Any idea what the fire ground radio freqs would be? Located in the Apache Sitgreaves national forest. Would it be BLM? Or NFS? Thanks
Guzzler Fire kicked off near me
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I live fairly close (off AZ HWY 87) to the fire but are not hearing ground units except through the AS NF repeater. Lots of air traffic 122.925 and 167.175. I think it started in the NF although I heard them send a BLM engine also.
I’m right north of it on 99. Hearing the same as you.
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Should be on A/G 34 167.175, Helos on 122.925, Flight Following on 168.650, Guard on 168.625, Planes on 118.950 or on 128.575, Air Tanker Base on 123.975. Too far away from it to know what Tac frequencies crews are using for ground communications. Search between 163 and 171 and you should find them. If so, please post here. There should be several in use.
If a fire is located on a National Forest, it is the jurisdiction of the U.S. Forest Service. The BLM manages a completely different collection of pubic lands. I'm not sure who you are referring to when you say "NFS," but I will guess you mean "National Forest Service" and that is incorrect as there isn't an agency with that abbreviation, it is the "USFS" or U.S. Forest Service. With that in mind look in the Arizona database under the U.S. Forest Service and you will find the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest. The two "forest nets" will be listed, one of the east portion of the forest, the old Apache National Forest in Arizona (the New Mexico portion is administered by the Gila NF) and the west portion, the old Sitgreaves NF. You will find the three Region 3 (AZ and NM) ground tactical frequencies, one or more of which will be in use on most fires, through the initial attack phase of the fire. The appropriate forest net will be used for command. The air to air and air to ground frequencies will be listed under the Springerville Dispatch Center.
This fire is beyond the initial attack stage as it is more than one burning period old. Frequencies in use would be listed in the "Nationwide" section of the database. Open up the database, click on browse, under the map go to the "nationwide" section, then scroll down to the federal section, click on the "National Interagency Fire Center" (NIFC) and start monitoring both ground tacticals and command frequencies. Air to Air and Air to Ground frequencies are listed, but often these frequencies can be those not listed. I recommend, depending on how close you are to the fire, you begin to include some of these frequencies in your scanner and that you put your scanner into a search between 166.5000 and 173.9875. On this morning's National Incident Management Situation Report a Type I or II Incident Management Team is not listed as taking over the fire, but in the next day or so it likely will be. These teams always use the NIFC system, rather than the local radio system for tactical and command. A national team is usually assigned when a fire gets as large as the Guzzler Fire is now (1250 acres with 115 personnel assigned). This as of last evening. It's a good bet that an incident management team has been ordered for this fire.
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