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Welcome to the Illinois collaboration article. This is where you, the user, may index any articles you develop for scanning related topics for your area.

• Weekly FCC Applications/Modifications for Illinois

Illinois Information

• 102 Counties with about 1300 municipalities (Cities, towns and villages).
• Wikipedia
• Pronunciation Guide for County, City, Village Names, etc
• List of Municipalities (Wikipedia)

• Illinois Counties

Statewide/Areawide Agencies/Companies

• Statewide/Common/Shared (Wikipedia)
• Public Safety Answering Points by County (IL)
• Illinois (OLD) Sheriff and Fire Dispatch Frequencies (table and maps)
• Incorporated Municipalities PDF
• Unincorporated Communities (Wikipedia)
• IL SOS Name Index to Illinois Local Governments (Secretary of State)

• Public Safety Answering Points by County (IL)

Illinois Fire Departments

• MABAS Website MABAS Newsletters
• Illinois Fire Department Photos, listed by County

Illinois State Agencies

Illinois State Police

STARCOM21 - State Radio Communications for the 21st Century

• Starcom21 - Statewide 700/800 MHz P25 Public Safety TRS
  • StarCom21 Website Currently Links to the Database page (3/23)
  • STARCOM21_Statewide_Illinois#Radio_IDs_.28RIDs.29_.2F_User_IDs_.28UIDs.29
• Illinois State Police (ISP) (IL) View ISP Information by District
  • ISP Frequency Information (IL)
  • ISP Unit Designators

Illinois Department of Natural Resources

• Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) (IL)
• Illinois Department of Natural Resources Map (PDF)

Illinois Department of Public Health

EMS Unit IDs/Call Signs

• IL-IDPH Region 1, 2
• IL-IDPH3 Region 3
• IL-IDPH4 Region 4
• IL-IDPH5 Region 5, etc.

EMS / Ambulance / Medical Helicopters / IDPH (IL)

• ITTF - Illinois Terrorism Task Force

Region Map

Illinois Department of Transportation

• Bridge Information Website
• Active IDOT construction contracts

Illinois Emergency Management Agency

• Emergency_Management_/_Homeland_Security_(IL) Wiki
• SKYWARN/Amateur Radio

Illinois Toll Highway Authority (ITHA)

• Wiki Page

United States/Federal Government

Prisons

• Pekin Wiki Page
• Greenville Wiki Page

Military

• Scott Air Force Base VHF
• US Army - Rock Island Arsenal
• See the Publications section of the Milcom Web Pages and Mailing Lists article for a Dropbox site with numerous manuals and charts

Transportation

Illinois Airport Wiki Pages

• Please see Category:Illinois Aviation and its subcategories
• Selected Aviation pages:
  • Chicago O'Hare Airport Public Safety

Railroads

• Illinois Railroads (IL)
• Amtrak Routes in IL Map

Statewide Businesses

• AmerenIL/MO Service Territory]
• IL Statewide Businesses
• Utility Companies
• Category:Illinois Communications Providers
  • Illinois Communications Companies
  • This is for companies that provide radio programming services and/or offer repeaters or trunked systems for lease.
• Railroads

• Nationwide Businsses

Illinois Live Audio Links on Broadcastify

• State of Illinois Live Audio Links on Broadcastify

Schools

List of school districts in Illinois (Wikipedia)
As of July 1, 2022, there were 852 public school districts, including 368 elementary districts, 97 high school districts, 386 unit districts, and one Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice district, and two cooperative high schools

Illinois School Districts Report Card and District Maps

Illinois Scanning Websites

Chicago Area Radio Monitoring Association (CARMA

• Wiki Page info
• CARMA Chicago ioGroups

ScanIllinois.com

• Site no longer maintained or online, all information moved to RadioReference.com in 2004
• Preserved Website

STARCOM21.com

• Website currently links to the RadioReference.com trunked system

Trunked Radio Systems in Illinois

Area Wide

• Clear Talk -- Illinois Cooperative Association - 800 MHz
• WirelessUSA (IL/MO)

Chicago Metro Area

• Yorcom / C and R Communications (Oswego)

St Louis Metro Area

• Communications Services (Alton)
• Sitco (MetroEast IL)
• Warner Communications - UHF 6 (Caseyville)

• Illinois RID/UIDs
• Illinois Trunked Radio Systems
• Information on Trunked Systems in Illinois
• Unknown or Unidentified talkgroups on Illinois Trunked systems

• RACOM Network
• Trunked Radio Systems
  • Federal Trunked Systems
  • Military Trunked Systems
  • Public Trunked Systems
  • Education Trunked Systems
  • Private Trunked Systems
  • Utility Trunked Systems
  • DMR Systems

Wiki/Websites

Websites

• Chicago Scanning Club Military Air Patrols
• ScanIL RR
• Starcom21 (website)
• WCIL Scanner Radio
• West central Indiana and East Central Illinois Uniden Scanner Files

Wiki Articles

• Aurora / Naperville Public Safety (OpenSky)
• Illinois Communications Companies
• Illinois Counties
• Illinois State - Other Agencies (IL)
• Northern Illinois Police and Fire Unit IDs
• State of Illinois Goverment & Public Safety
• Travel Reference (IL)

Regional Categories

• Illinois Businesses ‎
• Chicago Metro Area
• St.Louis Metro Area

Illinois-Related Categories

• Category:Illinois - hierarchically structured categories for Illinois
• List existing categories starting at Illinois -- jump to Illinois in alphabetically sorted list of existing categories
• Standardized Categories for Illinois -- lists all alphabetically not hierarchically.

Scanner Data in the Wiki

• This is just used for wiki reference

Conventional Data

• Illinois Fire Tone Outs
• Illinois Frequencies in the Wiki

Illinois Regions

• Bloomington-Normal McLean County (IL)
• Champaign-Urbana
• Illinois Sheriff and Fire Dispatch Frequencies (table and maps)
• Kane

Illinois Topics

Aviation

• Indianapolis (ZID) Air Route Traffic Control Center

Other Topics

• Emergency Management / Homeland Security (IL)
• Federal Government / Military (IL)

Railroads

• Railroads (IL)

Special Events

• Peoria Prairie Air Show Peoria County (IL)
• Taste of Chicago (Chicago, IL)

Sports and Events

• Illinois Racing
• Illinois Sports