Fire National Frequencies

Vehicles

79.19375

Truck to Truck Simplex (used in big events or for training)

Simplex Incident Ground Radio Channels

Freq	channel name	Use on the Fire Ground at major* incidents**
143.8250	Fire high 1	General firefighter to firefighter talk Channel
143.7875	Fire high 2	2nd General talk Channel
140.9250	Fire high 3	Command Channel
140.6125	Fire high 4	Air operations Channel
143.0500	Liaison Channel (Duplex)
140.9875	Liaison Channel (Simplex)

• Note: A major incident is generally anything 2nd alarm and above. Channels 1 and 2 are still used day to day by firefighters at the scene of most incidents.

• • Note: This is not always the case, as ground radio channels can have different roles at big incidents depending on the size, need and region.

UHF simplex

455.1375

All These Frequencies Are The Same Nationally.

• New Frequencies on the RSM for Fire Service (Unknown locations) all have been referred to as portable Repeaters

499.8250, 499.7750, 501.2250, 501.3375, 501.4750 501.4875, 501.5125, 501.5250, 501.5500, 501.5750 501.6875

New as at 2017

UHF Zone A

Channel Number	Short Label	Full Label	RX Frex
1	OPS	OPERATIONS	496.71875
2	CMD	COMMAND	496.96875
3	LOG	LOGISTICS	497.01875
4	AERIAL	AERIAL APPLIANCE	497.06875
5	SAFETY	SAFETY	497.18125
6	BASO	BASO	498.13125
7	LIAISON	LIAISON SIMPLEX	498.00625
12	ADD OPS	ADDITIONAL OPERATIONS	501.51250
13	LIASE DX	LIAISON DUPLEX	501.23750
14	RPTR 1	REPEATER 1	499.77500
15	RPTR 2	REPEATER 2	499.82500
16	OP SUP	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	497.79375

UHF Zone B

Channel Number	Short Label	Full Label	RX Frex
1	OPS	OPERATIONS	496.83125
2	CMD	COMMAND	497.00625
3	LOG	LOGISTICS	497.19375
4	AERIAL	AERIAL APPLIANCE	501.33750
5	SAFETY	SAFETY	501.48750
6	BASO	BASO	501.55000
7	LIAISON	LIAISON SIMPLEX	498.00625
12	ADD OPS	ADDITIONAL OPERATIONS	501.68750
13	LIASE DX	LIAISON DUPLEX	501.23750
14	RPTR 1	REPEATER 1	499.77500
15	RPTR 2	REPEATER 2	499.82500
16	OP SUP	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	497.79375

UHF Zone C

Channel Number	Short Label	Full Label	RX Frex
1	OPS	OPERATIONS	496.98125
2	CMD	COMMAND	497.04375
3	LOG	LOGISTICS	501.22500
4	AERIAL	AERIAL APPLIANCE	501.47500
5	SAFETY	SAFETY	501.52500
6	BASO	BASO	501.57500
7	LIAISON	LIAISON SIMPLEX	498.00625
12	ADD OPS	ADDITIONAL OPERATIONS	501.70000
13	LIASE DX	LIAISON DUPLEX	501.23750
14	RPTR 1	REPEATER 1	499.77500
15	RPTR 2	REPEATER 2	499.82500
16	OP SUP	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	497.79375