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Introduction
The men and women of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CDF) are dedicated to the fire protection and stewardship of over 31 million acres of California's privately-owned wildlands. In addition, the Department provides varied emergency services in 33 of the State's 58 counties via contracts with local governments. The Department's firefighters, fire engines, and aircraft respond to an average 6,400 wildland fires each year. Those fires burn an average of nearly 148,000 acres annually. Beyond its wildland fire fighting role, CDF responds to an average of nearly 273,000 non-wildfire emergencies each year. CDF operates over 1,050 fire engines (370 state and 680 local government), 105 rescue squads, 13 aerial ladder trucks, 58 bulldozers, five mobile communication centers, and 11 mobile kitchen units. The Department funds, via contract, an additional 82 engines, and 12 bulldozers used in six counties - Kern, Los Angeles, Marin, Orange, Santa Barbara, and Ventura. From the air, CDF operates 13 800-gallon air tankers, 10 1,200-gallon air tankers, nine Super Huey helicopters (with two maintenance relief copters on standby), and 13 air attack planes.

Introduction

The men and women of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CDF) are dedicated to the fire protection and stewardship of over 31 million acres of California's privately-owned wildlands. In addition, the Department provides varied emergency services in 33 of the State's 58 counties via contracts with local governments.

The Department's firefighters, fire engines, and aircraft respond to an average 6,400 wildland fires each year. Those fires burn an average of nearly 148,000 acres annually.

Beyond its wildland fire fighting role, CDF responds to an average of nearly 273,000 non-wildfire emergencies each year.

CDF operates over 1,050 fire engines (370 state and 680 local government), 105 rescue squads, 13 aerial ladder trucks, 58 bulldozers, five mobile communication centers, and 11 mobile kitchen units. The Department funds, via contract, an additional 82 engines, and 12 bulldozers used in six counties - Kern, Los Angeles, Marin, Orange, Santa Barbara, and Ventura. From the air, CDF operates 13 800-gallon air tankers, 10 1,200-gallon air tankers, nine Super Huey helicopters (with two maintenance relief copters on standby), and 13 air attack planes.

Apparatus Types

Type I

Full size structure units that couldn't possibly leave the pavement.

Model 16

Type II

Mid sized engines that can handle anything found in town, but knows how to behave in the country.

Model 17

Model 18 1,000 GPM Pump (400 Gallon Tank)
1,200 ft of 2 1/2" hose
400 ft of 1 1/2" hose
200 ft of 1" hose
20 ft Ext. Ladders; 500 GPM Master Stream

Model 25
The new ultimate Type 2 engine CDF is looking at is the Model 25, which is out in the field testing to see if they are feasible in the department or not. Tehama has one Model 25 on loan for testing, Engine 2573.

Type III

Light small engine, high clearance, constantly screaming to eat some dirt trails. Some type 2's can get into Type 3 areas as long as they have the high ground clearance. That's a bonus because Type 2's can carry more water. However, more water is more weight, and more weight bouncing off-road places stress on the chassis, and tears up the road more. The Model 25 has some reputation with the people testing them as having a very low ground clearance and the Model 14/15 has them beat in the clearance.

Model 1
120 GPM Pump
300 Gallon Tank
100 ft of 1/2" hose
800 ft of 1" hose

Model 5

Model 5 (Hydrostatic)
120 GPM Pump
300 Gallon Tank
100 ft of 1 1/2" hose
800 ft of 1" hose

Model 9

Model 11

Model 14

Model 15
500 GPM Pump
400 Gallon Tank
1,000 ft of 2 1/2" hose
500 ft of 1 1/2" hose
300 ft of 1" hose
20 ft Ext. Ladders

Type IV

Mini Pumpers

Mobile Crew Vehicles

Perhaps one of the least glamorous yet most important pieces of apparatus are the Mobile Crew Vehicles. Used to get the ever important boots on the ground.

Apparatus Types
Type I
Full size structure units that couldn't possibly leave the pavement.
	Model 16

Type II
Mid sized engines that can handle anything found in town, but knows how to behave in the country.
	Model 17
	Model 18 1,000 GPM Pump (400 Gallon Tank) 1,200 ft of 2 1/2" hose 400 ft of 1 1/2" hose 200 ft of 1" hose 20 ft Ext. Ladders; 500 GPM Master Stream
	Model 25 The new ultimate Type 2 engine CDF is looking at is the Model 25, which is out in the field testing to see if they are feasible in the department or not. Tehama has one Model 25 on loan for testing, Engine 2573.

Type III
Light small engine, high clearance, constantly screaming to eat some dirt trails. Some type 2's can get into Type 3 areas as long as they have the high ground clearance. That's a bonus because Type 2's can carry more water. However, more water is more weight, and more weight bouncing off-road places stress on the chassis, and tears up the road more. The Model 25 has some reputation with the people testing them as having a very low ground clearance and the Model 14/15 has them beat in the clearance.
	Model 1 120 GPM Pump 300 Gallon Tank 100 ft of 1/2" hose 800 ft of 1" hose
	Model 5
	Model 5 (Hydrostatic) 120 GPM Pump 300 Gallon Tank 100 ft of 1 1/2" hose 800 ft of 1" hose
	Model 9
	Model 11
	Model 14
	Model 15 500 GPM Pump 400 Gallon Tank 1,000 ft of 2 1/2" hose 500 ft of 1 1/2" hose 300 ft of 1" hose 20 ft Ext. Ladders

Type IV
Mini Pumpers

Mobile Crew Vehicles
Perhaps one of the least glamorous yet most important pieces of apparatus are the Mobile Crew Vehicles. Used to get the ever important boots on the ground.

Strike Teams
Strike team numbers beginning with 9 are CDF strike teams. Other agencies have their own number. The second two numbers are the unit numbers. CDF has all their unit numbers assigned like 25 for Tehama or 24 for Shasta, 23 for NEU etc. But CDF has numbered other large fire jurisdictions like Orange County Fire (Unit 40) etc. So the next two numbers after 9 is the unit number. The last number is the number in order of strike teams leaving the unit. So the first team leaving would be 0. The second would be 1 and so forth. The 5th is 4. The last designator is the type of crew it is. The table below is the information that shows what the last designator means.

Strike Teams

Strike team numbers beginning with 9 are CDF strike teams. Other agencies have their own number. The second two numbers are the unit numbers. CDF has all their unit numbers assigned like 25 for Tehama or 24 for Shasta, 23 for NEU etc. But CDF has numbered other large fire jurisdictions like Orange County Fire (Unit 40) etc. So the next two numbers after 9 is the unit number. The last number is the number in order of strike teams leaving the unit. So the first team leaving would be 0. The second would be 1 and so forth. The 5th is 4. The last designator is the type of crew it is. The table below is the information that shows what the last designator means.

Engines
Type A	Five Type 1 Engines (1000 GPM pump - 400 Gal. tank - 4/0 staffing)
Type B	Five Type 2 Engines (500 GPM pump - 400 Gal. tank - 3/0 staffing)
Type C	Five Type 3 Engines (120 GPM pump - 300 Gal. tank - 3/0 staffing)
Type D	Five Type 4 Engines (mini pumpers - 50 GPM pump - 200 Gal. tank - 3/0 staffing)

Crews
Hand crew strike teams are a minimum of 35 persons, usually consisting of two 16-man crews, each with a crew Captain, and a ST Leader.
Type G	No restrictions on use - usually has more training - e.g.: CDC/CYA crews, USFS/BLM/NPS/BIA HotShot crews and TSI crews
Type H	Restrictions on use - Restrictions are usually no hot line construction, and limited in the amount of line they can construct per hour. E.g.: Blue Card crews, Volunteer Hand Crews, Incident organized handcrews, Mixed-Agency crews

Dozers
Dozer strike teams consist of 2 dozers with transports and 1 dozer tender. Each dozer has 2 HFEO's (Heavy Fire Equipment Operators - day and night shift) and the dozer tender has a mechanic/operator/dozer ST Leader.
Type K	Heavy (D-7, D-8)
Type L	Medium (D-5, D-6) > or equivalent
Type M	Light (D-4)

For example: Strike Team 9254 GOLF would be CDF Unit 25 (Tehama's) 5th strike team out of Type 1 Handcrews.

CDF Radio Channel Plan
Frequency	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description
151.3550		1 CDF C1	CDF COMMAND 1
151.2650		2 CDF C2	CDF COMMAND 2
151.3400		3 CDF C3	CDF COMMAND 3
151.4000		4 CDF C4	CDF COMMAND 4
151.3700		5 CDF C5	CDF COMMAND 5
151.2500		6 CDF C6	CDF COMMAND 6
151.4600		7 CDF C7	CDF COMMAND 7
151.4450		8 CDF C8	CDF COMMAND 8
151.1750		9 CDF C9	CDF COMMAND 9
151.1900		10 CDF C10	CDF COMMAND 10
151.3850		11 MEU L	CDF MEU LOCAL NET
151.2500		12 HUU L	CDF HUU LOCAL NET
151.3400		13 LNU EAST	CDF LNU EAST NET
151.4600		14 LNU WEST	CDF LNU WEST NET
151.0400		15 MRN	MARIN CO. MU AID NET
151.4450		16 SCU L	CDF SCU LOCAL
151.3700		17 CZU L	CDF CZU LOCAL
169.1250		20 TRAVEL	CA TRAVEL NET
151.4000		21 BTU L	CDF BTU LOCAL NET
151.2500		22 LMU L	CDF LMU LOCAL NET
151.3250		23 NEU WEST	CDF NEU LOCAL NET
151.1600		24 SHU L	CDF SHU LOCAL NET
151.3700		25 TGU L	CDF TGU LOCAL NET
151.3250		26 SKU L	CDF SKU LOCAL NET
154.1300	131.8	27 NEU EAST	NEU EAST NET
154.4150	123.0	28 BTU SUPP	CDF BUTTE SUPPORT NET
151.1300		30 RRU 3	CDF RRU LOCAL NET #3
151.3850		31 RRU 1	CDF RRU LOCAL NET #1
151.1750		32 RRU 2	CDF RRU LOCAL NET #2
151.1900		33 MVU L	CDF MVU LOCAL NET
151.3250		34 SLU L	CDF SLU CMD NET
151.4450		35 BDU 1	CDF BDU LOCAL NET #1
151.3250		36 BDU 2	CDF BDU LOCAL NET #2
151.2500		37 BDU 3	CDF BDU LOCAL NET #3
154.3850		38 SLC	SLC/SLU LOCAL DISPATCH
151.1900		41 TUU L	CDF TUU LOCAL NET
151.4600		42 MMU L	CDF MMU LOCAL NET
151.3850		43 FKU 1	CDF FKU WEST NET
151.1750		44 TCU L	CDF TCU LOCAL NET
151.1900		45 AEU L	CDF AEU LOCAL NET
151.2500		46 BEU L	CDF BEU LOCAL NET
151.1600		47 FKU 2	CDF FKU EAST NET
154.4300	186.2	48 XED CMD	El Dorado OA CMD Net
153.9350	123.0	49 XAM CMD	Amador OA CMD Net
151.1450		51 CDF T1	CDF TAC 1
151.1600		52 CDF T2	CDF TAC 2
151.1750		53 CDF T3	CDF TAC 3
151.1900		54 CDF T4	CDF TAC 4
151.2500		55 CDF T5	CDF TAC 5
151.3250		56 CDF T6	CDF TAC 6
151.3400		57 CDF T7	CDF TAC 7
151.3700		58 CDF T8	CDF TAC 8
151.3850		59 CDF T9	CDF TAC 9
151.4000		60 CDF T10	CDF TAC 10
151.4450		61 CDF T11	CDF TAC 11
151.4600		62 CDF T12	CDF TAC 12
151.4750		63 CDF T13	CDF TAC 13
159.2250		64 CDF T14	CDF TAC 14
159.2700		65 CDF T15	CDF TAC 15
159.2850		66 CDF T16	CDF TAC 16
159.3150		67 CDF T17	CDF TAC 17
159.3450		68 CDF T18	CDF TAC 18
159.3600		69 CDF T19	CDF TAC 19
159.3750		70 CDF T20	CDF TAC 20
159.3900		71 CDF T21	CDF TAC 21
159.4050		72 CDF T22	CDF TAC 22
159.4500		73 CDF T23	CDF TAC 23
162.4000		74 NWR 1	NOAA WX RADIO F1
162.4250		75 NWR 2	NOAA WX RADIO F2
162.4500		76 NWR 3	NOAA WX RADIO F3
162.4750		77 NWR 4	NOAA WX RADIO F4
162.5000		78 NWR 5	NOAA WX RADIO F5
162.5500		79 NWR 7	NOAA WX RADIO F7
171.5250		80 FS ENF	USFS El Dorado NF
164.1750		81 FS KNF	USFS Klamath NF
172.2250		82 FS LNF	USFS Lassen NF
169.1750		83 FS MNF	USFS Mendocino NF
168.7500		84 FS MDF	USFS Modoc NF
170.5500		85 FS PNF	USFS Plumas NF
171.5750		86 FS SHF	USFS Shasta-Trinity NF
168.7250		87 FS SRF	USFS Six Rivers NF
168.7500		88 FS STF	USFS Stanislaus NF
168.7750		89 FS TNF	USFS Tahoe NF
172.3750		90 FS ANF	USFS Angeles NF
168.7500		91 FS CNF	USFS Cleveland NF
168.1250		92 FS INF	USFS Inyo NF
170.5500		93 FS LPF	USFS Los Padres NF
171.4750		94 FS BDF	USFS San Bernrdino NF
168.7750		95 FS SQF	USFS Sequoia NF
172.2250		96 FS SNF	USFS Sierra NF
169.8750		97 FS TOF	USFS Toiyabe NF
172.3750		98 FS TMU	USFS Lake Tahoe Mgmt Unit
168.3000		100 BLM SOA	BLM SCENE OF ACTION
168.0500		101 NIFC T1	NIFC TAC 1
168.2000		102 NIFC T2	NIFC TAC 2
168.6000		103 NIFC T3	NIFC TAC 3
164.1375		104 NIFC T4	NIFC TAC 4
166.7250		105 NIFC T5	NIFC TAC 5
166.7750		106 NIFC T6	NIFC TAC 6
168.2500		107 NIFC T7	NIFC TAC 7
173.9125		108 FSR5 T4	USFS RGN 5 TAC 4
173.9625		109 FSR5 T5	USFS RGN 5 TAC 5
173.9875		110 FSR5 T6	USFS RGN 5 TAC 6
168.7000		111 NIFC C1	NIFC CMD 1
168.1000		112 NIFC C2	NIFC CMD 2
168.0750		113 NIFC C3	NIFC CMD 3
166.6125		114 NIFC C4	NIFC CMD 4
167.1000		115 NIFC C5	NIFC CMD 5
168.4750		116 NIFC C6	NIFC CMD 6
162.9625		117 NIFC C7	NIFC CMD 7
166.7500		118 BLM LAW	BLM LAW NET
166.3750		119 BLM ADM	BLM ADMIN NET
166.4875		120 BLMFIRE	BLM FIRE NET
151.2200		121 CDF A/G	CDF AIR TO GND NET
167.9500		122 BLM A/G	BLM AIR TO GND NET
170.0000		123 FS A/G	USFS AIR TO GND NET
166.6750		124 AIR T1	AIR TACTICS 1 RX ONLY
169.1500		125 AIR T2	AIR TACTICS 2 RX ONLY
169.2000		126 AIR T3	AIR TACTICS 3 RX ONLY
151.2800		127 AIR T4	AIR TACTICS 4 RX ONLY
151.2950		128 AIR T5	AIR TACTICS 5 RX ONLY
151.3100		129 AIR T6	AIR TACTICS 6 RX ONLY
165.1625		130 RWP	NPS Redwood NP
170.0500		131 RNP	NPS Point Reyes NP
164.8000		132 GNP	NPS Golden Gate NRA
164.8000		133 JMP	NPS John Muir NHS
171.7500		134 BNP	NPS Lava Beds NP
165.3125		135 WNP	NPS Whiskeytown NRA
170.0750		136 LNP	NPS Lassen Volcanic NP
172.0250		137 YNP	NPS Yosemite NP
170.0500		138 PIP	NPS Pinnacles NM
164.7500		139 KNP 1	NPS Sequoia-Kings Cyn 1
164.8000		140 KNP 2	NPS S-K Cyn Net 2
170.1000		141 DVP	NPS Death Valley NP
171.7000		142 CNP	NPS Channel Is. NP
171.6750		143 JTP	NPS Joshua Tree NP
172.5250		144 SMP	NPS Santa Monica Mtns NP
154.1600		148 OES 1	OES FIRE 1
154.2200		149 OES 2	OES FIRE 2
156.0750		150 CALCORD	CALCORD
155.7525		151 VCALL	VHF INTEROP
151.1375		152 VTAC 1	VHF INTEROP
154.4525		153 VTAC 2	VHF INTEROP
158.7375		154 VTAC 3	VHF INTEROP
159.4725		155 VTAC 4	VHF INTEROP
154.2800		156 WHITE 1	WHITE 1
154.2650		157 WHITE 2	WHITE 2
154.2950		158 WHITE 3	WHITE 3

Standard CTCSS Tones used State Wide
Tone 1	110.9
Tone 2	123.0
Tone 3	131.8
Tone 4	136.5
Tone 5	146.2
Tone 6	156.7
Tone 7	167.9
Tone 8	103.5
Tone 9	100.0
Tone 10	107.2
Tone 11	114.8
Tone 12	127.3
Tone 13	141.3
Tone 14	151.4
Tone 15	162.2
Tone 16	192.8

Air Operations
Description	Frequency
Air Guard	168.6250
Air Net	168.6500
Dept of Interior Air to Ground	169.7500
USFS Air to Ground	170.0000
BLM Air to Ground	167.9500
BLM Air tactical	166.7500
CDF Air to Ground	151.2200
Air Tactics #1	166.6750
Air Tactics #2	169.1500
Air Tactics #3	169.2000
Air Tactics #4	151.2800
Air Tactics #5	151.2950
Air Tactics #6	151.3100
Air Tactics #21	151.2725
Air Tactics #22	151.2875
Victor Net #1	122.9250
Victor Net #2	122.9000
Victor Net #3	122.9750
Victor Net #4	122.8500
Victor Net #5	123.0750
Victor Net #6	123.0500
Victor Net #7	135.9750

So-Cal Fire Department Copter Frequencies
Description	Frequency
LA County Fire Primary	135.9750
LA County Fire Secondary	122.9250
LA City Fire	119.9750
Orange County Fire	123.0750
Ventura County Fire	129.9500
Riverside County Fire	123.0750
San Bernardino County Fire	123.0750
San Bernardino County Fire	122.8250
Angeles National Forest	135.9750
Los Padres National Forest	123.0750

CDF Units and Dispatch Frequencies

1100 - MEU - Mendocino Unit
	Howard Forest - 151.3850

1200 - HUU - Humboldt-Del Norte Unit
	Fortuna - 151.2500

1300 - LNU - Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit
	Saint Helena West - 151.3400

1400 - LNU - Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit
	Saint Helena East - 151.4600

1500 - MRN - Marin (Contract County)
	Woodacre - 151.0400

1600 - SCU - Santa Clara Unit
	Morgan Hill - 151.4450

1700 - CZU - San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit
	Felton - 151.3700
	Tac 3 - 151.1750
	Tac 6 - 151.3250
	Tac 10 - 151.4000
	Air Tac 5 - 151.2950

2100 - BTU - Butte Unit
	Oroville - 151.4000

2200 - LMU - Lassen-Modoc Unit
	Susanville - 151.2500

2300 - NEU - Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit
	Grass Valley Local Net - 151.3250
	Grass Valley East Net - 154.1300

2400 - SHU - Shasta-Trinity Unit
	Redding - 151.1600

2500 - TGU - Tehama-Glenn Unit
	Red Buff - 151.3700

2600 - SKU - Siskiyou Unit
	Yreka - 151.3250

3100 - RRU - Riverside Unit
	West County Dispatch - 151.3850
	East County Dispatch - 151.1300
	Major Response Repeater (West) - 151.1300 (94.8Hz)
	Operations - 31.1800
	Support 5 (Northwest) - 154.1450
	Support 6 (Southwest) - 154.4450
	Support 7 (East) - 154.1300
	Support 8 (Hemet) - 153.7700
	Support 9 (Cabazon) - 154.1750
	CDF Tac 02 - 151.1600
	CDF Tac 05 - 151.2500
	CDF Tac 10 - 151.4000
	CDF Tac 13 - 151.4750
	CDF Riverside Tac - 151.4600
	CVDN (Mutual Aid) - 155.1450
	CDF Admin - 151.3400

3200 - xxU - Owens-Bishop
	Bishop - 151.2500

3300 - MVU - San Diego Unit
	Monte Vista - 151.1900

3400 - SLU - San Luis Obispo Unit
	San Luis Obispo - 151.3250

3500 - BDU - San Bernardino Unit
	Dispatch West - 151.4450
	Dispatch East - 151.3250
	CDF Tac 02 East - 151.1600
	CDF Tac 04 North - 151.1900
	CDF Tac 05 North - 151.2500
	CDF Tac 08 East/North - 151.3700
	CDF Tac 12 - 151.4600
	CDF Tac 14 North - 159.2250
	CDF Tac 15 East/North - 159.2700
	CDF Tac 20 - 159.2750
	CDF Tac 22 - 159.4050
	CDF Tac 23 North - 159.4500

4100 - TUU - Tulare Unit
	Visalia - 151.1900

4200 - MMU - Madera-Mariposa-Merced Unit
	Mariposa - 151.4600
	Madera Command - 153.1850
	Purple Tac - 154.3550 (same as Tulare City Fire Command)

4300 - FKU - Fresno-Kings Unit
	Sanger - 151.3850
	Local 1 - 151.3850
	Local 2 - 151.1600
	District 1 - 154.4450 (primary dispatch channel)
	District 2 - 153.8900 (LRA command channel)

4400 - TCU - Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit
	San Andreas - 151.1750

4500 - AEU - Amador-El Dorado Unit
	El Camino - 151.1900

4600 - BEU - San Benito-Monterey Unit
	King City - 151.2500

KRN - Kern County

LAC - Los Angeles County

ORC - Orange County

SBC - Santa Barbara County

VNC - Ventura County

RO1 - Northern Region Headquarters (Santa Rosa)

RO2 - Northern Region (Redding)

RO4 - Southern Region (Fresno)

RSS - California Southern Region (Riverside)

CFA - CDF Academy (Ione)

Special thanks to the kind folks at the ScanNorCal and SoCalScan Yahoo Groups for contributing information

Special thank to Michael Burke for contributing information and doing most of the work to compile this page.