Description
This is an actual use case that follows the events of the “Cedar” fire incident in late October and November 2003 in San Diego County, California. Operation Center (EOC) has been activated, and requests the agencies to be on alert. This scenario represents a large scale incident involving activation of the state Emergency Operation Center (EOC). This use example is based upon four official source documents which provide a detailed description of the incident and response, and provides independent evaluations of overall response. The use example chronicles a lack of radio interoperability coupled with poor coordination of mutual aid in the area, due to several concurrent fires back to back with other recent fires in this geographical region.
