Sangamon County (IL)

Sangamon County is a large county by Illinois standards having a total area of 877 square miles and a population of 188,951. Springfield the capitol city, is also the county seat of Sangamon County. Southern View, Grandview, Jerome, Leland Grove and Sherman are suburbs of Springfield.

Other Municipalities in Sangamon County include Williamsville, Riverton, Dawson, Lanesville, Buffalo, Illiopolis, Mechanicsburg, Rochester, Pawnee, Divernon, Auburn, Thayer, Chatham, Lowder, New Berlin, Loami, Pleasant Plains, Cantrall and New City. Most of the municipalities have their own Police Departments which the Sangamon County Sheriff's Office works with and closely supports.

Springfield, City of

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Sangamon, County of

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Sangamon County Sheriff's Office

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• Codes & Unit Lists

• 155.535R has input receive sites at Auburn, New Berlin, Illiopolis, downtown Hilton, County Building, I-55/Toronto Road (@ Cool 101.9 tower). Probably connected by Fiber optic/phone lines.
• MDT tower locations: 1) ISP Tower @ D9 2) Buffalo 3) 911 Tower-Spfld 4) New Berlin 5) Hilton
• Juvenile Facility license - [wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/ApplicationSearch/applFreqSum.jsp?applID=542059 FCC Link] Dismissed by FCC, never licensed. (Still in use 12/08)
• 453.02500 D146190 RM Juvenile Facility (Jail 9th Street) [Dismissed by FCC; never heard in use]

• 4/22/05 - 74 deptuties. 74 is considered a full force.
• Jail - 200 South 9th Street, County Building
• Juvenile Division - 2201 South Dirksen Parkway
• Detective Bureau - 200 South 9th Street, County Building
• Animal Control - 2100 Shale Drive

OPERATIONS DIVISION

• Consists of the Patrol Section,Court Security and special units.

PATROL

• Cconsists of three (3) Lieutenants, six (6) Sergeants and forty-seven (47)? sworn officers. The section is divided into three (3) standard shifts and one (1) power shift.??

COURT SECURITY

• Consists of 12 full time officers including one (1) Lieutenants and two (2) Sergeants. These Officers provide security for the Sangamon County Court Complex. They are responsible for maintaining security at the entrance doors by utilizing x-ray equipment, providing security during court proceedings, protecting the Judges and employees of the Court Complex and providing escorts to?the jail after court hearings.
• SPECIAL UNITS - DUI UNIT
• Consists of one (1) sworn officers that are assigned to the Power Shift. There were 184 DUI arrests in 1997.

K-9 UNIT

• Consists of two (2) sworn officers that are assigned to the Power Shift.

T.R.U. UNIT

• The Tactical Response Unit consists of 22 sworn officers and 4 paramedics. 19 from Sheriff?s Office & 3 from other Sang. Co. Police agencies. 1997--13 call-outs: 2 search warrant (drugs), 1 hostage situation,2 search for fugitive and six high-risk arrest warrants, 3 barricaded suspects.

JAIL

• The Detention Facility opened Oct 1991 after 4 years of planning/construction. It is a state of the art facility utilizing a podular indirect supervision design, with the capability of direct supervision in four of the major cellblocks. Can house up to 313 inmates. Inmates are housed, based on security level, from a dormitory type area for work release and trustees to single cells for maximum-security inmates.?? Ave Daily Pop. is 250 inmates, 10% female.?Staff of 72 correctional officers and 27 control room operators.

Frequency	Input	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
854.66250	804.66250	WNWL220	RM	754 DPL	Sang Jail/Ct	Jail / Court Security (Phone Patch)	FMN	Corrections
457.85000		KSI628	M	127.3 PL	SangShrf MX	Sheriff: Mobile Extenders	FM	Deprecated
154.86000		KSC460	BM	146.2 PL	Sang AC/Prob	Animal Control / Probation Officer [CO-4]	FMN	Law Dispatch
155.53500	158.97000	KSC460	RM	146.2 PL	Sang Law CO1	Law: Tac [CO-1] Simplex [CO-2]	FMN	Deprecated
155.65500		KSC460	BM	146.2 PL	Sang Sherif5	Sheriff: Unit-to-Unit [CO-5]	FM	Deprecated
155.85000		KSC460	M	146.2 PL	SangSheriff7	Detectives [Ch 7]	FM	Deprecated
156.15000		KSC460	M	146.2 PL	SangShrf Det	Detectives	FM	Deprecated
460.27500		KSC460	BM		SangShrfJail	Jail	FM	Deprecated
453.07500	458.07500		RM	411 DPL	Sang Juv Fac	Juvenile Facility: Transportation/Ops [No license]	FMN	Corrections
453.32500	458.32500	WPYL782	RM	734 DPL	Sang SD TRU	Sheriff: Tactical Response Unit	FMN	Law Tac
856.01250	811.01250	WPHA756	RM		SangShrfMDT1	Sheriff: Mobile Data Terminals (Locations 1,2) (CSQ)	Telm	Data
859.13750	814.13750	WPHA756	RM		SangShrfMDT3	Sheriff: Mobile Data Terminals (Locations 1,2,3,4) (CSQ)	Telm	Data
858.13750	813.13750	WPHA756	RM		SangShrfMDT2	Sheriff: Mobile Data Terminals (Locations 1,2,5) (CSQ)	Telm	Data
851.03750	806.03750	WQFQ707	RM		Sang Nextel1	NexTel Conventional w/Phone Patch (CSQ)	Telm	Data
851.53750	806.53750	WQFQ707	RM		Sang Nextel2	NexTel Conventional w/Phone Patch (CSQ)NexTel Conventional w/Phone Patch (CSQ)	Telm	Data
851.93750	806.93750	WQFQ707	RM		Sang Nextel3	NexTel Conventional w/Phone Patch (CSQ)	Telm	Data

Sangamon County Rural Fire Radio System

Frequency Input License Type Tone/PL Channel Name Alpha Tag Tag
158.8200 KSI628 RM 225.7 HZ RF1 Fire*RF1 Fire Dispatch (repeats 154.860)
155.8950 KSI628 RM 146.2 HZ RF2 Fire*RF2 Fire Talk (repeats 153.995)
155.5350 KSI628 RM 146.2 HZ RF3 Fire*RF3 Fire Talk(repeats 158.970)
158.7450 KSI628 BM 225.7 HZ RF4 Fire*RF4 Fire talk
158.8800 KSI628 M 225.7 HZ RF5 Fire*RF5 Fire Talk
154.2650 WQFG754 BM 210.7 HZ IFERN Fire*IFERN Fire Talk
154.3025 WQFG754 M 67.0 HZ IFERN 2 Fire*IFERN2 Fire Talk
155.0550 KSI628 BM D-165 IREACH Fire*IREACH Interop
158.8200 KSI628 M 225.7 HZ RF1 CTC Fire*RF1*CTC Fire Talk
155.8950 KSI628 M 146.2 HZ RF2 CTC Fire*RF2*CTC Fire Talk
155.5350 KSI628 M 146.2 HZ RF3 CTC Fire*RF3*CTC Fire Talk
153.8300 WQAG579 M 69.3 HZ MABAS RED Fire*RED Fire - Tac
154.2800 WQAG579 M 74.4 HZ MABAS White Fire*WHITE Fire - Tac
154.2950 WQAG579 M 85.4 HZ MABAS BLUE Fire*BLUE Fire - Tac
153.8375 WQAG579 M 91.5 HZ MABAS GOLD Fire*GOLD Fire - Tac
154.2725 WQAG579 M 94.8 HZ MABAS BLACK Fire*BLACK Fire - Tac
154.2875 WQAG579 M 136.5 HZ MABAS GREY Fire*GREY Fire - Tac

Sangamon County Office of Emergency Management (OEM)

2 Full-Time, 45 Volunteers, 18 Search & Rescue K-9s, Dive Team, Weather Spotters. Responds to traffic accidents and water emergencies when needed to search for a missing boater. Also assists county fire depts by filling air tanks and providing emergency medical care at large fires.

Frequency	Input	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
155.89500	153.99500	KSI628	RM	131.8 PL	Sang RS Tac1	Rescue Squad Tac 1 (146.2 PL input)	FMN	Emergency Ops
452.80000	457.80000	KSI628	RM	203.5 PL	Sang ESDA PP	ESDA: Phone Patch	FMN	Emergency Ops
158.74500		WNAH639	BM	225.7 PL	Sang 911 CD2	Fireground / ESDA F-2 [CD-2]	FMN	Emergency Ops
158.88000		WNAH639	M	CSQ	Sang 911 CD3	ESDA: Operations/Tac/Fireground [Ch 3][CD-3]	FMN	Emergency Ops
156.22500		KSI628	BM		SangESDA*Fut	ESDA: Future Ops (173.8?)	FMN	Emergency Ops

Sangamon County Rescue Squad

Sangamon County ETSD/911

• Emergency Telephone Safety Department Website

• 12/9/08 - CD-2, 158.745 is now using a 225.7 PL tone, at least on dispatch, if mobiles are not using it yet, will probably be programmed in the future.

• 158.82: Dispatches all Fire/EMS agencies in Sangamon County except the city of Springfield. (Many can be dispatched locally PD too.)

New bases added on 158.82. Identifies as "OEM"

Also added 156.225 BM at 2020 Shale Road All Springfield Fire is dispatched on TRS. 

• 800 N Rutledge-SIUE School of Medicine
• 2801 N Fifth-Springfield City Building/OEM
• 2020 Shale Road-911 Tower
• 2020 Shale Road-OEM Bldg
• I-55 & Toronto Road-backup tower

All 3 EMS agencies dispatched on C-MED, 155.22. All Springfield City dispatchers are in the same center as the county.

• 10/1/07 - Heard on 158.82 "All units use ESDA Ch. 2 on this call"
• 2 Ambulances from all 3 companies cover all of Sangamon County
• Riverton FD has ALS non-transport, everyone else in county is ILS or BLS

Fire/EMS: Pawnee, Auburn, Chatham -- Page their own fire departments.

MABAS Primary Division 52 (tower located at Sangamon County 911/EMA-- 2020 Shale Road-Springfield) CHTM Chatham Fire Protection District LOAM Loami Fire Protection District WMSV Williamsville Fire Protection District BUFF Buffalo Fire Protection District MECH Mechanicsburg Fire Department RAFP Riverton Area Fire Protection District VDFD Dawson Fire Department SHRM Sherman Fire Protection District DIVY Divernon Fire Department District PAWN Pawnee Fire Protection District NBIG New Berlin - Island Grove Fire Protection District RFPD Rochester Fire Protection District SPFD Springfield Fire Department Riverton Fire and EMS

9/18/07 - Mutual Aid Agreements between the Springfield-based 183rd Fighter Wing's firefighters and the departments of Athens, Pleasant Plains, Springfield and Sherman. The agreements took effect in late June. The community fire agencies are still called first.

Frequency	Input	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
155.05500		WNAH639	B	146.2 PL	I-REACH 1462	Statewide Mutual Aid (Base) [Ch 3]	FMN	Interop
154.26500		WQFG754	B	210.7 PL	IFERN 210.7	Fire: Statewide Mutual Aid [Secondary FG w/Dispatch]	FMN	Fire-Talk
158.82000	154.86000	KSI628	RM	225.7 PL	SangRurFire1	Fire: Rural Fire Paging/Dispatch [RF1] (also simplex for Car-Car)	FMN	Fire Dispatch
155.89500	153.99500	KSI628	RM	146.2 PL	SangRurFire2	Fire: Rural Fire: Response [RF2] (also simplex for Car-Car)	FMN	Fire-Tac
155.53500	158.97000	KSI628	RM	146.2 PL	SangRurFire3	Fire: Rural Fire: Response [RF3] (also simplex for Car-Car)	FMN	Fire-Tac
158.74500		KSI628	BM	225.7 PL	SangRurFire4	Fire: Rural Fire [RF4]	FMN	Fire-Tac
158.88000		KSI628	M	225.7 PL	SangRurFire5	Fire: Rural Fire [RF5]	FMN	Fire-Tac
155.05500		WNAH639	M	156 DPL	I-REACH D156	Statewide Mutual Aid: Air Evac Landing Zone Ops	FMN	Interop

EMS Agencies/Ambulance Companies

C-MED - Central Medical Emergency Dispatch

• Dispatches 911 calls (non-private) for all 3 Springfield companies.
• Responds to Springfield and surrounding cities (including New Berlin, Riverton, Rochester, Divernon, Glenarm, Pleasant Plains). Also ALS transports for other communities (Virden)

EMS-CMED Codes

• 10-88 In service, in house, call by telephone for a call
• Signal 1 - Emergency: lights and siren
• Signal 2 - Emergency: No lights or siren
• Signal 3 - Non Emergency, no lights or no sirens (small cuts, etc.)

(In the city of Springfield, if you are running lights, you must also use sirens)

All vehicles have Automatic Vehicle Locator/GPS and MDC's. Some units may be heard on Spfld TRS TG 00496 as needed.

America Ambulance

• Units: 3F8 3F9 3F10 3F11 3F12

Frequency	Input	License	Type	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
461.70000	466.70000	KJT824	RM	America EMS	EMS: Dispatch (in use; was 103.5)	NXDN	EMS Dispatch

Lifestar EMS

• Units: 3F16 3F17 3F18 3F21 3F22 3F23

Frequency	Input	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
860.01250	815.01250	WNGC296	RM	411 DPL	Lifestar A	EMS: Dispatch	FM	EMS Dispatch
859.01250	814.01250	WNGC296	RM		Lifestar B	EMS	FM	EMS Dispatch

• Provides ALS transport service as well as hospital to hospital and hospital to nursing home transports. 3 ambulances are on regular rotation on a daily basis.
• Provides an ambulance (3F22) for St. Johns Children's Hospital which provides transports from hospital to hospital statewide for pediatric emergencies.

Springfield Area Ambulance (DBA Medics First Inc.)

2008-Operates 5 ambulances with 43 employee

• Station 1: 3219 E. Carpenter St
• Station 2: 15th & Ash streets (24 hrs w/ living quarters)

• Units: 3F90 3F91 3F92 3F93 3F94 3F95

OLD 155.2950R/150.775 WPCA368 156.7 PL Dispatch: Old (No longer in use?) [Expired]

Frequency	Input	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
153.32000	158.16000	WQLB293	RM	411 DPL	Medics First	EMS: Dispatch/Operations	FMN	EMS Dispatch

Air Evac

Frequency	Input	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
151.50500	158.40000	WPYR891	RM	072 DPL	AEvc Spfld*O	Dispatch - OLD	FM	Deprecated
159.69000		WQIF745	BM	072 DPL	AEvac SpfdIL	Dispatcher - Springfield	FM	EMS Dispatch

Hospitals

Lincoln Prairie Behavioral Health Center

• Doctors Hospital re-opened several years ago as Lincoln Prairie Behavioral Health Center, an inpatient psychiatric facility (80 beds) for children and adolescents.

Kindred Hospital Springfield

• 12/10 - Kindred Hospital located at 701 N. Walnut, Springfield, has opened.
• 8/08 - Hospital approved by the state LINK
• 12/07 - Won't be completed until late 2009 or early 2010 due to issues with underground sewer line and construction costs.
• 10/06 - Construction still pending.
• 9/23/05 - Kindred, based in Louisville, Ky., plans to begin construction in a few months. The two-story $15.6 million long-term acute-care hospital could open by April 2007. It will have 50 beds and employ 100 to 150 people.

Memorial Medical Center

• 12/22/07 - Securitas Security Services USA took over security services at the hospital and its other Springfield properties.
• 450-bed hospital.

St. John's Hospital

(Sisters of the Third ORS)

• 11/08 - ARCH Helicopter has added a base at St Johns Hospital "Saints Flight" SJR Article Helicopter Pic

• Motherhouse of the Hospital Sisters of the 3rd Order of St. St. Francis Convent -- 4849 Laverna Road

Andrew McFarland Mental Health Center

• The Andrew McFarland Mental Health Center located at 901 Southwind Road, Springfield, is a State of Illinois Department of Human Services operated inpatient adult psychiatric facility.

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