Forestry Frequencies

[peterjmag]

When Sand Springs FD was fighting their fire I heard them say they were talking to to Forestry and their units. Were they talking about the state forestry or national forestry? Does anyone have any frequencies for the Forestry? Are they the same as the ones listed under State Forestry? Thanks...


P.J. Maguire

 

[car2back]

forestry

I know my department has worked some with a group of guys based out of Pawhuska That are affliated with the BIA and national Forestry dept. The way they explained it was they were seasonally employed by the Federal Govt and were on call certain months of the year to respond to major fires anywhere in the lower 48 states.

I don't know if thats who they (Sandsprings) may be refering to or not; but I know those guy run all around Osage County in their brush rig helping local dept with grass fires.

I tired to find out there freqs. awhile back and wasn't able to find anything: RR or otherwise. I did recognise they had a VHF radio/antennea onboard there truck, though.

 

[ham612]

Try 159.390. It's listed in the database as KKJ693 - Mayes county, but I believe this freq is used statewide. In this area it's WDD555 - dispatched out of Tahlequah.
MS

 

[Medic32]

Hey Phil, I met the BIA guys Saturday night, they were on the way up toward your area. They gave me thier frequency but i'll have to call out to the station to get it. And yes BIA was who Sand Springs was talking to Sunday night. They said it's the busiest they've ever been out here. One of the crew members had been flow in from Phoniex, Arizona to help out.

 

[car2back]

Bia

Those BIA guys are a real help, and always show up right when we need 'em most! I wouldn't mind having that Ford F-250 they work off of! I also saw another one of their trucks heading into Tulsa on highway 51 last week; It looked like a F-150 pickup with no fire equipment on it; just a lightbar. I wonder if that is some kind of "Chiefs Truck"?

 

[Medic32]

The guys i met didnt have any thing but hand tools on there truck.....they say hand tools are all they need ;i get the impression those dudes are some hardcore firefighters

 

[car2back]

Bia

yeah they are. they showed up again today to help us out between Prue and Morgans Corner. once we got it under control, there was this huge pile of Cow pies still burning, and they jumped right in it tearing it apart. They mean business!

 

[Medic32]

yeah when i saw them saturday night they were on their way to find a fire between prue and hominy. must be nice to just drive around looking for grass fires. but, those dudes look like they kinda guys you see on the cover of Firehouse Magizine.

 

[CommShrek]

They ended up down in my area too. They aren't exactly driving around looking for fires though. They are being directed by aerial spotters. Much more effective.

 

[mikeh]

complete freq list yet

has one one put togetter a complete freq list

 

[car2back]

Forestry

We met up with them again today: We were walking the fire line and then all the sudden heard a chainsaw start up....then another.... I was begining to wonder who it was, then saw there was aprox 20 'hot shots' clearing a fire break! Those guy are a really big help, and can really put us 'hose-monkeys' to shame!

I asked one of their guys with a radio if he knew the freq they operate on.... he was being really evasive and all I could get out of him was that the BIA has a repeater in Southern Osage Co they use.

 

[peterjmag]

Does anyone have that frequency yet?

P.J. Maguire

 

[car2back]

I will call the BIA Chief up in Pawhuska tomarrow.... My Chief gave me his number

 

[car2back]

I couldn't get ahold of the BIA chief......


Saw the hot-shots again:
there is a group from wyoming, south dakota, and minnisota here; they are staying in B-ville till early next week, then they are all headed home! One guy i talked to hasnt seen his wife and 3 y/o son in like 4 months! rough job!

 

[JBRASHEAR]

Last week forestry & BIA were using 168.300 RP & simplex in Osage & Washington County. Some trucks were from Minnesota and went home last Friday.

 

[K5MAR]

Last week forestry & BIA were using 168.300 RP & simplex in Osage & Washington County. Some trucks were from Minnesota and went home last Friday.

Any idea where that repeater is located, Jay?

Mark S.

 

[GlacierClipper]

The following information is from an old BIA Frequency Directory dated 1993.

Oklahoma

Brushy Mountain KKC581 168.3000
Khilocco KIE530 163.0250, 168.3000
Kiamichi Mountain KKE571 168.3000
Talequah KKF580 167.150, 168.300, 169.775
Talihina KKF570 168.3000

Those are the only listings for the BIA that matches 168.3000 in Oklahoma.

I will post others if found.

 

[robynsjw]

Interesting pages

http://www.freqofnature.com/usfs.htm

Some of this seems to be national, some seems to be California/Nevada.

http://www.freqofnature.com/index.php?m=Agriculture&p=Forest Service

this one includes the panhandle and part of Texas.