FEMA Daiy HeadsUp for Tuesday July 28 2026

 National Current Operations / Monitoring – July 27-28, 2026

New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Operations:
•  No new significant incidents / operations

Hazard Monitoring:
• Severe Thunderstorms –Mid-Atlantic, Ohio Valley and the Southeast
• Excessive Rainfall - Southwest to Central Rockies / Plains, and Mid-Atlantic to Northeast
• Tropical Activity
   ○ Eastern Pacific:
       • Tropical Storm Fausto
       • Hurricane Genevieve (CAT-4)

Disaster Declaration Activity:
•  Request: Major Disaster Declaration – SD

Event Monitoring:
•  No new significant events

A quick overview of USFS radio systems in California

A  quick overview

there are 18 national forests (NF) in california - and LTBMU which a
mini natl forest of sorts

generally speaking - each of the 18 natl forests have 2 repeaterized
radio channels - 1 is for fire units - the 2nd channel is for everyone
else - each of these 2 channels has multiple repeater sites - and each
repeater site has a different PL on the input - dispatcher to field
unit comms happen on these 2 channels

the fire net is called the 'forest net' - the 'everyone else' channel
is called the 'admin net'

the only statewide channels are - 168.625 Guard - 168.65 Flight
Following - 171.7875 R  for Law Net - 168.05 - Law Tac - 168.6625
Project Channel - each aircraft has a dedicated receiver on 168.625 -
each USFS LEO presumably has access to the Law Net and Law Tac -
(Guard and Flight Following are also used in just about every Natl
Forest in the USA) - the Project Channel is used for engineering jobs
iirc

there are no regional channels to speak of besides the Service Nets -
if they are still used - Service Nets are a 3rd repeaterized channels
that exist at a few sites in each natl forest - historically they have
been used to link fire camps to dispatch centers at the biggest fires
(before the days of sat phones and cell phones)

In addition to the primary channels - there are also firescene
channels, airtac channels, and air/ground channels, and common
channels

- the firescene channels are 5 simplex channels that are available
across California - typically 1 is assigned as the primary tac channel
for each Ranger District - (each Natl Forest is divided into 3 to 6
Ranger Districts - they are similar to Battalions in a big city FD)

- air tac channels are used by fixed wing aircraft and lead planes -
there are usually 2 assigned for each NF - some are shared around
Calif

- seven air to ground channels are used for fire aircraft to talk to
ground units - there are usually 2 assigned for each NF - some are
shared across Calif

- common channels are typically federal itinerant channels like 163.10
and 168.35 and 163.7125 and 168.6125 - they are used for non emergency
work projects - they are also shared with other federal agencies

the major exceptions to this overview are - Inyo NF has 2 admin
channels and no fire channels - Klamath NF has 1 admin/forest channel
and five 2ndary repeater channels - Shasta Trinity NF has 1
admin/forest net and 4 secondary simplex nets - Sequoia NF has 1 fire
net and 1 emergency net and 1 simplex admin net - Tahoe NF has 1
forest net and 1 fire net (not sure what that really means) - its
possible that Klamath NF and Shasta Trinity NF has 1 fire net - and
that all of their other traffic is done on the multi local nets

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FEMA Daily HeadsUp for Monday July 27 2026

National Current Operations / Monitoring – July 26-27, 2026

New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Operations:
•  No new significant incidents / operations

Hazard Monitoring:
• Severe Thunderstorms – Central / Northern Plains, Middle / Upper Mississippi Valleys, Ohio Valley and Great Lakes
• Excessive Rainfall - Four Corners to the Central Plains, Great lakes, Ohio Valley, and the Northeast
• Extreme Heat – The Plains, Mississippi Valleys, and Southeast
• Tropical Activity
   ○ Eastern Pacific:
       • Hurricane Fausto (CAT-1)
       • Hurricane Genevieve (CAT-5)

Disaster Declaration Activity:
•  FMAG Approval: Dove Fire – CA
•  FMAG Approval: Ransier Fire – WA

Event Monitoring:
•  No new significant events

fema daily headsUp for Sunday July 26 2026

 National Current Ops / Monitoring for July 25-26, 2026

New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Ops:
• No new significant incidents / ops

Hazard Monitoring:
• Severe Thunderstorms – Central / Northern Plains, Middle / Upper Mississippi Valleys, and Great Lakes
• Heavy Rain / Flash Flooding – Southeast
• Critical Fire Weather – California, Northern Intermountain, Central Great Basin, Montana
• Tropical Activity
  ο  Eastern and Central Pacific
      •  Hurricane Fausto (CAT-1)
      •  Hurricane Genevieve (CAT-1)
      •  Disturbance 1: High (90%)

Disaster Declaration Activity:
• Request: Expedited Major Disaster Declaration – WV
• FMAG Approval: Grasshopper Fire – OR 
• FMAG Approval: Signal Peak Fire – WA 
• FMAG Approval: Kawaihae Road Fire – HI 

Event Monitoring:
• No significant events

fema daily headsUp for Sat July 25 2026

 National Current Ops / Monitoring for July 24-25, 2026

New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Ops:
• No new significant incidents / ops

Hazard Monitoring:
• Severe Thunderstorms - Montana, South Dakota
• Heavy Rain / Flash Flooding – Southwest to Southern Plains, Lower Mississippi Valley, Carolinas
• Critical Fire Weather - California, Northern Intermountain to Northern Plains
• Tropical Activity
  ο  Eastern and Central Pacific
      •  Hurricane Fausto (CAT-2)
      •  Tropical Storm Genevieve
      •  Disturbance 1: High (70%)

Disaster Declaration Activity:
• No new declaration activity

Event Monitoring:
• No significant events