motorcycle crashes on Ortega Highway

[paulmcg1]

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.

[sp1989]

Thanks for the info, much appreciated!

[paulmcg1]

Another crash just occurred, radio procedure was a bit different. A US Forest Service fire truck coming up Ortega Highway came across a motorcycle accident near the Lookout restaurant. They reported the incident on USFS Cleveland National Forest channel "Admin Net" on 168.15 MHz, CTCSS 103.5 Hz. Then, CDF dispatched on RRU-1 West Dispatch channel.

[cvrules90]

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.

I thought that Hwy 74 was mostly in east county.

[brandon]

It goes all the way to San Juan Capistrano in Orange Co. aka Ortega Highway.
It's a great drive.

[cvrules90]

It goes all the way to San Juan Capistrano in Orange Co. aka Ortega Highway.
It's a great drive.

Obviously longer than I thought. I remember passsing it many moons ago to our house, and to SD for my medical appointments.