Emergency Communications Frequencies

GLOBAL FREQUENCIES

These frequencies have been adopted into the bandplans of each IARU region to be a focus for emergency communications in their areas. They are not ‘absolute’ frequencies but instead are ‘centres of activity’ and emergency communications may be found ±20kHz from these centres. Some countries may maintain other emergency frequencies in their own bandplans due to local requirements, QRM etc.

REGION 1 – HF FREQUENCIES

The countries below have allowed information on their HF frequency usage to be published. Where these are the same as the Global CoA frequencies these are shown in bold text. Remember activity is always +/- QRM or existing use.

REGION 1 – VHF/UHF FREQUENCIES

There are no common frequencies for emergency communications in the VHF/UHF spectrum however the bands are heavily used for local communications by national emergency groups.

Some countries use existing calling frequencies in the bandplans to co-ordinate initial emergency work. These are shown in bold text below.

The countries below have allowed information on their VHF/UHF frequency usage to be published and this information was also requested by the C5 committee at the IARU Region 1 conference in Sun City 2011 so that it may be taken into account during bandplanning discussions.

Source: https://www.iaru-r1.org/about-us/committees-and-working-groups/emcomm/emergency-communications-frequencies/

Update: 12.02.2025

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