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Because your role as a subnet controller (SNC) includes a variety of procedures, no one form efficiently covers everything you should log. I recommend you spread logging across the following four forms. | Because your role as a subnet controller (SNC) includes a variety of procedures, no one form efficiently covers everything you should log. I recommend you spread logging across the following four forms. | ||
* [ | * [[Media:ICS-214 Unit Log Fillable.pdf|NET Version of ICS 214 Unit Log]] | ||
* NET Form 6 and the similar ICS 309 Communications Log | * NET Form 6 and the similar ICS 309 Communications Log | ||
** [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BRPQuQdaSTWl02mbv8lLl4RAVw3H0c9V/view?usp=sharing NET Form 6] for logging transmission of NET Form 8 or other forms by voice. | ** [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BRPQuQdaSTWl02mbv8lLl4RAVw3H0c9V/view?usp=sharing NET Form 6] for logging transmission of NET Form 8 or other forms by voice. | ||
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=== Background === | === Background === | ||
The [ | The [[Media:ICS-214 Unit Log Fillable.pdf|NET Version of ICS 214 Unit Log]] is designed to record a roster of those involved in a particular unit and the activities of those people. The form’s header provides space for recording the incident name, date and time, leadership and operational period. Below the header are rows for recording a roster of those associated with a particular unit, in this case a communications unit. The lower part of the form is for recording the activities of the unit. This makes it useful for providing information about what happened and when – both for those who participated in those activities and those who arrive later. In addition, the information is useful for those interested in reviewing the activities of the unit and looking for opportunities for improving readiness and efficiency for similar future activities. | ||
The [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BRPQuQdaSTWl02mbv8lLl4RAVw3H0c9V/view?usp=sharing NET Form 6] is based on the ICS 309 Communication Log form which is intended primarily for logging formal traffic - messages on forms. Limiting its use to such traffic should provide two benefits: | The [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BRPQuQdaSTWl02mbv8lLl4RAVw3H0c9V/view?usp=sharing NET Form 6] is based on the ICS 309 Communication Log form which is intended primarily for logging formal traffic - messages on forms. Limiting its use to such traffic should provide two benefits: | ||
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The [[Media:Traffic Count Worksheet.pdf|Traffic Count Worksheet]] is an experimental form for tracking counts of available formal messages as well as counts of messages handled so far. Feel free to customize it to meet your needs. The goal is to handle traffic based on precedence and give all stations in your region a chance to pass traffic that is equal to the precedence being passed by other stations. The worksheet should help you handle the available traffic by relative precedence and keep track of available traffic that you have not yet handled. | The [[Media:Traffic Count Worksheet.pdf|Traffic Count Worksheet]] is an experimental form for tracking counts of available formal messages as well as counts of messages handled so far. Feel free to customize it to meet your needs. The goal is to handle traffic based on precedence and give all stations in your region a chance to pass traffic that is equal to the precedence being passed by other stations. The worksheet should help you handle the available traffic by relative precedence and keep track of available traffic that you have not yet handled. | ||
=== Instructions for using | === Instructions for using the [[Media:ICS-214 Unit Log Fillable.pdf|NET Version of the ICS 214 Unit Log]] === | ||
* Each NET SNC should use ICS Form 214 to record the activities of their station. In other situations like a radio trailer or radio room, multiple stations and operators at the same location are all part of the same Communications Unit and would share a single ICS Form 214. Similarly, multiple operators working together at a remote site like an evacuation center would share a Form 214.. | * Each NET SNC should use ICS Form 214 to record the activities of their station. In other situations like a radio trailer or radio room, multiple stations and operators at the same location are all part of the same Communications Unit and would share a single ICS Form 214. Similarly, multiple operators working together at a remote site like an evacuation center would share a Form 214.. | ||
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* If the incident command declares a new operational period, close the 214 and open a new one. | * If the incident command declares a new operational period, close the 214 and open a new one. | ||
* When a station is closed or a new operational period starts, log the closing as the last item in Major Events. | * When a station is closed or a new operational period starts, log the closing as the last item in Major Events. | ||
* See [ | * See | ||
[[Media:ICS Form 214 Unit Log NET Instructions.pdf|Instructions for NET version of ICS Form 214 Unit Log]] for additional details. | |||
* See the following sample ICS 214. | * See the following sample ICS 214. | ||
[[File:ICS 214 SNC Sample.png|500px]] | [[File:ICS 214 SNC Sample.png|500px]] | ||
