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MERA Failure / Overload / Disaster FIRE VHF Radio Plan
(see comments below for policies of this plan)
COMMAND and CONTROL CHANNELS
Out______ In________PL______Name _________Usage
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151.040___159.180__110.9____Marin Local _____MCFD & NOV FD CMD & Control
155.835___158.835__ 82.5_____SNR VHF_______SRFD CMD & Control
156.240___159.105__ 131.8____Comm/OES_____Central & Southern CMD & Control
151.265___Simplex__CSQ_____CDF CMD 2_____Large Incident Command
154.280___Simplex__CSQ_____White 1_________Large Incident Command
155.100___155.835__ 114.8_____XMR-EMS(Marin-17)Marin County EMS Mutual Aid
TACTICAL CHANNELS
(All Simplex CSQ)
Out___________Name_________Usage
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151.145_______ CDF Tac 1_____MCFD Area-Coast South to North, includes Marin City & Mt Tam
155.1375______ Vtac 11_______ MCFD Area-Coast South to North, includes Marin City & Mt Tam
151.190_______ CDF Tac 4_____MCFD Area-Northeast, Hicks, Nicasio, Lucas Vly, Woodacre
159.4725______ Vtac 14_______ MCFD Area-Northeast, Hicks, Nicasio, Lucas Vly, Woodacre
154.265_______ White 2_______ Novato & Central
154.4625______ Vtac 12_______ Novato & Central
155.895_______ SNR Tac______ San Rafael
154.295_______ White 3_______ San Rafael & South
158.7375______ Vtac 13_______ San Rafael & South
156.075_______ CalCord_______ All Areas
Policies / Comments
This FULL plan is ONLY for “MERA Failure / Overload / Disaster”
CountyWide implementation may only be called for by the Marin County Fire Chief (as Mutual Aid Coordinator).
Partial implementation may be called for by the IC or other Chief Officer of a large event in the fire dispatch zone affected by the MERA overload in due to said large event, in which case only the VHF freqs for that dispatch zone would be activated.
Some of the Command and Control channels do have some other uses than the above plan, such as:
a.__Marin Local serves as a local response channel when CDF responds into Marin.
b.__CDF CMD 2 has for many years been the CDF/MCFD CMD Channel.
c.__XMR-EMS (AKA) Marin-17 can be used for medical coordination at large events or for med flights.
d.__Any Command and Control channel may be used in MERA Dead areas (MERA covers only 80% of the County).
Other Polices:
During normal operations the Marin County Chiefs policy for wildland fires is use the MERA CMD channels for CMD, but use White 2 then White 3 for Tacs. This automatically reduces MERA overload by taking all Tacs off MERA from the start.
During normal operations Many of the Departments in MERA dead zones use the already listed in the RR Database freqs for “Out of Range Tacs”
There are probably many other things to hear on these freqs as time go on
TIPS:
CDF Tac 1 is also used by Santa Clara County Parks, off VERY high mt tops. If you use a BC780 or above you can use the minus (-) PL feature and enter “-107.2“ as the PL and it will stop on ALL other PLs except 107.2
CDF Tac 4 is also used by Santa Clara County SAR use “-162.2” to bypass them.
Final comment:
Do you think the Fire Chiefs knew something when MERA was in the planning stages, MERA, MERA CONSULTANTS, RADIO SHOP --> “Trust us it will work fine”
The Fire Chiefs grabbed up all the old VHF public works, medical, and misc City channels that were to be had and put this “back up plan” together. Very smart on their part….
(see comments below for policies of this plan)
COMMAND and CONTROL CHANNELS
Out______ In________PL______Name _________Usage
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
151.040___159.180__110.9____Marin Local _____MCFD & NOV FD CMD & Control
155.835___158.835__ 82.5_____SNR VHF_______SRFD CMD & Control
156.240___159.105__ 131.8____Comm/OES_____Central & Southern CMD & Control
151.265___Simplex__CSQ_____CDF CMD 2_____Large Incident Command
154.280___Simplex__CSQ_____White 1_________Large Incident Command
155.100___155.835__ 114.8_____XMR-EMS(Marin-17)Marin County EMS Mutual Aid
TACTICAL CHANNELS
(All Simplex CSQ)
Out___________Name_________Usage
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
151.145_______ CDF Tac 1_____MCFD Area-Coast South to North, includes Marin City & Mt Tam
155.1375______ Vtac 11_______ MCFD Area-Coast South to North, includes Marin City & Mt Tam
151.190_______ CDF Tac 4_____MCFD Area-Northeast, Hicks, Nicasio, Lucas Vly, Woodacre
159.4725______ Vtac 14_______ MCFD Area-Northeast, Hicks, Nicasio, Lucas Vly, Woodacre
154.265_______ White 2_______ Novato & Central
154.4625______ Vtac 12_______ Novato & Central
155.895_______ SNR Tac______ San Rafael
154.295_______ White 3_______ San Rafael & South
158.7375______ Vtac 13_______ San Rafael & South
156.075_______ CalCord_______ All Areas
Policies / Comments
This FULL plan is ONLY for “MERA Failure / Overload / Disaster”
CountyWide implementation may only be called for by the Marin County Fire Chief (as Mutual Aid Coordinator).
Partial implementation may be called for by the IC or other Chief Officer of a large event in the fire dispatch zone affected by the MERA overload in due to said large event, in which case only the VHF freqs for that dispatch zone would be activated.
Some of the Command and Control channels do have some other uses than the above plan, such as:
a.__Marin Local serves as a local response channel when CDF responds into Marin.
b.__CDF CMD 2 has for many years been the CDF/MCFD CMD Channel.
c.__XMR-EMS (AKA) Marin-17 can be used for medical coordination at large events or for med flights.
d.__Any Command and Control channel may be used in MERA Dead areas (MERA covers only 80% of the County).
Other Polices:
During normal operations the Marin County Chiefs policy for wildland fires is use the MERA CMD channels for CMD, but use White 2 then White 3 for Tacs. This automatically reduces MERA overload by taking all Tacs off MERA from the start.
During normal operations Many of the Departments in MERA dead zones use the already listed in the RR Database freqs for “Out of Range Tacs”
There are probably many other things to hear on these freqs as time go on
TIPS:
CDF Tac 1 is also used by Santa Clara County Parks, off VERY high mt tops. If you use a BC780 or above you can use the minus (-) PL feature and enter “-107.2“ as the PL and it will stop on ALL other PLs except 107.2
CDF Tac 4 is also used by Santa Clara County SAR use “-162.2” to bypass them.
Final comment:
Do you think the Fire Chiefs knew something when MERA was in the planning stages, MERA, MERA CONSULTANTS, RADIO SHOP --> “Trust us it will work fine”
The Fire Chiefs grabbed up all the old VHF public works, medical, and misc City channels that were to be had and put this “back up plan” together. Very smart on their part….
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