FSRResource Road

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FSR/Resource Road Radio Frequency Project
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BACKGROUND

• IMPROPER/INCORRECT USE OF 2-WAY RADIOS A KEY
  FACTOR IN FOREST ROAD DEATHS AND SERIOUS INJURIES
• PROVINCIAL WORKING GROUP FORMED IN 2006 TO
  ADDRESS THE PROBLEM

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• SPECIFIC ISSUES
• OVERLAPS OF RADIO TRAFFIC FROM OTHER OPERATIONS
• MORE THAN ONE RADIO FREQUENCY IN USE
• ONE TIME USERS HAVE NO ACCESS TO THE RADIO
  FREQUENCY OR PROTOCOL
• HOLDER OF FREQUENCY RELUCTANT TO PROVIDE TO
  INDIVIDUAL SECONDARY USERS
• CALL PROCEDURES ARE UNCLEAR OR CHANGE ALONG A
  ROAD OR ROAD SYSTEM

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Working Group

• Ministry of Forests and Range (including
  operations and radio staff)
• BC Timber Sales
• Worksafe BC (Trucksafe)
• Industry Canada (2-way radio regulators)

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• Plus consultation with other stakeholders,
  including
• Road Use Permit Holders
• Contract log haulers
• Service industry (fuel, repairs, lowbeds etc)
• Radio suppliers/installers

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• WORKING GROUP PROPOSALS
• ESTABLISH A STAND-ALONE PROVINCE-WIDE SET OF 5
  WATT RESOURCE ROAD CHANNELS
• MOFR TO ALLOCATE ONE OF THESE CHANNELS TO EACH
  FOREST SERVICE ROAD SYSTEM
• ESTABLISH A COMMON SET OF CHANNELS FOR LOADING
  AND UNLOADING SITES
• STANDARDIZED ROAD CHANNEL SIGNAGE AT THE START OF
  A FOREST SERVICE ROAD
• STANDARD FOR KILOMETRE MARKERS TO INCLUDE ROAD
  NAME, KM STATION AND DIRECTION OF TRAVEL AS USED
  ON THAT ROAD
• TWO PILOT AREAS (CENTRAL/SOUTH VANCOUVER
  ISLAND/SUNSHINE COAST OJAY AREA NEAR TUMBLER
  RIDGE)

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Use of 2-way radio 

• In general, a driver on a forest service road
  who uses a licensed 2-way radio to communicate
  with other drivers on the road must announce his
  or her position, in accordance with
• any road markers posted at intervals along the
  road, and
• the forest service road sign that indicates the
  radio frequency that is to be used

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COAST PILOT
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SAMPLE OF CHANNEL ASSIGNMENTS

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Partial List of Channel Assignments
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RESOURCE ROAD CHANNEL ASSIGNMENTS FOR PILOTS

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Road Channels
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LOADING CHANNEL ASSIGNMENTS FOR PILOTS

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Loading Channels
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Loading Channels Signage
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INITIAL IMPLICATIONS FOR PILOT AREAS- NEW
RADIO CHANNEL SIGNS AND KM
MARKERS- NEW RADIOS AND/OR
FREQUENCIES

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KILOMETRE MARKERS
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Eve River Mainline 12 km Up

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Eve River Mainline 12 km Down

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