Black Hills Fire Incident Frequencies

Black Hills Major Fire Incident Frequencies

These are for historical reference only. Most of these frequencies belong to the National Interagency Fire Cache's portable radio systems and will only be used again at other major fires. Typically, aircraft will switch to a NIFC air-to-ground frequency on the second day of an incident, and a NIFC portable radio system will be in place by the third day.

Jasper Fire (2000- Custer/Pennington Counties)

West Hell Canyon Fire (2001- Custer County)

Battle Creek Fire (2002- Pennington County)

Grizzly Gulch Fire (2002- Lawrence County)

Kraft Springs Fire (2002- Harding County/Carter County MT)

Little Elk Creek Fire (2002- Meade County)

Ricco Fire (2005- Meade County)

Eastridge Fire (2006- Meade County)

Black Hills Fire Aviation Frequencies

Fire aircraft frequencies have a history of changing from year to year, but they have mostly remained the same since 2004.

2002 Fire Aviation Frequencies:

127.275 Black Hills initial air attack
171.55 Northern Hills air-to-ground

169.975 Southern Hills air-to-ground

2003 Fire Aviation Frequencies:

122.575 Black Hills initial air attack

169.2 Black Hills air-to-ground (South Dakota)

171.5 Black Hills air-to-ground (Wyoming)

2004-2007 Fire Aviation Frequencies:

120.45 Black Hills initial air attack

169.2 Northern Hills air-to-ground

172.325 Central and Southern Hills air-to-ground

Miscellaneous Small Incident Aviation Frequencies

122.075 Red Point Fire (2003- Custer County)

118.95 Basin Draw Fire (2004- Crook County, WY)

122.225 Alabaugh Fire (2007- Fall River County)

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Black Hills Major Fire Incident Frequencies

Black Hills Fire Aviation Frequencies

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