LACoFD Channel Inquiry

[AJP-LACoFD]

Hi all,

Occasionally when listening to a brush fire in ANF area, ANF runs V-3 and all units talk there. They are told by LA "All radio traffic to LA needs to be through admin talk group". I guess maybe they don't want 2 dispatchers on 1 channel... Does anyone know the frequency number for that channel. There is one on here listed as Admin/Alternate, but I hear nothing there. Thanks!

 

[mikegilbert]

Sounds like they're referencing talkgroup 3EA on LA-RICS

 

[Markb]

ANF Admin Net?

 

[AJP-LACoFD]

ANF Admin Net?

Maybe, but that wouldn't make sense why LA would talk on ANF channel and ANF on LA's channel? It also wasn't mentioned in the com-plan...

 

[Eng74]

Interagency fires normally have a set com plan. When you say they, is that LACoFD or ANF? When LACoFD gives out a Com Plan they will list off a channel as admin, tac, secondary tac, crews, dozers, air to ground, and a few others. Sometimes the dispatcher will interchange channel and talk group.

 

[f40ph]

LAC lets ANF use their VHF repeaters for incident command traffic. LA is just reminding everyone that they're not running the incident and if you need LA dispatch, don't call them on LAC V-3 (in this example). Use "admin". Now: which "admin"? LA-RICS TRS admin? maybe.

Definitely not ANF admin, that's for sure.

 

[AJP-LACoFD]

LAC lets ANF use their VHF repeaters for incident command traffic. LA is just reminding everyone that they're not running the incident and if you need LA dispatch, don't call them on LAC V-3 (in this example). Use "admin". Now: which "admin"? LA-RICS TRS admin? maybe.

Definitely not ANF admin, that's for sure.

Right, that's what I'm trying to figure out...

 

[prcguy]

Whatever channel their using the Captain will be busy monitoring two APX radios. Here is an LACoFD Captain I occasionally work with on cliff rescue training.

 

[monitor142]

Good lord, that's a lot of shi...stuff to be lugging around. He needs a SCBA to equal it out

 

[fireinoc]

If your speaking of during the Bridge Fire during the fire siege on Wrightwood, one or two LA County "V" command channels were being used for some fire divisions/groups engaged in structure protection assignments, and ANF Admin. was being used as the Incident's Command channel. Anybody assigned to the incident could have used these channels for the intended purpose. In the Statewide radio comm plan (issued annually), all of these frequencies are pre-loaded into radios and may be used by fire agency staff responding to incidents on the ANF when the frequency is assigned to an incident.

LACo Fire has five commonly used command channels in the "V" series and they are in the RR database. They use them for VHF command purposes on their jurisdictional wildfire incidents. This allows other cooperating fire agencies that don't commonly use LAC's normal frequencies (LAC "Blue" frequencies are around 470 MHz) to immediately communicate during mutual threat response. This includes agencies like Ventura & Orange Counties, Forest Service, or Cal Fire who all operate on different bands of radios daily. All of these agencies have agreed to use VHF for wildland comms. which works well for boundary area response.