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PROGRAMMING GUIDE to the 2025 WMFR VHF RADIO TEMPLATE
**A reminder that channels on the guide that are double-underlined are SIMPLEX


Zone 1 WMFR IA - Organized like Zone 30 on the Motorola 800s with all the mutual aid channels you might need for an in-district response. Within Zone 1 are the following channels with suggested uses:

  1. V RED SW – Interoperability with neighboring agencies, POSSIBLE USE: Command
  2.  MESTAAEH – USFS Repeater – Direct to NOCO Dispatch
  3. VCALL10 – VHF Hailing – POSSIBLE USE: Staging
  4.  VFIRE21 – Interoperability – Air-to-Ground, Medical Air-to-Ground
  5. VFIRE22 – Interoperability – Air-to-Ground, Fire Air-to-Ground
  6. VFIRE23 – Tactical channels, Divisions, Air-to-Ground
  7. VFIRE24 – Tactical channels, Divisions, Air-to-Ground
  8. VTAC11 – TAC channels, Divisions
  9. VTAC12 – TAC channels, Divisions
  10.  VTAC13 – TAC channels, Divisions
  11. A/G-09 – Primary A/G for aircraft assigned by NOCO Dispatch, ie SEATs or LATs
  12. A/G-58 – Secondary A/G for aircraft assigned by NOCO Dispatch, ie SEATs or LATs
  13. A/G-35 – Primary A/G for aircraft assigned by Pueblo Dispatch, ie SEATs or LATs
  14. A/G-10 – Secondary A/G for aircraft assigned by Pueblo Dispatch, ie SEATs or LATs
  15. VMED28 – Medical Air-to-Ground
  16. AIRGUARD – EMERGENCY USE ONLY!! – A/G for aircraft emergencies, hailing

Zone 2 JC IA S – Similar to previous; Jefferson County Initial Attack for fires South of I-70.


Zone 3 JC IA N – Similar to previous; Jefferson County Initial Attack for fires North of I-70.


Zone 4 JC IMT – A pre-organized Comm plan for use when the Jefferson County IMT takes over fire management; likely used for Day 2 or later.


Zone 5 JEFFCOMM – JeffCom dispatched mountain agencies, with their individual VHF tactical channels and some interoperability frequencies that may be needed if we were on mutual aid.


Zone 6 BOCO 1 – For mutual aid into central Boulder County.


Zone 7 BOCO 2 – For mutual aid into South Boulder County.


Zone 8 DC CHIEFS IA – Similar to Zone 1 but for initial attack in Douglas County.


Zone 9 DC IMT – Similar to Zone 4, pre-organized Comm plan for DC IMT.


Zone 10 DCFED FIRE (old) – These are PSICC (Pike & San Isabell) channels adjacent to Douglas County that should be phased out soon with a new programming in the PSICC. We were made aware of the changing programming from the PSICC as we were writing our programming plan, but we were not aware of when they would be implementing their changes so we built both the old and the new.


Zone 11 NEW DCFEDFIRE – PSICC channels adjacent to Douglas County.


Zone 12 SMFR OPS1 – VHF simultaneous broadcast (SimulCast) of South Metro primary radio.


Zone 13 SMFR OPS2 – VHF SimulCast of South Metro and Douglas County agencies.


Zone 14 old SP RD – PSICC South Platte Ranger District radio channels that are being changed with the new programming coming soon.


Zone 15 PIKE NF (NEW) – Pike NF radio channels that are the new comm plan from PSICC. This zone is continued on a second column to demonstrate that newer radios can be programmed with many more channels that the dial reads, and adds several mountain area agencies adjacent to the forest. The older Legacy VHF radios will not have these channels available but it should not impact their use.


Zone 16 CCRD ADMIN – Arapahoe-Roosevelt NF radio channels for the Clear Creek Ranger District and the adjacent local fire districts for response into that area.


Zone 17 PCFD – Platte Canyon Fire radio channels and adjacent PSICC NF radio channels and local fire districts for response into that area.


Zone 18 PARKCNTY – Park County PSICC repeater frequencies and adjacent local fire districts for response into that area.


Zone 19 CLR-GIL – Clear Creek and Gilpin County fire district radio channels for response into that area.


Zone 20 EL PASO – El Paso County PSICC repeater frequencies and interoperability channels for response into that area.


Zone 21 NAT’L INTEROP – These channels are a broad list of the various VHF interoperability frequencies that are available and used nationally.


Zone 22 SAR & WX – Mountain Rescue Association, Colorado Search and Rescue Association and local weather frequencies for mutual aid response.


Zone 23 CO A/G – These are the various Air to Ground frequencies for various federal dispatch areas throughout the state.