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! CH !! RX FREQ !! RX TONE !! TX FREQ !! TX TONE !! Description !! Notes !! Confirmation | ! CH !! RX FREQ !! RX TONE !! TX FREQ !! TX TONE !! Description !! Notes !! Confirmation | ||
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− | | Pike TAC 1 || 168.050 || | + | | Pike TAC 1 || 168.050 || CSQ || 168.050 || CSQ || Pike Local/Initial Attack TAC 1 || NIFC TAC 1. National Interagency Fire Tactical for mobile/handheld simplex use. In common use nationwide on Type I and II incidents. ''Not exclusively assigned to Pike NF.'' Has been referred to as "Group 5 Tac 1."|| 2022.06 (In use on Gove Creek incident.) |
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| Pike TAC 2 || 168.200 || || 168.200 || || Pike Local/Initial Attack TAC 2 || NIFC TAC 2. National Interagency Fire Tactical for mobile/handheld simplex use. In common use nationwide on Type I and II incidents. ''Not exclusively assigned to Pike NF.'' Has been referred to as "Group 5 Tac 2."|| 2022.06 (In use on Gove Creek incident.) | | Pike TAC 2 || 168.200 || || 168.200 || || Pike Local/Initial Attack TAC 2 || NIFC TAC 2. National Interagency Fire Tactical for mobile/handheld simplex use. In common use nationwide on Type I and II incidents. ''Not exclusively assigned to Pike NF.'' Has been referred to as "Group 5 Tac 2."|| 2022.06 (In use on Gove Creek incident.) | ||
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! CH !! RX FREQ !! RX TONE !! TX FREQ !! TX TONE !! Description !! Notes !! Confirmation | ! CH !! RX FREQ !! RX TONE !! TX FREQ !! TX TONE !! Description !! Notes !! Confirmation | ||
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− | | "Devil's Head LEO" || 172.5125 || 110.9 || ''Unknown'' || || Devil's Head Law Enforcement Repeater || ''Very'' informal car-to-car/tac use among LE units in the | + | | "Devil's Head LEO" || 172.5125 || 110.9 || ''Unknown'' || || Devil's Head Law Enforcement Repeater || ''Very'' informal car-to-car/tac use among LE units working in the Rampart Range Recreation Area. Does not appear to be monitored by Pueblo Dispatch. DCSO and CPW have also been heard using the repeater to coordinate with USFS LEO's. Appears to be a standalone repeater, but there may be others.|| 2022.05 |
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− | | "FS Law" || 168.025 || | + | | "FS Law" || 168.025 || CSQ || 168.025 || CSQ || USFS Nationwide Law Enforcement Simplex Common || Used occasionally for car-to-car comms between LE units on Pike NF. Often used by units when traveling on area highways.|| 2022.06 |
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Revision as of 00:15, 23 June 2022
The Pike National Forest encompasses approximately 1.2 million acres spread across Park, Jefferson, Douglas, Teller, and El Paso Counties in central Colorado. Because of its close proximity to both Denver and Colorado Springs, the Pike National Forest is one of the busiest forests in the region, boasting an annual visitation average of nearly 2.5 million people. The South Platte Ranger District is responsible for 450,000 acres of the Pike National Forest, covering the entirety of southern Jefferson County, western Park County, and western Douglas County. Two other Ranger Districts manage the forest, Pikes Peak to the south, covering the portions of the forest in Teller and El Paso Counties, and the South Park Ranger District, covering the remaining portions of the forest which ring Park County. The Pike National Forest is managed jointly with the San Isabel National Forest and the Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands.
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Radio Frequencies
The Pike National Forest is managed jointly with the San Isabel National Forest and the Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands. Unlike the unified Arapahoe, Roosevelt, Pawnee radio system to the north, geographic disparities keep the operations of the PSICC radio systems separate, with each management unit operating their own net.
- Information for the San Isabel National Forest Radio Network can be found here: San Isabel National Forest
- Information for the Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands Radio Network can be found here: Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands
Dispatching and resource tracking on the Pike National Forest is handled by the Pueblo Interagency Dispatch Center.
- WildCAD CO-PBC Local Incident and Resource Status Tracking
- Federal Dispatch Boundary Maps for Colorado
- Pike, San Isabel, Comanche, and Cimmarron Response Area Maps
Pike National Forest Repeater Network (Pike Net)
- Frequencies changed in July 2016 to comply with NITA directive to move repeater outputs to frequencies between 169.5125 and 173.9875.
- "Tone #" refers to the National Standard Tone Numbering System used by the USFS, BLM, and other land management agencies and is only applicable to TX tones.
CH | TONE # | RX FREQ | RX TONE | TX FREQ | TX TONE | Description | Ranger District | County | Confirmation |
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Local/Direct | 1 | 171.1375 | 110.9 | 171.1375 | 110.9 | Forest-wide Simplex/Direct | (All) | (All) | 2021.09 |
North Twin Cone | 2 | 171.1375 | 110.9 | 164.9875 | 123.0 | North Twin Cone Peak Repeater | S Platte / S Park | Park | |
Russell Ridge | 3 | 171.1375 | 110.9 | 164.9875 | 131.8 | Russell Ridge (Indian Creek) Repeater | S Platte | Jefferson | 2022.05 |
Mount Evans | 4 | 171.1375 | 110.9 | 164.9875 | 136.5 | Mount Evans Repeater | S Platte | Clear Creek | 2022.06 |
Longwater Gulch | 5 | 171.1375 | 110.9 | 164.9875 | 146.2 | Longwater Gulch (Green Mountain) Repeater | S Platte / S Park / Pikes Peak | Douglas | 2021.08 |
Devils Head | 6 | 171.1375 | 110.9 | 164.9875 | 156.7 | Devil's Head Repeater | S Platte | Douglas | 2022.06 |
Almagre | 7 | 171.1375 | 110.9 | 164.9875 | 167.9 | Almagre Mountain Repeater | Pikes Peak | Teller | 2022.06 |
Stanley | 8 | 171.1375 | 110.9 | 164.9875 | 103.5 | Stanley Canyon Repeater | Pikes Peak | El Paso | |
Cheyenne Creek | 9 | 171.1375 | 110.9 | 164.9875 | 100.0 | Cheyenne Creek (Mount Rosa) Repeater | Pikes Peak | El Paso | |
Lake George | 10 | 171.1375 | 110.9 | 164.9875 | 107.2 | Lake George Repeater | S Park | Park | 2021.09 |
Topaz Mountain | 11 | 171.1375 | 110.9 | 164.9875 | 114.8 | Topaz Mountain Repeater | S Platte / S Park | Park | |
Dicks Peak | 12 | 171.1375 | 110.9 | 164.9875 | 127.3 | Dicks Peak Repeater | S Park | Park | |
Sheep Ridge | 13 | 171.1375 | 110.9 | 164.9875 | 141.3 | Sheep Ridge (Sacramento Gulch) Repeater | S Park | Park | |
Mount Bailey | 14 | 171.1375 | 110.9 | 164.9875 | 151.4 | Mount Bailey Repeater | S Platte / S Park | Park | 2022.01 |
Badger | 15 | 171.1375 | 110.9 | 164.9875 | 162.2 | Badger Mountain Repeater | S Park | Park | 2022.06 (Now online) |
16 | 171.1375 | 110.9 | 164.9875 | 192.8 | Portable Repeater | (Incident specific) | (Incident specific) | ||
(UHF Link) | 406.3250 | (Varies) | 415.3250 | (Varies) | UHF Remote Link to Pike Repeater Net (Tones vary depending upon repeater selected) |
Intra-Crew, Work, & Tactical Frequencies
- Pike NF has no (known) exclusive frequency assignments for either work or tactical use. All of Pike's work and tactical channels are shared use, either within the USFS or across the entire Federal Government. Beware that communications from other Federal agencies or forest units may be received on any/all of these frequencies depending on your location, as their use is not specific to Pike NF.
- Work Channels/frequencies are generally restricted to low power use in handhelds for the purpose of intra-crew communications. These frequencies are part of a shared NTIA Itinerant/Common Use pool (see: Federal Government Itinerant) and not reserved for use by any one specific user/agency.
- The three known Pike Tactical channels are shared use within USFS as nationwide NIFC Tacs and not specifically assigned to Pike NF. See National Incident Radio Support Cache for additional.
- On extended attack incidents, frequencies from the National Incident Radio Support Cache pool are likely to be assigned.
- Local/initial attack incidents may be assigned frequencies from the VHF portion of the NIFOG Interoperability pool (see: Common Public Safety#VHF High Band) to allow for direct coordination with local resources.
CH | RX FREQ | RX TONE | TX FREQ | TX TONE | Description | Notes | Confirmation |
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Pike TAC 1 | 168.050 | CSQ | 168.050 | CSQ | Pike Local/Initial Attack TAC 1 | NIFC TAC 1. National Interagency Fire Tactical for mobile/handheld simplex use. In common use nationwide on Type I and II incidents. Not exclusively assigned to Pike NF. Has been referred to as "Group 5 Tac 1." | 2022.06 (In use on Gove Creek incident.) |
Pike TAC 2 | 168.200 | 168.200 | Pike Local/Initial Attack TAC 2 | NIFC TAC 2. National Interagency Fire Tactical for mobile/handheld simplex use. In common use nationwide on Type I and II incidents. Not exclusively assigned to Pike NF. Has been referred to as "Group 5 Tac 2." | 2022.06 (In use on Gove Creek incident.) | ||
Pike TAC 3 | 168.600 | 168.600 | Pike Local/Initial Attack TAC 3 | NIFC TAC 3. National Interagency Fire Tactical for mobile/handheld simplex use. In common use nationwide on Type I and II incidents. Not exclusively assigned to Pike NF. Has been referred to as "Group 5 Tac 3." | |||
"Pike Work" | 163.7125 | 163.7125 | 192.8 | Pike Intra-Crew/Work Ch 1 | Gov't Common 1, handheld use only. National Travel Net, IHC, and Intra-Crew frequency. Tone 192.8 has been used in the past by Pike NF on this freq. | 2021.09 - Heard "REC" units performing trail work on Rampart Range Rd. Unknown if PL was used. | |
168.6125 | 168.6125 | Pike Intra-Crew/Work Ch 2 | Gov't Common 3, handheld use only. Secondary IHC and Intra-Crew frequency. | ||||
"Gov Work" | 168.350 | 168.350 | "Government Work" Inter-agency Work Ch | Gov't Common/Nationwide Itinerant. Old National Travel Net and R-2 TAC. In common use by BLM as a Local Work Channel. | |||
163.100 | 163.100 | General Use Work/TAC Ch | Gov't Common/Nationwide Itinerant. Old National Logistics Channel. Can be used as an input to 168.350 on portable repeaters. In common use by many Federal agencies as a travel channel. |
Law Enforcement
- The Pueblo Interagency Dispatch Center (Pueblo Dispatch) does not handle any LE dispatching functions. USFS LEO's in Colorado generally use either the State (CSP) communications center, or the local County Sheriff's dispatch center which covers the area they are working in for dispatch.
- USFS LEO's working in the Rampart Range area of the South Platte Ranger District appear to be using DCSO for dispatch.
CH | RX FREQ | RX TONE | TX FREQ | TX TONE | Description | Notes | Confirmation |
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"Devil's Head LEO" | 172.5125 | 110.9 | Unknown | Devil's Head Law Enforcement Repeater | Very informal car-to-car/tac use among LE units working in the Rampart Range Recreation Area. Does not appear to be monitored by Pueblo Dispatch. DCSO and CPW have also been heard using the repeater to coordinate with USFS LEO's. Appears to be a standalone repeater, but there may be others. | 2022.05 | |
"FS Law" | 168.025 | CSQ | 168.025 | CSQ | USFS Nationwide Law Enforcement Simplex Common | Used occasionally for car-to-car comms between LE units on Pike NF. Often used by units when traveling on area highways. | 2022.06 |
In addition to the conventional VHF frequencies shown above, the USFS has been assigned a handful of talkgroups on the State of Colorado DTRS. "USFS SE" has been used in the past by Pike NF LE units for car-to-car traffic, although traffic is more common on the VHF frequencies. Capturing traffic on these talkgroups is extremely difficult, due to the low saturation of USFS units with DTRS radios affiliating to the system.
Name | TGID | Description | Notes |
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USFS STW | 1230 | US Forest Service Statewide | Statewide common/travel channel for USFS units in Colorado. |
USFS NE | 1231 | US Forest Service Northeast Operations | Reserved for Arapaho, Roosevelt, and Pawnee operations. |
USFS SE | 1232 | US Forest Service Southeast Operations | Reserved for Pike, San Isabel, and Cimmaron/Comanche operations. Has been referred to on-air as "Southeast." |
USFS NW | 8375 | US Forest Service Northwest Operations | Reserved for Routt, White River, and Grand Mesa operations. |
USFS SW | 8376 | US Forest Service Southwest Operations | Reserved for Uncompahgre, Gunnison, Rio Grande, and San Juan operations. |
Air Operations
- Additional information available here: National Incident Radio Support Cache #Air VHF FM ("Foxtrot Mike") Frequencies
- The VHF High Band NIFOG frequencies are often used to coordinate air operations with local agencies. V-FIRE21 in particular is often used for Air-Ground operations with local fire departments in the front range. Please see Common Public Safety#VHF High Band for more information.
CH | RX FREQ | RX TONE | TX FREQ | TX TONE | Description | Notes | Confirmation |
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"National" | 168.650 | 110.9 | 168.650 | 110.9 | National Flight Following | Nationwide Flight Following Frequency. Appears in many radios as "NTL FLTF." Generally referred to on air as "National." Previously known as "Airnet." | 2022.06 (in use daily with both PBC and FTC dispatch) |
"Air Guard" | 168.625 | 110.9 | 168.625 | 110.9 | National Air Emergency | Nationwide Aircraft Emergency Frequency. Continuous monitoring of this frequency is required of all tactical aircraft and dispatch offices. Reserved for emergency air-to-air or air-to-ground communications, but may be used for initial contact if no other frequencies are available. Often appears as Channel 14 or 16 in portable radios (whichever is the last channel in the radio) to allow crews to quickly switch to it. | 2021.12 (Used briefly as a contact frequency during the Oak Fire.) |
"Air-Ground 35" | 167.225 | CSQ | 167.225 | CSQ | Colorado Zone 07 Primary Air-Ground | Primary Air-Ground frequency for Pueblo Dispatch Zone (Colorado Initial Attack Zone 07). National Air-Ground System Channel 35. Has been seen programmed as "CO07AG35" or "A/G 35" in some radios. | 2022.06 (In use on Gove Creek incident.) |
"Air-Ground 10" | 166.9375 | CSQ | 166.9375 | CSQ | Colorado Zone 07 Secondary Air-Ground | Secondary Air-Ground frequency for Pueblo Dispatch Zone (Colorado Initial Attack Zone 07). National Air-Ground System Channel 10. Has been seen programmed as "CO07AG10" or "A/G 10" in some radios. | 2022.05 (In use during operations on High Peak Fire.) |
"Victor 121.075" | 121.075 | AM | 121.075 | AM | Colorado Zone 07 Air-Air 1 | Primary Air-Air frequency for Pueblo Dispatch Zone (Colorado Initial Attack Zone 07). | 2022.05 (In use during operations on the High Peak Fire.) |
119.575 | AM | 119.575 | AM | Colorado Zone 07 Air-Air 2 | Secondary Air-Air frequency for Pueblo Dispatch Zone (Colorado Initial Attack Zone 07). Authorized for use during 2020 season, unknown if still in use. | ||
126.350 | AM | 126.350 | AM | Colorado Zone 07 Air-Air 3 | Tertiary Air-Ground frequency for Pueblo Dispatch Zone (Colorado Initial Attack Zone 07). Authorized for use during 2020 season, unknown if still in use. | ||
(UHF Link) | 408.9875 | 136.5 | 417.9875 | 110.9 | UHF Remote Link to National Flight Following (168.650) |