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== '''Los Padres National Forest (LPF - Forest #07) KME 2-1''' ==
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The Los Padres ("the Fathers") National Forest encompasses approximately 1.762,400 acres of central California's scenic Coast and Transverse Ranges. The forest stretches across almost 220 miles from north to south and is divided between two noncontiguous areas. The northern portion, on the Monterey Ranger District, includes the beautiful Big Sur Coast and scenic interior areas. It contains the Ventana Wilderness, a home to the California Condor. The southern portion of the forest contains several mountain ranges including the Santa Lucia Mountains, La Panza Range, Caliente Range (a small part), Sierra Madre Mountains, San Rafael Mountains, Santa Ynez Mountains, and Topatopa Mountains; the highest parts of the forest are not within named mountain ranges, but are adjacent to the western San Emigdio Mountains and include Mount Pinos, Cerro Noroeste, and Reyes Peak. The forest is also adjacent to the Angeles National Forest and is nearby Carrizo Plain National Monument, on the western edge of the San Joaquin Valley and managed by the Bureau of Land Management.  The Los Padres holds the distinction of being the only National Forest whose boundary reaches an ocean.  Many rivers in southern and central California have their points of origin within the Los Padres National Forest, including the Carmel, Salinas, Cuyama, Sisquoc, Santa Ynez, Sespe, Ventura, and Piru.  These rivers supply a substantial portion of the water needs of several downstream communities.  There are 10 wilderness areas on the Los Padres covering 48% of the forest.  The Los Padres serves an enormous population base including the San Francisco Bay Area, the greater Los Angeles Metropolitan area, the southern San Joaquin Valley and the many communities along the south and central coast. The Forest provides the scenic backdrop for many communities and plays a significant role in the quality of life in this area. 
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The Los Padres National Forest is a key area that is essential in the recovery efforts for the endangered California condor.  The Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge, a 2,471-acre refuge was established in 1974, is surrounded by the Los Padres.  The Forest manages two condor sanctuaries, the 1200-acre Sisquoc Condor Sanctuary in the San Rafael Wilderness and the 53,000-acre Sespe Condor Sanctuary, north of the Hopper Mountain refuge..To protect the condor these sanctuaries are closed to the public
 
 
 
There is a considerable risk of wildfire in Los Padres National Forest resulting from a combination of weather, vegetation, terrain and human use. Intense wildfires, fed by accumulation of dead vegetation, cause substantial resource damage and are difficult and expensive to suppress. Wildfire burned over 2.3 million acres in Los Padres National Forest since 1912, for a historic average of 25,000 acres per year. Most wildfires in the forest are human-caused, the balance are lightning-caused. The average annual wildfire occurrence has increased steadily over the last 60 years. This increase is attributed to urban encroachment, expanded recreational use of the forest, and old-age chaparral. Chaparral accounts for over 95 percent of the acres burned annually by wildfire.
 
 
 
The forest is divided into five ranger districts, Monterey (District 1), Santa Lucia Ranger (District 3), Santa Barbara (District 4), Ojai (District 5) and Mount Pinos (District 7) Ranger Districts, with the Forest Supervisor's Office in Goleta.
 
 
 
'''RADIO SYSTEM'''
 
 
 
The Los Padres National Forest has two repeater nets, Forest Net and Admin.  For tactical communication two frequencies are utilized that are not assigned for tactical purposes anywhere else,  .  The two were frequencies originally assigned to the Los Padres for an admin net.  The Forest gained two tactical frequencies, but was left without an admin net. The Forest is using its assigned Service Net frequency pair as an Admin net.  The Los Padres has provided channels to enable direct or simplex communications on each repeater net.  There are 16 repeaters on the Los Padres, numerous due to the distances involved and ruggedness of the terrain.  One of the repeaters is located offshore on Santa Cruz island, the only repeater of this type in the Forest Service.  There is one remote base, on Santa Ynez peak.  The two Los Padres tactical channels, Channel 3 (170.475 MHz) and Channel 4 (172.350 MHz) can be configured for use in a portable command repeater with (Tone 15 - 162.2).  When units arrive on the scene of an incident they are instructed to switch to Channel 3.  If simultaneous incidents occur in proximity of each other the Communications Center will assign tactical frequencies to each incident, which may involve use of Channel 4.
 
 
 
'''Other'''
 
 
 
The Los Padres Communications Center provides All-Risk Dispatching services to the Los Padres National Forest, the Hopper Mountain and Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuges, the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians, and initial attack and expanded dispatch services for "fire related" incidents occurring on Channel Islands National Park (San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, Anacapa, San Nicholas, and Santa Barbara Islands), Bureau of Reclamation managed reservoirs Lake Casitas and Lake Cachuma, Vandenberg Air Force Base and Fort Hunter Ligget Army Training Base.  This communications center is located in Santa Maria.  Its identifier is "Los Padres."
 
 
 
 
 
'''Channel Plan'''
 
 
 
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|+ style="font-size: larger" | '''Los Padres National Forest Channel Lineup'''
 
|'''Channel '''||'''Tone(s) '''||'''Rx '''||'''Tx '''||'''Alpha Tag '''||'''Description '''
 
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|1||||170.4625||170.4625||LPF1 FrstDir||Los Padres N.F. - Forest Net Direct
 
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|2||1-15||170.4625||164.9125||LPF2 FrstRpt||Los Padres N.F. - Forest Net Repeater
 
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|3||||170.4750||170.4750||LPF3 T3||Los Padres N.F. - Tac 3
 
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|4||||172.3500||172.3500||LPF4 T4||Los Padres N.'F. - Tac 4
 
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|5||||168.2000||168.2000||LPF5 NIFC T2||NIFC Tac 2
 
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|6||||167.4750||167.4750||LPF6 A/G 41 CA03 P||National Air-Ground 41 - CA03 Zone Primary
 
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|7||||171.5500||171.5500||LPF7 ServDir||Los Padres NF - Admin Net Direct
 
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|8||All but 7||171.5500||164.1500||LPF8 ServRpt||Los Padres NF - Admin Net Repeater
 
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'''Tones'''
 
 
 
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|+ style="font-size: larger; font-weight: bold;" |LPF Repeaters
 
!Tone
 
!Location
 
!CTCSS Tone
 
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|1||Frazier||110.9
 
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|2||Sisar Peak||123.0
 
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|3||La Cumbre||131.8
 
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|4||Alder Peak||136.5  Note:  replaces Calandra (Williams Hill) in 2014
 
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|5||Black Mtn.||146.2
 
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|6||Torrey Hill||156.7
 
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|7||Mt. Pinos||167.9  Note:  replaces Mt. Abel (Cerro Noroeste) in 2014
 
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|8||Cone Peak||103.5
 
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|8||Santa Ynez Peak||103.5 (1)
 
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|9||Tassajera Peak||100.0
 
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|10||Chews Ridge||107.2
 
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|11||Plowshare Peak||114.8
 
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|12||Tepusquet Peak||127.3
 
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|13||Anderson Peak||141.3
 
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|14||Figueroa Mtn.||151.4
 
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|15||Piedras Blancas||162.2  Note:  will be placed in service in 2014
 
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|16||Santa Cruz Island||192.8  Note:  will be placed in service in 2014
 
 
 
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(1) This is a remote base and not a repeater.  Use Channels 1 (Forest Net) or 7 (Admin Net), both simplex, and this tone to contact dispatch.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Return to DB page: [http://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?aid=4301 United States Forest Service (CA)]<br/>
 
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[[Category:US Forest Service Frequencies]]
 
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