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(From: US Forest Service - Sequoia National Forest (CA) )

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Sequoia National Forest (SQF - Forest #13) "Porterville" KMB 7-4-0

On July 1, 1908 Theodore Roosevelt established the Sequoia National Forest from a portion of Sierra Forest Reserve by Presidential Proclamation. Because the Sierra Forest at that time was over six million acres, the Sequoia was administered as a separate unit known then as the Sierra South Reserve. In 1910 President Taft cut off the southern half of the Sierra and proclaimed it the Kern National Forest. Five years later President Woodrow Wilson abolished the Kern Forest, drastically reduced its lands and designated what remained the Sequoia National Forest.and now the Forest covers 1,193,315 acres. On April 15, 2000 Bill Clinton, by Presidential Proclamation, created the Giant Sequoia National Monument on two portions of the Sequoia National Forest, totaling 328,000 acres to be administered by the U.S. Forest Service as part of the Forest.

The Sequoia is one of 18 National Forests in California. It takes its name from the giant sequoia, the world's largest tree, which grow in 38 groves on the forest's lower elevation slopes, the greatest concentration of giant sequoia groves in the world.. Protected within the Giant Sequoia National Monument, these groves and the areas around them are managed by the U.S. Forest Service for today and for future generations. The Sequoia's landscape is as spectacular as its trees. Soaring granite monoliths, glacier-carved canyons, roaring whitewater, and more await your discovery at the Sierra Nevada's southern end. Elevations range from 1,000 feet in the foothill region to peaks over 12,000 feet in the rugged high country, providing visitors with some of the most spectacular views of mountainous landscape in the entire west.

The Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) groves are part of this National Forest's 196,000 acres of old growth forests. Tree species in the old growth consist of Jeffrey pine (Pinus jeffreyi), Red Fir (Abies magnifica), Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii), Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa), White fir (Abies concolor) and Lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta).

The names Sequoia National Forest, Giant Sequoia National Monument, and Sequoia - Kings Canyon National Parks are confusing for people. The National Monument is split in two by Sequoia National Park, the northern portion located on the Hume Lake Ranger District of the Forest, which nearly encloses the Grant Grove Village area of Kings Canyon National Park. The southern portion of the monument is located on the western boundary of the forest just east of the small foothill community of Springville. Who manages which and where, the folks in the grey shirts (NPS) or the people in the khaki shirts (USFS)? Many people don't know of the difference between the two agencies or that they are actually separate agencies. There is also the conception that all National Monuments are managed by the National Park Service. Giant Sequoia National Monument is a monument within a forest and administered by the men and women with the khaki shirts. With all that your scanner hobby has allowed you to be well informed, better than most and certainly not confused.

The Forest is divided into the Western Divide (District 2), the Hume Lake (District 3) and the Kern River (District 4) Ranger Districts with the Forest Supervisor's Office in Porterville, on the east side of the Porterville Airport.

RADIO SYSTEM

The Sequoia NF has microwave linked remote base stations at Parkridge Lookout, Jordan Peak Lookout, Sherman Peak, Tobias Peak and Breckenridge Mountain. All of these sites have repeaters as well. The forest has a few UHF frequencies assigned to it, but it is not known how they are used. It has 3 nets, the Emergency Net, the Fire Net and the Admin Net. There are no repeaters on the Admin Net, units use simplex to reach the nearest remote base radio to speak to the Communications Center or a District Ranger Station. The Emergency and Fire Nets can be used in a direct or simplex mode and can be used to reach the Comm Center or a Ranger District Station. Each of these nets have 13 repeaters. It is unknown how radio traffic is categorized and assigned to each of the repeater nets.

Other

The unit identifier system for non-fire personnel on the Sequoia National Forest is unknown. Before the function name, district number, position number system was prescribed the function numbering was as follows: 1 District Ranger and various positions such as assistant District Ranger, PIO and planning, 3 Recreation, 4 Maintenance, 5 Timber Management, 6 Resources, 7 Timber Pre-Sale, 8 Range and Wildlife and 9 Administrative. The Central California Communications Center in Porterville, located on the west side of the Porterville Airport, provides dispatch services for the Sequoia National Forest; the Bakersfield, Hollister and Mother Lode Field Offices of the Central California District of the BLM; and the Tule Indian Reservation Fire Department. BLM units have a 4 digit identifier that begins with a 3 (California), followed by a 1 (Central California District), followed by the type of apparatus or person; 0 for chiefs, division chiefs, 1 for battalion chiefs, 3 for Type III engines, 4 for Type VI engines, 5 for prevention and misc., 8 for dozers and 9 for water tenders. Tule Indian Reservation Fire Department units have a 2 digit format with the first digit being 9, except for a Type III engine, Engine 392. The identifier for the Center is "Porterville."

Channel Plan

**Sequoia National Forest Channel Lineup**
Channel	Tone(s)	Rx	Tx	Alpha Tag	Description
1	8	168.6750	168.6750	SQF F1	Emergency Net Direct
2	1-14	168.6750	170.5750	SQF F2	Emergency Repeater Net
3	8	168.7750	168.7750	SQF F3	Fire Net Direct
4	1-14	168.7750	170.6000	SQF F4	Fire Repeater Net
5	8	168.1750	168.1750	SQF F5	Admin Net Direct
6		169.7250	169.7250	SQF F6	BLM Central CA District Admin Net Direct
7	4,5,8	169.7250	165.4500	SQF F7	BLM Central CA District Admin Repeater
8		169.7750	169.7750	SQF F8	BLM Central CA District Fire Net Direct
9	2-8	169.7750	163.0250	SQF F9	BLM Central CA District Fire Repeater Net

Channel Plan Upcoming Changes

**Sequoia National Forest Channel Lineup**
Channel	Tone(s)	Rx	Tx	Alpha Tag	Description
1	8	169.9000	169.9000	SQF F1	Emergency Net Direct (Changing Fall 2016)
2	1-14	169.9000	166.0000	SQF F2	Emergency Repeater Net (Changing Fall 2016)
3	8	170.5500	170.5500	SQF F3	Fire Net Direct (Changing in 2017)
4	1-14	170.5500	165.7000	SQF F4	Fire Repeater Net (Changing in 2017)
5	8	168.9625	168.9625	SQF F5	Admin Net Direct (Changing Fall 2015)
?	?	172.4000	164.1250	SQF F?	Service Net Repeat (Changing Fall 2015)

Tones

Tone transmitted on repeater output frequency not available.

SQF Repeaters
Tone	Location	CTCSS Tone
1	Delilah Lookout	110.9
2	Buckrock Lookout	123.0
3	Mule Peak Lookout	131.8
4	Baker Point	136.5
5	Oakflat	146.2
6	Piute BM	156.7
7	Chimney Peak	167.9
8	Jordan Peak Lookout	103.5
9	Sherman Peak	100.0
10	Tobias Peak	107.2
11	Breckenridge	114.8
12	Parkridge	127.3
13	Converse	141.3
14	Olancha	151.4

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-(From: [[US Forest Service - San Bernardino National Forest (CA)]] )
+(From: [[US Forest Service - Sequoia National Forest (CA)]] )
 {{USFSinCA}}
-== '''San Bernardino National Forest (BDF - Forest #12) "San Bernardino" KME 2-0''' ==
+== '''Sequoia National Forest (SQF - Forest #13) "Porterville" KMB 7-4-0''' ==
+On July 1, 1908 Theodore Roosevelt established the Sequoia National Forest from a portion of Sierra Forest Reserve by Presidential Proclamation.  Because the Sierra Forest at that time was over six million acres, the Sequoia was administered as a separate unit known then as the Sierra South Reserve. In 1910 President Taft cut off the southern half of the Sierra and proclaimed it the Kern National Forest.  Five years later President Woodrow Wilson abolished the Kern Forest, drastically reduced its lands and designated what remained the Sequoia National Forest.and now the Forest covers 1,193,315 acres.  On April 15, 2000 Bill Clinton, by Presidential Proclamation, created the Giant Sequoia National Monument on two portions of the Sequoia National Forest, totaling 328,000 acres to be administered by the U.S. Forest Service as part of the Forest.
-The Forest Reserve Act was passed in 1891, giving the president authority to "set apart and reserve, in any state or territory having public land bearing forests . . ..as public reservations."  From this act was born the San Bernardino Forest Reserve, which became the San Bernardino National Forest in 1907.  The San Bernardino National Forest as public land was set aside for the conservation of natural resources such as trees, water, minerals, livestock range, recreation, or wildlife.
+The Sequoia is one of 18 National Forests in California. It takes its name from the giant sequoia, the world's largest tree, which grow in 38 groves on the forest's lower elevation slopes, the greatest concentration of giant sequoia groves in the world.. Protected within the Giant Sequoia National Monument, these groves and the areas around them are managed by the U.S. Forest Service for today and for future generations.  The Sequoia's landscape is as spectacular as its trees. Soaring granite monoliths, glacier-carved canyons, roaring whitewater, and more await your discovery at the Sierra Nevada's southern end. Elevations range from 1,000 feet in the foothill region to peaks over 12,000 feet in the rugged high country, providing visitors with some of the most spectacular views of mountainous landscape in the entire west.
-The San Bernardino National Forest encompasses 677,982 acres and is made up of two main divisions, the San Bernardino Mountains on the easternmost of the Transverse Ranges, and the San Jacinto and Santa Rosa Mountains on the northernmost of the Peninsular Ranges. Elevations range from 2,000 to 11,499 feet (600 to 3505 m). The forest includes five wilderness areas: San Gorgonio, Cucamonga, San Jacinto, Santa Rosa and Bighorn Mountain.
+The Giant Sequoia (''Sequoiadendron giganteum'') groves are part of this National Forest's 196,000 acres of old growth forests.  Tree species in the old growth consist of Jeffrey pine (''Pinus jeffreyi''), Red Fir (''Abies magnifica''), Douglas fir (''Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii''), Ponderosa pine (''Pinus ponderosa''), White fir (''Abies concolor'') and Lodgepole pine (''Pinus contorta'').
-The Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument is located on the southern portion of the Forest.  The National Monument’s boundary encompasses about 280,000 acres, including 67,000 acres within the San Jacinto Ranger District of the San Bernardino National Forest, and 97,000 acres within the Bureau of Land Management’s California Desert Conservation Area. The National Monument includes two federal wilderness areas-- the Santa Rosa Wilderness and the San Jacinto Wilderness--as well as lands owned and administered by the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, municipalities of the Coachella Valley and private landowners.
+The names Sequoia National Forest, Giant Sequoia National Monument, and Sequoia - Kings Canyon National Parks are confusing for people. The National Monument is split in two by Sequoia National Park, the northern portion located on the Hume Lake Ranger District of the Forest, which nearly encloses the Grant Grove Village area of Kings Canyon National Park. The southern portion of the monument is located on the western boundary of the forest just east of the small foothill community of Springville. Who manages which and where, the folks in the grey shirts (NPS) or the people in the khaki shirts (USFS)?  Many people don't know of the difference between the two agencies or that they are actually separate agencies.  There is also the conception that all National Monuments are managed by the National Park Service. Giant Sequoia National Monument is a monument within a forest and administered by the men and women with the khaki shirts.  With all that your scanner hobby has allowed you to be well informed, better than most and certainly not confused.
-The forest contains an estimated 87,400 acres of old growth forest. The most common trees of this old growth are Douglas fir (''Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii''), Ponderosa pine (''Pinus ponderosa''), White fir (''Abies concolor''), Jeffrey pine (''Pinus jeffreyi'') and Lodgepole pine (''Pinus contorta'').
+The Forest is divided into the Western Divide (District 2), the Hume Lake (District 3) and the Kern River (District 4) Ranger Districts with the Forest Supervisor's Office in Porterville, on the east side of the Porterville Airport.
-The Forest is divided into the Frontcountry (District 1), Mountain Top (District 3) and San Jacinto (District 5) Ranger Districts. A consolidation reduced the number of districts from 5 to 3 in 1996.  The Frontcountry District (Lytle Creek Ranger Station) is a combination of the former Cajon (D3 - Lytle Creek) and San Gorgonio (D4 - Mill Creek Ranger Station) districts.  The Mill Creek ranger station is still being maintained and used for public information and as a work center.  The Mountain Top District (Fawnskin Ranger Station) is a combination of the former Arrowhead (D1 - Skyforest Ranger Station) and the Big Bear District (D2 - Fawnskin) districts. The Skyforest Ranger Station is still being maintained as a fire station.  The Forest Supervisor's Office is located in San Bernardino just west of the airport.
-[[File:R5 2012 San Bernardino NF RD Map V2.0.JPG]]
+[[File:R5 2014 Sequoia NF RD Map.jpg]]
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 ==='''RADIO SYSTEM'''===
-Most of the radios on the forest have the first 11 frequencies in common.  Each ranger district works with different state and local agencies so their channel lineups will be different.  For example the Frontcountry Ranger District borders the direct protection area of the Cal Fire San Bernardino Unit and the San Jacinto Ranger District borders the direct protection of the Cal Fire Riverside Unit. Many fires start out in a local jurisdiction, move uphill into Cal Fire protected land and eventually to the National Forest.  The San Bernardino National Forest has a Forest Net, Admin Net and a Service Net, the latter being shared between the Angeles, San Bernardino and Cleveland National Forests. The Forest Net is the only net with the capability for direct or simplex communication.  Two channels allow repeater communication with the Angeles and Cleveland National Forests.
+The Sequoia NF has microwave linked remote base stations at Parkridge Lookout, Jordan Peak Lookout, Sherman Peak, Tobias Peak and Breckenridge Mountain.  All of these sites have repeaters as well. The forest has a few UHF frequencies assigned to it, but it is not known how they are used.   It has 3 nets, the Emergency Net, the Fire Net and the Admin Net.  There are no repeaters on the Admin Net, units use simplex to reach the nearest remote base radio to speak to the Communications Center or a District Ranger Station.  The Emergency and Fire Nets can be used in a direct or simplex mode and can be used to reach the Comm Center or a Ranger District Station.  Each of these nets have 13 repeaters.  It is unknown how radio traffic is categorized and assigned to each of the repeater nets.
 ==='''Other'''===
-Non fire personnel on this forest use the '''function name''', district number, position number identifier system.  It is unknown what digit the employees of the Forest Supervisor's Office use.  The San Bernardino National Forest is dispatched by the San Bernardino Federal Interagency Communications Center located in the Forest Supervisor's Office.  This is the most active federal land management dispatch facility in the U.S.  It provides all risk, 24 hour per day, 365 day dispatching for the San Bernardino National Forest, the BLM California Desert District, Joshua Tree National Park, Mojave National Preserve, and Death Valley National Park each of which host heavy recreation use, not only in the summer, but in the winter as well; and the BIA Southern California Agency, a group of small Indian Reservations. It also provides night coverage for the Inyo National Forest.  The area served by the FICC covers approximately 30 million acres in five separate counties, reaching to the Arizona, Nevada and Mexico borders. These are the resources the center dispatches:  100 + Law Enforcement Officers, 7 Special Agents, 35 Fire Stations, 7 Active Fire Lookouts, 20 Fire Prevention Units, 6 Hand Crews, 1 Fuels Crew, 3 Helicopters, 2 Air Tankers, 1 Helitanker, 1 Air Attack, 1 LE Patrol Plane, 1 Dozer and 1 Air Tanker Base.  Law enforcement activities tend to be busiest in the winter and spring, and fire activities are busiest in the summer and fall months.  The identifier for the federal center is "San Bernardino."
+The unit identifier system for non-fire personnel on the Sequoia National Forest is unknown.  Before the function name, district number, position number system was prescribed the function numbering was as follows: 1 District Ranger and various positions such as assistant District Ranger, PIO and planning, 3 Recreation, 4 Maintenance, 5 Timber Management, 6 Resources, 7 Timber Pre-Sale, 8 Range and Wildlife and 9 Administrative.  The Central California Communications Center in Porterville, located on the west side of the Porterville Airport, provides dispatch services for the Sequoia National Forest; the Bakersfield, Hollister and Mother Lode Field Offices of the Central California District of the BLM; and the Tule Indian Reservation Fire Department.  BLM units have a 4 digit identifier that begins with a 3 (California), followed by a 1 (Central California District), followed by the type of apparatus or person; 0 for chiefs, division chiefs, 1 for battalion chiefs, 3 for Type III engines, 4 for Type VI engines, 5 for prevention and misc., 8 for dozers and 9 for water tenders. Tule Indian Reservation Fire Department units have a 2 digit format with the first digit being 9, except for a Type III engine, Engine 392.  The identifier for the Center is "Porterville."
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-|+ style="font-size: larger" | '''San Bernardino National Forest Channel Lineup'''
+|+ style="font-size: larger" | '''Sequoia National Forest Channel Lineup'''
 |'''Channel '''||'''Tone(s) '''||'''Rx '''||'''Tx '''||'''Alpha Tag '''||'''Description '''
 |-
-|1||||171.4750||171.4750||BDF1 FrstDir||San Bernardino NF Forest Net Direct
 |-
-|2||2-9,11-14||171.4750||169.8750||BDF2 FrstRpt||San Bernardino NF Forest Net Repeater
+|1||8||168.6750||168.6750||SQF F1||Emergency Net Direct
 |-
-|3||2-9,11-14||172.2250||169.9250||BDF3 AdmRpt||San Bernardino NF Admin Net Repeater
+|2||1-14||168.6750||170.5750||SQF F2||Emergency Repeater Net
 |-
-|4||2,3,6||164.1250||164.8250||BDF4 ServRpt||San Bernardino NF Service Net Repeater
+|3||8||168.7750||168.7750||SQF F3||Fire Net Direct
 |-
-|5||||168.6625||168.6625||BDF5 R5 Prjct||Region 5 Project Net
+|4||1-14||168.7750||170.6000||SQF F4||Fire Repeater Net
 |-
-|6||||169.1125||169.1125||A/G 59 CA4 P||National Air-Ground CA Zone 4 Primary
+|5||8||168.1750||168.1750||SQF F5||Admin Net Direct
 |-
-|7||||168.0500||168.0500||NIFC T1||NIFC Tac 1
+|6||||169.7250||169.7250||SQF F6||BLM Central CA District Admin Net Direct
 |-
-|8||||168.2000||168.2000||NIFC T2||NIFC Tac 2
+|7||4,5,8||169.7250||165.4500||SQF F7||BLM Central CA District Admin Repeater
 |-
-|9||||168.6000||168.6000||NIFC T3||NIFC Tac 3
+|8||||169.7750||169.7750||SQF F8||BLM Central CA District Fire Net Direct
 |-
-|10||ANF 1-4, 6-14||172.3750||169.9500||ANF Frst Rpt||Angeles NF Forest Net Repeater
+|9||2-8||169.7750||163.0250||SQF F9||BLM Central CA District Fire Repeater Net
 |-
-|11||CNF 1-12||168.7500||171.4250||CNF Frst Rpt||Cleveland NF Forest Net Repeater
 |}
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-|+ style="font-size: larger" | '''San Bernardino National Forest Channel Lineup'''
+|+ style="font-size: larger" | '''Sequoia National Forest Channel Lineup'''
 |'''Channel '''||'''Tone(s) '''||'''Rx '''||'''Tx '''||'''Alpha Tag '''||'''Description '''
 |-
-|2||2-9,11-14||171.4750||168.1500||BDF2 FrstRpt||San Bernardino NF Forest Net Repeater (Changing in 2017)
 |-
-|3||2-9,11-14||172.2250||164.1375||BDF3 AdmRpt||San Bernardino NF Admin Net Repeater (Changing in 2017)
+|1||8||169.9000||169.9000||SQF F1||Emergency Net Direct (Changing Fall 2016)
+|-
+|2||1-14||169.9000||166.0000||SQF F2||Emergency Repeater Net (Changing Fall 2016)
+|-
+|3||8||170.5500||170.5500||SQF F3||Fire Net Direct (Changing in 2017)
+|-
+|4||1-14||170.5500||165.7000||SQF F4||Fire Repeater Net (Changing in 2017)
+|-
+|5||8||168.9625||168.9625||SQF F5||Admin Net Direct (Changing Fall 2015)
+|-
+|?||?||172.4000||164.1250||SQF F?||Service Net Repeat (Changing Fall 2015)
 |-
 |}
-==='''Repeaters'''===
+==='''Tones'''===
-All repeaters transmit Tone 8 - 103.5 on the output frequency.
+Tone transmitted on repeater output frequency not available.
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-|+ style="font-size: larger; font-weight: bold;" |BDF Repeaters
+|+ style="font-size: larger; font-weight: bold;" |SQF Repeaters
 !Tone
 !Location
 !CTCSS Tone
 |-
-|1||Not Assigned||110.9
+|1
+|Delilah Lookout
+|110.9
 |-
-|2||Cajon||123.0
+|2
+|Buckrock Lookout
+|123.0
 |-
-|3||Strawberry||131.8
+|3
+|Mule Peak Lookout
+|131.8
 |-
-|4||Keller||136.5
+|4
+|Baker Point
+|136.5
 |-
-|5||Bertha||146.2
+|5
+|Oakflat
+|146.2
 |-
-|6||Onyx||146.7
+|6
+|Piute BM
+|156.7
 |-
-|7||Santa Rosa||167.9
+|7
+|Chimney Peak
+|167.9
 |-
-|8||Black||103.5
+|8
+|Jordan Peak Lookout
+|103.5
 |-
-|9||San Sevaine||100.0
+|9
+|Sherman Peak
+|100.0
 |-
-|10||Not Assigned||107.2
+|10
+|Tobias Peak
+|107.2
 |-
-|11||Tahquitz||114.8
+|11
+|Breckenridge
+|114.8
 |-
-|12||Rodman||127.3
+|12
+|Parkridge
+|127.3
 |-
-|13||Santiago||141.3
+|13
+|Converse
+|141.3
 |-
-||14||Pine Cove||151.4
+|14
+|Olancha
+|151.4
 |}
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 ===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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