SER  SYSTEM FOCUS IS THE SHINGLETOWN CORE  WHICH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING ACTIVE AND PARTICIPATING AREAS:  VILLAGE;  LONG HOLLOW;  MIDWAY;  REST AREA.  The Emergency Radio Operations Center TEAM approach in use (adopted 1/27/2022).

Volunteers are critical in order for this to work.  The CORE volunteers are doing a great job!

Thereafter at approx 1945  hours all of  the Village Area lost power. Stations reporting included:  F1(HAM)  F7 B6  I1  F13  L3  F8  L9 L10 S1(ham)  S6  S7  C1 (some stations on generator). 

Midway reported text from PG & E estimated restoration of power by 11:00.

REPORT REQUESTED FROM OTHER AREAS ON 760  10 - no Shingletown Hams Responded.

Per PG & E outage map, outage extends from Long Hollow and the Far West side of the Village (Echo 1 area)  through Inwood, Midway to approx Dersch / 44. 

VL  i1 reported (via phone relay) Sites Area without power. Also on 760 a station reported power out in the Airport Area.

Ham (MWM) was monitoring home security cams (back up power activated) and observed power out in the Rest Area. Thank you Mike for the e-mail report.

Thus, large area Power Outage:  No Power from Airport (circle K area), Sites, Rest Area, Village, Midway, Long hollow to approx Dersch / 44. (per PG & E outage map - outage includes Inwood).

Approx 1950 hours  VL S6 reported smell of smoke out of the East. Also, VL F7 DETECTED Smoke odor out of East. Action: request made for all Village stations to conduct QWA procedure. Results of  QWA PROCEDURE - Reports: All QWA - INCLUDING    L3  L9 B6 S1  I1 F8 C1 F13 S3.   Shortly thereafter, VL S6 and VL F7 BOTH reported smoke odor dissipated.  Recommendation: No Action. No station disagreed.  i1 agreed.   QWA procedure Deactivated approx 1957. 

VL S6 REPORTED PG& E COMMUNICATIONS ESTIMATED POWER RESTORATION BY MIDNIGHT.

ALL STATIONS UNDER HIGHER ALERT FOR EMERGENCY RADIO TRAFFIC DUE TO POWER OUTAGE.

As of 2232 hours power is still out.

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QWL issued on 760 (10) AND EROC 9 - WITH PLAIN ENGLISH EXPLANATION.

"QWL - SHINGLETOWN MULTIPLE STRIKES".

QWL MEANING:  “LIGHTENING strikes observed and/or expected [over area]. All
stations go to higher awareness level. Make frequent SMOKE OBSERVATIONS. REPORT AS/ IF
NECESSARY.” (i.e., MAKE QWA OBSERVATIONS AND REPORT IF NECESSARY).

Following Lightening Stikes, a fire may develop over the course of a short time, up to approx. 2 weeks. Thus, if station operators are driving, they should have a higher level of alert during
such times. Have your radio, cell phone and a compass to give bearings, etc... .

Midway and Village stations acknowledged QWL (Stations were also monitoring 10 and responded on EROC 9).  GREAT JOB!  Several stations will be QXX during June,  so it is important that as many stations as possible keep up the great work.

Reference:  http://www.shastadefense.com/A-FmtMIKE-7Qcodes20190518.pdf (Note: a few conforming changes need to be made to this prior version).

Agenda: Situation Report (FMT Tango 9A or 9M); and QWA Procedure (Brevity Fire Watch Procedure)

Total Net time    10  minutes;    Divisions reporting 2;     Areas Reporting  3;  

Total stations participating 26    (with 20 reports).

See copy of Report HERE 

Power went off at approx 2309 hours. Power restored approx  0525 hours on 5/27/2023. 

Agenda: Situation Report (FMT Tango 9A or 9M); and QWA Procedure (Brevity Fire Watch Procedure)

Total Net time    8  minutes; Divisions reporting 2;  Areas Reporting  2;  

Total stations participating 25 (with 16 reports).

See copy of Report HERE  

2102 hours  outage detected Internet and cell phones.  Areas Reporting outage: Village; Midway; Starlite (Aj6jk -on 760 it was also impacting him).

Stations reporting included:  VL: F1  S1  T10 I1 F2 C1.   MW3  MW1 

F1 called Frontier (2126 hours) - Frontier denied any outage existed and person refused to give a case number because she said there was no outage. Total run around.  Finally reached supervisor  (2150 hours) who advised - yes, there is an outage -a lost of customers impacted -  at least 1324 customers. She advised she would request immediate action. Gave incident number 2080943AUTO.

as of 5/25/2023   0700 hours internet and cell phones now operating.

After Action:  if smoke column had increased / higher winds, etc..., advisory to be issued  (EROC 9 and 10).  If it had become an incident of concern, then a fire net would be activated.  Thus, the levels are:  Silent Monitoring; Advisory; and Fire Net Activation. 

The Random monitoring checks clearly show that NON HAMS need to monitor 10 to be able to hear out of  Area Emergency Traffic.  There are only 4 SER Hams. If we are gone, Non Hams must be ready to act.

THUS,  if there is an emergency on 10, and no ham responds, then NON HAMS MUST  go to Ch 55 (for transmit) and HANDLE THE EMERGENCY LIFE THREATENING TRAFFIC.   This could be a major accident involving great bodily injury, or the start of a raging wild fire. Just follow SER Procedures and be professional as you are during our weekly practice sessions. Just do the same type of radio traffic handling  that we do during our regular practices. That is why all of us should be practicing.

Total Net time    9  minutes; Divisions reporting 2;  Areas Reporting  3;  

Total stations participating 21 (with 13 reports).

See copy of Report HERE  

Conclusion: it is imperative that SER NON Hams be prepared to use the 760 Ham repeater for emergency communications since Shingletown local "club" Hams continue in not responding and not helping out. Thus, if the few SER Plan Hams are not available, then the 760 is a wasted asset which could be vital to save life during a fire or other life threatening emergency.

Total Net time    8  minutes; Divisions reporting 2;  Areas Reporting  3;  

Total stations participating 21 (with 13 reports).

See copy of Report HERE  

Action  Point::  In the event of an emergency alert through Alert FM, those who have such devices should relay the information out on EROC 9 so everyone is aware of the situation. 

Total Net time    9  minutes; Divisions reporting 2;  Areas Reporting  2;  

Total stations participating 20 (with 13 reports).

See copy of Report HERE  

We conducted a Situation Report Net with QWA Procedure, which at the end was "interrupted" by a Drill Cal Fire Tone out of a vegetation fire just west of Digger Butte.  

Total Net time    23  minutes; Divisions reporting 2;  Areas Reporting  3;  

Total stations participating 22 (with 18 reports - PLUS additional reports were done during the Drill Fire Net phase).

See copy of Report HERE         SEE FIRE INPUT AND BULLET POINT SUMMARY    HERE.

Exercise   HERE  (Exercise Versions will be updated as we do more practices)

Thank you to everyone who participated. You did a fantastic job.

VILLAGE S1  (KB6BZL) RECOMMENDATIONS AND CRITIQUE AS TO DRILL FIRE NET CONDUCTED ON 4/27/2023:

1.   STATIONS MUST SPEAK DELIBERATELY, CLEARLY AND SLOWLY.  YOUR  REPORTS ARE BEING RECORDED BY OTHER STATIONS AND THEY NEED TIME TO TO WRITE DOWN WHAT YOU REPORT. THESE STATIONS WRITING REPORTS DOWN INCLUDE:  TRIANGULATION, FIRE CONTROL,  BACKUP AND MAPPING. 

2.  PRESS THE PUSH TO TALK AND THEN WAIT FOR A SECOND BEFORE YOU START TO SPEAK. IF YOU DON’T DO THIS, PART OF WHAT YOU ARE SAYING IS CUT OFF AND NOT HEARD BY OTHER STATIONS.

THANKS TO DON (KB6BZL) FOR THE ABOVE CONSTRUCTIVE COMMENTS.

 ALSO:

IF YOU ARE NOT RECOGNIZED BY CONTROL, YOU MUST CONTINUE TO KEEP TRYING UNTIL YOU AREA HEARD ! WAIT FOR A PAUSE AND GIVE YOUR TACTICAL.  REPEAT THE PROCESS UNTIL SOMEONE PICKS YOU UP. 

IF YOU HEAR A STATION THAT CONTROL DOESN’T RECOGNIZE, THEN PLEASE STATE “RELAY” AND THEN GET THE REPORT FROM THE STATION AND RELAY IT TO CONTROL.

Note: during communications with Midway 3 there were active attempts to block the communications (person holding PTT with loud TV in background with person making loud obnoxious noises. This was able to be detected on another radio system). 

Total Net time    8  minutes; Divisions reporting 2;  Areas Reporting  2;  

Total stations participating 22 (with 15 reports).

See copy of Report HERE  

Next week agenda will include a DRILL FIRE NET PRACTICE 

Reminder: Any station can tone and announce. You don't wait for someone else. Just follow the plan.   Great Job ! 

FROM: Doug Young –  FIREWISE EVENT 4/29/2023

Shasta Forest Village

Hello Shasta Forest Village Firewise Property Owners/ Residents, We have our annual Preparedness Day FREE BBQ on April 29th at Black Butte Middle School. This year we have combined efforts with the newly formed Firewise Communities of Inwood and Whispering Woods. Come on out for up-to-date information on our firesafe efforts as well as listen to several preparedness speakers we have scheduled. Bring your favorite dish and a chair. If you plan on attending, please respond in comments or PM Doug Young or Dennis Bebensee here for our planning purposes. Remember Official Preparedness Day is May 6th. Thanks

7946 Ponderosa Way, Shingletown, CA

 Note: SER Net works with the SHASTA FOREST VILLAGE FIREWISE COMMUNITY.

Total Net time    9  minutes; Divisions reporting 2;  Areas Reporting  3;  

Total stations participating 21 (with 16 reports).

See copy of Report HERE  

Total Net time 11  minutes; Divisions reporting 2;  Areas Reporting  3;  

Total stations participating 21 (with 17 reports).

See copy of Report HERE  

Total Net time 16  minutes; Divisions reporting 2;  Areas Reporting  3;  

Total stations participating 22 (with 16 reports).

See copy of Report HERE    GREAT JOB!

Drill based on following Drill - PDF VERSION   of EARTHQUAKE DRILL 

2023 03 30  (SCHEDULED)  DRILL EMERGENCY TRAFFIC RELAY –DRILL- HANDLING EMERGENCY TRAFFIC DURING NET OPERATIONS – PROCEDURE –DRILL- HANDLING EMERGENCY TRAFFIC DURING NET OPERATIONS – PROCEDURE DESCRIBED BELOW.

 Next Thursday our practice net will include a DRILL involving passing of emergency traffic  PLUS, this will be combined with

DUE TO THE SUBSTANTIAL SNOW, YOU DON'T NEED TO ACTUALLY PERFORM THE QWA PROCEDURE. THIS IS AVOID PERSONS SLIPPING ON ICE, ETC..   THE QWA RESPONSE WILL STILL BE  PART OF THE DRILL REPORTING.

A designated station during the Net will make a "DRILL EMERGENCY" call into the Net.

We will need another station (any station which is not a control station - i.e., a station that is not acting as  Control, Mapping, Cal Fire Monitor, 760 relay,  etc...) to advise  Control that they can make the call (after Control makes the request).  

STATIONS CAPABLE OF MAKING 911 RELAY CALL(S) NEED TO RESPOND AND HELP. OTHERWISE, ENTIRE NET IS SLOWED DOWN (WHICH COULD RESULT IN REDUCED RESPONSE TIME FOR OTHER EMERGENCY CONDITIONS).

 During this DRILL Net Practice, no actual call to 911 will be made since this is a drill.  While the volunteer 911 relay station makes the DRILL call  to 911 (No actual call made)  the Net will continue, and the 911 relay station will at some point report back to  Control that the Drill 911 call was made. Cal Fire Monitor is to also report to  Control that the Drill 911 call was transmitted by Redding (there will be no actual transmit by Redding).  The purpose of this is that during an actual event, we want to make sure the call was acted upon.

 Thus, during this next Practice, we will be handling "drill" emergency traffic while we are simultaneously taking reports (e.g., drill earthquake, drill QWA).  

During a future actual Shingletown  Fire, we may have emergency traffic, while we are concurrently taking situation reports, taking QWA reports (to determine if there are any other suspect fires, embers, smoke),  while conducting mapping of all reports and additionally running the  FIRE NET (with triangulation on the location of the fire, Cal Fire Monitor, winds, measuring distance from neighborhoods, have reports by mobile radio operators viewing fire, receiving Camera reports,  etc...).  We need the Level 2 radio operators to step in and be able to function in all of these positions.   I will practice with each of you, just give me a call at 530-474-3267.

PLEASE HELP OUT AND PARTICIPATE (I.E., report into the net and provide the requested information).

Following the SER Procedures, we should be done in less than 17 minutes.

The  TV News has stated that CAL FIRE recommends people have a communications plan for their community.  Well, you have one that actually works. So, please continue stepping up to the plate. CORE AREA stations (Village, Long Hollow, Midway, Rest Area)  are doing a great job following the plan and helping out.

 Fire Season will be fast upon us.

Areas without power include (per PG& E   2,174 customers without power) :

        Reeds Market and Post Office - in Shingletown - per visual

        Village, Midway, and Long Hollow.

Power Restored at approx 1512 hours to: Village, Midway and Longhollow

Stations reporting:  Village  F1  F7   i1  F8   T10  S6  B6 

                                 Midway and Long Hollow.  Rest Area - QXX.

CORE SitRep deactivated upon power restoration (above).

As of 1517 hours,  Village i1 advised Sites area still no power.

0730 hours F1 detected Internet and Cell Phone failure.  0803 hours (approx)  TX report  (since non emergency, waited until after 0800 hours). Village and Midway responded  - all stations reported Frontier Internet Failure and Cell phone Failure).  Two (2) Village stations had Star link operating.

1051 Hours Internet and cell services returned and operational.  All Stations QXA.

Stations Reporting during above situation:  Village:  F1  F7 S6  B6  B1  L3  C6  S9 B6  S1 S2   T10.     Midway (2 stations)

Total Net time 11  minutes; Divisions reporting 2;  Areas Reporting  2;  

Total stations participating 21 (with 14 reports).

See copy of Report HERE   WE WILL REPEAT DRILL NEXT WEEK.  GREAT JOB!

Drill based on following Drill - PDF VERSION   of EARTHQUAKE DRILL - please open and review before DRILL    

Total Net time 11  minutes; Divisions reporting 2;  Areas Reporting  3;  

Total stations participating 21 (with 15 reports).

See copy of Report HERE  

Total Net time 11  minutes;     Divisions reporting 2;      Areas Reporting  4;  

Total stations participating    28     (with 25 reports).

See copy of Report HERE  (Still testing procedure of starting net after net infrastructure is set up - seems to work well. Also, added BACKUP seems to be working well.. 

PLEASE REVIEW THE REPORT.  IT FOLLOWS THE SITREP TANGO 9A AND 9M ITEMS. YOU WILL SEE THAT YOUR REPORTS ARE COMMUNICATING A LOT OF SPECIFIC INFORMATION. Your simple  "QXA"  report  is stating that NONE of those problems  listed ( i.e., over 30 specific situations) DO NOT EXIST. 

 GREAT JOB!   Thank you to everyone on frequency and helping to make this work.

Total Net time 8  minutes; Divisions reporting 2;  Areas Reporting  3;  

Total stations participating 20 (with 17 reports).

See copy of Report HERE  (Testing procedure of starting net after net infrastructure is set up - seems to work well. Also, added BACKUP. 

BACKUP  has been added for the purpose of relaying  net activations from CONTROL, as well as summaries and net deactivation.  This is needed so that we have greater propagation in order to reach Midway, Long Hollow and other stations that may not (do not) hear CONTROL. BACKUP and CONTROL must be able to clearly hear each other but should be a considerable distance from each other to achieve the objective.  For stations that hear both CONTROL and BACKUP, this will sound like a lot of duplication, but you must remember we are seeking to reach other stations that can only  hear  BACKUP (they can’t hear CONTROL) so that the Net receives and sends reports to as many participating stations as we can on EROC 9 (simplex).

 PLEASE REVIEW THE REPORT.  IT FOLLOWS THE SITREP TANGO 9A AND 9M ITEMS. YOU WILL SEE THAT YOUR REPORTS ARE COMMUNICATING A LOT OF SPECIFIC INFORMATION. Your simple  "QXA"  report  is stating that NONE of those problems  listed ( i.e., over 30 specific situations) DO NOT EXIST. 

 GREAT JOB! 

The Drill conducted was DRILL - TRAINING SMOKE CHECK VERSION  DRILL #2  2023 02 13 - Instructions and DRILL Reports are HERE

Here is a photo of the actual mapping results for the DRILL: HERE  Pre-planned reports were done (as above) so that stations practice what they are to say and how they are to say it. You will see that all reports fill in each of the columns on Format Tango 4 (Here).   The station posting reports to the Map (Triangulation) was budgeted 10 seconds to post each report to the map and determine patterns while posting so as to activate tacticals  / actions  that  may be advisable. (Budget is being revised to 5 seconds). Examples of Actions may include activating  a radio operator to conduct a mobile search (Thumper Search),  etc... .

We had  2 Areas Reporting: Midway and Village.  Midway had 4 stations reporting: Village had 11 stations reporting (F1  F7  F2  F8  S1  S2   S6  S7  T10  B1  B6); and Stations which were QXX included:   i1  C1 L3, L4  AND MWM (REST AREA) FOR TOTAL PARTICIPATING OF 20.  Net Time total (including brief training explanations was 17 minutes).

During Drill  Village stations reports indicated a  source of smoke originating from the South West of  the Village (or beyond in that direction) (with Moderate smoke odor reported by T10). Observe that along this same approx azimuth, (mapping above) other stations further down wind reported only light smoke odor.   Also, drill "Spots" (concentrations of smoke) were reported to the South East of the Village (see reports of B1 and B6). Such  "spots" may indicate smoke concentrations.   Upon receiving reports indicating smoke source direction and "spots", Tactical Rover (F7 volunteered) was activated (which is a radio operator who is prepared to go mobile if a mobile reporting station fails to report / respond.  We then activated Thumper Search (S1 volunteered - DRILL) who would go to Shasta Forest Drive and Thumpber (Report in and set trip odometer to ZERO at such point) and then drive West of Thumper to 44 and then East Bound to Shasta Forest Drive making reports of smoke fire or embers.  We Activated  44 Search (S6 volunteered - DRILL)  which would go to Highway 44 and Shasta Forest Drive (Report in and set trip odometer to ZERO at such point) and then go East bound on Highway 44 making reports of smoke fire or embers (advised to not go past Wilson Hill and 44). 

NOTE: No actual vehicles were dispatched tonight as this was a training / Drill exercise.  Triangulation confirmed that both 44 Search and Thumper Search returned to their respective QTH B and were secured.  The non Village reports (e.g., Midway) together with the Summary of the Village reports, would also be posted to the Shingletown Map - Format Romeo 9A. By doing this, a mapping summary is achieved for those areas participating with the objective of locating sources of smoke which may be outside of a specific Area.  In an actual situation, once a suspect area is CONFIRMED, a supplemental call to 911 would be made to Cal Fire advising them of the suspect area.  This way, Cal Fire doesn't have to drive an entire neighborhood searching for the source(s) of  smoke. A quicker response means getting the fire out sooner.

TX (F1 / PDS)  made on 58 Relay (505) asking for any Draft Smoke Check Tango 4 reports - but no Ham reports received from other areas. 760 (10) was not used (Silent running) due to snow storm and need to conserve batteries for emergency communications. 

AFTER ACTION: 

   Midway did not hear Control (B1 in Village). 

1. Consideration is being given to  a Tactical  "Relay" which would TX key information. This station should be located far enough away from Control so that a different propagation pattern is achieved.. Thus, a Station with good propagation (and good outside antenna) must relay major communication summary points out so that Midway, Longhollow etc..., are aware of the summary situation (including deactivation of the Smoke Check Net). This would apply to all activations.

2.  Stations must all work to improve their outside antenna situation. If other stations can't hear you then raise / move your antenna. If you can't hear other stations, then raise / move your antenna. Rubber duck antennas are NOT recommended. Outside antennas are recommended. You are preparing for emergencies when  you can expect stress with nothing going well and everything is going wrong. Emergencies are not going to happen when everything is "perfect". By following procedures we help stabilize and get into the routine. 

3. Triangulation posting to Map(s): Change is to reduce budged from 10 seconds to 5 - and place slips on map with proper azimuth without drawing colored line (unless needed for finer adjustment). This saves time. The objective is to quickly recognize patterns so that plans of action can be made.

4. Consider starting the taking of  Smoke Check reports right after setting up tacticals and request for emergency traffic. However, stations must be sure to actually do the reports by going outside.  Expect some stations to come in sooner and others later due to each stations situation.

5. We need more stations participating. Ask other responsible persons to join but they must follow the procedures and be serious. We have a great Radio communications TEAM.

6.  If you have an outside antenna inside your house (or even your HT with rubber ducky) be careful when you move bookshelves, change the room that the antenna is in, change the location of the radio,  etc...,  because such can CHANGE your ability to send / receive from other stations.

7. Improvements being made to Fmt Tango 4 Triangulation map slips (used by Triangulation station).  

8. Remember - reports by stations that smell no smoke may be CRITICAL in determining source of smoke. You don't know the impact of your report until mapping is pulling together all reports.

GREAT JOB TONIGHT !

SER Silent Monitoring Activated,  elevated to ADVISORY ON 760 (CH 10) , Periodic Bullet Point Summaries transmitted on CH 10 ...Multiple engines, training, Water Tenders responding, breathing support  ... SER Estimated Fire to be approx. 1.5 Miles North by North East of  McCumber Dam in the approx. Area of -121.721   40.559 per internet mapping. Round Mountain Camera viewing towards Incident, but PDS unable to detect fire or smoke on Camera (blocked by hills). Internet Winds showing Winds out of Norh apprx 9 MPH.   Additional Water Tenders requested and breathing support. ... PG&E requested. ... 

Updated: Two Residential Fires - 9371 Mountain Meadows Road (3/4 involved); and 9425 Mountain Meadows Road (Fully involved) - possible power lines down ... . Water Tenders ... 21 and 547 staged ...   subsequently  staged Water Tenders cancelled ... 2 structures have good water supply on properties ....  Cal Fire Commitment Time  3 hours ...

1826 hours - SER Advisory Deactivated.

2 Hams were on Frequency and Responded to the Meadows Incident:   KB6BZL and K6PDS. THANK YOU DON (KB6BZL). ALTHOUGH THESE FIRES (TWO STRUCTURE FIRES) WERE NOT NEAR HIS HOME, DON RESPONDED AND WORKED EMERGENCY RADIO COMMUNICATIONS. GREAT JOB DON!

This was an opportunity to practice the procedures to be used during an Advisory (e.g., mapping;  determining Lat / Long; determining Internet Wind Direction and Wind speed  near fire location;   Monitoring Cal fire on Dispatch and TAC 11; determining if any Internet Cameras had visual on fires (non did in this case); and also the difficulties on monitoring TAC 11 from the Village Area when the Fire is as far to the East as these 2 were.  We need more Hams to help out. If you are thinking of becoming a Ham, please do so, as your help is needed.

Remember the Camp Fire:  Its "most significant growth period was early (on a) Thursday afternoon, when it grew 10,000 acres in about 90 minutes – burning the equivalent of more than one football field every second during that time. ( https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/09/us/california-wildfires-superlatives-wcx/index.html  )

NOTE: No TX was made on EROC 9 due to the location of the Fires and the deemed low risk to Midway, Village, Long Hollow and Rest Areas.  Advisory was done on CH 10 for a general advisory for Shingletown.

In Area of -121.979  40.501 and being approx .61 miles west by south west of Midway; and 3.82 miles westerly of Center of Village. Winds out of West 11 kt (rouned 13 mph)..

Cal fire on scene -  1609 hours controlled burn under control. Cal Fire cancelling units. SER silent monitoring deactivated 1610 hours.

Total Net time 9  minutes; Divisions reporting 2;  Areas Reporting  2;  

Total stations participating 24 (with 17 reports).

See copy of Report HERE

Cal Fire tone out - Flu Fire 31360 Whispering Meadow Court (Cross Emigrant Trl). "Meadow Incident" / Tac 11.  In appr area of  -121.884   40.495. Approx  1.34 miles  E by SE from Center of Village. SER Net silent monitoring activated.

Cal Fire Call outs:  E 2463,  Bat 2411,,  E 2453 (responding 0856 hours);  Prevention,  Stn 21 Equip., Stn 20 Equip.,  WT 21 ... .    Report: ... Single Family Dwelling smoke in chimney ... Follow up report: No stove fire  Hot stove pipe ... Cal Fire cancelled approx 1002 hours.  SER Silent Monitoring deactivated approx.  1003 hours.

The above hopefully will  allow the repeater to be placed back into service by those AREAS which are actively participating in the SER Program. Active participation includes: radio reporting during weekly practice nets, doing your best to monitor  24/7, and radio response to SER radio activity, etc... . At present, we have not been able to  use this Large Area Asset due to the malicious interference. 

Evidence indicates that a Ham operator is one of the persons involved in causing the malicious interference and destruction of this emergency communications plan asset.

Total Net time 12 minutes; Divisions reporting 2;  Areas Reporting  3;   total stations participating 23 (with 16 reports).

See copy of Report HERE

Also, Advisory / Information from Village B1:  Village Firewise seeking grant money for free Tree removal (dead /dying ...). People must go to link provided to show interest, otherwise monies will go to other Areas.  

Village Reports: S6  F1  I1  F8  B1 T10.

Midway reported - never lost land line or internet during above period.

Thank you Charlie 6  - Great Job! 

01  26 2023  DRILL SMOKE CHECK   (1900 HOURS)

Frequency:  EROC 9  (alert Tone Out)

Tacticals  Activated:  Net Control (B1);  Triangulation (PDS);  Cal Fire 20 (F7);  160 TC (PDS); and ROVER (S6 / S7). (also 58 Silent  (PDS))

STATIONS PROVIDING SMOKE CHECK REPORTS (FORMAT TANGO 4):  

[ We used these Sample Drill Reports (starting at second page of document)- HERE]

VILLAGE  (QTH B REPORTS):  F1 F2  S6  S7  E1 F2 F8  S1  S2  B1     = .   10

MIDWAY  AREA SUMMARY (QTB N REPORT)  

                           (neighborhood summary / average).                                        4

Long Hollow                                                                                                  --

QXX:  VL  C2     MW: MW-1;                                                                     =    2

TOTAL PARTICIPATING STATIONS                                                         16         

During drill a brief lesson plan explanation was given  - introduction of  "ROVER".

More stations gave Tango 4 reports this week.  That is good.  This allows stations to practice the format of their reports and how to give the reports. Every station needs to do this so it become "second nature".

After Action / Plan improvements:  Triangulation is to FIRST request stations with visual fire smoke or smoke odor reports. These Mapping tags are to be  marked in red (Fill in ARROW on side of slip from which wind is sourced). Triangulation is to IMMEDIATELY post such slips to map. If area of concern is indicated then immediatley dispatch  search team (e.g., Bambi Search,  Thumper Search, etc...). While the Search Team(s) is / are working, Triangulation continues taking all other reports and mapping.

Triangulation could not copy  Midway report. S6 provided relay of report from Midway to Triangulation. Great job S6 (any station should step up and help with relays).

What if you don't smell smoke? Remember:  the reports of stations that do NOT smell any smoke, etc.. are  CRITICAL to the process of seeking to locate a suspect area which is the source of the smoke (fire).

TOTAL SMOKE CHECK NET TIME:  12 MINUTES.

Great Job.

  * Inwood was invited to join into the Smoke Check exercises - however, didn't do so this week. Hopefully, they will relay through their Ham next week.

01  19 2023  DRILL SMOKE CHECK   (1900 HOURS)

 Frequency:  EROC 9  (alert Tone Out)

Tacticals  Activated:  Net Control;  Triangulation;  Cal Fire 20; and 160 TC.

 STATIONS PARTICIPATING (CHECK INS): 

Village:  F1, F7  F8  F2  T10  C1  B6  B1  S6  S7  S3 = 11

Midway:                                                                      3

QXX:  MW: MW-1;  VL:  S1  S2.    RA:  MWM     =    4

TOTAL PARTICIPATING STATIONS                    18

 STATIONS PROVIDING SMOKE CHECK REPORTS (FORMAT TANGO 4):

VILLAGE  (QTH B REPORTS):  F8  F2;    C1;  B1;  B6;  AND  F1  F7.

MIDWAY  AREA SUMMARY (QTB N REPORT)  (neighborhood summary / average).                 

 During drill a brief lesson plan explanation was given.  Scripted smoke check reports were provided for this session to allow stations to “refresh” themselves on how to report, and the specific procedures. Also, the Triangulation station and Net Control were testing a revised mapping system. This is part of the background work being done that people don’t hear.

 Also, a brief overview of the response to the Midway Emergency Medical Situation was given. Monitoring Cal Fire 20 allowed alerting of situation – male, age __, non responsive, [address]. Midway neighbors (Radio Operators) made an all hands on deck response.  This included:  a nurse going to the scene; another person responded with a Defibrillator; and another person positioned himself on the street to guide Cal Fire and the Ambulance to the exact location. All of that was done BEFORE Cal Fire and the Ambulance arrived.  Please keep Ron and his wife in our prayers and may he make a full recovery!

 RESULTS OF SMOKE CHECK TRIANGULATION: 

The Drill identified a potential area to search for Drill Smoke. It was located in the South Easterly  Corner of  Village (and extending south Easterly from such area).

 SEE   Image of Triangulation Station Mapping  - here: http://www.shastadefense.com/Drill%202023%2001%2018%20Version%20Smoke%20Check.jpg

 TRIANGULATION RECOMMENDATIONS:

 1. REQUEST VOLUNTEER TEAM*  TO DRIVE TO BAMBI AND DO A SEARCH (TACTICAL  “SEARCH 1”);

  2. REQUEST  A  SECOND VOLUNTEER TEAM* TO DRIVE TO HIGHWAY 44 AND DO A SEARCH HEADING EAST BOUND ON HIGHWAY 44  (TACTICAL  “SEARCH 2”) (50 WATT HAM RADIO PREFERABLE DUE TO DISTANCE … ); 

 3.  MAKE SUPPLEMENTAL CALL TO 911 (CAL FIRE) AND ADVISE OF POTENTIAL SOURCE AREA OF SMOKE SO CAL FIRE CAN GO DIRECTLY TO THE POTENTIAL THREAT AREA;  AND

 4.  REQUEST STATIONS ON BAMBI NEAR THE WATER COMPANY TO  GO OUTSIDE AND DO A SEARCH.

 *MOBILE TEAMS ARE TWO PERSON TEAMS, A DRIVER (FOCUS IS ON DRIVING, WATCHING OUT FOR PEDESTRIANS AND EMERGENCY RESPONDERS);  AND A #2 PERSON WHO IS THE OBSERVER AND RADIO OPERATOR.   SEARCH TEAMS TO MAINTAIN RADIO CONTACT AND USE THEIR ASSIGNED TACTICALS (E.G., SEARCH 1;  SEARCH 2).  ALSO, WHEN A SEARCH TEAM RETURNS HOME, THEY MUST  CHECK IN WITH NET CONTROL TO CONFIRM  THEY ARE HOME AND SAFE.

 ALL OF ABOVE COMPLETED IN APPROX. 16 MINUTES.  GREAT JOB!

 1010  HOURS - INTERNET FAILURE REPORTED ON EROC 9 BY S6.  VILLAGE STATIONS CONFIRMED OUTAGE: T10  F1  F7  F8  S3 B6 (REPORTED 200 plus customers impacted). Cell phone services not working combined and/or on and off - not reliable F1  F7  ...

 1522 hours: Internet / cell services returned to operational Reporting   F7  S3  S2  S9. B6   F8    S6  B1 (in person).

Midway reported intenet operational. Long Hollow - no report.

1 /15/2023   1120 hours - no dial tone

1/15/2023   1825 hours - FRONTIER LAND LINE - STILL NO DIAL TONE

1/16/2023   0915 hours  through  2227  hours  - FRONTIER LAND LINE - STILL NO DIAL TONE

1/17/2023   0515 hours   through 0923 hours   -  FRONTIER LAND LINE - STILL NO DIAL TONE

1/17/2023   1042 hours  F4 advised his Frontier Land Line now Operational (via phone message).

1/17/2023  1410 hours  F1 confirmed with other Village Stations Frontier Land Line now Operational - reporting S6  F8  S1 no stations reported otherwise..

ACTION DURING SUCH OUTAGES: STATIONS UNABLE TO DIAL 911 - REPORT ON EROC 9 AND REQUEST 911 RELAY. ANY STATION SHOULD IMMEDIATELY HANDLES EMERGENCY TRAFFIC RELAY REQUEST. 

FRONTIER LAND LINE FAILURE - NO DIAL TONE.  Stations responding on EROC 9:

    VILLAGE (ALL STATIONS RESPONDED NO DIAL TONE):  F1  F7  B6  S6  S1  S3  S9  I1.   LATER:  E1

    MIDWAY:  MW 3 - responded land line operational.

    LONG HOLLLOW:  - responded land line opertional 

IMPACT - AREA OUTAGE APPARENTLY LIMITED TO VILLAGE: No ability to call 911 for those who only have Frontier Land Line.  Any station with emergency traffic, use EROC 9 and request relay call to 911.

Also, K6PDS Used EROC 58 (HAM - (high power) in attempt  to reach other Shingletown Hams as to status of their areas - no response (at the time seeking more information to provide to Frontier).

NOTE:  F1 / K6PDS Contacted Frontier - 3 calls about 1 1/2 hours. ... this included my giving  Frontier a phone number for another village resident, as they requested.   But, the Supervisor at Frontier then lied to me about the status of other areas having outages (he claimed a large amount of outages in our area - other than the Village). When I requested that he actually check Shasta County, he then came back and said there were none. The Supervisor at Frontier then falsified the Frontier reporting documentation and stated there was no area outage for my Area.  A prior Frontier representative stated that there was an Area Outage, and apparently the Frontier Supervisor went in and modified and falsified the Frontier records to show no Area outage (in my final call the reference to an Area Outage had been removed from the Frontier system).  I spent about 1 1/2 hour on this with Frontier.

I understand that at least 4 Village stations called Frontier and reported the NO DIAL TONE.  Frontier denied there was an area outage for them also. Unknown how many others contacted Frontier and reported Area Outage..

Status updates: 

1/15/2023   1825 hours - FRONTIER LAND LINE - NO DIAL TONE

1/16/2023   0915 hours  1142 hours  - FRONTIER LAND LINE - NO DIAL TONE

see running status report - above (i.e., next entry).

Total Net time 12 minutes; Divisions reporting 2;  Areas Reporting  3;   total stations participating 19 (16 reports).

See copy of Report HERE

Total Net time 12 minutes; Divisions reporting 3;  Areas Reporting  4; total stations participating 23 (17 reports).

See copy of Report HERE