Bonny Fire / CalFire South Ops Frequencies

[Mikek]

Anyone know the frequencies in use for the Bonny Fire in Aguanga? I am currently in Hemet, and can't seem to hear anything related on the CalFire channels.

On a simalar topic, I stopped by the CalFire base at Hemet-Ryan yesterday. They were very busy working planes for the above-mentioned fire and had a radio channel piped to the external PA system that was quite busy with "South Ops" and aircraft status, ordering, and dispatching. Anyone know what that frequency is?

Thanks all!

 

[norcalscan]

Air Tactics FM 169.2875
Air Ground 159.375 /192.8 (CDF A/G10)
AM Victors 119.375, 124.725, (TFR) 135.575

And the PA speaker was audio from an internal "hotline" intercom that every fire ECC and air base is tied to, with South Ops coordinating the aircraft requests from various locations. It would be golden if there was an RF component to it but it's all wireline/microwave linked. In the 80's into the 90's North Ops had a 41.790 transmitter on Mt St John that relayed this audio, Alas I was too young to appreciate what this actually was until it went defunct.

 

[Kingscup]

CDF Command 3

I don’t remember the exact tac numbers but they were between vtac 13-17. They may have added more since yesterday.

 

[Mikek]

Thanks! What a bummer about that South Ops microwave - I’ve been in the hobby a long time and was surprised I hadn’t heard that “channel” before. It’s a gold mine. Oh well!

 

[brendan3]

AM Victors 119.375, 124.725, (TFR) 135.575

Are these in the database? If so what are their labels?

 

[AM909]

Only 135.575 that I can see US / California / Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) / Air Plan:

135.575

BM

CSQ

CDF AAB S2

Hemet, Santa Maria, Columbia, and Paso Robles Air Attack Bases

AM

Fire-Talk

 

[es93546]

Are these in the database? If so what are their labels?

If these are for extended attack, they are usually temporary authorizations from the FAA. As such they vary quite a bit and are not something that is permanent enough to put in the database. The FAA changes frequency authorizations from at least year to year, and possibly more frequently. The Comm Unit at NIFC interfaces with the FAA rather than the nearest Geographical Area Coordination Center, such as North Ops and South Ops.

I remember the days that the South Ops coordination channel was a mixture of VHF and UHF links. There was a downlink on Santiago where you would hear the whole thing. I seem to remember it was on 415.525, but my memory is currently declining as I age. I only listened to it when I visited southern California, which wasn't all that often when the channel was on the air. I wasn't able to visit in the summer during my career, for obvious reasons. Heck, on my last job that lasted 10 years it was hard to take any time off.