2013 FIRESCOPE Radio Guidelines

http://www.firescope.org/macs-docs/MACS-441-1.pdf

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posted July 24 2013 to lists

http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/National_Incident_Radio_Support_Cache_%28US_Nationwide%29

The 'NIFC Cache' or 'NIRSC' is a supply of portable radios and

portable repeaters kept in warehouses for use on large wildfires and

large disasters. AFAIK any of these channels can pop up in use

anywhere in the USA; however they are usually found in use in the

western USA at wildfires.

( The closest cache of NIFC radios to New England may be prepositioned

in Minnesota or Atlanta GA. You would have to check the 2013

Mobilization Guides for NE and SE to confirm that. Or maybe the Natl

Mob Guide. )

Note - L3 should be 408.7875 R with 417.7875 input - there is a 9 Mhz

split on these UHF repeater pairs

Note - the UHF channels (400 Mhz) are not used at the fireground by

firefighting crews. The UHF channels are used at the fire camps (by

the cooks and coordinators etc), and used to link fireline repeaters,

etc. The VHF freqs are used by the actual firefighters on the

fireline/firescene/fireground.

Note - L6 is new for 2013 - at least in California - (probably

nationwide also) - 408.6875 R - 417.6875 input

Note - there are multi PLs used on the various UHF frequencies

Note - 410.2375 R + 410.4375 R + 410.6375 R might be used for more

than just "aircraft links"

Note - the C7 pair is not available for use in California in 2013

apparently - it probably is not available nationwide either

Note - the listed AM aircraft freqs are shared with all aircraft

(civilian and government) - there are many other aviation band AM

freqs assigned for wildfire operations

Info from 2013 Firescope document

http://www.firescope.org/macs-docs/MACS-441-1.pdf

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https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AoX8tpb0l73sdEgtN0ZjZVVPNWtLZFFwbEF0bktmLWc#gid=0

- this is my listing of air to ground freqs - more info than the list

at Radio Ref plus source info - supposedly is "inaccurate" per Radio

Ref - kettle calling pot I think

Note - I dont work for any federal agency so I dont have direct access

to their "secret" documents. These agencies seem to consider all radio

freqs to be top secret. This probably contributes to the multiple

errors found in the documents and various major errors in programming.

For example, in 2013 they decided to put PL on fireline channels, but

had to rescind that order at the last moment.