resources, and  conducting QWA procedure, - report as necessary. Please continue to monitor your SER Radio Plan  24/7 (EROC 9;  and 10  (55)).  We are still in fire season. Thank you.

2024 08 17  Park Fire Status per Cal Fire:  50% Contained    429,263 Acres       4 Counties: Butte, Tehama, Shasta, Plumas

Stations to continue monitoring Internet and other Resources, and  conducting QWA procedure, - report as necessary.

2024  08 15

1900 hours   

Report of Net Operations  -  SERCAP

Total Net Time:     14 

Net

Infrastructure

 AGENDA > 

 SITUATION REPORT (FMT  T9M or T9A);

QWA PROCEDURE

 

Control

B1

Areas Reporting

# RPTS

Stns Reporting

Fire Control

 

Back Up

F1

Village            DIV  3 N

13

VL:      F1  F7  L9 L10  F2  F8  I1  L3  L4  F14  S3  B1  B7

55 Silent

 

Shingletown/Pioneer Pizza

 

VL:  

  55 Relay (RPTR)

F1

Midway          DIV 2 N

3

 

58 Silent

F1

Long Hollow  DIV 3 N

1

 

  58 Relay

 

Rest Area       DIV 3 N

0

Ham:  

160 TC

F1

Starlite           DIV 4 N

1

Ham:   KJ     (CH 55)

Mapping

F1

Wilson Hill      DIV 3 S  CH 55

1

Ham:  SWE  (CH 55)

Cal Fire 20

F7

 

 

 

   

TOTAL STNS REPORTING AND PARTICIPATING IN THIS NET   AND ANY  DRILLS          >    (A)

Note: There are additional VL stations (approx 33+) that don’t report. They have ability to listen to EROC 9.

 

 

19

Reports            19 CK INS / RPTS

DRILL RPTS -  00 TACTICALS     

TOTAL      19

Triangulation

 

 

 

 COMPARE ABOVE # OF STATIONS REPORTING TO THE CURRENT ROSTER OF

ESSENTIAL RADIO ALERTING AND RESPONSE TEAM STATIONS

         ***    >     (B)

 

 

 

 

27

CURRENT ROSTER OF

 

ESSENTIAL RADIO ALERTING AND RESPONSE TEAM STATIONS:

 VL:    20  -  B1  B7  B6  E4  F1  F7  F2  F8  F14  G7  I1  L3  L4  L9  L10  S1  S2  S3  S6  S7   

LH:     1- LH1

MW:   4 – MW 1, 2, 3, 4

RA:    0

 SL:    1  (Ham)    KJ

WH:   1  (Ham)   SWE

Flight Radar

 

 

___Camera

 

Drill 911 Relay

 

PERCENT REPORTING

70. %

(A)  DIVIDED BY  (B)

CONTROL SUMMARY:            

All Stations and Areas reporting:  QXA AND QWA NO EXCEPTIONS

CONTROL RECOMMENDATION: 

NO ACTION                                                            

 

AFTER ACTION:   

 *** ESSENTIAL RADIO ALERTING AND RESPONSE TEAM STATIONS  (current monthly list). To achieve this designation, a VOLUNTEER station must have  up to date radios and be   CURRENTLY AND CONSISTENTLY  RESPONDING TO ALERTS  AND  ACTIVATIONS ;  ISSUING ALERTS AND ACTIVATIONS;   AND PROVIDING REPORTS  DURING RADIO OPERATIONS.

 We need more stations to achieve this designation so that in the case of emergency, we have enough volunteer skilled radio operators to conduct necessary emergency radio operations (e.g., FIRE NETS for forest fires, smoke checks, 911 relays, etc…).

 Those Areas / Neighborhoods providing such radio operators are the focus of the SERCAP system.

 

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