After Action Report
07/17/06 District 04

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Description of Activity:

Search and Recovery mission for an overdue climber in the Vestal Basin area of the Wiminuche Wilderness Area

Duration in hours:

120

Serving Amateur Radio Group(s):

Durango Amateur Radio Club-ARES Dist. 4, Montrose Amateur Radio Club-ARES Dist. 25

Served Agency(ies):

San Juan County Sheriff's Office, San Juan County Saerch and Rescue, La Plata County Search and Rescue, Ouray Mountain Rescue Team, Mesa County Search and Rescue

Describe Served Agency Participation

San Juan County Sheriff's office provided Incident Command, SAR teams were ground team operations.

Number of amateurs participating:

7

Optional - List of amateurs participating

WM0Z, KB0YYG, KC0ERR, N0PTL, N0PUU, KI0KY

Man hours for the event (checkins*duration)

221

List the goals of the activity:

Provide Communication at the Mobile Command Center between field teams and incident command via public service radio, amateur radio, and FRS frequencies.

Were those goals met: (Y/N)

Y

Explain:

All communication relayed completely and accurately between field teams and incident command utilyzing the appropriate radio service.

What went well?:

All communications performed flawlessly.

Areas needing improvement:

ARES Dist. 4 need to establish an organized call out procedure. As this incident grew, staffing of the com van became an issue.

Lessons Learned:

Utilize all means of communicatio as appropriate.

Additional Training needed:

Basic Ecomm and NCS training recommended for all Dist. 4 members.

Ideas for future exercises:

None shown

Comments:

None given