What must supervisors do if they cannot complete a PAR using communication?

• A. Request assistance to physically account for their members.
• B. Retry communications until successful.
• C. End PAR and proceed without accounting.
• D. Delegate to a lower-ranking supervisor.

Answer: (B)

If you can’t complete a PAR by radio or other initial communication, you must keep trying to contact the crew until you obtain a verified status from each member. Reaching out repeatedly preserves accountability—every member’s status is either confirmed as safe or identified as missing so you can deploy the next steps without leaving anyone unaccounted for. Ending the PAR or moving forward without accounting would create unsafe conditions because you wouldn’t know who is actually inside or outside the incident scene. Delegating the task to a lower-ranking supervisor isn’t the immediate fix because the responsibility for maintaining the PAR and verifying crews lies with the supervising unit. While seeking physical verification can become necessary if communications remain down, the immediate required action is to keep retrying communications until successful.