Public Safety Frequencies
Northern Santa Clara County and Southern San Mateo County areas
Police
PAPD-1 482.6125 110.9 Palo Alto PD/Stanford DPS primary
PAPD-2 482.8125 110.9 Palo Alto PD/Stanford DPS secondary
SUDPS-3 483.3375 110.9 Stanford DPS tac - foothills rangers
SUDPS-4 483.5625 110.9 Stanford DPS tac
MPPD 488.3375 162.2 Menlo Park PD primary
EPAPD 488.3875 114.8 East Palo Alto PD primary
ATHERTON 489.0875 162.2 Atherton PD primary
SMCO TAC3 488.5375 San Mateo County tac - south county
SMCO GREEN 488.8875 San Mateo County mutual aid - countywide
MVPD-1 482.5125 110.9 Mountain View PD primary
MVPD-3 482.7875 110.9 Mountain View/Los Altos PD secondary
MVPD-4 483.2125 110.9 Mountain View/Los Altos PD tac - Shoreline Amphitheatre events
LAPD 483.0625 136.5 Los Altos PD primary
SVDPS-1 482.9625 141.3 Sunnyvale PD primary
SVPDS-3 483.1625 141.3 Sunnyvale PD tac
SCSO-1 156.2100 179.9 Santa Clara County Sheriff
- normally covers central county, but west county units
are here during graveyard shift
SCSO-2 155.7000 ASTRO west county APCO-25 digital (see note below)
SCSO-3 156.1500 ASTRO west county tac APCO-25 digital (see note below)
SCSO-4 154.6500 179.9 countywide tactical
SCSO-5 154.8000 ASTRO west county tac APCO-25 digital (see note below)
MACS 482.3375 114.8 Santa Clara County Mutual Aid Communications System
- cross-linked to 460.0250, 154.475, and a Santa Clara talkgroup.
NLEMARS 154.4750 National Law Enforcement Mutual Aid Radio System
CLEMARS 154.9200 California Law Enforcement Mutual Aid Radio System
CLEMARS-2 154.9350
San Mateo County Sheriff uses a UHF APCO-25 (ASTRO) digital SmartZone trunking system.
Santa Clara County Sheriff uses several VHF APCO-25 (ASTRO) digital channels in northern Santa Clara County.
City of Santa Clara uses a 800Mhz trunked system.
These systems require specialized equipment to monitor them.
APCO-25 is APCO (American Police Chiefs Association) Project 25 specification for digital radio systems.
Astro is a trademark for Motorola's APCO-25 compliant digital radio systems.
SmartZone is a trademark for a certain type of Motorola trunking system.
Fire
PAFD-1 153.7700 110.9 Palo Alto PD primary
- covers Palo Alto, Stanford
PAFD-2 154.0550 110.9 Palo Alto PD secondary
MVFD-1 154.0250 110.9 Mountain View primary
SVDPS-2 482.7125 141.3 Sunnyvale FD primary
SVDPS-6 482.4125 141.3 Sunnyvale FD secondary
Central Fire 154.2500 162.2 Santa Clara County Fire
- covers Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Cupertino, Los Gatos,
Saratoga, Campbell
Command-1 153.9050 192.8 Central fire tactical central
Command-2 155.9850 179.9 Central fire tactical countywide
Command-8 154.4000 110.9 Central fire tactical west
154.1750 162.2 Central fire tactical
Control-1A 153.8900 114.8 South San Mateo County FD primary
- covers Menlo Park, EPA, Atherton, Woodside, Redwood City,
San Carlos, Belmont.
Control-2 154.3700 114.8 SSMCFD secondary bayside
Control-5 156.1050 162.2 SSMCFD tac bayside
CDF-CZU 151.3700 167.9 California Department of Forestry, San Mateo-Santa Cruz ranger unit
- dispatch: Felton
CDF-TAC-3 151.1750
CDF-TAC-4 151.1900
CDF-TAC-6 151.3250
CDF-TAC-10 151.4000
CDF-AIR-TAC-5 151.2950 aircraft tactical
CDF-SCU 151.4450 156.7 California Department of Forestry, Santa Clara ranger unit
- dispatch: Morgan Hill
CDF-TAC-2 151.1600 east
CDF-TAC-3 151.1750 south
CDF-TAC-6 151.3250 south
CDF-TAC-9 151.3850
CDF-TAC-10 151.4000 west
CDF-AIR-TAC-5 151.2950 aircraft tactical
CDF TAC channels listed are the ones normally assigned for incidents within the ranger unit.
WHITE-1 154.2800 Statewide mutual aid WHITE-1 (WHITE)
WHITE-2 154.2650 Statewide mutual aid WHITE-2
WHITE-3 154.2950 Statewide mutual aid WHITE-3
BLUE 153.8450 Santa Clara county mutual aid BLUE
YELLOW 153.8300 fireground tactical YELLOW
RED 033.9600 Santa Clara County interagency fire dispatcher intercom
Other
CALCORD 156.0750 interagency common coordination frequency
- frequently used as air-ground for medivac helicopters
MPROSD 151.2350 123.0 Mid Peninsula Reigonal Open Space District rangers