MT Department of Disaster and Emergency Services (Montana)

Last Updated: July 1, 2019, 7:40 pm
The Department of Disaster and Emergency Services operates with the Montana Department of Military Affairs and is the lead agency in coordinating comprehensive emergency management in Montana

DES operates conventional channels located at the states trunked sites that allow for patching to conventional analog, digital and trunked talkgroups and other mutual aid operations in the state.

Frequencies

Department of Disaster and Emergency Services

District 1
District 1 covers Confederated Salish Kootenai Tribes, Deer Lodge, Flathead, Granite, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral, Missoula, Powell, Ravalli, Sanders, City of Butte and Silver Bow counties

FrequencyLicenseTypeToneAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
155.355 RM 100.0 PL DES1-Big Mtn Big Mountain - Flathead County FMN Interop
155.355 RM 123.0 PL DES1-MtAenea Mount Aeneas - Flathead County FMN Interop
155.355 RM 173.8 PL DES1-Desert Desert - Flathead County FMN Interop
155.355 RM 88.5 PL DES1-Marion Marion - Flathead County FMN Interop
151.145 RM 156 NAC DES1-Blktail Blacktail Digital - Flathead County P25 Interop
151.145 RM 167.9 PL DES1-Blktail Blacktail Analog - Flathead County FMN Interop
155.520 RM 156 NAC DES1-Jette Jette Digital - Lake County P25 Interop
155.520 RM 156.7 PL DES1-Jette Jette Analog - Lake County FMN Interop
154.950 RM CSQ DES1-Pinkham Pinkham - Lincoln County FMN Interop
161.950 RM CSQ DES1-BlueMtn Blue Mountain - Lincoln County FMN Interop
159.070 RM CSQ DES1-PatsKnb Pat's Knob - Sanders County FMN Interop
155.685 RM CSQ DES1-Butte Butte 911 - Silver Bow County FMN Interop
155.925 RM CSQ DES1-Red Mtn Red Mountain - Silver Bow County FMN Interop
District 2
District 2 covers Blackfeet Nation, Blaine, Cascade, Chouteau, Fort Belknap Tribes, Glacier, Hill, Liberty, Pondera, Rocky Boy's Tribe, Teton, Toole and the City of Great Falls

FrequencyLicenseTypeToneAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
154.175 RM 156.7 PL DES2-Divide Divide Analog - Glacier County FMN Interop
154.175 RM 293 NAC DES2-Divide Divide Digital - Glacier County P25 Interop
151.1375 RM 156.7 PL DES2-Highwod Highwood Baldy Analog - Judith Basin FMN Interop
151.1375 RM 293 NAC DES2-Highwod Highwood Baldy Digital - Judith Basin P25 Interop
151.1375 RM CSQ DES2-MtRoyal Mount Royal - Liberty County FMN Interop
154.710 RM CSQ DES2-Hill SO Hill Sheriff - Hill County FMN Interop
155.730 RM CSQ DES2-FlyingJ Flying J - Great Falls/Cascade County FMN Interop
155.730 RM CSQ DES2-Pacific Pacific Steel - Great Falls/Cascade County FMN Interop
District 3
District 3 covers Beaverhead, Broadwater, Gallatin, Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, Madison, Meagher, Park and Sweet Grass

District 4
District 4 covers Carter, Custer, Dawson, Fallon, Garfield, McCone, Powder River, Prairie, Richland and Wibaux

District 5
District 5 covers Big Horn, Carbon, Crow Nation, Golden Valley, Musselshell, Northern Cheyenne Nation, Rosebud, Stillwater, Treasure, Wheatland and Yellowstone

District 6
District 6 covers Daniels, Fergus, Fort Peck Tribes, Judith Basin, Petroleum, Phillips, Roosevelt, Sheridan and Valley

State Emergency Capability Using Radio Effectively (SECURE)

Tests of the SECURE Network are conducted every Tuesday, at 0900 Hours MDT. Additionally, all radios have complete access to the FEMA and SHARES HF Network frequencies.

FrequencyLicenseTypeToneAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
2.3274KNEA387 BM MT EOC HF DES/EOC - Operation Secure (LSB/USB) AM Emergency Ops
2.4404WQJM263 BM MT EOC HF DES/EOC - Operation Secure (LSB/USB) AM Emergency Ops
2.4644WQJM263 BM MT EOC HF DES/EOC - Operation Secure (LSB/USB) AM Emergency Ops
2.8054KNEA387 BM MT EOC HF DES/EOC - Operation Secure (LSB/USB) AM Emergency Ops
2.8134KNEA387 BM MT EOC HF DES/EOC - Operation Secure (LSB/USB) AM Emergency Ops
5.1364WQJM263 BM MT EOC HF DES/EOC - Operation Secure (LSB/USB) AM Emergency Ops
5.1414WQJM263 BM MT EOC HF DES/EOC - Operation Secure (LSB/USB) AM Emergency Ops
5.1964WQJM263 BM MT EOC HF DES/EOC - Operation Secure (LSB/USB) AM Emergency Ops
7.4784KNEA387 BM MT EOC HF DES/EOC - Operation Secure (LSB/USB) AM Emergency Ops
7.4814KNEA387 BM MT EOC HF DES/EOC - Operation Secure (LSB/USB) AM Emergency Ops
7.8064KNEA387 BM MT EOC HF DES/EOC - Operation Secure (LSB/USB) AM Emergency Ops
7.9334WQJM263 BM MT EOC HF DES/EOC - Operation Secure (LSB/USB) AM Emergency Ops