motorcycle crashes on Ortega Highway
Posted: Sun May 25, 2014 12:59 pm
There were two motorcycle crashes within half an hour of each other today on Highway 74 (Ortega Highway). It must be the holiday weekend.
As far as monitoring these kinds of events, the sequence typically is what happened today.
(1) Dispatch on CDF RRU-1 West Dispatch, 151.385 MHz, CTCSS tone 110.9 Hz.
(2) Dispatch on US Forest Service Cleveland National Forest channel "Forest Net", 168.75 MHz, CTCSS tone 103.5 Hz.
(3) Assignment to a working channel. Both of today's incidents were assigned to CDF RRU-2, 151.175 MHz, CTCSS tone 110.9 Hz, which is available to both CDF and USFS units.
I happen to live in the Cleveland National Forest at 2500' elevation, down a dirt ride from Ortega Highway, so I pay attention to "local" events. As I'm writing this, USFS is reporting another incident near Tenaja Falls on "Forest Net" where their fire department is waiting for a law enforcement officer to show up before proceeding to the incident.
As far as monitoring these kinds of events, the sequence typically is what happened today.
(1) Dispatch on CDF RRU-1 West Dispatch, 151.385 MHz, CTCSS tone 110.9 Hz.
(2) Dispatch on US Forest Service Cleveland National Forest channel "Forest Net", 168.75 MHz, CTCSS tone 103.5 Hz.
(3) Assignment to a working channel. Both of today's incidents were assigned to CDF RRU-2, 151.175 MHz, CTCSS tone 110.9 Hz, which is available to both CDF and USFS units.
I happen to live in the Cleveland National Forest at 2500' elevation, down a dirt ride from Ortega Highway, so I pay attention to "local" events. As I'm writing this, USFS is reporting another incident near Tenaja Falls on "Forest Net" where their fire department is waiting for a law enforcement officer to show up before proceeding to the incident.