STATE OF NEW JERSEY - PARKS AND FORESTRY

The New Jersey State Park Service (which operates under the Department of Environmental Protection) owns many acres of land in the Northwest Corner of NJ, including: High Point State Park, Hopatcong State Park, Jenny Jump State Forest, Kittatinny Valley State Park, Ringwood State Park, Stokes State Forest, Swartswood State Park, Wawayanda State Park, and Worthington State Forest.

Communications occur between the Park Offices to Superintendents, Rangers, Maintenance, and Other Personnel.  Rangers also have capabilities to communicate with NJDEP Dispatch (Trenton), and in some cases local agencies.

PARKS FREQUENCIES TO MONITOR

Parks Channel 5 159.465 179.9 Park Operations
DEP Channel 1 151.190 179.9 Law Enforcement - Rangers and Trenton Dispatch
DEP Channel 3 151.325 179.9 Fish and Game Channel - Back-up for above

PARK UNITS NUMBERING SYSTEM

Units may be M or F series units.  M units are maintenance personnel, and F units may be Rangers, Superintendents, Visitor Assistants, or other Park Staff.  Designation of call signs (in Northern NJ) are as follows:

3F1 - 3F19 High Point State Park
3F20 - 3F29 Stokes State Forest
3F30 - 3F39 Wawayanda State Park
3F40 - 3F49 Swartswood State Park
3F50 - 3F59 Worthington State Forest
3F60 - 3F69 Jenny Jump State Forest
3F90 - 3F99 Kittatinny Valley State Park
3F800 series Ringwood State Park
2F70 - 2F79 Hopatcong, Alamuchy Mountain & Stephens State Park

NJ FOREST FIRE SERVICE

The New Jersey Forest Fire Service (which also operates under the Department of Environmental Protection) uses a repeater along with simplex frequencies in Northwest NJ.  I have only listed the main frequencies they use, pertinent to this area.  They do have access to many other area frequencies.  Most of their communications are between mobile units, portables, and fire towers.

Channel 6 159.375 179.9 Simplex Operations
Channel 7 151.415 179.9 Repeater - located in Jefferson Twp
Channel 10 159.285 179.9 Air drops
Channel 7A 159.240 82.5 Fireground and Tower-to-Tower communications
Channel 8A 159.270 82.5 Fireground and Tower-to-Tower communications
Channel 9A 159.405 82.5 Fireground and Tower-to-Tower communications