New Brunswick fire frequencies

[tassie]

Looking for the frequencies that the aircraft use in fire fighting, Water bomber, fire look out aircraft, ground stations. etc

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance

Tassie

 

[mciupa]

Hi tassie .
Are these units owned by the Government of New Brunswick Natural Resources or is a private company contracted to do the firefighting ?

Here in Ontario , these freq's are used and possibly may be used in NB as well

VHF AM
122.250 Fire Supression Primary
122.400 Fire Supression Secondary

122.650 Fire Supression Primary
122.700 Fire Supression Secondary

122.850 Fire Supression Secondary
122.925 Fire Supression Primary

123.575 Fire Supression Primary
130.350 Fire Supression Secondary

 

[JRichard]

Forest Protection Ltd. is the company responsible for providing the Air Tankers for New Brunswick. It's owned by the major forestry industry companies in the Province (ie. Irving, UPM, Fraser, etc.)

They are based out of Fredericton and Miramichi (my location) during the summer months.
They have a number of freqs licensed according to Industry Canada at the Fredericton Airport, nothing listed for Miramichi specifically but there's a possibility they're used Province-wide where possible.

Around here they use the primary traffic frequency (uncontrolled airport) and also have a discrete frequency or two when not in the immediate vicinity of an active airport. They also monitor the Departement of Natural Resources Simplex Channel 7 (172.260) freq. I rarely get a hit on any of the listed civil aviation freqs for Fredericton but they're likely used when out of my reception area so I can't be sure.

I'll provide a couple of links that may provide some idea where to look.

V/UHF
VHF Air

 

[tassie]

NB Fire Frequencies

Thanks very much for the info you provided. I will program those into my new scanner and see what comes up.

The weather man is indicating a dry summer, so there could be a increase in forest fires which would not be good

Tassie