Burning Man / Burning Man

Subcategory: Public Safety

Unique DB ID: 88405


Burning Man's annual temporary "Black Rock City" is located 12 miles NE of Gerlach, NV (Washoe County) on the BLM Black Rock Desert playa in Pershing County. 

The following agencies provide Public Safety for Burning Man: 
U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - encrypted NIFOG VHF P25 repeater
Pershing County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) - Black Rock City (BRC) VHF repeater (below)
Washoe County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO) - NSRS Talkgroup WCSO "Yellow" (South County Dispatch)
Nevada Highway Patrol (NHP) - NSRS Talkgroup NHP "Reno 3" (Rural)

In addition to these agencies, Burning Man also
contracts Fire and EMS services,
contracts private security (High Rock Security),
and has volunteer Black Rock Rangers
who all operate on the Burning Man CAP radio system.

Nevada Shared Radio System
EDACS Networked Standard
The Nevada Highway Patrol and Washoe County Sheriff operate on this system.

Subcategory Location Data

Latitude: 40.79000 Longitude: -119.21000 Range: 20 Type: Defined Coverage

Frequencies

FrequencyLicenseTypeToneAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
152.480WQBD866 B Fire-EMS Paging Black Rock City Fire-EMS Digital Paging (POCSAG) Telm Data
152.885WPMW320 RM 054 DPL PCSO BRC Ops Pershing County SO - Black Rock City Operations FMN Law Dispatch
168.1125 RM 68F NAC LE 4/LE 8 BLM Incident Management Team (NIFOG) P25E Federal
171.675 RM 156.7 PL NV BLM SOA NV BLM Scene of Action Repeater FMN Federal
451.900WPTT866 RM 91.5 PL BRC 911 Alt Black Rock City PSAP - Participant Radio Access to BRC Dispatch FMN EMS Dispatch