US Forest Service - Cleveland National Forest (CA)
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Cleveland National Forest (CNF - Forest #02) "Cleveland" KME 2-3
The Cleveland National Forest is the southern-most National Forest in California. Consisting of 460,000 acres, the forest offers a wide variety of terrains and recreational opportunities. On July 1st, 1908 President Theodore Roosevelt signed a declaration that created this National Forest. Now, more than 100 years later, the Cleveland National Forest provides habitat for native wildlife, as well as a natural refuge and playground for many of the 3 million plus residents in the greater San Diego area. This forest consists of mostly of chaparral, with a few riparian areas. A warm dry Mediterranean climate prevails over the Forest. A major issue on the forest is illegal immigration in the form of abandoned campfires, trash, user built trails and visitor safety. The forest has a special hand crew (non fire) whose sole purpose is the clean up the mess left behind by illegal immigrates.
The Cleveland has the smallest area of conifer (needled trees) forest (93,000 acres) of any National Forest in California and the old growth portion of it is only 3,856 acres, almost all of it Jeffrey Pine (Pinus jeffreyi).
The forest is divided into the Trabuco (District 2 - Corona), Palomar (District 3 - Ramona) and Descanso (District 4 - Alpine) Ranger Districts with the Forest Supervisor's Office in Rancho Bernardo. Supervisor's Office personnel use #1 in their designators. The San Diego National Wildlife Refuge is occasionally heard on Cleveland NF nets and personnel use 8300 series numbers for personnel/apparatus designators.
Trabuco District #2 | Palomar District #3 | Descanso District #4 |
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Station 21-Corona District Office | Station 31-Oak Grove | Station 41-Descanso District Office |
Station 22-Temescal | Station 32- Lake Henshaw | Station 42- Mt. Laguna |
Station 23-El Cariso | Station 33- Pine Hill | Station 43-Cameron |
Station 24-Bear Creek | Station 34-Palomar | Station 44-Cottonwood |
Station 25-San Juan | Station 35-San Vicente | Station 45-Glencliff |
Station 26-Trabuco | Station 36-Mt. Palomar | Station 46- Japatul Valley |
Station 27-Silverado | Station 39-Goose Valley | |
Station 28-Case Springs |
RADIO SYSTEM
This forest has a forest net and admin net. There are are no direct, or simplex, channels for these 2 nets. The Cleveland does not have the Service Net programmed in its core radio group as shown here, but is using 172.4000 as the service net repeater output and 164.1250 as the input. The number and location of remote bases is not known, but it would be safe to assume that there is one for each ranger district. There are 12 repeater sites on the forest, with Forest Net repeaters on all 12 and Admin Net on 9. The number of Service Net repeaters and their location is not known. There is one tone dedicated to the operation of a portable repeater that is capable of operating on all three nets. The input or repeater selection tone is not transmitted on the repeater output frequency, rather all repeaters transmit Tone 8 (103.5) on the output.
Other
The unit identifiers follow the function name, district, position number system. Employees assigned to the Forest Supervisor's Office have identifiers beginning with the number 1. The Cleveland National Forest Emergency Communications Center is co-located with Cal Fire's Monte Vista Interagency Communications Center. The ECC also dispatches for the USMC Camp Pendleton (fire function only), the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge Complex, the Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge and the Viejas and Sycuan Indian Reservations. The wildlife refuge units have a four number ID system that starts with "83." For engines the 3rd number is the engine type. The ECC is a 24 hour operation and identifies as "Monte Vista."
Channel Plan
Channel | Tone(s) | Rx | Tx | Alpha Tag | Description |
1 | 1-12 | 171.4250 | 164.8000 | CNF1 Forest | Forest Repeater Net |
2 | All excp. 1,6,8 | 171.1375 | 164.5000 | CNF2 Admin | Admin Repeater Net |
3 | 168.2000 | 168.2000 | CNF 3 NIFC T2 | NIFC Tactical 2 | |
4 | 166.5500 | 166.5500 | CNF4 R5 T4 | R5 Tactical 4 Palomar Ranger District Initial Attack | |
5 | 167.1125 | 167.1125 | CNF5 R5 T5 | R5 Tactical 5 Trabuco Ranger District Initial Attack | |
6 | 168.2375 | 168.2375 | CNF6 R5 T6 | R5 Tactical 6 Descanso Ranger District Initial Attack | |
7 | 151.1900 | 159.2250 | CNF7 CF MVU1 | Cal Fire MVU Local 1 (Note: Tone 3 - 131.8 Rx Side) | |
8 | 151.3325 | 159.2775 | CNF8 CF MVU2 | Cal Fire MVU Local 2 (Note: Tone 3 - 131.8 Rx Side) | |
9 | 151.3550 | 159.3300 | CNF9 CF C1 | Cal Fire Command 1 (Note: Tone 8 - 103.5 Rx Side) | |
10 | 151.2650 | 159.3300 | CNF10 CF C2 | Cal Fire Command 2 (Note: Tone 8 - 103.5 Rx Side) | |
11 | 151.3400 | 159.3450 | CNF11 CF C3 | Cal Fire Command 3 (Note: Tone 8 - 103.5 Tx/Rx Side) | |
12 | 151.2500 | 151.2500 | CNF12 CF T5 | Cal Fire Tactical 5 (Note: Tone 16 - 192.8 Tx/Rx Side) | |
13 | 151.3700 | 151.3700 | CNF13 CF T8 | Cal Fire Tactical 8 (Note: Tone 16 - 192.8 Tx/Rx Side) | |
14 | 159.2625 | 159.2625 | CNF14 CF A/G 2 | Cal Fire Air to Ground 2 (Note: Tone 16 - 192.8 Tx/Rx Side) | |
15 | 169.1125 | 169.1125 | CNF15 A/G 59(P) | National Air-Ground 59 - CA Zone 4 Primary |
Channel 16 is not listed on 2021 official documents.
Tones
Tone | Location | CTCSS Tone |
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1 | Sierra | 110.9 |
2 | Santiago Peak | 123.0 |
3 | Elsinore | 131.8 |
4 | High Point | 136.5 |
5 | Cuyumaca | 146.2 |
6 | Ortega | 156.7 |
7 | Los Pinos | 167.9 |
8 | Boucher | 103.5 |
9 | Lyons Peak | 100.0 |
10 | Portable Repeater | 107.2 |
11 | Black Mtn. | 114.8 |
12 | Sitton Peak | 127.3 |
13 | Camp Pendleton | 141.3 |
All repeaters transmit Tone 8 - 103.5 on the output frequency.
Related Links
- National Incident Radio Support Cache - These frequencies are used for large incidents, usually when a Type I or Type II Incident Management Team is assigned. This cache is used for fires, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, visits of high ranking officials, such the U.S. President and the presidents of other countries, large law enforcement incidents, special events and other incidents where the federal government is utilizing the Incident Command System.
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US Forests in California: | |||||
Angeles | Inyo | Lassen | Modoc | Sequoia | Six Rivers |
Cleveland | Klamath | Los Padres | Plumas | Shasta-Trinity | Stanislaus |
Eldorado | Lake Tahoe BMU | Mendocino | San Bernardino | Sierra | Tahoe |