

                  NSW FIRE BRIGADE FREQUENCIES
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                               Call Sign VL2BF



                        Ch1. 78.130MHz - A,B & E Districts
                        Ch2. 78.070MHz - C & D Districts
                        Ch3. 78.040MHz - Emergency Channel
                        Ch4. 78.010MHz - G District
                        Ch5. 78.055MHz - Gosford
                        Ch6. 78.160MHz - Katoomba
                        Ch7. 78.100MHz - Newcastle
                        Ch8. 78.115MHz - Wollongong
                        Ch10. 78.280MHz - Workshops

                        471.350MHz - Hand Held to Hand Held
                        471.525MHz - Hand held to control
                        471.700MHz - Unused
                        471.725MHz - Unused
                        471.850MHz - Training




                              RADIO CODE SYSTEM

Red - Urgent Priority 1 Message
Blue - Any message from the fire ground
White - Report by mobile of fire not known to control
Green - Stop (end of incident)
Yellow - Routine non fire or logistic message

Code 1 - No Sign of fire, investigating
Code 2 - Call Off, return to station
Code 4 - Small fire requiring attendance of only 1 pumper
Code 8 - Arrival at scene or incident
Code 9 - Available to respond
Code 10 - Malicious false alarm
Code 11 - False alarm, genuine cause
Code 14 - Stop in relation to Code 4
Code 20 - Chemical spillage: details of chemical, quantity, etc. to follow.
Code 30 - Person trapped injured or hurt

