Radio Network

Labeled illustration of a canyon-rim dispatch desk with four separate radio handsets marked Law Enforcement, Fire, Medical, and Administrative, plus a fifth handset marked Tactical, all wired to a single rim-top repeater tower overlooking the inner canyon

Four Channels, One Canyon: Grand Canyon's Rescue Radio Network

Law Enforcement, Fire, Medical, Administrative, and a tactical channel — the radio structure behind roughly 300 rescues a year.

Illustrated cutaway of a Grand Canyon rim communications tower shared by park rangers and several other public safety agencies

Grand Canyon's Shared Interagency Radio and Dispatch Network

How Grand Canyon’s radio system shares towers, dispatch, and rescue response with the Forest Service, BLM, Arizona DPS, a sheriff, a tribal agency, and a neighboring park.