US Forest Service - Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest (NV)

US Forest Service

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, NV

Humboldt/Toiyabe National Forest

Forest Supervisor's Office and Ranger Districts:

 0 Forest Supervisor's Office in Sparks, Nevada
 1 Carson
 2 Bridgeport
 3 Austin
 4 Tonopah
 5 Spring Mountain National Recreation Area (Las Vegas)
 6 Mountain City
 7 Ruby Mountains 
 8 Jarbidge
 9 Ely
10 Santa Rosa (Winnemucca)

Note: The Austin and Tonopah Ranger Districts are administered as one ranger district
with offices in both towns. The Mountain City, Ruby Mountains and Jarbidge Ranger 
Districts are administered as a single ranger district with offices in Elko and Wells. 

Unit designators or ID's for personnel on the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest use a 4 number format. The first number is always a "7." The Toiyabe National Forest is #17 in the Intermountain Region (R4) of the U.S. Forest Service. A number to distinguish the forest from the 6 BLM districts was needed since the BLM and the Forest Service share use 5 interagency dispatch centers across the state. The 2nd number designates the Supervisor's Office or one of the 10 ranger districts. The 3rd number designates the function, with "1" for the Forest Supervisor's or District Ranger's primary staff, "2" for recreation units, "4" for resource units [range (grazing), timber, wildlife, watershed, soils], "7" for special uses and "8" for minerals management. The 4th or last digit signifies the person's rank in the function. Examples "7000" is the Forest Supervisor, "7100" is the District Ranger on the Carson Ranger District. "7212" is the primary staff officer or manager for the district ranger for recreation on the Bridgeport Ranger District. "7220" is the recreation field supervisor or assistant recreation manager on the Bridgeport District.

Fire management follows the national fire designator system. Chief 1 is the forest fire management officer (FMO) and Chief 2 being the assistant FMO. Division 3 would be the Austin Ranger District FMO. Battalion 21 would be the assistant FMO on the Bridgeport Ranger District. Engines ID as the Type #, ranger district and apparatus number on a particular ranger district. Example Engine 451 would be a Type 4 engine on the Spring Mountain NRA assigned to the Kyle Station. Patrols are all so called "wet patrols" with small capacity tank (usually 50-100 gallons) and pump units which qualify as Type 7 engines. Example, Patrol 722 is assigned to the south side of the Bridgeport Ranger District and Patrol 711 being assigned to the Carson Ranger District's Galena Station.

Dispatch is provided by 5 BLM, USFS, NDF interagency dispatch centers. The Sierra Front Interagency Dispatch Center ("Minden") provides services for the Carson and Bridgeport Ranger Districts. The Central Nevada Interagency Dispatch Center ("Winnemucca") provides services for the Austin, Tonopah and Santa Rosa Ranger Districts. The Las Vegas Interagency Communications Center (Las Vegas) provides services for the Spring Mountain NRA. The Elko Interagency Dispatch Center ("Elko") provides services for the Mountain City, Jarbidge and Ruby Mountain Ranger District. Finally the Ely Interagency Communications Center ("Ely") provides services for the Ely Ranger District.

Channels

Rx Freq	Tx Freq	Net	Confirmation/Re-Confirmation
173.7750	165.7500	Carson City RD and Austin/Tonopah RD Repeater Nets
172.2750	164.5000	Markleeville Lightning (Leviathan Pk. only)* and Spring Mtn. NRA Repeater Nets
170.5250	164.1875	Bridgeport RD and Santa Rosa RD Nets
169.9000	164.1375	Mountain City RD, Ruby Mtns. RD, Jarbidge RD, Ely RD Repeater Nets

• Used as an alternate command/dispatch net during multiple lightning starts

and extended attack on large fires in the Markleeville area.

Repeaters (Forest-wide including those in California and Nevada)

Carson Ranger District Net - District 1

Tone 1 110.9 Slide Mtn. (On Tahoe Rim south of Mt. Rose Highway)
Tone 2 123.0 Peavine (Low mountain northwest of Reno)
Tone 3 131.8 Hawkins (Upper west fork of the Carson River)
Tone 4 136.5 Rawe (In the Pinenuts)
Tone 5 146.2 Job's (Just south of Heavenly Ski Area)
Tone 9 100.0 McClellan (Northeast of Carson City)

Markleeville Lightning Net

Tone 8 Leviathan (Next to Highway 89 near Mono County line)

Bridgeport Ranger District - District 2

Tone 1 110.9 Sweetwater Electronic Site (near U.S. 395 - Highway 108 junction)
Tone 2 123.0 Masonic (northeast of Bridgeport)
Tone 5 146.2 Lobdell (Pinegrove Electronic Site)
Tone 6 156.7 Mean Peak (north of the Mountain Warfare Training Center)
Tone 7 167.9 Corey Peak Electronic Site (west of Hawthorne 

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Related Links

• National Incident Radio Support Cache - These frequencies are also used for active fire operations.

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