Witch Fire And Potrero Fire

[XTS5K]

Regarding the Spanish speakers, I also heard them on CMD5, but they weren't talking about anything fire related at the time I monitored. I think it was someone in Mexico using the frequency for other purposes. Yes, I speak Spanish. Pissed me off the freq was being used in the way it was, but, who's to control Mexico...ay ay ay.

For CDF frequencies, CDF CMD 5 (151.37) and 136 LNP (170.075) are active today with Spanish speakers -- my Spanish is pretty good, but they were talking very quickly for me to follow everything. I did catch some references to Escondido though. I was monitoring from Mt. Soledad for a brief while this morning...

Brian

[mike]

What frequencies or talkgroups are being used on the Harris Fire?

[w6pix]

What frequencies or talkgroups are being used on the Harris Fire?

Harris is being run on CDF CMD 2 (VHF)

I heard some of the CV stuff on SMA C2

It's really scattered around... A lot of the out of area help won't have any of our local stuff and are operating amongst the strike teams on the WHITE 1,2,3 .

Harris air (at least on monday) was on CDF AG

[SkipSanders]

It may have been too long since our trunking equipped firefighters have had to use the VHF simplex channels...

Last night I heard a San Diego engine directed to communicate with an out of town engine on 'white 3'. After patiently explaining to him that white 3 was on the 'vhf radio', his next comeback was 'yes, but what repeater on white 3?'. Duh... Simplex, fella, simplex.

[mike]

Tks w6pix

[BrianStark]

Regarding the Spanish speakers, I also heard them on CMD5, but they weren't talking about anything fire related at the time I monitored. I think it was someone in Mexico using the frequency for other purposes.

I tend to agree... my wife is from mexico city -- she drew the same conclusion after I had her listen to the radio traffic yesterday.

Brian

[SDnative]

I did some searching at Radio Reference, and it appears that all of the western states have the channels we call White 1,2&3. They call them something else, but I don't know if they are "nationwide" or not.

I also heard traffic early on that said that the engine in question was at staging having their radio cloned. Would an out of area unit have a radio cloned to the local channels, then clone it back when they are relieved to return to their home

[Mikey]

I did some searching at Radio Reference, and it appears that all of the western states have the channels we call White 1,2&3. They call them something else, but I don't know if they are "nationwide" or not.

Here in Illinois, 154.2650 is IFERN, a statewide mutual aid channel ... 154.2800 is White fireground and 154.2950 is Blue fireground. Check out http://www.mabasradio.org for more info.

On a sidenote, the lack of a countywide fire department in San Diego has NOTHING on the little islands of fire agencies out in this neck of the woods

[mike]

Does anyone know what fire departments were fighting the fires?

[N6ATF]

Might be better to ask which fire depts WEREN'T fighting the fires... considering the personnel numbered in the thousands out there.