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2. 6 Feb2019 0700 to 1900

Sector Assignment
RF204

3.  Sector
4. Description
5. Division Assigned

6.  Sector Supervisor
Affiliation
Cellphone
Radio Ch
Act

7. Resources Assigned this period

Transport
Drop-
Pickup
Resource/Crew
Leader
# Persons
Required
off
Point/time
Point/
time

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8. Sector Assignment / Special Instructions  Official

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9. Sector Communications                                                                                  Phone               Radio Ch
Division/Division Cmdr

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Division Assignment
RF204a

3. Pigeon
4.Point of ignition to Dove Saddle

6.  Sector Commander
Affiliation
Cellphone
Radio Ch
Act

6. Resources Assigned this Period
Sector
Supervisor
Crews
Radio Ch
1 Ground Crew

1 Smoke chaser

1 Appliance

Information

7.  Division Assignment/Special Instructions
Protect Life and Property
Keep Residents and Stakeholders informed in preparation for potential north easterly wind
change
Provide Situation Report to Situations Unit at least every two hours
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*Laydown Retardant to protect properties

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8. Division Communications                                                       Phone
                Radio Ch
Operations Manager

Air Division Commander

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Division Assignment
RF204a

3. Haytons
4. Point of ignition to Teapot Valley Rd end

6.  Sector Commander
Affiliation
Cellphone
Radio Ch
Act

6. Resources Assigned this Period
Sector
Supervisor
Crews
Radio Ch
1 Ground Crew

1 Smoke chaser

1 Appliance

Information

7.  Division Assignment/Special Instructions
Protect life and Property
Keep Residents and Stakeholders informed in preparation for potential north easterly wind
change
Provide Situation Report to Situations Unit at least every two hours
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*Laydown Retardant to protect properties

100C Lakes Crew

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Operations Manager

Air Division Commander

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Division Assignment
RF204a

3. Teapot
4.Eves Valley Rd to Golden Hills Rd

6.  Sector Commander
Affiliation
Cellphone
Radio Ch
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6. Resources Assigned this Period
Sector
Supervisor
Crews
Radio Ch
1 Ground Crew

1 Smoke chaser

1 Appliance

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7.  Division Assignment/Special Instructions
Protect life and Property
Keep Residents and Stakeholders informed in preparation for potential north easterly wind
change
Urban crew for Protection of Eves Valley Mill or other properties as required
Provide Situation Report to Situations Unit at least every two hours
*Laydown Retardant to protect properties  Official

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8. Division Communications                                                       Phone
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Operations Manager

Air Division Commander

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Division Assignment
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3. Redwood
4. Golden Hills Rd to Cut Hill Rd

6.  Sector Commander
Affiliation
Cellphone
Radio Ch
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6. Resources Assigned this Period
Sector
Supervisor
Crews
Radio Ch
2 Ground Crew

2 Smoke chaser

1 Appliance

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7.  Division Assignment/Special Instructions
Protect Life and Property
Keep Residents and Stakeholders informed in preparation for potential north easterly wind
change
Property/Infrastructure Protection by ground crew
Contain fire South of Moutere Highway and West Golden Hills Rd
Urban crew for protection of Eves Valley Hazardous Landfill
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Provide Situation Report to Situations Unit at least every two hours
Build containment lines where practical in light fuel areas.
*Laydown Retardant to protect properties and provide containment
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8. Division Communications                                                       Phone
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Operations Manager

Air Division Commander

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Division Assignment
RF204a

3. Moutere
4. Cut Hill Rd to Dove Hill Saddle

6.  Sector Commander
Affiliation
Cellphone
Radio Ch
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Bruce Forestry

Fire 2
6. Resources Assigned this Period
Sector
Supervisor
Crews
Radio Ch
1 Ground Crew

1 Smoke chaser

1 Appliance

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7.  Division Assignment/Special Instructions
Protect Life and Property
Keep Residents and Stakeholders informed in preparation for potential north easterly wind
change
Excavator to Identify and Establish high volume water access to existing ponds
1x Bulldozer for Property/Infrastructure Protection, sunrise valley, establish escape routes
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Taylors Excavator to establish escape route/access down Supplejack Valley rd and
Sunrise/Heines rd
Develop Containment lines from Cut Hill to Eder Road where safe to do so.  Consider and
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plan for additional containment lines through Dovedale saddle.
Provide Situation Report to Situations Unit at least every two hours
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Operations Manager

Air Division Commander

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Communications Plan
RF205

3. Radio Channels
Assigned To
Function
Channel
Frequency
System
Command

Waimea 1
152.55000 RX
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154.33125 TX
Division Pigeon
Operational
Fire 1
143.82500

Division Hayton
Operational
Fire 2
143.78750

Division Teapot
Operational
Fire 3
140.92500

Division Redwood
Operational
Fire 1
143.82500

Division Moutere
Operational
Fire 2
143.78750

Air Ops -Heli
Operational
Fire 4
140.61250

Air Ops – Fixed Wing
Operational
Fire 10
140.98750

Information
Emergency

Waimea 1
152.55000 RX
154.33125 TX
FireCom

FireCom

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4. Telephone
Assigned To
Landline
Cell phone
Fax
Comments
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Emergency

111

Regional Command

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6. Other (e.g. email, Satphone, etc)
GIS Mapping
[email address]

ICP
[email address]

Command Unit
[email address]

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Safety Plan
RF209

3. General Safety Points
Everyone is to be signed in and out of the fire ground through the Incident Control Point for both
safety check and payment records.
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Maintain regular situation reports (containing all relevant information) via line supervisors.
LACES
Fire Orders
Watchouts
1.  conditions and forecasts
L - Lookout(s)
1.  Fire size is unknown (no size up).
2.  Know what your fire is doing at all
2.  Unfamiliar territory
A – Awareness
times.
3.  Safety zones and escape routes not
3.   Base all actions on current and
identified.
    – Anchor Point(s)
expected fire behaviour of the fire.
4.  Unfamiliar with weather and local factors
influencing fire behaviour.
4.  Identify escape routes and safety
C – Communication(s)
5.  No communications link with crew members
zones and make them known.
or supervisor.
E – Escape Route(s)
5.  Post lookouts when there is possible
6.  Instructions and assignments not clear.
danger.
7.  Weather is getting hotter , drier and relative
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S – Safety Zone(s)
6.   Stay alert. Keep calm, Think clearly,
humidity dropping
act decisively.
8.  Wind increases and/or changes direction.
7.  Maintain prompt communication with
9.  Getting frequent spot fires across the line
your crew/s, your supervisor and
10.  Working uphill or downwind of a fire
adjoining crews.
11.  Working on a steep slope
12.  Working in rugged terrain
8.  Give clear instructions and ensure they
13.  Can’t see main fire
are understood.
14.  In unburnt vegetation
9.  Maintain control of your crew/s at all
15.  Walking through hot ashes
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times.
16.  Working alone
10.   Fight fire aggressively having provided
17.  Getting tired
for safety first.
18.  Working near power lines
19.  Working near machinery
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20.  Working with aircraft
21.  Working around trees or spars

4. Specific Safety Points
•  Access points into fire controlled. Only those authorized to enter and they must receive a
brief and be logged in. Time and access point
•  Public access Managed
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•  Weather fire behaviour monitored for changes and communicated to crews. Risk identified
to crews
•  All crews to have adequate food, water, PPE to manage fatigue and hydration
•  Crews to have identified emergency escape routes and emergency plan in the event of
harm. Meeting point identified once evacuated.
•  All workers to ensure they are competent for the tasks and risks given.
•   Air and ground crews to be isolated from risk areas during operations.
•  Potential methane flares (Division Hayton) from Eves Valley Landfill
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Medical Plan
RF206

3. First Aid Station
Phone/Radio
Paramedics
Name
Location
Channel
available at Station
Each Crew must have available  Each crew

one First aid Level 1 Certified
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Nelson 91 Ambulance
Forward command
Waimea 1
1 Paramedic and 1 EMT
post

4. Transportation
Address
Phone/Radio
Paramedics
Information
Ambulance Service

Channel
available with Ambulance
Ambulance St Johns
Richmond station
111
Yes

Motueka/Stoke

Nelson/

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5. Hospitals
Travel  Time  Burn
Heli
Hospital Name
Address
Phone
Road
Air
Unit
Pad
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Nelson Public Emergency
Waimea Rd.
035461800
27m
4min
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045666999
n/a
40min
Y
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Hutt Hospital (Burn Unit)

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6. Special Emergency Procedures

Emergency Helicopter stationed at Nelson Airport “111”

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FIRE WEATHER FORECAST

Attention Tasman Fire CD

FIRE WEATHER FORECAST

For Location
Pigeon Valley near Wakefield

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Issued by MetService at 08:55am 06-Feb-2019, and valid for the following 9 hours

Wind: East to northeast 15-20km/h gusting 25-30km/h rising to east to southeast 25km/h gusting
40km/h this afternoon.

Precipitation: Remaining drizzle clearing this morning - Less than 1mm.

Temperature: Rising to 20-21C this afternoon.

Humidity: 65% lowering to 40-50% this afternoon.

Outlook for the next 12 hours :
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Mailny fine, some cloud about. Temperatures lowering to 10-12C.
Humidity increasing to 70-80%. Southeast easing to 10-15km/h.

Outlook for next 6 days:
Thursday: Light winds, sunny, dry and max temperature around 21C.
Friday: Light winds, sunny, dry and max temperature around 20C.
Saturday: Light winds, sunny, dry and max temperature around 22C.
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Sunday: Northerlies, partly cloudy, a few light showers and max temperature about 22C.
Monday: Northerlies and rain, max temperature arond 21C.
Tuesday: Light winds, sunny and max temperature around 23C.

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Fire Indices for Wednesday 6th Feb 2019 (8:00am)
FFMC 83 (easy Ignition)
DMC 95.8
DC 451.1
ISI 2.9 (moderately fast rate)
BUI 125.1 (Extreme)  under
FWI 14.5 (high fire intensity)

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FIRE BEHAVIOUR FORECAST
Fire name: Pigeon Road
Prediction for: 0800-1800 07 Feb-19
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Time and date issued: 1500 06 Feb 19
Forecast no. 1
Day Shift
Assumptions:
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Temp
RH
Wind
Slope *
FFMC   DMC
DC
ISI
BUI
FWI

17.1
59.4
10.7
0
86
98.3
463.3
4.2
128.1
19.1
Rates of spread are the equilibrium rate of spread, not the build-up phase, with continuous fuel and similar
fuel type.
Fire Behaviour General:
Expected fire behaviour – slope 0o
Forecast worst case – 28oC 45%RH slope 20o 1400-
1800
Fuel type: Mature Pine – 5m pruned
Fuel type: Mature Pine – 5m pruned
Expect HF rate of spread of 40 m/hr
Expect HF rate of spread of 200 m/hr
HF Intensity     633 kw/m
HF Intensity     2100 kw/m
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Flame lengths        1.5
Flame lengths        3 m
Fuel type: Scrub/gorse 2m height
Fuel type: Scrub/ gorse 2m height
Expect HF rate of spread of 926 m/hr
Expect HF rate of spread of 3000 m/hr
HF Intensity     >10000 kw/m
HF Intensity       >10000 kw/m
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Flame lengths        6.7 m
Flame lengths        13 m
Fuel type: Grass-70% GC, 100% cover, 0.1m height  Fuel type: Ungrazed Grass -70% GC, 100% cover,
the  0.2m height
Expect HF rate of spread of 187 m/hr
Expect HF rate of spread of 600 m/hr
HF Intensity     296 kw/m
HF Intensity     1050 kW/m
Flame lengths        1.1 m
Flame lengths        2 m
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Safety Considerations:
Head Fire intensity, and flank fire intensity
Head Fire intensity exceed threshold for direct
exceed threshold for direct attack in gorse/
attack in gorse and mature pine fuels, and flank
scrub fuels.
fires in gorse. Flank fires intensity is now too
high for ground crews
. Weather conditions for Thursday are predeicted to be similar to Wednesday. The NE conditions
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should continue to provide higher relative hunidities and enable a focus on containment activity.
Watch for a fall in RH as the afternoon develops and be prepared to adjust your attack strategy.
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1. Incident Name
2. Operational Period
SITUATION
Pigeon Valley
Date 8/2/2019
REPORT
Time 0700 - 1900
RF201
3. Location
4. Vegetation
5. NZ Topo50 Grid Ref.
Pigeon Rd, Eves Valley,
Forest/Scrub/Grass/Slash/
41°22'32.51"S
Tasman
Other:
173° 1'31.81"E
6. Assessment
A large scrub/ forest fire is currently burning estimated to be 1874ha as at 1900hrs on 7th Feb with a


This afternoon we have experienced a breakout in an area where the boundary hadn’t been secured.

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approximately 170ha of heavy fuels (pine forest).
25 residences on the boundary of this breakout have been evacuated
Values at risk are life, property.
Telecommunications site on the end of Cooks Rd (near Wakefield) is at risk with northerly wind.
Evacuations are still in place for the following areas while operations are still active.
• Eves Valley, Golden Hills Rd, Redwood Valley Rd, Tea Pot Valley, Bartons Lane

7. Action taken
Resources deployed include 6 bull dozers, 7 excavators, 6 tankers, 15 rural appliances, 9 urban
appliances, 3 Defence Force appliances and 22 Helicopters are currently working today as well
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as two fixed wings. A lot of this resource is now targeting the breakout area.
Due to the nature of the terrain and vegetation helicopter resources are targeting this area,
though control is proving difficult with the current weather conditions, extreme dryness of the
forest/ scrub fuels and the resulting high fire intensity.
Changes in fuel as the fire moves to pasture and to the contingency fire-breaking (on the
northern end) will assist in suppressing this breakout.
Black out work, machine fire breaking and hot spot targeting is continuing on the other parts of
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the fire ground.
For night shift there will be 11 crew, 5 bull dozers, 5 excavators, 4 tankers, 3 rural appliances
and 6 urban appliances. No Defence Force resources.
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8. Factors,
Extreme fire conditions. Limited water supply. Changeable wind conditions. Wind conditions the
current breakout fire is creating. Sustained 20km winds gusting to 30km/hr, warm temperatures
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9. Predicted Incident Development
Weather conditions and fuel continuity will have a large influence on the management of the
current breakout.

6pm Today – 6am Friday
Rainfall: None expected.
Sustained wind: NNE 10 km/h or less through to about 10 pm. After 10 pm, winds shift to SSW,
remaining less than 10 km/h through to 6 am.
Wind gusts: Gusts up to 30 km/h possible through to about 8 pm. Thereafter, gusts overnight
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will remain 20 km/h or less.
Temperature: Around 19°C at 6pm, decreasing to 11-12°C by 6am Friday.
Humidity: Near 45% at 6pm, increasing to 70-75% by 6 am Friday.
Efforts to suppress the fire are continuing but proving to be challenging for helicopters due to
the height of the vegetation (e.g. trees and grass) and the height of the flames. The
effectiveness of our efforts will improve as the fire heads towards the flatter grassland. We are
also anticipating that the wind will decrease during the night.
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Date/Time:
Authorised by
(Incident Controller)
1900 7th Feb 2019

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1. Incident Name
2. Operational Period
INCIDENT
Pigeon Valley
Date 8/2/2019
OBJECTIVES
Time 0700 - 1900
RF202
3. Overall Incident Objectives
1.  Ensure the safety of responders and public at all times during the incident
2.  Minimise the impact on structures, infrastructure, assets and values during the incident
3.  Minimise impact on environment, culture and historic values during the incident
4.
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  Ensure communication and information, liaison with stakeholders/ community/ public/
government bodies and affected parties is timely, meets standards and requirements at
all times during the incident
5.  Report on costs on a daily basis by 1800
6.  Return community to homes/normal life as soon as practicable
7.  Investigate cause (including protect initial ignition site and evidence)
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4. Strategies to meet objectives
1.  Create a safety plan and safety briefing for all staff and contractors. Monitor fire
behaviour and establish triggers and cordons for withdrawals and evacuation.
2.  Use media, trusted community channels and stakeholders to establish communications
and engagements. Establish regular briefings and updates.
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3.  Identify critical infrastructure, assets and values. Structures have structure protection
crews and technical liaison where required. Water courses and dip sites identified with
environmental protection.
4.  Cultural/Historical/environmental values identified on incident ground (Actual and
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projected)
5.  Assign fire investigation to determine cause
6.  Financial reporting established and continued
7.  Create a recovery plan with community and stakeholders to assist post incident.
•  Consider operation delivery to minimise impacts in support of the recovery plan.
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1.  Incident Name
2.  Operational Period
ORGANISATION

ASSIGNMENT
Date 8/2/2019
RF203
Time 0700 - 1900
3. Incident Control                                          Phone                     Radio Ch
Incident Controller
(NIMT)

Deputy IC
NMIT)

Information Officer

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Safety Officer
NMIT)

Liaison Officer



4. Agency Representative                                   Phone                    Radio Ch
Lead Agency
FENZ
PRFO

Agency
Police

Agency

Information
Agency
CDEM

Agency
CDEM Duty Phone

Agency
FENZ Urban Liason

5. Planning/Intell Section
                                          Phone                  Radio Ch
Planning/Intell Manager

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(FBAN)

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(Observer)

(Intel)

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(Observer)

(Observer)

Resources Unit

(EoC)

(Caravan

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Management Support Unit

Released Information Unit

Advance Planning Unit

Technical Specialists Unit

6. Logistics Section
                                                             Phone                        Radio Ch
Logistics Manager
(NMIT)

(Day)

Night)

Supply Unit

Catering Unit

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Facilities Unit

Finance Unit

Communications Unit

Medical Unit



7. Operations Section
                     Phone                     Radio Ch
Information
Operations Manager

Deputy Operations Manager

Division One Commander

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Sector A Supervisor

Sector B Supervisor

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Sector C Supervisor

Sector D Supervisor

Division Two Commander

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Sector F Supervisor

Sector G Supervisor

Sector H Supervisor

Air Division Commander
(NMIT)

Air Attack Supervisor

Air Support Supervisor



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1. Incident Name
2. Operational Period
DIVISION
Pigeon Valley
Date 8/2/2019
ASSIGNMENT
Time 0700 – 1900
RF204a
3. Division
4. Description
Alpha
Point of ignition to Dove Saddle on Eder Rd
5. Division Commander
Affiliation
Phone
Radio Ch

Command: Fire
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Crew: Simplex
6. Resources Assigned this Period
Sector
Supervisor
Crews
Radio Ch

Bulldozer D7
TLC

Excavator 20T
TLC

Tasman Smoke Chaser + 3px

Hira Smoke Chaser + 3px

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Hira 5575 +4px

Doc Motukea 3px

DOC Takaka 8px

Greymouth 4px

7.  Division Assignment/Special Instructions
Ground Crews: Blacking out to 30 metres in to the forest in susscive 10 metre increments along the
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length of the perimeter where safe to do so.
     Provide 2 hourly SITREP to FCP by COMMS Channel OPS2 or Mobile.
     Join Comms Facebook Group “Pigeon Valley – INTERNAL COMMS” and contribute imagery and
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video throughout day. Also view images and video collected by aerial ops during day.

Heavy Equipment –
1.  Widen the break from the head of Sharps Valley up the ridge to connect to Cut Hill Rd
2.  Bryants using fellerbunchers to remove large trees on the east side of Cut hill Rd (already on
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3.  Strength Eder road fire break from Cuthill Rd to Route Rd and down Route Rd to North
pigeon Valley Rd.

Helicopters: Support ground crew as required and divisional commanders to call air attack (

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8. Division Communications
Phone
Radio Ch
Operations Manager

Fire 1/Cellphone
Air Division Commander

Fire 4/Cellphone
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