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Radio Frequencies:

Los Angeles City Fire Department


This page was last updated on December 28, 2004.
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General Information:

The Los Angeles City Fire Department operates its radio system on 24 frequencies in the 800 MHz band. The LAFD radio system is conventional analog - not trunked - and (other than the Mutual Aid frequencies) uses repeaters for all communications. 3 frequencies are typically used for fire and EMS dispatching, the rest are used for tactical, operational, or fireground purposes.

In the list below, Metro L.A. refers to the city of Los Angeles south of Mulholland Drive, Valley is the area north of Mulholland. Division 1 covers the Central, East and West areas of the city, Division 2 covers the South and Harbor areas, Division 3 covers the Valley.

A note that proves things are not always as they appear to be: Police surveillance has been heard on the Mutual Aid frequencies from time to time!

The LAFD web site can be found here.


System Information:

Type: 800 MHz - Conventional - Analog


System Frequencies:

  Operations Control Division (OCD)

 

   
       
  Description Channel Frequency Tone
       
 

Dispatch (Metro Los Angeles – Fire)

Ch 7

859.4375 R

192.8

 

Dispatch (Metro Los Angeles – EMS)

Ch 4

857.9375 R

94.8

 

Dispatch (San Fernando Valley – Fire & EMS)

Ch 8

858.4375 R

103.5

 

Dispatch (Alternate Dispatch Channel – Brushfire)

Ch 9

857.2375 R

107.2

         
 

Operations – Division 1 (Central/East/West L.A.)

Ch 1

860.9375 R

85.4

 

Operations – Division 2 (Harbor/South L.A.)

Ch 2

859.9375 R

88.5

 

Operations – Division 3 (San Fernando Valley)

Ch 3

858.9375 R

91.5

 

Operations – EMS (Citywide)

Ch 10

856.2375 R

123.0

         
 

Arson/Fire Prevention/Administrative Support

Ch 5

856.9375 R

97.4

 

Emergency Trigger

Ch 6

860.4375 R

186.2

 

Command

Ch 11

860.7625 R

127.3

         
 

Tactical (Tac 12)

Ch 12

858.2375 R

131.8

 

Tactical (Tac 13)

Ch 13

857.4375 R

141.3

 

Tactical (Tac 14)

Ch 14

856.4375 R

146.2

 

Tactical (Tac 15)

Ch 15

859.7625 R

151.4

 

Tactical (Tac 16)

Ch 16

858.7625 R

162.2

 

Tactical (Tac 17)

Ch 17

857.7625 R

167.9

 

Tactical (Tac 18)

Ch 18

856.7625 R

173.8

         
 

Fireground Simplex/Mutual Aid

Ch 19

866.0125 S

156.7

 

Fireground Simplex/Mutual Aid

Ch 20

866.5125 S

156.7

 

Fireground Simplex/Mutual Aid

Ch 21

867.0125 S

156.7

 

Fireground Simplex/Mutual Aid (LAX Crash Crews)

Ch 22

867.5125 S

156.7

 

Fireground Simplex/Mutual Aid

Ch 23

868.0125 S

156.7

 

Fireground Simplex/Mutual Aid

Ch 24

868.5125 S

156.7

         
 

LAFD Helicopter “Air Support”

 

119.9750 S

 
 

Helicopter Air-to-Air “Oh Two”

 

123.0250 S

 

 

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