Federal/Non-Federal Interoperability

NTIA Federal/Non-Federal Law Enforcement Interoperability

NTIA Federal/Non-Federal Law Enforcement Interoperability

Frequency	Input	Type	Tone	Channel	Description	Mode
167.0875		BM	CSQ RX/167.9 TX	LE A	Calling	FMN
167.0875	162.0875	R	CSQ RX/167.9 TX	LE 1	Tactical	FMN
167.2500	162.2625	R	NAC 68F	LE 2	Tactical	P25
167.7500	162.8375	R	NAC 68F	LE 3	Tactical	P25
168.1125	163.2875	R	NAC 68F	LE 4	Tactical	P25
168.4625	163.4250	R	NAC 68F	LE 5	Tactical	P25
167.2500		BM	NAC 68F	LE 6	Direct for LE 2	P25
167.7500		BM	NAC 68F	LE 7	Direct for LE 3	P25
168.1125		BM	NAC 68F	LE 8	Direct for LE 4	P25
168.4625		BM	NAC 68F	LE 9	Direct for LE 5	P25
414.0375		BM	CSQ RX/167.9 TX	LE B	Calling	FMN
409.9875	418.9875	R	CSQ RX/167.9 TX	LE 10	Tactical	FMN
410.1875	419.1875	R	NAC 68F	LE 11	Tactical	P25
410.6125	419.6125	R	NAC 68F	LE 12	Tactical	P25
414.0625		BM	NAC 68F	LE 13	Tactical	P25
414.3125		BM	NAC 68F	LE 14	Tactical	P25
414.3375		BM	NAC 68F	LE 15	Tactical	P25
409.9875		BM	CSQ RX/167.9 TX	LE 16	Direct for LE 10	FMN
410.1875		BM	NAC 68F	LE 17	Direct for LE 11	P25
410.6125		BM	NAC 68F	LE 18	Direct for LE 12	P25

NTIA Federal/Non-Federal Incident Response

NTIA Federal/Non-Federal Incident Response

Frequency	Input	Type	Tone	Channel	Description	Mode
169.5375	164.7125	R	CSQ RX/167.9 TX	NC 1CALL	Incident Calling	FMN
170.0125	165.2500	R	CSQ RX/167.9 TX	IR 1	Incident Command 1	FMN
170.4125	165.9625	R	CSQ RX/167.9 TX	IR 2	Medical Evacuation Control	FMN
170.6875	166.5750	R	CSQ RX/167.9 TX	IR 3	Logistics Control	FMN
173.0375	167.3250	R	CSQ RX/167.9 TX	IR 4	Interagency Convoy	FMN
169.5375		BM	CSQ RX/167.9 TX	IR 5	Direct for NC 1CALL	FMN
170.0125		BM	CSQ RX/167.9 TX	IR 6	Direct for IR 1	FMN
170.4125		BM	CSQ RX/167.9 TX	IR 7	Direct for IR 2	FMN
170.6875		BM	CSQ RX/167.9 TX	IR 8	Direct for IR 3	FMN
173.0375		BM	CSQ RX/167.9 TX	IR 9	Direct for IR 4	FMN
410.2375	419.2375	R	CSQ RX/167.9 TX	NC 2CALL	Incident Calling	FMN
410.4375	419.4375	R	CSQ RX/167.9 TX	IR 10	Ad hoc assignment	FMN
410.6375	419.6375	R	CSQ RX/167.9 TX	IR 11	Ad hoc assignment	FMN
410.8375	419.8375	R	CSQ RX/167.9 TX	IR 12	SAR Incident Command	FMN
413.1875		BM	CSQ RX/167.9 TX	IR 13	Ad hoc assignment	FMN
413.2125		BM	CSQ RX/167.9 TX	IR 14	Interagency Convoy	FMN
410.2375		BM	CSQ RX/167.9 TX	IR 15	Direct for NC 2CALL	FMN
410.4375		BM	CSQ RX/167.9 TX	IR 16	Direct for IR 10	FMN
410.6375		BM	CSQ RX/167.9 TX	IR 17	Direct for IR 11	FMN
410.8375		BM	CSQ RX/167.9 TX	IR 18	Direct for IR 12	FMN

DOJ High-Risk Metropolitan Areas Interoperability Assistance Project

Provides 25 cities with interoperable capabilities between local, state and federal agencies during emergency response.

The following cities are participating in this project. Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Charlotte, NC, Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, Detroit, Honolulu, Houston, Jacksonville, FL, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, New York, Norfolk, VA, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland, OR, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, St. Louis, Tampa, FL, Washington, DC.

Also see the U.S. Dept. of Justice: Integrated Wireless Network (IWN) article for additional DOJ information.

• 171.4375 appears to be a commonly used frequency.
• 167.9 appears to be a commonly used CTCSS tone in FMN mode.
• $653 appears to be a commonly used NAC in P25 mode.

Baltimore, MD Area

Frequency	Input	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
170.66250		RM	653 NAC	Balt Fed I-O	Baltimore Federal Interoperability	P25	Federal
167.75000	162.83750	RM	68F NAC	BaltFedIOLE3	Baltimore Fed Interop Law 3	P25	Federal

Boston, MA Area

Frequency	Input	Type	Tone	Description	Mode
158.9100	154.8600	R	612 DPL	Boston PD Federal Interop	FM
167.4375	?	R	167 NAC	Boston Area Federal Interop (Patched to UHF BAPERN Network)	FMN

Chicago, IL Area

Frequency	Input	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
168.88750	163.70000	RM	653 NAC	DOJ Chi Tac N	Tactical - North (Palatine) [CG-TAC-N]	P25	Interop
170.81250	163.65000	RM	653 NAC	DOJ Chi Com N	Command - North (Palatine) [CG-COM-N]	P25	Interop
171.68750	163.65000	RM	653 NAC	DOJ Chi Com C	Command - Central (Chicago) [CG-COM-C]	P25	Interop
172.21250	163.70000	RM	653 NAC	DOJ Chi Tac C	Tactical - Central (Chicago) [CG-TAC-C]	P25	Interop
171.48750		BM	653 NAC	DOJ Ops-A	Operations	P25	Interop
168.91250	163.70000	RM	653 NAC	DOJ Chi Tac S	Tactical - South (Joliet) [CG-TAC-S]	P25	Interop
171.43750	163.65000	RM	653 NAC	DOJ Chi Com S	Command - South (Joliet) [CG-COM-S]	P25	Interop

Dallas/Fort Worth, TX Area

Frequency	Input	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
170.72500	162.90000	RM	653 NAC	Fed I/O DFW-East	East	P25	Federal
171.43750	162.97500	RM	653 NAC	Fed I/O DFW-West	West	P25	Federal

Houston, TX Area

Frequency	Input	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
170.72500	162.90000	RM	653 NAC	FedIntHouCmd	Houston Command (FBI Ch. L1)	P25	Federal
171.43750	162.97500	RM	653 NAC	FedIntHouPch	Houston Patch (FBI Ch. L2)	P25	Federal
167.75000	162.83750	RM	68F NAC	NTIA LE 3/7	NTIA Law Enforcement 3/7	P25	Federal
166.46250		M	CSQ	Fed Common A	Federal Common	FMN	Federal
167.08750		BM	167.9 PL	NTIA LE A	NTIA Law Enforcement A (Analog)	FMN	Federal
170.41250		M	167.9 PL	NTIA IR 7	NTIA Incident Response 7	FMN	Federal
170.68750		M	167.9 PL	NTIA IR 8	NTIA Incident Response 8	FMN	Federal
166.46250		M	001 NAC	Fed Common D	Federal Common (FBI Ch. D3?)	P25	Federal
167.25000		M	68F NAC	NTIA LE 6	NTIA Law Enforcement 6	P25	Federal
167.08750		M	68F NAC	NTIA LE A D	NTIA Law Enforcement A (Digital)	P25	Federal
173.03750		M	167.9 PL	NTIA IR 9	NTIA Incident Response 9 Interagency Convoy	FMN	Federal
168.46250	163.42500	RM	68F NAC	NTIA LE 5/9	NTIA Law Enforcement 5/9	P25	Federal
168.11250		M	68F NAC	NTIA LE 8	NTIA Law Enforcement 8	P25	Federal

New York City

Frequency	Input	Type	Tone	Description	Mode
167.7875	164.7375	R	653 NAC	NYC FIO 1	P25
171.1750	162.2875	R	653 NAC	NYC FIO 2	P25

Philadelphia, PA Area

Frequency	Input	Type	Tone	Description	Mode
171.4375	164.9625	R	653 NAC	FIO Channel	P25

Washington, DC Area

Frequency	Input	Type	Tone	Description	Mode
159.1500	155.2500	R	653 NAC	DCIO 1	P25
168.8750	162.9750	R	653 NAC	DCIO 2	P25
173.7500	163.5000	R	653 NAC	DCIO 2-North	P25
166.7875	162.9750	R	653 NAC	DCIO 2-West	P25
168.0875	162.9750	R	653 NAC	DCIO 2-South	P25

Non-Federal Public Safety Interoperability

Common Public Safety

National Incident Radio Support Cache

National Incident Radio Support Cache

References

• NTIA Manual Chapter 4 Section 4.3.16 (Page 4-205)
• USDHS National Interoperability Field Operations Guide (NIFOG) v 1.4
• APCO/NPSTC ANS 1.104.1-2010 Standard Channel Nomenclature for the Public Safety Interoperability Channels