Monitoring Wildfire Channels Clark County Area

[Critical911]

I’m looking to monitor wildfire frequencies throughout Clark County. I’m scanning from Henderson area and am looking to find BLM, NPS, USFS, etc channels. Does anyone know what channels to monitor or what are active? I have a Uniden BCD436HP and some other conventional radios. Thanks!

 

[es93546]

Go on the database, click on browse. A map of the country will appear. Click on the state of Nevada. A checklist of agencies will appear on the right side of the screen. Go into the federal government tab. Scroll down to the BLM, U.S. Forest Service and National Park Service listings. The frequencies will be right there. For large fires a National Interagency Fire Center temporary fire system will be set up. To find those frequencies go to the national map again. Take a look right below it, there will be text "Nationwide Frequencies" highlighted. After clicking on it, scroll down to the National Interagency Fire Center. Those are the basic frequencies for large fires. At times they use other frequencies, which are federal frequencies in the area that are currently assigned to federal agencies that are not using them. You have to put your scanner in the search mode from 166.5000 to 173.9875 to find what is being used. None of this is simple, you need to look at the sources I just gave you. Program them into your scanner. Sometimes you have to do a search. This is what the rest of us do to listen to a large fire.

 

[Critical911]

Go on the database, click on browse. A map of the country will appear. Click on the state of Nevada. A checklist of agencies will appear on the right side of the screen. Go into the federal government tab. Scroll down to the BLM, U.S. Forest Service and National Park Service listings. The frequencies will be right there. For large fires a National Interagency Fire Center temporary fire system will be set up. To find those frequencies go to the national map again. Take a look right below it, there will be text "Nationwide Frequencies" highlighted. After clicking on it, scroll down to the National Interagency Fire Center. Those are the basic frequencies for large fires. At times they use other frequencies, which are federal frequencies in the area that are currently assigned to federal agencies that are not using them. You have to put your scanner in the search mode from 166.5000 to 173.9875 to find what is being used. None of this is simple, you need to look at the sources I just gave you. Program them into your scanner. Sometimes you have to do a search. This is what the rest of us do to listen to a large fire.

Gotcha. Sorry I’m new to this stuff. I have channels saved into my favorites list but I just wasn’t sure exactly on what I was supposed to do. Thank you.

 

[es93546]

Gotcha. Sorry I’m new to this stuff. I have channels saved into my favorites list but I just wasn’t sure exactly on what I was supposed to do. Thank you.

Welcome aboard! The RR database can be a good tool once you explore it a bit. It's usually best to look things up there prior to posting a question. People here are great about answering questions. However, if an answer is in the database already then posting a question will not always result in an answer. When you are new, it is understandable to not understand the database first. The NIFC system is a new concept, initial attack vs. extended attack, air to ground vs. air to air, AM vs. FM frequency use, burning out vs. backfire and a lot of other concepts are not written down in the database. For these types of topics try clicking onto the RR Wiki from wherever you are in the database. You might find some well written articles that explain further.

Again, welcome. Glad to have you here.

 

[Critical911]

Welcome aboard! The RR database can be a good tool once you explore it a bit. It's usually best to look things up there prior to posting a question. People here are great about answering questions. However, if an answer is in the database already then posting a question will not always result in an answer. When you are new, it is understandable to not understand the database first. The NIFC system is a new concept, initial attack vs. extended attack, air to ground vs. air to air, AM vs. FM frequency use, burning out vs. backfire and a lot of other concepts are not written down in the database. For these types of topics try clicking onto the RR Wiki from wherever you are in the database. You might find some well written articles that explain further.

Again, welcome. Glad to have you here.

Thank you! I appreciate it! I have found channels already and am learning a lot! Will look around some more and try to find more info!

 

[KCA6YU]

Good resource here also.... https://gacc.nifc.gov/rmcc/dispatch...onal Interagency Aviation Frequency Guide.pdf