| CA | Napa | Napa | | Cal Fire - Command 6 - 1 FB | 151.250000 | B | | NA | WPPU965 |
| CA | Lake | Clear Lake Oaks | | Cal Fire - Command 6 - 1 FB | 151.250000 | B | | NA | KVX80 |
| CA | Colusa | Williams | | Cal Fire - Command 6 - 1 FB | 151.250000 | B | | NA | KVZ32 |
| CA | Sonoma | Oak Ridge | | Cal Fire - Command 6 | 151.250000 | R | PL 103.5 | 159.360000 | KBU659 |
| CA | Sonoma | Jackson Mtn | | Cal Fire - Command 6 | 151.250000 | R | PL 103.5 | 159.360000 | KMB237 |
| CA | Sonoma | Geyser Peak | | Cal Fire - Command 6 | 151.250000 | R | PL 103.5 | 159.360000 | KSQ332 |
Command 6 seems to have 3 repeaters and 3 bases licensed by the FCC - per a search of the General Menu Reports
There is no license showing in Solano County
Anybody know why there are 3 bases licensed in the outlying counties? I wonder if they are intended to provide backup service or to expand the coverage area for the channel?
The state has been divided into zones where Commands 3-10 (excluding Command 5) are used as an additional command. Permanent repeater installations are located on a number of peaks. As you know Command 1 and Command 2 cover much of the state and can be used on large, extended attack incidents. The Command 5 output frequency is now being used statewide for a apparatus location and status system. The repeater zones seem to follow Cal Fire operational units and include a number of units in a group. These, like all Cal Fire frequencies are recycled, e.g. 151.2500 is also BDU Local 3, which is the local dispatch net for the Owens Valley Division. This is why each unit's local nets are tone protected on the output. The San Bernardino Unit (BDU) is numbered 3500, so their local nets use Tone 5, 146.2, on the outputs. The Riverside Unit is 3100, so they use Tone 1 on the outputs of their local nets. Tone 8, 103.5 is used on all command repeater outputs, as there aren't any x800 operational units. All aircraft frequencies use 110.9 for protection. All tac frequencies use Tone 16, 192.8 for tone protection.
I expect that additional repeaters will be installed on Commands 3-10 in the future. The analysis of the 2020 fire season will likely result in some changes and improvements for incident communications. Cal Fire doesn't seem to have a lot of portable command repeater units so they had to rely on a lot of NIFC portable repeaters for fires entirely on state jurisdiction when their permanent command repeaters did not provide coverage over an entire incident. The 2020 lightning fire bust seemed to preclude a lot of the very large federal fires at higher elevations, with a couple of notable exceptions. I imagine the frequency coordinators at Cal Fire's HQ and NIFC were challenged trying to get enough frequencies for all the huge fires that resulted from an interesting lightning bust. We should not make light of this event, a lot of people suffered significant losses of property and lives.
