San Mateo County (CA)

San Mateo County Law Enforcement

The San Mateo County municipal police departments all have their own conventional licensed frequencies in the 480-490Mhz range. The San Mateo County Sheriff’s office had switched to a 480Mhz Motorola Trunk System in the early 2000s.

As of late Summer 2014, San Mateo County has transitioned to a new 700Mhz county-wide consolidated P25 trunking system. The old system was taken offline at the time of the switch.

Radio Callsign Prefixes

• Pacifica Police (36)
• Daly City Police (35)
• Brisbane Police (34)
• Colma Police (33)
• Broadmoor Police (32)
• South San Francisco Police (31)
• San Bruno Police (30)
• Burlingame Police (28)
• Hillsborough Police (27)
• Foster City Police (26)
• San Mateo Police (25)
• Belmont Police (24)
• Redwood City Police (22)
• Atherton Police (21)
• Menlo Park Police (20)
• East Palo Alto Police (18)
• San Mateo County Probation (10)
• San Mateo County Sheriff Taskforce (8)
• San Mateo County Sheriff Patrol (2)
• San Mateo County Sheriff EOD (3)
• San Mateo County Sheriff Taskforce (8)
• BART Police (51)
• San Francisco PD - Airport Division (40)

San Mateo County Law Enforcement MARS (Mutual Aid Radio System)

The San Mateo County Law Enforcement Mutual Aid system consists of 4 dedicated channels with a multitude of repeaters county-wide, including the following channels:

• San Mateo County GREEN (County Wide Mutual Aid)
• San Mateo County NORTH Tactical 1
• San Mateo County CENTRAL/ AUXILIARY Tactical 2
• San Mateo County SOUTH Tactical 3

North Tactical 1 is the mandatory tactical mutual aid channel the North region of the county, with repeater coverage from the San Francisco County – San Mateo County line to Highway 92 in San Mateo. South Tactical 3 is the mandatory tactical mutual aid channel for the Southern region, with coverage from Highway 92 to the Santa Clara County – San Mateo County line. San Mateo County TAC 2 is the mutual aid channel for all territories in Central San Mateo County (Millbrae – Belmont) although it is the auxiliary tactical with the same repeater coverage as the County Green (County Wide Mutual Aid) channel.

The Green channel is the mandatory “channel 3” of all Law Enforcement radios in San Mateo County and consists of repeater coverage that blankets San Mateo County, San Francisco County, Alameda County (bay side), Santa Clara County, and Northern Santa Cruz County. This channel is for the exclusive use of outside agency to San Mateo County Communications (Ex. San Francisco Airport Police, California State Parole Agency, FBI, California Highway Patrol, etc.) during emergency incidents (ex. the 2010 San Bruno Fire which consisted of a response that encompassed 25+ law enforcement agencies) including vehicle pursuits, shootings, disaster operations, cliff rescues, etc. that require a large multi-agency response and communications. Any vehicle pursuit that exits the originating officers jurisdiction automatically switches to the Green per county protocol.

San Mateo County Sheriffs Department

Commencing 3/2008 San Mateo County Sheriff will be providing contract Law Enforcement for the entire 77 mile CalTrain corridor (3 Counties). Replacing Amtrak Police. These "Transit Police" units operate on the San Mateo County trunked system on the Sheriff's Office Channel 2 "PatPri2" Coast side dispatch.

San Mateo County Fire Departments

Communications for all San Mateo County Fire Departments is provided by San Mateo County's Public Safety Communications (PSC)

• Control 1 - [South] - Coastside, County, Menlo, Redwood City, Woodside
• Control 2 - [Cnetral] - Central, Consolidated
• Control 3 - [North] - North County, San Bruno, South San Francisco

• Departments and Battalion Chief designators
• MENLO FIRE DISTRICT [Bat 1]
• WOODSIDE FIRE DISTRICT [Bat 2]
• REDWOOD CITY FIRE [Bat 3]
• CONSOLIDATED FIRE DISTRICT [Bat 5]
• CENTRAL FIRE DISTRICT [Bat 9]
• COASTSIDE FIRE DISTRICT [Bat 10]
• SAN MATEO COUNTY FIRE {Bat 11]
• SAN BRUNO [Bat 16]
• SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO [Bat 17
• NORTH COUNTY FIRE AUTHORITY [Bat 18]
• COLMA FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT [none]

San Mateo County Fire Stations

*STATION -- MAC--DEAPARTMENT--COMMUNITY SERVED

• 1---MLP---MENLO---MENLO PARK
• 2---MLP---MENLO---EAST PALO ALTO
• 3---MLP---MENLO---ATHERTON
• 4---MLP---MENLO---WEST MENLO PARK
• 5---MLP---MENLO---MENLO PARK
• 6---MLP---MENLO---MENLO PARK
• 7---FPD---WOODSIDE---WOODSIDE
• 8---FPD---WOODSIDE---PORTOLA VALLEY
• 9---RWC---REDWOOD CITY---REWOOD CITY
• 10---RWC---REDWOOD CITY---REDWOOD CITY
• 11---RWC---REDWOOD CITY---REDWOOD CITY
• 11---RWC---REDWOOD CITY---REDWOOD CITY
• 13---RWC---REDWOOD CITY---SAN CARLOS
• 13---BFS---CONSOLIDATED---BELMONT
• 15---BFS---CONSOLIDATED---BELMONT
• 16---RWC---REDWOOD CITY---SAN CARLOS
• 17---CFS---COUNTY [CALFIRE]---HIGHLANDS
• 18---CFS---COUNTY [CALFIRE]---CORDILLERAS
• 19---FPD---WOODSIDE---WOODSIDE
• 20---RWC---REWOOD CITY---HARBOR - CSA
• 21---BFS---CONSOLIDATED---SAN MATEO
• 23---BFS---CONSOLIDATED---SAN MATEO
• 24---BFS---CONSOLIDATED---SAN MATEO
• 25---BFS---CONSOLIDATED---SAN MATEO
• 26---BFS---CONSOLIDATED---SAN MATEO
• 27---BFS---CONSOLIDATED---SAN MATEO
• 28---BFS---CONSOLIDATED---FOSTER CITY
• 32---CCFD---CENTRAL---HILLSBOROUGH
• 34---CCFD---CENTRAL---BURLINGAME
• 35---CCFD---CENTRAL---BURLINGAME
• 37---CCFD---CENTRAL---MILBRAE
• 38---CCFD---CENTRAL---MILBRAE
• 40---CFR---COAST SIDE---HALF MOON BAY
• 41---CFR---COAST SIDE---EL GRANADA
• 42---CFR---COAST SIDE---MOSS BEACH
• 51---SBR---SAN BRUNO
• 52---SBR---SAN BRUNO
• 55---CFS---COUNTY [CALFIRE]---LOMA MAR
• 56---VFD---KINGS MOUNTAIN
• 57---VFD---LA HONDA
• 58---CFS---COUNTY [CALFIRE]---SKYLONDA
• 59---CFS---COUNTY [CALFIRE]---PESCADERO
• 61---SSF---SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO
• 62---SSF---SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO
• 63---SSF---SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO
• 64---SSF---SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO
• 65---SSF---SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO
• 66---SSF---SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO
• 71---NFA---NORTH COUNTY---PACIFICA
• 72---NFA---NORTH COUNTY---PACIFICA
• 77---MLP---MENLO---EAST MENLO PARK
• 81---NFA---NORTH COUNTY---BRISBANE
• 85---CLM---COLMA
• 91---NFA---NORTH COUNTY---DALY CITY
• 92---NFA---NORTH COUNTY---DALY CITY
• 93---NFA---NORTH COUNTY---DALY CITY
• 94---NFA---NORTH COUNTY---DALY CITY
• 95---NFA---NORTH COUNTY---DALY CITY

San Mateo County Fire Apparatus

• Central Fire District [Burlingame, Hillsbourough, Milbrae

• CCFD32--Engine 32, Engine 132
• CCFD34--Bat 8, Engine 34, Truck 34 ,Engine 108, Engine 134, Battalion 108 OFFICE USE ONLY
• CCFD38--Engine 38, Engine 138, OES 2608

• Coastside Fire District [Half Moon Bay, La Granada, Moss Beach]
• CFR40--Bat 10, Engine 40, Patrol 40, Rescue 40, Utility 40, Command 40, Engine 140, Command 41
• CFR41--Engine 41, Ladder 41
• CFR44--Engine 44, Engine 144

• Colma Fire District
• CLM85--Engine 85, Engine 86, Truck 85, Breathing Support 86, Engine 285

• Consolidated Fire District [Belmont, Foster City, San Mateo]

• BFS14--Engine 14, HAZMAT14
• BFS15--Engine 15, Engine 115
• BFS21--Engine 21, Truck 21
• BFS23--Bat 5, Engine 23, Truck 23
• BFS24--Engine 24
• BFS25--Engine 25
• BFS26--Engine 26
• BFS27--Engine 27, OES 405, OES 2609, OES 2610
• BFS28--Engine 28, Engine 29, Truck 28, Boat 28

• Kings Mountain Volunteer Fire
• Engine 56, Engine 356, Rescue 56, Water Tender 56

• La Honda Volunteer Fire
• Engine 57, Engine 357, Rescue 57, Water Tender 57, Utility 57

• Menlo Fire District [Atherton, East Palo Alto, Menlo Park, North Fair Oaks]
• MNL1--Bat 1, Engine 1, Truck 104
• MNL2--Engine 2, Truck 2, USAR102
• MNL3--Engine 3
• MNL4--Engine 4, Truck4, Engine 604
• MNL5--Engine 5
• MNL6--Engine 6, Engine 606
• MNL77--Engine 77, AIRBOAT77, Patrol 77

• North County Fire [Brisbane, Daly City, Pacifica]
• NFA71--Battalion 18, Engine 71, Engine 171
• NFA72--Engine 72, Engine 172, Utility 72
• NFA81--Engine 81, Engine 181, U181, Battalion 181
• NFA91--Engine 91, Engine 191
• NFA92--Engine 92, Engine 681
• NFA93--Engine 93, Engine 193, USAR93
• NFA94--Engine 94, Squad 94, OES2119
• NFA95--Engine 95, Truck 95, Rescue 95

• Redwood City [Redwood City, San Carlos]

• RWC9--Bat 9, Engine 9, Truck 9, Truck 109, Squad 409, Breathing Support 9
• RWC10--Engine 10, Engine 110
• RWC11--Engine 11, Boast 11, Utility 11
• RWC12--Engine 12, Engine 512
• RWC13--Engine 13, Engine 113
• RWC16--Engine 16
• RWC20--Engine 20, Boat 20, Engine 120

• San Bruno Fire
• SBR51--Battalion 16, Engine 51, Truck 51, OES2607, ERV52,
• SBR52--Engine 52

• San Mateo County [Cordilleras, Loma Mar, Pescaero, San Mateo Highlands, Skylonda]

• CFS17--Bat 11, Engine 17, Truck 17, Breathing Support 17, UTILITY 17
• CFS18--Engine 18, Engine 318
• CFS55--Engine 55, Engine 655, Utility 55
• CFS58--Engine 58, ERV58, Water Tender 58, Utility 58
• CFS59--Engine 59, Calfire Engine 1764, Engine 659, ERV 59, Utility 59

• South San Francisco
• SSF61--Bat 17, Engine 61, Rescue 61, Utility 61
• SSF62--Quint 62, Boat 62, Quint 862
• SSF63--Engine 63, Rescue 63
• SSF64--Engine 64
• SSF65--Engine 65, USAR165, OES2606
• SSF66--Engine 66

• Woodside Fire
• FPD7--Battalion 2, Engine 7,Squad 407
• FPD8--Engine 8, Rescue 8, Water Tender 8, Engine 108
• FPD19--Engine 19, Truck 19

Fire Tone Outs FTOs

South San Mateo Co QC2 Tone Frequencies (PDF)

Related Wiki Pages

• San Mateo County Project 25 Phase I APCO-25 - Unidentified Talkgroups

External Links

• California Military Department