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SAFE, EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT OPERATIONS
Fire Common Traffic Advisory Frequencies (F-CTAF) 27

F-CTAF Fregs’ Channel No. Transmit pwr (w) National Ass’ts Under Civil Aviation Rule 91.211
130.050 ARX 02 25 Forest fire fighting
131.500 ARX 60 25 Calling channel
134.000 ARX 136 25
134.350 ARX 150 25 Forest fire fighting
134.550 ARX 158 25 Forest fire fighting Ground safety
134.600 ARX 160 25 Forest fire fighting
134.750 ARX 166 25 Forest fire fighting
Ground stations must be licensed as Landmobile stations. Aircraft may
operate under a General User Radio License (GURL), refer NZ Gazette
Notice 20/2/2003, No 15, page 437, Notice No. 1138 (note that the
NZ Fire Service does not currently have AM radios).
General note – The Ministry of Economic Development requires that any communication on Fixed wing safety
Repeater channels (e.g. ESB 180 & ESB 164) with any aircraft should occur 1000 feet above
ground level for ground stations.
Procedure (New Zealand Fire Service ESB Band Radios)

1. All air operators arriving at the fire ground will call the
Operations Manager on the “Liaison” channel 10 (140.9875 Mhz).
The Operations Manager will confirm arrival instructions,
landing site and designated ESB air operations channels. Helicopter safety

2. The standard air operations channel will be “Fire 4” (140.6125 Mhz).
Only air operations traffic will use the “Fire 4” channel when
aircraft are operating on the fire ground.
3. The Operations Manager will normally assign an Aircraft Manager
to manage the air operations on “Fire 4”. The aircraft manager
should operate on channel 14 which is “Fire 4” and “Liaison”. Aviation radio

4. The Operations Manager will contact the Aircraft Manager on the channels
“Liaison” channel 10 when passing instructions with regard to air
operations. The Operations Manager should avoid using “Fire 4”
(Channel 4) to contact the Aircraft Manger as this may distract
the aircraft.
5. The Aircraft Manager will contact the Operations Manager on Briefings and
“Liaison” channel 10 as required. questions