Wildland Fire Frequencies

[aprswatcher]

Yesterday in Larimer County there were 3 different wildland fires. (Palisade, Green Mtn, one on Buckhorn Mtn) Luckily none of these were very big.
With the lack of rainfall and high daytime temperatures, low humidity, conditions are getting bad for a wildland fire.

Here are some frequencies that will be used if the unfortunate event happens:
168.65 nfm National Flight Following (aircraft)
168.625 nfm Air Guard (aircraft)
123.975 am Air tanker base at Metro airport (Jefco)

Here are some of the National Forest repeaters:
Pike/San Isabel 168.725 nfm
Roosevelt/Arapaho 169.175 nfm
Routt 169.6 nfm

Radio Reference here has an excellent source for other frequencies:
Colorado Federal Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference

If you will monitor closely, frequencies will be given out as the event happens for all those agencies responding.

73, Rex

 

[N0GTG]

In addition to the great list which Rex linked to, RadioReference also has a comprehensive list of the Federal Forest Fire frequencies which will be used when a fire 'goes federal'. It's at Natl Incident Radio Support Cache / Natl Interagency Fire Ctr Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference, the NIRSC/NIFC listing.