Monday, December 1, 2025

info about mendocino county calif fire radio channels

rrdb has lots of info about the fire radio channels

but it does not list calfire command 8 prominently

the broadcastify feed labeled 'Mendocino County Fire and Cal Fire" has
Command 8 on priority

we think that Command 8 is a main channel for them - just a hunch

we have never figured the fire radio system out

recently listening on the scanner feed in nov 2025 - all the fire and
ems action seemed to be on XME Red which is 53.95 R - this included
paging and signing on and responding and arriving at scene and
returning to quarters - by local government units - there was no
calfire radio traffic that we heard

which leads us to believe that the radio system is set up this way -

153.95 R - paging and response for local government units

151.385 R - paging and response for Cal Fire units - and admin messages

Command 8 - command / response channel for wildfires on state
responsibility areas (SRA)

XME Blue - command / response channel for wildfires on local
responsibility areas and for structure fires

cal fire command 1 and 2 might be additional command channels

xme green might be an additinal command channel also

also - many of the VFDs have their own local channels - not sure how
they fit into the picture exactly - they might be tertiary command
channels - or they might be FG and command channels for calls that
involve just 1 FD or a couple of FDs - maybe for 'first alarms' if
they even have 'first alarms' - you know - minor fires and stinkin
badges

( cal fire has a confirmed 11-44 at 416 pm et - maybe a death -
requested mcso - already enroute maybe ) - actually - maybe was not
cal fire - was a unit with a 4 number ID iirc

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