Radio Problems on Wildland Fires
An in-depth article by the Oregonian details the serious radio problems that firefighters routinely encounter when fighting wildland fires.
Oregon firefighters had trouble communicating with aircraft and one another at critical times this summer. Dispatchers in Montana lost track of a helicopter flying over a national forest. Crews have complained of having to beg for and borrow workable radios, telling higher-ups of "junk being furnished to the field," government reports show.
We have radio problems in South Dakota as well. It isn't an easy problem to solve either. Take a problem that requires technical expertise and then throw in a bunch of government bureaucracy and things get really difficult.
Posted September 19, 2005 08:33 AM · Link
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