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1100 - MEU - Mendocino "Howard Forest"
Local Net 151.3850 tone 110.9

1200 - HUU - Humboldt-Del Norte "Fortuna"
Local Net 151.2500 tone 110.9

1400 - LNU - Lake-Napa-Sonoma "St. Helena"
Local Net East 151.3400 tone 136.5
Local Net West 151.4600 tone 136.5
Napa County Fire 154.4150 tone 131.8

1500 - MRN - Marin "Woodacre"
Mutual Aid Net 151.0400 tone 146.2

1600 - SCU - Santa Clara "Morgan Hill"
Local Net 151.4450 tone 156.7
Command 151.1225 tone 156.7

1700 - CZU - San Mateo-Santa Cruz "Felton"
Local Net 151.3700 tone 167.9

2100 - BTU - Butte "Oroville"
Local Net 151.4000 tone 110.9
Butte Support 154.4150 tone 110.9

2200 - LMU - Lassen-Modoc "Susanville"
Local Net 151.2500 tone 123.0

2300 - NEU - Nevada-Yuba-Placer "Grass Valley"
Local Net East 154.1300 tone 131.8
Local Net West 151.3250 tone 131.8
Placer Command 156.2400 tone 110.9
Nevada Co Fire 153.9650 tone 100.0
Foothill Fire 155.9850 tone 186.2

2400 - SHU - Shasta-Trinity "Redding"
Local Net 151.1600 tone 136.5
Shasta Command 154.4300 tone 136.5

2500 - TGU - Tehama-Glenn "Red Bluff"
Local Net 151.3700 tone 146.2

2600 - SKU - Siskiyou "Yreka"
Local Net 151.325 tone 156.7

2700 - AEU - Amador-El Dorado "El Camino"
Local Net 151.1900 tone 146.2
El Dorado Command 155.9025 tone 186.2
Amador Command 153.935 tone 123.0

3100 - RRU - Riverside "Perris"
Local Net 1 (West) 151.3850 tone 110.9
Local Net 2 (Command) 151.1750 tone 110.9
Local Net 3 (East) 151.1300 none
Riverside Command 1 154.1000 none

3300 - MVU - San Diego "Monte Vista"
Local Net 1 151.1900 tone 131.8
Local Net 2 151.3325 tone 131.8
San Diego City Cmd 158.9700 tone 103.5
County Command 1 154.1750 tone 103.5
County Command 2 156.2250 tone 107.2
County Command 3 153.9950 tone 110.9
County Command 5 153.8900 none
San Diego Air/Ground 156.1650 tone 107.2

3400 - SLU - San Luis Obispo "San Luis"
Local Net 151.3250 tone 136.5
County Dispatch 154.3850 tone 82.5
County Command 4 151.0550 tone 192.8

3500 - BDU - San Bernardino "San Bernardino"
Local Net 1 151.4450 tone 146.2
Local Net 2 151.3250 tone 146.2
Local Net 3 151.2500 tone 146.2
County Net V2 159.1200 tone 167.9
County Net V3 151.1525 tone 167.9

4100 - TUU - Tulare "Visalia"
Local Net 151.1900 tone 110.9
County Fire Net 154.0100 tone 131.8

4200 - MMU - Madera-Mariposa-Merced "Mariposa"
Local Net 1 151.4600 tone 123.0
Local Net 2 151.1525 tone 123.0
Madera Command 153.1850 tone 123.0

4300 - FKU - Fresno-Kings "Fresno"
Local Net 1 151.3850 tone 131.8
Local Net 2 151.1600 tone 131.8
County Dispatch 154.4450 tone 131.8

4400 - TCU - Tuolumne-Calaveras "San Andreas"
Local Net 151.1750 tone 136.5
Tuolumne Command 151.1300 tone 136.5
Calaveras Command 151.6625 tone 136.5

4600 - BEU - San Benito-Monterey "Monterey"
Local Net East 151.2500 tone 156.7
Local Net West 151.3325 tone 156.7

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CalFire Command Nets
tone 103.5 for RX
Command #1 - 151.3550 - Statewide
Command #2 - 151.2650 - Statewide
Command #3 - 151.3400 - Southern California
Command #4 - 151.4000 - Central Coast and Lower San Juaquin Valley
Command #5 - 151.3175 - Lower Sierra/Alpine
Command #6 - 151.2500 - North Bay - Wine Country
Command #7 - 151.4600 - Upper Sierra - Sacramento Valley
Command #8 - 151.4450 - North Coast
Command #9 - 151.1750 - North Sacramento Valley
Command #10 - 151.1900 - Northeast California
Command #11 - 151.1675 - Statewide portable repeater use

Ground Tactical Nets
tone 192.8 for RX
Tac #1 - 151.2575
Tac #2 - 151.1600 - used by MEU, NEU, SCU, SNU
Tac #3 - 151.1750 - used by HUU, LMU, MEU, CZU, TGU
Tac #4 - 151.1900 - used by SKU, TGU
Tac #5 - 151.2500 - used by BTU, LNU, NEU, SNU
Tac #6 - 151.3250 - used by MEU, CZU, SCU, SNU
Tac #7 - 151.3400 - used by HUU, SKU
Tac #8 - 151.3700 - used by SKU
Tac #9 - 151.3850 - used by BTU, NEU, SCU, SHU, SKU
Tac #10 - 151.4000 - used by HUU, LMU, CZU, SCU, SKU, SNU
Tac #11 - 151.4450 - used by BTU, MEU, SHU, SKU
Tac #12 - 151.4600 - used by BTU, SHU, SKU
Tac #13 - 151.3775
Tac #14 - 159.2250
Tac #15 - 159.2700
Tac #16 - 159.2850
Tac #17 - 159.3150
Tac #18 - 159.3450
Tac #19 - 159.3600
Tac #20 - 159.3750
Tac #21 - 159.3900
Tac #22 - 159.4050
Tac #23 - 159.4500
Tac #24 - 151.3175
Tac #25 - 159.3525
Tac #26 - 159.2925
Tac #27 - 159.3075
Tac #28 - 151.1825
Tac #29 - 151.3475
Tac #30 - 151.3925
Tac #31 - 159.3825

Tac Nets 14-31 may be used as Air to Ground on extended incidents

Air Tactical Nets
tone 110.9 for RX
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
Air Tactics 23 - 151.3025
Air Tactics 24 - 151.3625

Air to Ground
tone 192.8 for RX
Air Ground 1 - 151.2200
Air Ground 2 - 159.2625
Air Ground 3 - 159.3675

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Interoperability and Mutual Aid
Additional ground tactics often used between state and local government, or larger incidents

VFIRE 21 154.2800 tone 156.7
VFIRE 22 154.2650 tone 156.7
VFIRE 23 154.2950 tone 156.7
VFIRE 24 154.2725 tone 156.7
VFIRE 25 154.2875 tone 156.7
VFIRE 26 154.3025 tone 156.7
VTAC 11 151.1375 tone 156.7
VTAC 12 154.4525 tone 156.7
VTAC 13 158.7375 tone 156.7
VTAC 14 159.4725 tone 156.7