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Lake County

Lake County Fire Departments

In the mid 1970's, the Lake County Fire Chiefs divided the Fire Departments and Dispatch Offices in Lake County IL into four quadrants (Quads) to operate on four primary frequencies. The division lines were IL 45 for east/west, and IL 137 for north/south. Quad numbers started in the NE and worked counter-clockwise around the county, then, within each quad, individual Departments were assigned numbers alphabetically.

They also assigned resources radio numbers by general types, as described in the Codes, Unit Lists, Pager Tones section below.
This system worked well, until call volumes increased, and several departments were forced to obtain their own frequencies, so as not to interfere with the operation of neighboring departments.

After the FCC mandate that the number of Public Safety Access Points (PSAP's) be reduced via consolidation, limitations in the Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) software, as well as conflicts in agency identifiers led to many departments moving to different unit radio numbering systems. The numbers used vary based on the operating protocol and capabilities of each PSAP.

Lake County Fire Departments Specialized Response Teams (HAZMAT)

  • WQKS403 License for Bomb Disposal Robot, using frequencies of 2460.0 & 458.4875

Lake County Fire Chiefs Association

Lake County

  • 851.0125, 851.5125, 852.0125, 852.5125, 853.0125 repeaters (I-Call and I-Tac interop channels), tower behind Lake County Sheriff's Office Libertyville substation. WRTT408
  • Waukegan - 155.655, 156.210 repeaters; Libertyville - 155.655, 155.700 repeaters; 158.970, 465.200, 154.710, 156.150 portables; ISPERN, VCALL/VTAC and UCALL/UTAC interop fixed bases (Libertyville) and temporary locations county-wide (NFM) WRTQ961
  • 451.4625, 451.7125, 456.4625, 456.6125 (NFM analog/digital) Lake County Forest Preserve - Thunderhawk Golf Course (Beach Park) WRML508
  • 451.275, 451.300 BM Highway Department - Surveying Data (Low Power Temporary) WPPA360
  • 453.2125 M Water Distribution Data (Libertyville) WNSD311

South Lake County Regional CERT

  • 154.7925 portable repeater with 151.1975 input; mobiles on 151.235, 159.39, 159.3375 (NFM) WQrelQR543
  • 158.8125 fixed relay temporary and portables; 173.3125, 458.375 mobile repeaters and portables; 154.145 portables (NFM) WQXX762

EMS Agencies and Hospitals

Consolidated Dispatch Centers

Antioch Dispatch Center

Lake Villa

  • 453.325 BM Wastewater Lift Stations (Digital) WPKN413
  • 956.28125 F Microwave Link WQFW554[Canceled 3/08]
  • 957.33175 F Microwave Link WQGX384 [Canceled 3/08]
  • Police dispatched by Antioch on 470.5875 97.4; Fire on Quad 2 154.4 127.3 PL
  • 453.85 Repeater - Public Works (NFM) WQNL611

Northwest Lake County Fire Training Cooperative

  • (Former) Antioch Dispatch Center, shut down in May 2013.
  • 470.5875 473.5875 KTO896 RM 97.4 PL IFERN Relay IFERN Relay FMN Fire-Tac
  • 453.2875 WPXB953 F Antch PD RF1 Remote Link - Grayslake FMN Fire-Tac
  • 458.4125 WPXB953 F Antch PD RF2 Remote Link - Lindenhurst FMN Fire-Tac
  • 458.5125 WPXB953 F Antch PD RF3 Remote Link - Antioch FMN Fire-Tac
  • 458.5875 WPXB953 F Antch PD RF4 Remote Link - Grayslake FMN Fire-Tac
  • 458.6375 WPXB953 F Antch PD RF5 Remote Link - Lake Villa FMN Fire-Tac
  • 458.6875 WPXB953 F Antch PD RF6 Remote Link - Lake Villa FMN Fire-Tac
  • 453.7125 WPXB953 F Antch PD RF7 Remote Link - Grayslake FMN Fire-Tac
  • 458.8875 WPXB953 F Antch PD RF8 Remote Link - Fox Lake FMN Fire-Tac
  • 458.9375 WPXB953 F Antch PD RF9 Remote Link - Antioch (was Grayslake) FMN Fire-Tac
  • 458.0375 WPXB953 F Antch PD RF10 Remote Link - Antioch FMN Fire-Ta

[http://www.lindenhurstil.org/ Lindenhurst

CenCom 9-1-1 (Round Lake Beach)

  • Consolidated 9-1-1 communications center that serves five communities and seven public safety agencies. Those communities include: Antioch, Hainesville, Round Lake, Round Lake Beach, Round Lake Heights and Round Lake Park. Agencies served are as follows:
  • Antioch First Fire District (21/211/212/213-series units), dispatched on STARCOM21 talkgroup 33444, formerly dispatched on 154.4 127.3 PL. They might also have talkgroups 33445 (Fire Ops 21?), 33446 (Fire Ops 22?) and 33447 (Fire Ops 23?) available for their use.
  • Antioch Police (6100-series units), dispatched on an encrypted STARCOM21 talkgroup
  • Greater Round Lake Fire Protection District (2600/26/261/262/263-series units), dispatched on STARCOM21 talkgroup 33444, formerly dispatched on 154.4 127.3 PL. They might also have talkgroups 33445 (Fire Ops 21?), 33446 (Fire Ops 22?) and 33447 (Fire Ops 23?) available for their use.
  • Round Lake Police (9400-series units), dispatched on an encrypted STARCOM21 talkgroup
  • Round Lake Beach Police (9200-series units), dispatched on an encrypted STARCOM21 talkgroup
  • Round Lake Heights Police (9300-series units), dispatched on an encrypted STARCOM21 talkgroup
  • Round Lake Park Police (9500-series units), dispatched on an encrypted STARCOM21 talkgroup
  • CenCom also serves as the MABAS Division 4 primary dispatch center.

FoxComm Central Dispatch (Fox Lake)

  • Police departments are dispatched on StarCom21 (encrypted)
  • Fire dispatch (Fox Lake and Lake Villa FPDs) on 154.400 127.3 PL Quad-2; also 153.8900 127.3 PL Quad-3, 154.3700 127.3 PL Quad-2A F-3 FG/Admin
  • Served agencies listed here.

Glenview Public Safety Dispatch Center (Glenview, Highland Park)

  • Dispatches for Glenview PD/FD, Grayslake PD/FPD, Hainesville PD, Highland Park PD/FD, Highwood PD, Lake Bluff PD/FD, Lake Forest PD/FD, Lindenhurst PD, Glencoe PD/FD, Kenilworth PD, Winnetka PD, Northfield PD, Niles PD and Morton Grove PD from either their South Dispatch (Glenview), or their North Dispatch (Highland Park).

Mundelein Dispatch

  • Mundelein Dispatch serves Mundelein, North Chicago and Winthrop Harbor Fire and Police.

NIPSCOM

  • Northern Illinois Public Safety Communications was (still is?) an association of police departments in the Waukegan area. They own each infrastracture, but each town provides its own dispatch services.
  • All police departments that were (still are?) a part of NIPSCOM are dispatched on encrypted StarCom21 talkgroups

Waukegan

  • Public Works uses Motorola MaxTracs radios on 155.9400 (127.3).

Police Portable Radio Layout

Police: All tones 97.4 PL unless noted otherwise Repeat = +3MHz, ie F1 input is 473.3125 

F1 470.3125 (Repeat)  KVG211    Dispatch
F2 470.3125 (Simplex) KVG211   T/A Direct
F3 470.4625 (Repeat)  WIK831    North Chi PD
F4 470.5125 (Repeat)  WQFY277 Zion PD
F5 470.9125 (Repeat)  KVG211    WPD Tac repeater
F6 470.9125 (Simplex) KVG211   Tac T/A Direct
F7 453.2125 (Simplex) Interop    UCALL
F8 453.4625 (Simplex) Interop    UTAC-1
F9 453.7125 (Simplex) Interop    UTAC-2
10 453.8625 (Simplex) Interop    UTAC-3
11 471.1250 (Simplex) D114   PD Explorers
12-Blank
13-Blank
14-Blank
15-Blank
16-470.5625 (Simplex) D152 SWAT/ERT  
(Emergency Response Team)

RED Center (Regional Emergency Dispatch)

  • Provides dispatch for Deerfield-Bannockburn FPD (Stations 19 and 20), Lincolnshire-Riverwoods FPD (Stations 51-53) and Long Grove FPD (Stations 55 and 56)
  • All departments above are dispatched on 159.660 NAC 925; paging/back-up is on 154.445 127.3 PL

Networks

East Shore Radio Network

Former dispatch repeaters on 155.73 ("South"), 155.4225 (in Lake Bluff), 151.3025 ("North") and 159.0975 ("West", which was out of service as of 6/1/19).

The following police departments are dispatched on encrypted STARCOM21 talkgroups:

  • Bannockburn (4xx-series units)
  • Deerfield (5xx-series units)
  • Highland Park (9x-series and 9xxx-series units)
  • Highwood (7xx-series units)
  • Lake Bluff (2xx-series units)
  • Lake Forest (3xx-series units)
  • Lincolnshire
  • Riverwoods (8xx-series units)

Municipalities and District

Townships and Water Districts

Warren Road District

  • 151.025 Base/Mobile (NFM; license modified 4/23 adding NXDN)

Barrington

Barrington Area Library Website

  • 72.22 for wireless clock system; 452.1875, 452.4875, 452.6375, 457.1875, 457.4875 portables (DMR) at 505 N Northwest Highway WQTM686

Beach Park

  • Police patrol by Sheriff
  • Fire (1200s units) is dispatched on 154.7625, simulcast with 151.325 & 155.0775 (all using 141.3 PL) by Gurnee Dispatch
  • Fixed 173.3625 6K Digital - Meter Reading WQNK229
  • 45.120 KJJ443 BM Utilities [Expired 6/13] FM Deprecated 8/9/24

Buffalo Grove

  • Police (encrypted) and Fire dispatch is done by Northwest Central Dispatch on StarCom21
  • 458.2875 KB82495 F Water Distribution Data [Terminated] Telm Deprecated 8/9/24


Emergency Management

  • 151.5425 repeater, 159.4950 input (NFM) WRPR433
  • 470.4375 473.4375 KWY222 RM CSQ BGrv ESDA T1 ESDA: Tac-1 [Expired 2/02] FMN Deprecated 8/9/24
  • 470.3625 473.3625 KWY222 RM CSQ BGrv ESDA T2 ESDA: Tac-2 [Expired 2/02] FMN Deprecated 8/9/24

Friends of the Parks Foundation

  • 159.495, 159.600, 159.825, 159.930, 160.050, 160.125, 451.1875, 451.5375, 451.7375, 452.4125, 452.6625, 452.9875 portables (NFM, DMR) WRFG706

Chicago Regional Search & Rescue LTD (Mundelein)

Countryside Fire Protection District

  • Station 1 in Mundelein & Station 2 in Vernon Hills.
  • Serves most of Vernon Hills, portions of Long Grove, Indian Creek & unincorporated Lake Co. Dispatched on 154.430 as District 41.

Countryside Fire Protection District (Mundelein/Vernon Hills)

  • Serves Vernon Hills and parts of unincorporated Mundelein

Deer Park

  • Law enforcement patrol is done by the Lake County Sheriff's
  • Fire and EMS is provided by Lake Zurich Fire/Rescue

Deerfield

  • 45.000 BM Deerfield Park District KXE702 [Expired 9/21] FM Deprecated 8/9/24

Fox Lake (Village)

  • Norcom - - 155.355 Base/Mobile (NFM at Fox Lake) WQBU762
  • Base/mobile on 154.04, 154.37, 154.4, 154.265; mobiles on 153.89, other EMS (NFM) WQRK247

470.5875 473.5875 KTO896 RM 97.4 PL (FORMER) Police: Dispatch FMN Law Dispatch (IN USE?)

  • 465.0625, 465.1375, 465.1625, 465.2375, 465.2625, 465.2875, 465.3125, 465.3375, 465.3625 Fixed Police: Receive Link - Antioch (to 470.5875) [Expired 3/24] FMN Deprecated 8/8/24
  • 956.30625 Meter Data (at Ingleside) WQPC314

Greater Round Lake Fire Protection District

  • Dispatch on StarCom21 TG 33444 by CenCom (2600/26/261/262/263-series units)
  • Serves the Round Lake area, the village of Hainesville and some unincorporated areas in Round Lake and Grayslake.
  • Remote links on 458.4375 (Antioch), 458.4875 (Antioch), 458.5375 (Wauconda), 458.0875 (Gurnee), 458.1375 (Round Lake), 458.8125 (Libertyville)(NFM, no longer in use?)

Grayslake

  • 173.2875 Water Data (1/12 add 157.6800 Mobiles 6K Data) WQNJ517
  • 956.39375 Microwave Multiple Address System/Data WQLD220
  • 453.6625 WNVT589 M Local Government [Expired 3/11] FMN Deprecated 8/9/24

Grayslake Fire Protection District

  • Dispatched by Glenview Public Safety Dispatch Center on StarCom21 TG 33487 (271/272/273/27xx-series units)
  • 155.220 KB36783 BM Grayslake EMS Fire: EMS FMN Deprecated from DB 8/9/24 (Still licensed with other EMS frequencies)

Green Oaks

  • Law enforcement services provided by Lake County Sheriff. Fire and EMS Services provided by Libertyville Fire Department.

Gurnee

  • 159.420 151.325 WPBJ544 RM 612 DPL Gurnee Parks 1 Gurnee Park District [Expired 12/12] FMN Deprecated 8//924 (159.42 not licensed)
  • 159.435 WPBJ544 B Gurnee Parks 2 Gurnee Park District [Expired 12/12] FMN Deprecated 8/9/24 (licensed to Gurnee Fire)

Gurnee Police Department Website

  • Dispatched on StarCom21 using TG 33322 (encrypted)


Gurnee Fire Department

  • Dispatch on 154.7625, simulcast with 151.325 & 155.0775 (all using 141.3 PL)

Hainesville

  • Police service provided by Grayslake Police Department and dispatched by Glenview Public Safety Dispatch Center in Cook County IL.
  • Fire and EMS provided by Grayslake Fire Protection District and the Greater Round Lake Fire Protection District.

Hawthorn Woods

  • Village Website
  • 461.5875, 462.2875, 462.3625, 463.2125, 467.3625 Portables Golf Course Ops WQHT360 [Expired 10/17] FMN Deprecated 8/9/24

Highland Park

Park District of Highland Park

  • 463.7625 repeater (Parks & Golf Operations Center Building, 1240 Frederickson Pl); 462.2625, 466.600, 467.025, 467.2625, 469.850 portables (DMR) WRYD620
  • 453.6125 WQEW950 M Park District: Golf Course FMN Deprecated 8/9/24
  • 458.325 WQFN460 M Park District / Recreation Center FMN Deprecated 8/9/24
  • 458.6125 WQEW950 M Park District: Golf Course FMN Deprecated 8/9/24

Island Lake

Nov 2011 - Island Lake Police reportedly using digital mode on the Lake County EDACS TRS and cannot be decoded with a scanner.

Johnsburg (Village)

  • 956.29375 SENSUS Water Data WQPL435

Kildeer

Served by Lake Zurich Fire/Rescue and Long Grove Fire Protection District

Knollwood

  • Unincorporated community; police protection is provided by the Lake County Sheriff's Department
  • Fire and EMS services are provided by Libertyville and Lake Forest FDs

Lake Barrington

  • Police by Lake County Sheriff. 
  • Fire/EMS by 3 different agencies.  Wauconda FD covers the northern portion, from Miller Road north; Barrington Countryside FPD covers the southern half.  A very small portion falls in the Lake Zurich Fire Protection District.

Lake Bluff

  • Police (encrypted) and Fire dispatched by Glenview Public Safety Dispatch Center
  • 155.850 KSI245 M 127.3 PL Dfld PD C2C Police: Car-to-Car [Expired 2/12] FMN Deprecated 8/9/24
  • 153.950 KNBB508 M Fire [Expired 7/15] FMN Deprecated 8/9/24
  • 154.010 KNBB508 M Fire [Expired 7/15] FMN Deprecated 8/9/24
  • 155.235 KNBB508 M Fire [Expired 7/15] FMN Deprecated 8/9/24

Lake Forest

  • Standby repeaters on 151.3025 (PD alternate?), 154.8825 (FD dispatch), 154.770 and 155.910; mobiles on 151.2125, 154.160, 155.4225 and 155.730 (all NFM). WPYU761
  • Uses 154.265 CSQ as Landing Zone (LZ) for helicopter EMS

Lake Villa

  • Police (6200-series units) dispatched by FoxComm on STARCOM21 on talkgroup 33310,encrypted.
  • Fire (241-243) dispatched by FoxComm on Quad 2 154.400 127.3 PL.
  • 453.85 repeater (NFM) for Public Works WQPY285}

Lake Zurich

  • Provides Fire and Police dispatch for Wauconda, Kildeer, Hawthorn Woods, Island Lake

Lake Zurich Police Communications Center

  • Dispatches Lake Zurich (7500-series units?), Hawthorn Woods, Kildeer, Island Lake, Tower Lakes and Wauconda Police Departments as well as the Lake Zurich Fire Protection District and Wauconda Fire District.
  • Police: Dispatch on STARCOM21 talkgroup 33292.
  • 470.7375 473.7375 KLU808 RM 97.4 PL LkZur Police Police: Dispatch (w/ Hawthorn Woods, Island Lake) [Deprecated?] FMN Deprecated 8/9/24
  • 477.3875 480.3875 WPWA977 RM 97.4 PL HWd PD Tac2 Police: Tac-2 [Deprecated?] FMN Deprecated 8/9/24

Fire Protection District

  • (3200-series units) dispatched on STARCOM21 (see below).
  • STARCOM - Fire dispatched on talkgroup 33448 (Lake County Fire Dispatch 3), initial dispatch is multicast on 155.835 127.3 PL. FD units also noted using TG 33429.

Former Use

  • 470.7375 473.7375 KLU808 RM 97.4 PL Police: Dispatch (w/ Hawthorn Woods, Island Lake) FMN Deprecated
  • 158.73 D155 is simulcast with 470.7375 97.4 PL OLD ???
  • Police Explorers - 453.5125 Repeater (DMR/NFM) WQWQ313 ????

Lakemoor

  • Located in both Lake and McHenry Counties
  • Police dispatched on StarCom21 (encrypted?) by FoxComm
  • Fire and EMS coverage by the Fox Lake, McHenry Township, and Wauconda Fire Protection Districts

Libertyville

  • Police (3300-series units) and Fire (46, 460-series units) dispatched on STARCOM21 by Vernon Hills. Fire, formerly dispatched on 154.430, 127.3 PL.
  • Fire: Serves Green Oaks

Lincolnshire

  • Police (6100-series units) dispatched by Deerfield PD on STARCOM21 (see below). Formerly dispatched on the East Shore Radio Network.
  • Fire and EMS services provided by Lincolnshire-Riverwoods Fire Protection District.
  • 470.8625 473.8625 WQFZ647 RM 97.4 PL Lbtyv Police Police: Dispatch (using Libertyville Repeater KWB452) [Expired 11/16] FMN Deprecated 8/9/24

Lincolnshire-Riverwoods Fire Protection District

  • Stations 51-53, dispatch by RED Center on 159.66 (NAC 925).
  • STARCOM21 Statewide Illinois - Project 25 Phase II 18909x RIDs, is an active member of the MABAS Search and Rescue Strike Team (SRST), which uses MABAS TRT talkgroup 4828.
  • 156.000 KLF526 M LR Fire B Fireground [Expired 1/24] FMN Deprecated 8/9/24
  • 158.865 KLF526 M LR Fire C Fireground [Expired 1/24] FMN Deprecated 8/9/24

Lindenhurst

  • Police dispatch by Glenview Public Safety Dispatch Center on STARCOM21. Fire and EMS services are provided by the Lake Villa Fire Protection District.
  • 458.975 Mobiles 10-4wt (NFM for Mobile Extenders?) WNKP734
  • STARCOM21 Statewide Illinois - Project 25 Phase II Dispatched by Glenview Public Safety Dispatch Center on talkgroup 33378 (ENC)

Long Grove

Long Grove Fire Protection District

  • Identifier Station 55 units (near Cook County)
  • Dispatched by RED Center on 159.660 NAC 925 (North Dispatch)

Mettawa

  • Law provided by Lake County Sheriff. Fire and EMS services are provided by the Libertyville Fire Department (north of Route 60) and the Lincolnshire-Riverwoods Fire Protection District (south of Route 60).

Mundelein Web [ FB]

  • Provides police, fire and EMS dispatch services for Mundelein, North Chicago and Winthrop Harbor.
  • Police and Fire (43, 43x-series units) dispatched on STARCOM21 former police dispatch was 470.8625 97.4 PL

Mundelein Fire/EMS (ALS)

  • Fire on 154.43 with Lake Forest, Knollwood, Libertyville and Vernon Hills. Now on STARCOM21 Formerly dispatched on 154.4 127.3 PL.
  • 451.375 Mobiles for SCADA Water Data WQPA760

Newport Township Fire Protection District (Wadsworth/Russell) Website

  • Serves portions of the villages of Old Mill Creek, Wadsworth, Beach Park, as well as unincorporated Newport Township including the communities of Rosecrans and Russell.
  • 1400-series units, dispatched by Gurnee Dispatch Center (155.0775, repeats 159.435, KNIJ984)

North Barrington

  • Law enforcement services provided by Lake County Sheriff
  • Fire and EMS services provided by the Wauconda Fire Protection District

North Chicago

  • 470.4625 repeater; 470.9125, 473.3125, 473.5125, 473.9125 mobiles (NFM) WRMS316
  • Police, Fire and EMS dispatched by Mundelein. Police dispatched on STARCOM21 (encrypted). Fire and EMS (15/150-series units) dispatched on 154.325 (127.3).

Old Mill Creek

  • Law enforcement services provided by Lake County Sheriff
  • Fire and EMS services provided by the Newport Township Fire Protection District

Park City

  • Police dispatched by FoxComm on StarCom21 TG 33392 (encrypted)
  • Fire and EMS services provided by Gurnee Fire Department
  • 154.085 KNFQ522 BM 203.5 PL Police: Ops [Expired 5/12] FMN Deprecated 8/9/24

Port Barrington

  • Straddles the Lake/McHenry County line
  • Law enforcement by Lake and McHenry County Sheriffs
  • Fire/EMS services provided by Wauconda Fire Protection District

Riverwoods

Round Lake

  • Fire/EMS by Greater Round Lake FPD.

Round Lake Beach

  • Police dispatched by CenCom on STARCOM21 (see below). Fire and EMS service provided by the Greater Round Lake Fire Protection District.

Round Lake Area Park District

Round Lake Heights

  • Police dispatched by CenCom on STARCOM21 (see below). Fire and EMS service provided by the Greater Round Lake Fire Protection District.
  • STARCOM21 Statewide Illinois - Project 25 Phase II Police (9300-series units) dispatched by CenCom on talkgroup 33339? (ENC)

Third Lake

  • Law enforcement services provided by Lake County Sheriff
  • Fire and EMS services provided by Grayslake Fire Protection District

Tower Lakes

  • Police dispatched by Lake Zurich on STARCOM21 (see below). Fire and EMS services provided by Wauconda Fire District.
  • STARCOM21 Statewide Illinois - Project 25 Phase II Police dispatched by Lake Zurich on TG (ENC). Radio IDs are 78xxx

Vernon Hills

  • Fire/EMS by Countryside FPD.  Also dispatches Lincolnshire and Libertyville Police and Libertyville Fire.
  • 470.8625 473.8625 WQFZ647 RM 97.4 PL Lbtyv Police Police: Dispatch (using Libertyville Repeater KWB452) [Expired 11/16] FMN Deprecated 8/9/24
  • 470.9375 RM 97.4 PL 470.9375 Police [No License] FMN Deprecated 8/9/24
  • 153.980 WQEU375 M VH Lightning Lightning Detection System (Data) [Cancelled 4/16] Telm Deprecated 8/9/24
  • 153.8075 WPTQ891 M VH Parks 1 Park District: Lifeguards/Supervisors [Expired 11/21] FMN Deprecated 8/9/24
  • 156.0975 WPTQ891 M VH Parks 2 Park District: Lifeguards/Supervisors [Expired 11/21] FMN Deprecated 8/9/24

Volo

  • Law enforcement services provided by Lake County Sheriff. Fire and EMS services provided by Wauconda Fire District.

Wadsworth

  • Police patrol by Lake County Sheriff
  • Fire/EMS by Newport Township Fire Protection District.
  • 158.775 BM Village Operations WPIW325 [Term 6/04] FMN Deprecated 8/9/24

Wauconda

  • STARCOM21 Statewide Illinois - Project 25 Phase II Police (200s?) dispatched on talkgroup 33251 (encrypted)
  • 154.47875 6K Data Fixed for Automatic Meter Reading WQOW557
  • Police unit numbers: 8100s-Wauconda Police, 8400s-Tower Lakes Police, 8500s-Lakemoor Police


Wauconda Fire

  • Unit numbers begin with "34". Serves all or part of the following municipalities in northeastern Illinois: Port Barrington, Hawthorn Woods, Island Lake, Lake Barrington, Lakemoor, North Barrington, Round Lake, Tower Lakes, Volo and Wauconda as well as some unincorporated areas of Lake and McHenry Counties.

Waukegan

  • Water Department (per license) WREN951 451.2375, 456.2375, 456.6625, 467.3125, 469.8125 portables (NFM, DMR)

Waukegan Park District

  • 453.9875 WQFX953 M Wauk Park U1 Park District (Voice/Data) FMN Deprecated
  • 458.9875 WQFX953 M Wauk Park U2 Wauegan Park District (Voice/Data) FMN Deprecated

Midwest Generation Waukegan Station

  • 461.5125, 462.325, 463.650, 464.6375 repeaters (NFM, DMR) WRDI211

Winthrop Harbor

Police Police Website

  • 470.5125 473.5125 KVU408 RM 97.4 PL Winthrop Harbor, Zion: Police Dispatch [Ch 5] [Expired 2/24] FMN Deprecated 8/9/24
  • 470.9125 KVU408 M 97.4 PL NIPSCOM F7 Police [Expired 2/24] FMN Deprecated 8/9/24
  • 155.610 158.910 KNNR423 RM 103.5 PL (FORMER) Winthrop Harbor/Wadsworth Police FMN Law Tac
  • 156.150 KNNR423 M FORMER) Police: Car-to-Car FMN Law Tac
  • 159.060 KNNR423 M (FORMER) Police: Mobile Extenders FMN Law Tac
  • Fire dispatched on 154.7625, simulcast with 151.325 & 155.0775 (all using 141.3 PL) by Mundelein (1700s units)
  • Public Works - 10-5W mobiles on 151.79, 157.545, 159.78, 159.99, 160.05 (NFM) WQVE393

Zion

Zion Police Department

  • Dispatched on StarCom21 TG 33508 (encrypted) by Gurnee Dispatch Center


Zion Fire Department

  • 1800-series units dispatched on 154.7625, simulcast with 151.325 & 155.0775 (all using 141.3 PL) by Gurnee Dispatch Center
  • 154.325 (repeats 158.7975), 154.7625 (repeats ???); 153.7625, 154.3025 fixed bases/mobiles; 453.0625, 458.0625 mobiles (NFM) KNCL897


Zion Public Works

  • 453.1625, 453.4125, 453.9125, 453.9375, 453.9625, 458.1125, 458.9125, 458.9625 FXOTs (NFM - Winthrop Harbor, Zion) WQGT226


Zion Park District

  • Shepards Crook Golf Course: 462.2375, 462.3625, 467.2375, 467.3625 portables (NFM voice, digital) WRTG844


Zion-Benton Public Library

  • 20-5W portables on 452.1125, 452.2125, 457.1125, 457.2125, 464.85 (DMR) for Maintenance/Ops WSBR660 Issued 3/24

Bus Companies

Durham School Services

  • WQBJ560 - 160.125 Base/Mobile (11K at Grayslake)
  • WPVY996 - 159.765 Base/Mobile (11K at Grayslake)
  • WPRL258 - 152.8775, 158.3925 Mobile (11K at Beach Park)

Cook Illinois Corporation

First Student

It appears that some operations are actually in Cook County, due to the height of the repeater antennas and coverage that they serve. Different repeaters appear to be used for different areas. 462.200 heard buses calling "Base 8". Radios are Motorola using MDC ID's, with apparent integration towards Kenwood equipment. (Heard some FleetSync)

Jones Schools Buses (Grayslake)

Based at Rt. 83 & 137 in Grayslake

Public Schools

Antioch Schools

  • Emmons District 33 transportation provided by Durham School Services in Antioch on 151.5725 CC5, TG 16777184, Slot 1 (2/20/2019).

Antioch Community Consolidated School District 34

  • District Administration Center - 451.1875 repeater with 300-5W portables(NFM, DMR) WRYY634

20W DMR Repeaters with 300-5W portables WPYR423

  • Student Transportation - 451.325 repeater (NFM/DMR)
  • Mary Kay McNeill Early Learning Center - 451.500 repeater (NFM/DMR)
  • Antioch Upper Grade School - 452.5125 repeater (NFM/DMR)
  • W.C. Petty Elementary School - 464.2125 repeater (NFM/DMR)
  • Hillcrest Elementary School - 452.000, 464.0125 repeaters (NFM/DMR)
  • Oakland Elementary School (Lake Villa) - 452.000, 463.375 repeaters (NFM/DMR)

High School (1133 Main)

  • 463.925 Repeater Ops WNZD394 [Canceled 4/10] FMN Deprecated from DB 8/9/24

Grass Lake School District 36

Community High School District 117 (Antioch)

  • Mobile/pagers on 467.2125 for Building & Grounds WQOF434

Bannockburn Schools

Barrington Schools

Barrington Community School District 220

  • 451.5625, 451.6125, 456.1875, 456.5625, 456.6125 portables (NFM, DMR) WQJP332
  • 464.375 repeater (Barrington High School), 462.0625 repeater (North Barrington Elementary School), 452.2625 and 463.9875 repeaters (Arnett C. Lines Elementary School or Barrington Middle School - Station Campus), 463.6125 repeater (Roslyn Road Elementary School), 461.7625 repeater (Hough Street Elementary School) - all DMR WNYX245

Beach Park Schools

Beach Park School District 3

  • 451.2875, 451.3875, 451.4875, 451.5625, 451.6125, 451.7625 portables (NFM, DMR) WRDZ903

Big Hollow School District 38 (Ingleside)

  • 451.5625, 451.6875, 452.0375, 456.5125, 456.5625, 462.2625, 462.3625, 467.3625 portables (NFM, DMR) WRYK866

Buffalo Grove Schools

Aptakisic-Tripp School District 102

  • Website Facebook
  • 1231 Weiland Rd. Aptakisic Junior High School, LAKE, Buffalo Grove, IL
  • Wireless Clock System on 72.3 and 72.34 WRBZ255

Kildeer Community School District 96 * Website

  • 151.6475, 151.955, 152.870, 158.340, 158.385, 451.4875, 452.6625, 456.2875, 456.3875, 456.4875, 456.5125, 456.6125, 456.7625, 457.2875, 457.6375, 457.6625, 457.6875, 457.7125, 457.8125, 457.8375, 457.8875, 462.2625, 462.3375. 462.4875, 467.3375 portables (NFM) WQPX431

Twin Groves Middle School

  • Maintenance/Security - Mobiles on 451.4875, 452.6625, 456.2875, 457.8125, 462.4875 (NFM) WQQB775

Community Consolidated School District #46

  • Grayslake, Hainesville, Lake Villa, Round Lake, Round Lake Beach, Round Lake Park, Third Lake
  • 462.350, 463.5875 repeaters (Avon Center School, Round Lake Beach), 462.075, 464.400 repeaters (Prairieview School / Early Childhood Center, Hainesville), 451.950, 463.750 repeaters (Grayslake Middle School, Grayslake), 461.650, 464.9375 repeaters (Park Campus, Round Lake) (all DMR) WRVE82

Deerfield Schools

Township High School District 113 (Deerfield High School)

  • 151.520, 151.955, 461.125, 461.8125, 463.4625 repeaters; 159.540, 159.765, 159.945, 159.990, 160.020, 160.125, 160.140, 451.350, 451.875, 452.200, 461.300, 461.925 portables (NFM/DMR) WQBQ843

Deerfield School District 109

  • Repeaters: 461.6125 (Caruso Middle School), 454.000 (Shepard Middle School), 461.250 (Kipling Elementary School), 462.1375 (South Park Elementary School), 451.950 (Walden Elementary School), 463.875 (Wilmot Elementary School); Portables: 451.0875, 456.1625, 466.5375, 468.6125, 469.9375 (all DMR) WRXZ730
  • Wilmet Elementary School 154.57 Portables WPJY218 [Expired 12/01] FM Deprecated from DB 8/9/24

Fox Lake Schools

Grant Community High School District 124

  • 452.675 (40 watts, wide-area operations?), 462.5125 (20 watts) repeaters; 451.2875, 452.5125 portables (DMR) WSEV310


Talkgroups for Grant High School 462.5125 DMR CC7 Conventional Repeater (time slot information for each talkgroup is needed)

  • TG 100 - Commons/Cafeteria
  • TG 101 - Facilities
  • TG 102 - Unknown Operation
  • TG 103 - Unknown Operation
  • TG 104 - Unknown Operation
  • TG 105 - Buses
  • TG 106 - Unknown Operation
  • TG 108 - Nurse
  • TG 109 - Kitchen

Freemont School District #79 (Mundelein)

Grayslake Community Unit School District #127

Green Oaks Schools

Oak Grove School District 68

  • 451.5125, 452.0875, 452.4125, 452.8875, 462.3125, 462.5125 100-5wt portables (DMR) for ops/security WRWF760

Gurnee School District #56

Bus operations that were formerly on 155.205 (110.9) are now on Warren Twp High School's MotoTRBO repeater 464.675

  • 463.675 repeater - transportation; 464.325 repeater - Spaulding School; 461.750 repeater - Prairie Trail School (Wadsworth); 463.700 - River Trail School; 463.4125 repeater - Viking School (DMR) {Callsign|WRYX781}}

Hawthorn School District #73 (Vernon Hills)

  • Middle School North: 467.2125 NFM digital and analog - data for clock transmitters, intercoms, etc.) WRJC506
  • Elementary South: 467.2375 NFM digital and analog - data for clock transmitters, intercoms, etc.) WRJC506
  • Middle School South: 467.2875 NFM digital and analog - data for clock transmitters, intercoms, etc.) WRJC506
  • Aspen Elementary: 467.3375 NFM digital and analog - data for clock transmitters, intercoms, etc.) WRJC506
  • Townline Elementary: 467.2125, 467.3625 NFM digital and analog - data for clock transmitters, intercoms, etc.) WRJC506
  • 451.1875, 452.1375, 452.8125 repeaters (NFM digital - data for GPS clocks, intercoms, etc.?); 464.600 base/portables (NFM analog & digital); 465.000 FB (NFM digital - paging?) WRDG268
  • 463.900 repeater, 466.275, 466.300, 466.325, 466.350, 466.375 portables (DMR) WRCD377
  • 456.450, 456.9375, 466.65, 466.7875, 468.6275 portables (NFM) WQTT617

Lake Forest Schools

  • Lake Forest HS District 115 - 463.750, 464.700 repeaters; 462.2625, 466.650, 466.775, 467.2625, 468.2375 portables (NFM/DMR) WRKB458
  • Lake Forest Country Day School - 451.2875, 452.5125, 456.2875, 457.5125, 462.4625 Portables (NFM, DMR) WRBX918

Ingleside Schools

See Big Hollow School District 38 (above)

Gavin School District 37

  • 159.525 Base/Mobile; 20-4wt mobiles on 151.535, 151.715 (NFM/DMR) WQWB896 at Gavin South Junior High School

Lake Villa Schools

Lake Villa District 41 WEB

  • Palombi Middle School / District HQ - 464.6125 20W Repeater with 10-25W mobiles; 100-4W portables (DMR) WSEM985 Issued 9/6/24
  • Palombi Middle School: Clock Transmitters - 467.4125 (digital, analog voice) WRMZ689
  • Hooper Elementary School: Clock Transmitters - 467.4125 (digital, analog voice) WRMZ689
  • Thompson Elementary School: Clock Transmitters - - 462.2125, 467.4125 (digital, analog voice) WRMZ689
  • Martin Elementary School: Clock Transmitters - 467.2125, 467.4125 (digital, analog voice) WRMZ689

Lake Zurich Schools

Community School District 95

  • 451.450, 452.000, 461.4125 repeaters - Middle School North; 452.3625, 452.700, 461.225 repeaters - Middle School South (NFM, DMR) WRDT383
  • 461.3875, 466.3875, 461.6625, 466.6625, 462.0125, 467.0125, 463.6625, 468.6625 portables (NFM) WQNP951
  • add 463.8625 repeater - Lake Zurich High School (NFM, DMR) WQNP951 -
  • 467.2125, 466.9625, 466.025, 466.05, 466.075 portables (NFM) WPII358 -

Illinois Central School Bus (Lake Zurich)

  • adding 464.0375 Repeater (NFM) WQMG699

Libertyville Schools

Libertyville School District 128

  • 463.5375 468.5375 WPLS211 RM 107.2 PL High School [Expired 1/03] FMN Deprecated 8/9/24
  • 464.9625 469.4625 WPLS211 RM 107.2 PL High School [Expired 1/03] FMN Deprecated 8/9/24
  • 463.5375 WPLS211 M 107.2 PL High School [Expired 1/03] FMN Deprecated 8/9/24
  • 464.9625 WPLS211 M 107.2 PL High School [Expired 1/03] FMN Deprecated 8/9/24

Highland Middle School District 70

  • 451.3375, 456.3375 82-5wt mobiles (DMR/NFM) WQYM410

Lincolnshire - Prairie View School District 103

Long Grove Schools

Woodlawn Middle School / Country Meadows Elementary School

Millburn School District 24 (Wadsworth)

  • {461.825 repeater (NFM) {Callsign|WPPN864}}

Mundelein Schools

Mundelein School District 75

  • 466.025, 466.05, 466.075, 466.1, 466.125 mobiles 11K Security / Engineering / Support WQNF706

Mundelein High School

  • 462.475 467.475 WPPA705 RM 413 DPL MHSch Ops 1 High School: Security/Ops [Terminated] FMN Deprecated 8/9/24
  • 451.700 456.700 WPPA705 RM MHSch Ops 2 High School: Ops [Terminated] FMN Deprecated 8/9/24
  • 452.800 457.800 WPPA705 RM MHSch Ops 3 High School: Ops [Terminated] FMN Deprecated 8/9/24
  • Mobiles/Pagers (NFM voice/data) WQNW215

North Chicago Schools

Community School District 187 Web [ FB]

  • 451.925 75W repeater (NXDN wide, NFM) WRPT649 Terminated
  • Neal Math & Science Academy (6-7-8): 451.925 50W repeater with 100-5W portables (DMR) WSEG390
  • North Elementary School: 452.100 35W repeater with 100-5W portables (DMR)
  • Forrestal Elementary School (K-3): 451.300 35W repeater with 100-5W portables (DMR)
  • 7 462.4375, 467.4375 100-5W portables (DMR) 42-20-14.1 N, 087-50-23.8 W
  • 8 451.5375, 467.3375 100-5W portables (DMR) 42-18-05.4 N, 087-51-54.4 W
  • 9 466.9875, 468.7875 100-5W portables (DMR) 42-19-34.1 N, 087-51-46.7 W
  • 10 456.6625, 466.9625 100-5W portables (DMR) 42-19-15.5 N, 087-52-08.0 W
  • 463.225 repeater, 451.1875, 451.3375, 451.4375, 451.5375, 451.6375 portables (North Chicago Community High School, NFM/DMR); 451.7625, 452.0875, 452.6625, 456.7675 portables (NFM) WQSU282
  • South Elementary School (K-5): 1812 Morrow Ave. - GPS Base clock system: 72.1 1W
  • Evelyn Alexander Elementary: 1210 Adams - GPS Base clock system: 72.1 1W, 6/24 WSDT368

North Shore School District 112 Website

  • Braeside Elementary: 150 Pierce Rd, Highland Park: 451.350 repeater (DMR/NFM) WRVU278
  • 'Northwood Middle School: 945 North Ave: 464.200 repeater (DMR/NFM) WRVU278 added 6/24

Round Lake Area School District 116

  • 151.835 base and mobiles - Administrative Service Center; 451.350 repeater - Round Lake High School; 462.450 repeater - Round Lake Middle School; 461.350 repeater - Magee Middle School; 452.625, 456.775, 457.050, 462.1625, 464.200 portables (all NFM/DMR) WNAK653
  • 463.7375 repeater - Kindergarten at Pleviak (Lake Villa) (DMR) WRMK648

Special Education District of Lake County (Gages Lake)

  • 466.025, 466.05, 466.075, 466.125, 466.175 Portables Operations WQLF485 [Expired 1/20] FMN Deprecated from DB 8/9/24

SPEED Special Education Joint Agreement District 802 (Chicago Heights)

  • 463.3625 (NFM/DMR), 464.100 (NFM) repeaters WQFL263

Stevenson High School (Lincolnshire)

  • add 153.5825 portables (NFM) (7/21) WPLG481

Highland Park Township High School District 113 (HPHS)

Highland Park High School Website

  • 464.000 Repeater CC 3 TG 300 SL 1 Operations/Maintenance/Security/Safety (Highland Park) DMR WQBY680
  • 464.675 Repeater Operations/Maintenance/Security/Safety (Highland Park) FMN WQBY680
  • Mobiles on 451.35, 451.875, 452.2, 461.3, 461.925 Operations/Maintenance/Security/Safety FMN WQBY680

Warren Township High School District 121

O'Plaine Campus (9th & 10th grades): 461.800, 464.675 repeaters (DMR); 451.5125 (NFM), 466.0625, 466.6875 (both DMR) portables | Almond Campus (11th & 12th Grades) 462.175, 463.400 repeaters (DMR); 451.7125 (NFM) portables | 461.800 repeater on water tower, 4887 Manchester Drive (DMR, new 9/24) WPLD897

Aug 2008: WTHS has upgraded to the MotoTRBO {DMR) system, frequencies are the same but emissions have changed.

Old Tones/Information:

Frequency Input License Type Tone Out Tone In Alpha Tag Description Mode Tag
464.67500 469.67500 WPLD897 RM 051 DPL WTHS BusesF1 Buses Repeater [F-1] FM
464.67500 WPLD897 M 051 DPL WTHS BusesF1 Buses, Simplex [F-2] FM Schools
466.06250 WPLD897 M 051 DPL WTHS S/E/M 3 Security after 4pm
/ Special Events
/ Maintenance (portables) [F-3]		 FM
466.68750 WPLD897 M 051 DPL WTHS 4666875 no current use
(open frequency) (portables) [F-4]
461.80000 466.80000 WPLD897 RM 051 DPL WTHS OP SDNR O'Plaine Campus - Security /Deans /Nurse /Receptionist [F-5]
461.80000 WPLD897 M 051 DPL WTHS OP SDNR O'Plaine Campus - Security /Deans /Nurse /Receptionist (simplex) [F-6]
462.17500 467.17500 WPLD897 RM 051 DPL WTHS AC M/S Almond Campus - Maintenance /Security after 4pm (portables) [F-7]
462.17500 WPLD897 M 051 DPL WTHS AC M/S Almond Campus - Maintenance/Security after 4pm (portables) [F-8] FM
463.40000 468.40000 WPLD897 RM 051 DPL WTHS SADNR Deans /Admin /Nurse /Receptionist /Daytime Security [F-9] FM
463.40000 WPLD897 M 051 DPL WTHS SADNR Deans /Admin /Nurse /Receptionist /Daytime Security (simplex) [F-10] FM
  • The bus simplex is used when the buses go out of area, such as field trips. The F1 & F5 repeaters are at the O'Plaine campus. The F-7 & F9 are at the Almond campus. C= Campus Usage. Key: A= Almond Campus Usage O= O'plaine Campus Usage. B= Both campus

Wauconda School District 118

  • 461.475 Wauconda High School, 463.900 Wauconda Middle School, 463.650 Matthews Middle School, 461.625 Wauconda Grade School, 463.225 Robert Crown School, 463.850 Cotton Creek School (all DMR repeaters) WRCJ875
  • 152.885 repeater at Wauconda High School (with 160.110 input) (DMR) WQGW320

Waukegan Public School District 60

  • High School GPS Based Clock System WPYL979
  • add Washington Campus - 461.825 Repeater (NFM) WQKM551
  • 461.3875 466.3875 WQKM551 RM Transportation/Security/Ops (Brookside Campus) FMN Schools
  • 463.575 468.575 WQKM551 RM Transportation/Security/Ops (Brookside Campus) FMN Schools
  • 452.025 WQKM551 M Transportation/Security/Ops (Brookside Campus) FMN Deprecated 8/9/24 (Not Expired)
  • 452.6625 WQKM551 M Transportation/Security/Ops (Brookside Campus) FMN Deprecated 8/9/24 (Not Expired)
  • 452.8125 WQKM551 M Transportation/Security/Ops (Brookside Campus) FMN Deprecated 8/9/24 (Not Expired)
  • 457.025 WQKM551 M Transportation/Security/Ops (Brookside Campus) FMN Deprecated 8/9/24 (Not Expired)
  • 457.2625 WQKM551 M Transportation/Security/Ops (Brookside Campus) FMN Deprecated 8/9/24 (Not Expired)

Woodland School District 50

  • 460.525 repeater (NFM/DMR) - student transportation WRFU838
  • 464.4375 repeater, 462.2875, 467.2875, 462.3375, 467.3375, 467.2375 portables (Woodlawn Middle School); 451.3125, 451.6125 repeaters (Woodland Elementary School); 462.2875, 462.3375 repeaters (Intermediate School) (all NFM/DMR) WQQJ239
  • 451.575 456.575 WPMZ892 RM Operations [Expired 4/04] FMN Deprecated 8/9/24

Zion Schools

Zion Elementary School District #6

  • 461.4375 repeater; 451.6875, 452.7625, 456.6875, 457.2375, 457.4875 mobiles (NFM, DMR) WQVD399 was WPXS337 Expired

Zion-Benton Township High School District 126

  • Zion-Benton High School: 463.625, 464.675 repeaters; New Tech High / Zion-Benton East: 464.325 repeater; 456.5625, 456.7375, 457.6625, 457.8125, 457.8375, 457.8625 portables (all NFM/DMR) WSBU521
  • 467.2125 wireless clock system at both schools (NFM) WRCE274

Private Schools

Congregation Beth Judea

  • Young Families (PreK), Religious School, High School (see jCo-op below) Website
  • 5304 RFD, Route 83 and Hilltop Rd, Long Grove
  • 462.95 Base/95 Pagers (NFM Data); Visiplex Wireless Paging; 8/24 FCC Application 0011182413

Connections Organization / Connections Day School / Connections Academy East (Libertyville, Lake Forest)

  • 456.6875, 457.0625 portables (NFM/DMR) {{Callsign|WRDX860))

jCo-op

  • A joint post B’nei Mitzvah cooperative between Congregation Beth Judea and Congregation Beth Am. open to all 8th-12th Graders who are members at CBJ or CBA

St. Joseph Catholic Elementary School (Round Lake)

  • 462.850, 465.000 (data, paging or clocks?) WRCZ836

Colleges

College of American Pathologists (Northfield)

  • 452.35 Repeater Admin/Security WQDY298 [Expired 11/15] FMN Deprecated 8/9/24

College of Lake County (Grayslake)

  • Police Website
  • 453.100 repeater; 458.2875, 458.725 mobiles (NFM/DMR) KXH677
  • 461.5875, 463.3875 repeaters (main campus - Grayslake); 464.1375, 464.2375 repeaters (Southlake Campus - Vernon Hills); 462.1625, 464.0875 repeaters (Lakeshore campus - Waukegan) (all NFM/DMR) WPSS402
  • 452.1125 Portables On-Site Job Fairs WQJB496 [Expired 7/18] FMN Deprecated
  • 463.3 Repeater 151.4 PL Police WPBK725 [Expired 1/03] FMN Deprecated 8/9/24

Lake County Area Vocational System

  • 453.2625, 453.6875, 453.7875, 458.2625 Portables Ops/Security WQJZ829 [Expired 2/19] FMN Deprecated 8/9/24

Lake Forest College

  • 153.455 (repeats 159.825), 154.515 mobiles (NFM/DMR) KZZ293
  • 159.885, 159.915, 159.975, 160.110, 160.125 mobiles (DMR) WRCK500 -
  • 462.150 repeater, 468.8375 mobiles (NFM) WQAV847 -

Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science (N Chicago)

  • 451.675, 464.975 repeaters (NFM, DMR) KNFQ349

Trinity International University (Deerfield)

  • 464.6 Repeater WPVN443 RM TIU Ops 1 Operations [Expired 7/12] FMN Deprecated 8/9/24
  • 461.0375, 461.6625, 464.4375, 464.6, 466.0375 , 469.6 Portables Operations WPVN443 [Expired 7/12] FMN Deprecated 8/9/24

University of Chicago

University of St. Mary of the Lake (Mundelein)

  • 461.950 repeater, 462.350 portables (DMR/NFM) WRTQ419

Codes, Unit Lists, Pager Tones

Fire Unit IDs

  • 1 - Quad 1
  • 12 - Dept. 2 (Beach Park)
  • 1200 - Chief of Department
    • 1200 would be the Beach Park Chief.

In Lake County, Fire radio identifiers are generally based on the following numbers:

  • 00-09 = Chief, then officers in descending rank
  • 10-19 = Primary Engines
  • 20-29 = Secondary Engines
  • 30-39 = Aerial Devices
  • 40-49 = Ambulances
  • 50-59 = Squads (heavy rescues)
  • 60-69 = Tankers
  • 70-79 = Brush Trucks
  • 80-89 = Inspectors
  • 90-99 = Pool Vehicles ("Buggies" ie Chief's cars, and pickup trucks, inspector's vans, etc.)

In Quad 1, the departments are: (followed by MABAS ID's)

  • 1 = Abbott Labs Fire Brigade (ABBT) - Sep. Freq.- not true MABAS members due to being private company, used for hazmat techs and foam.
  • 2 = Beach Park (formerly Bonnie Brook) (BBFD or BPFD)
  • 3 = Gurnee (GFD)
  • 4 = Newport (NWPT)
  • 5 = North Chicago (NCHI)
  • 6 = Waukegan (WAUK)- Sep. Freq.
  • 7 = Winthrop Harbor (WHFD)
  • 8 = Zion (ZION)
  • 9 = Great Lakes F.D. (NTCN) - Sep. Freq.

(Great Lakes used to use GLFD, but after they were mistakenly dispatched instead of a tanker from Grayslake (GFPD) to a fire on Christmas in Vernon Hills back in 1993, the county chiefs changed the ID's. Now Grayslake is GRLK)

Quad 4

  • 2 = Lake Forest (LKFR)
  • 3 = Countryside (CTYD)
  • 4 = Knollwood (KNWD)
  • 5 = Lake Bluff (LKBL)
  • 6 = Libertyville (LBVL)
  • 7 = Deerfield (and Bannockburn)(DEER) - Sep. Freq.
  • 8 = Mundelein (MUND)
  • 9 = Lincolshire-Riverwoods (LRFD)(formerely Vernon FPD - VERN)- Sep. Freq.
  • Fox Lake 22xx
  • Round Lake 26xx
  • Lake Villa 24xx
  • Antioch 21xx

Unit Designators and Codes

IDs The second digit identifies the Shift assignment:

  • 5000s Administrative Units
  • 5100s Midnight Shift Patrol
  • 5200s Day Shift Patrol
  • 5300s Afternoon Shift Patrol
  • 5400s Forest Preserve Units
  • 5500s Investigations
  • 5600s Specialty Units (EMA Reserve Deputies)
    • 5605 Assigned to RACES/ARES (not used on EDACS TRS)
    • 5691, 5693 possibly transport vans
  • 5700s Special Details, Court personnel etc.
  • 5800s Special Details, Court personnel etc.
  • 5900s Coroner, Crime Prevention, Warrants, Marine Patrol

For 5100 thru 5300 units the third digit identifies the Patrol District:

  • 5x1x Northeast 5x5x Central
  • 5x2x Southeast 5x61-3 Long Grove contract cars
  • 5x3x Southwest 5x71-3 Lake Barrington, N Barrington contract cars
  • 5x4x Northwest 5x75-7 Beach Park contract cars
  • 8100?s Wauconda PD 8300?s Port Barrington PD
  • 8200?s Island Lake PD 8400?s Tower Lake PD

EDACS System - Radio ID's

  • 00101-00105 Dispatch Consoles
  • 00159 Patch (ISPERN)
  • 12300-12330 Sheriff
  • 12346-12446 PW
  • 12448-12596 Transportation
  • 12601-12623 Health Department
  • 12626-12666 Permits
  • 12677-12704 Animal Control
  • 12713-12727 Coroner
  • 12734-12920 Forest Preserve District
  • 12960-12999 Building Maint? (345, 346)
  • 13000-13360 Sheriff
  • 13361-13384 Specialty units
  • 13385-13659 Sheriff (Jail)
  • 13660-13870 Sheriff
  • 13873-12879 Park City PD
  • 14050-14077 Island Lake area units

Lake County Sheriff's Office 11 Codes

  • 11-00 Unruly Prisoner, Send Help 11-34 Trouble at Station
  • 11-01 Bringing in Prisoner 11-39 Alarm
  • 11-03 11-40 servicing Squad
  • 11-05 11-44 Open Garage Door
  • 11-06 11-58 Youths gathering
  • 11-08 11-69 Missing person info
  • 11-11 Prisoner, Visitor, official Present 11-78 Report Number
  • 11-16 Pick up ____ at _____ 11-93 Burglary Report
  • 11-27 Registration on tag 11-98 Suicide investigation
  • 11-31 Chasing Car 11-99 Abandoned vehicle
  • 11-32 Switch to channel ___
  • ?County 1? is the Babcox Center (Jail and HQ) ?County 2? is the Libertyville Substation

Municipal Police

  • 1xx Libertyville
  • 6xx Lincolnshire
  • 61xx Antioch
  • 62xx Lake Villa
  • 67xx Fox Lake
  • 7xx Riverwoods
  • 9xx Grayslake
  • 9xx Vernon Hills
  • 2xxx Mundelein

Fire/EMS Pager Tones

Lake Zurich Fire Tone Out/Pager Code 155.835 - Tone 1 (582.1) Tone 2 (881.0)

Businesses

  • JBC Funds PN 464.575 Repeater Parkway North: Sec/Eng/Ops (Deerfield) WQKN275

Volo

Capital One Data Center (300 S Fish Lake Road)

  • 464.4375 repeater; 469.7625, 469.7875, 469.8125, 469.8375, 469.8625 portables (NFM, DMR) WRDU825

Waukegan

Midwest Generation Waukegan Station LLC

  • 461.5125, 462.325, 464.6375 repeaters (NFM, DMR) WRDI211

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