[Oremem/Idamem] EEI UPDATE SCORCHED EARTH ACTUAL INCIDENT CENTRAL OREGON

[John E Jewkes-AAA0OR-AAA0ID]

ST AN3DOMS @ AN3DOMS
PP MTS 1P AN3DOMS
DE AAA0OR NR 505
P 230733Z AUG 03 ZOF ZEN
FM JOHN JEWKES/AAA0ID ID/AAA0OR OR
TO ZOF DOMS/ AN3DOMS MD/AAA9USA AZ
INFO ZEN AAA9W AZ
ZEN AFF5C UT UT/OR SMD AFMARS
ZEN NNN0GBP OR NMCM SMD
ZEN NNN0EHG OR NMCM ECOM
ZEN ALL OR/ID ARMY MARS STATIONS/ MEMBERS
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ACTUAL INCIDENT
SUBJ: EEI UPDATE NR 1/
1. REF: SCORCHED EARTH/CENTRAL OREGON
A. FOREST FIRE IN CAMP SHERMAN AREA OF DESCHUTES NATL 
FOREST, DESCHUTES COUNTY OREGON /222356Z AUG 03
B. OPERATIONAL 
C. US HIGHWAY 20 REMAINS CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS 14 
STATUTE MILES FROM FIRE'S CENTER. SOME FIRE ROADS ALSO 
CLOSED, BUT CHANGES EVERY FEW MINUTES AS TO WHICH ONES.
D. APPROXIMATELY 30,000 ACRES BURNED, AND SPREADING RAPIDLY 
WITH LIGHTNING IN THE OVERNIGHT FORECAST. SEVERAL CAMPSITES 
AND PRIVATE LODGINGS KNOWN DESTROYED. 
E. REMAIN DISRUPTED AS PHONE CREWS CANNOT ENTER THE AREAS 
UNTIL FIRE SUPPRESSED. 
F. RADIO SYSTEMS- HF FREQUENCIES STILL HAVE POOR TO NO 
PROPAGATION BELOW 8 MHZ. FREQUENCIES OVER 12 MHZ HAVE LONG 
PROPAGATION RENDERING THEM UNUSABLE AT CLOSE RANGE. VHF AND 
UHF PORTABLE REPEATERS OPERABLE AT SCENE AT PRESENT.
CELLULAR PHONES- UNUSABLE IN VICINITY OF FIRE/NO TOWERS 
REMAIN OPERATIONAL AT SCENE.
SATELLITE PHONES- OPERATIONAL, BUT ONLY A FEW AVAILABLE TO 
FIRE BOSSES. NONE IN USE ON FIRE LINES DIRECTLY.
WIRED TELEPHONES- MOST ARE OUT IN VICINITY OF FIRE.
AMATEUR RADIO- VHF REPEATER ON MT. HOOD PERFORMING AS LINK 
TO AREA ADMIRABLY. VHF REPEATER IN BEND OREGON INTERMITTENT 
DUE TO DISTANCE VS. HEIGHTH/LOOK ANGLE OF UNIT TO SCENE. 
G. USDA/FOREST SERVICE REGIONAL OPNS NET 173.250 MHZ 
222344Z AUG 03; ECOM NET ON AMATEUR FREQUENCY 147.120 MHZ 
222355Z AUG 03; ECOM NET ON AMATEUR FREQUENCY 147.060 MHZ 
222359Z AUG 03; KATU-TV UPDATES 230520Z AUG 03; NOAA 
STATION KIG-360 PORTLAND,OREGON NATL WEATHER SERVICE ALERT 
SIGNAL 230545Z AUG 03;
H. HIGH WINDS AND LOW MOISTURE DENSITY COMBINED TO CREATE 
AN QUICKLY EXPANDING FIRE. TONIGHT'S WEATHER PREDICTION BY 
NATL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICIALS IN OREGON INCLUDES DRY 
LIGHTNING AND/OR SMALL RAINFALL WITH LIGHTNING IN THE AREA 
OF THE FIRE OPERATIONS. GOVERNOR KULONGOSKI OF OREGON HAS 
DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR DESCHUTES COUNTY AND HAS 
ORDERED THE OREGON NATIONAL GUARD TO DEPLOY IN SUPPORT OF 
THE EFFORT TO EXTINGUISH THIS FOREST FIRE. US FOREST 
SERVICE (MT.HOOD DIST) PIO CLARK HAS STATED LESS THAN 5 
PERCENT OF FIRE HAS BEEN CONTAINED AS OF LOCAL TIME 230120 
AUG 03. MARS STATIONS IN OREGON, WASHINGTON AND IDAHO 
SHOULD MONITOR THE NGB SUPPORT FREQUENCIES NOTED IN OPLAN 
04-02 AND BE PREPARED TO OFFER NEEDED COMMUNICATIONS 
SUPPORT. OREGON NATIONAL GUARD HAS A LIST OF OUR NET 
SCHEDULES AND FREQUENCIES, AND MAY CONTACT US DURING A NET. 
ALL NETS FOR OREGON/IDAHO SHOULD TRANSITION TO /E NETS 
IMMEDIATELY UPON RECEIVING A CALL FROM A NATIONAL GUARD 
UNIT VIA RADIO OR OTHER MEANS.   
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