Calhoun County (IL)

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County #007/17013 Population 4360 (2022) 253.8 sqm
Neighboring Counties: Pike, Jersey, Greene, St. Charles MO, Lincoln MO, Pike MO Also patrolled by Illinois State Police Troop 8 WEB FB

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Calhoun County Public Safety

Calhoun County Sheriff ^FB

• Sheriff - Dispatches all Police, Fire and EMS agencies in the county. (some dispatch by 911 Center/West Central Dispatch in Jacksonville/Morgan County, as of 2018)
• Sheriff serves all municipalities in the county. Hardin Police is only Part-time.
• The "Brussels Ferry" has a radio on the Sheriff system to relay any important information. The Brussels ferry is located one mile west of Grafton (in Jersey County) and crosses the Illinois River linking Illinois Route 100 to Calhoun County, near Brussels. Ferry Info WEB

• 154.235/156.165/156.105 - may not be in use as they once were. Most ops Now on 151.1075 and 156.165
• 151.1075 Countywide Public Safety - 5pm test pages heard on ??? (1/25)
• 159.3375 Repeater with 155.8725 input (NFM at 1 mi W of Hardin for Sheriff; not currently in use) WNZA81

• (Formerly used the High Band repeater (shared with Highway Department) but uses low band for Mobile Extenders and when the Highway Department needs to use the repeater)
• Microwave 2143.6 800KF9W Sheriff at Merle Inman Farm WEF962 [Exp 7/00] Transmitter to receiver WEF862 [Expired]

Old Low Band - No Longer in use

• 39.50 156.16500 M 047 DPL Sheriff: Mobile Extenders (VHF Portable to car, out on 39.5) FM KDJ430
• 39.50 BM 047 DPL Sheriff: Back-up/Secondary/Car-to-Car/Link to Greene County Sheriff FM KDJ430
• 39.12 B 047 DPL Sheriff: Old Low Band (Base to Mobile) FM KDJ430
• 39.94 M 047 DPL Sheriff: Old Low Band (Mobile to Base) FM KDJ430
• 39.38 M Old Sheriff Car-to-Car [Expired] FM KDJ430
• 39.46 B CSQ Old Point-to-Point FM KDJ430
• 453.41250 458.41250 M Remote Receive Links [No longer in use] FM WNZA819

Law Units

• "CL"-("See-El") CL-1,2,3,4,5,8 (9 used to be Ambulance) (these may be old)
• Unit 119 on 151.1075 (4/21)
• Hardin 1, 2

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Calhoun County Volunteer Ambulance Service^{[WEB] FB}

All Volunteer EMT (BLS) service. ALS and backup by Greene or Jersey Counties.

• Calhoun South EMT Unit (Brussels/Batchtown)
• Calhoun Central EMT Unit (Hardin)
• Calhoun North EMT Unit (Kampsville)
• 3-J-14 3 453 03 Calhoun County Ambulance - Ford Box - white

• Ambulance Units: 3-J-11, 3-J-12, 3-J-14 --Uses Cellular Pagers (old???) paging on 151.1075 heard 4/25

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Calhoun County Emergency Management ^FB

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Calhoun Medical Center (Hardin) ^{[WEB] [ FB]}

• 8/12 - Old hospital, formerly associated with Illini Medical Group, near closing, very little support, doctors or money left in this rural area
• Heliport 36LL (123.05 RDO-CTL) only approved for daylight conditions due to terrain in area

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Calhoun County Volunteer Fire

All Fire Departments are volunteer, members of MABAS-IL Division 67, and use MABAS fireground channels

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Batchtown

• 453.6125 F Water Distribution Data WPTN891 [Expired 11/11] Telm Deprecated 1/3/25

Richwoods Fire Protection District (Batchtown) ^FB Responds to fire and rescue calls in Batchtown and the surrounding rural areas

• Tanker/Tender - white truck/silver tank

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Brussels

Point Fire Protection District (Brussels)

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Hardin

Hardin Police Department

• Full and part-time officers serving 900 residents.

Hardin Fire Protection District (Central)

• All volunteer department serving Hardin and surrounding rural area.

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Kampsville

North Calhoun Fire Protection District (Kampsville) ^FB/ Responds to fire and rescue calls in Kampsville and the surrounding rural areas.

• 201 Brush - Ford F350 4dr Pickup
• 202 Engine (older, white)
• 203 Engine - E-One Freightliner #3
• 205 Engine - American LaFrance - white/red #5 (Acquired 2017)
• Kubota RTV 4x4

 ???

• 300 (heard 1/27/25)

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Pleasant Hill

Pleasant Hill Fire Protection District/EMS Serves Pleasant Hill, Atlas, (in Pike County) part of Calhoun County, and auto-responds with Spring Creek. [May use proprietary 154.515 for fireground.]

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Units / Tone-Outs / Maps

Sheriff (Law)

• 118 (heard 151.1075 2/25)
• 1198 (heard 151.1075 2/25)
• 223 (heard 151.1075 2/25)

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Fire/EMS Unit Designators

• BLS 4 (151.1075 2/25)

• 1098 EMS unit responding (151.1075 2/25)

• 3041 North Calhoun Fire unit (151.1075 1/25)

• 3350 (151.1075 1/25)
• 3394 (151.1075 1/25)

Richwoods Fire

• 2 - Chevy 4x4 Brush Truck red (online FB 3/25) (shows #2 on side of truck)

• 32xx (151.1075 1/25)
• 3251 heard L2 unit ??? (3/25)
• 3271 unit (3/25)

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Fire Tone-Outs

• 496.8/524.6 Hardin Fire (151.1075) (2/25)
• Richard Fire? (151.1075) (2/25)

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Schools

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Calhoun Community Unit School District 40 ^{WEB [No FB]}

• Calhoun Elementary School, Calhoun Unit 40, Calhoun High School
• possibly an intercom or wireless mic 170.15 162.2

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Businesses

• 160.08 D036 - mobiles have been heard in use in northern Macoupin County, as trucks on farms (12/13) (10/14)

• Tri-County FS: ^{WEB [ FB]}
• Weigel Farms: 151.775 Base/Mobile (Golden Eagle) WNPQ671

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