Pilot Mountain Fire

[drayd48]

In case you haven't heard,

Fire at iconic Pilot Mountain burns 1,050 acres, fire about 80% contained

Firefighters continue to battle the fire that started early Saturday evening at Pilot Mountain State Park.

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I was curious if anyone out there knew what channels local FDs were working on and the forestry service specifically? Ill start scanning the forestry channels in the morning to see if I can hear anything but was curious if anyone has heard anything else.

 

[reconrider8]

I would start looking on viper event channels then maybe cut over to the local forestry district vhf channels

 

[NCFireman11]

Most of the VFDs were on Viper Surry TAC 6 last night. I didn't hear NCFS on viper but my guess is they were using their D10 VHF TAC channels.

 

[drayd48]

Thank you. I am listening to Surry Tac 6 and hearing anything. I'm also listening to the forestry channels from D10 to hear something as well

 

[jake_Braker]

Unknown if this is related, but I see NCFS units on Charlie 1

 

[KO4RJX]

Another large fire between Boone and Lenior.

 

[akalynchs]

Curious, does Caldwell and Watuaga Fire use VIPER or VHF? I know Lenoir and Boone are on VIPER.

From where I am I can hear most of Caldwell on VIPER with my G5, nothing on the SDS-200.

 

[jake_Braker]

From where I am I can hear most of Caldwell on VIPER with my G5, nothing on the SDS-200.

Unication pagers are made with a professional/higher power receiver than scanners I've learned. Same with professional radios.

 

[akalynchs]

Sadly, you are so correct

 

[NCFireman11]

Unknown if this is related, but I see NCFS units on Charlie 1

You are correct. NCFS working the Pilot Mountain fire are on Charlie 1 now.

 

[jake_Braker]

Awesome thanks. I was hoping they'd either switch or patch with an event channel so I can hear from down south

 

[Jhodges2382]

Curious, does Caldwell and Watuaga Fire use VIPER or VHF? I know Lenoir and Boone are on VIPER.

From where I am I can hear most of Caldwell on VIPER with my G5, nothing on the SDS-200.

Most Caldwell agencies use VIPER for primary ops with VHF dispatching/paging. Watauga is mainly on VHF, some agencies use VIPER as secondary. Believe ASU PD and Boone PD are the only Watauga agencies full-time on VIPER.

 

[BigLebowski]

VHF D10 Tac 3 is patched with Charlie 1.