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Chicago Office of Emergency Management & Communications (OEM) WEB
Chicago Police District and Beat Maps
Chicago Transit Authority (CTA)

1 Citywide - Interoperability
2 Chicago
3 Chicago Fire Department and EMS
4 Chicago Police Department
5 Chicago OEM - Office of Emergency Management
6 Public Building Commission of Chicago
7 Related Trunked Radio Systems
- 7.1 Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority - UHF-T (Chicago)
8 Chicago Park District

Citywide - Interoperability

System Diagram FCC Acrobat Document

Chicago

Chicago Fire Department Possible channel plan used by the Chicago Fire Department

F01 477.5125 Main EMS (digital)
F02 478.4625 Englewood EMS (digital)
F03 460.3500 Police Citywide 5 (analog)
F04 462.9750 EMS Command (analog)
F05 476.6875 Citywide Fire (digital)
F06 458.0250 Special Events 5 (analog)
F07 458.0750 Special Events 6 (analog)
F08 477.7000 Ops 8 (digital)
F09 478.1500 Ops 9 (digital)
F10 (unknown) Metro 1
F11 (unknown) Metro 2
F12 (unknown) CTA Citywide
F13 462.9750 EMS Command (analog)
F14 460.3500 Police Citywide 5 (analog)
F15 460.6250 EMS Englewood (analog)
F16 460.6000 EMS Main (analog)

477.7875 Fire North
478.2125 Fire South
477.9875 OEMC

Chicago Fire Department and EMS

Chicago (IL) F.D. Station Locations

New P25 Digital Conventional Frequencies Radio channel assignments for the new Chicago Fire and EMS P25 conventional system (source).

477.5125 EMS-North
478.4625 EMS-South
477.7875 Fire-North
478.2125 Fire-South
477.9875 O.E.M.C.
476.6875 Fire City-Wide
Chicago New P25 Conventional Radio IDs

Old information, removed from database 9/28/12

460.600  KXZ273 	RM	156.7 PL	CFDEMS North	EMS: North [Ch 1]
460.625  KXZ273 	RM	156.7 PL	CFDEMS South	EMS: South [Ch 2] 
462.950  KNFH932 	RM	156.7 PL	CFD EMS Data	EMS: Data [Ch 3] 
462.975  KNFH932 	RM	156.7 PL	CFD EMS Cmd4	EMS: Command/Auxiliary [Ch 4]
458.025  KXM321 	M	203.5 PL	CFD EMS SE 5	EMS: Special Events 5 
458.075  KXM321 	M	210.7 PL	CFD EMS SE 6	EMS: Special Events 6  
458.125  KXM321 	M	218.1 PL	CFD EMS SE 7	EMS: Special Events 7  
458.175  KXM321 	M	225.7 PL	CFD EMS SE 8	EMS: Special Events 8

Interop

System Diagram FCC Acrobat Document (Links are missing)

The City of Chicago hereby requests 180-day Emergency Special Temporary Authority for the operation of the below described systems/channels to provide the necessary RF linkage between existing City operations and the Statewide interoperability initiative employing the Astro 21 system and those channels being deployed as a portion of the U.S. Department of Justice's High-Risk Metropolitan Area Interoperability Assistance Project. In essence, the City seeks designated channels which can be employed for the purpose offacilitating the coordination of construction of new systems being deployed, e.g. the UHF system that is being constructed County-wide to provide local interoperability throughout Northern Illinois; existing systems, e.g. the City's 800 MHz radio facilities that require RF connectivity to the Statewide Astro 21 network; and to facilities interoperability in the extended use of VHF radio systems employed by firefighters throughout the region. The requested UHF channels would also provide necessary RF linkage for the City's emergency medical personnel. Over 925 paramedics and command personnel provide EMS services to City residents on a UHF system that is extremely limited in system capacity. There is no way to upgrade the system and concurrently move it toward interoperability by redeployment of the existing channels. Any downtime of the system caused by shifting facilities, rather than adding UHF links, at this time would be disastrous. The requested temporary authority to operate on the proposed UHF links would also serve this vital purpose to provide an RF bridge between what is now in place and what will be deployed in the future via a system redesign and upgrade. Similarly, the City operates its present VHF systems to support the over 2,500 fire fighters that protect the City against disasters. The present system was never designed with interoperability as a goal and the City is attempting to take immediate steps toward rectifying this situation, again, to allow all City departments the advantage of greater interagency cooperation and coordination. To provide the necessary spectrum to transition this system toward full interoperability and to increase the overall utility of the existing VHF radio system, the City proposes to employ the VHF channels identified herein on a temporary basis to bridge the gap in improved system design and capacity, without having to reconfigure existing facilities and lose vital throughput. Finally, the City's use of 800 MHz radio channels are to operate a Citywide emergency siren system and a number of data channels in support of drug enforcement, disaster response, and the Organized Crime division. The systems are in flux for a number of reasons, including the City's participation in 800 MHz re-banding pursuant to FCC Docket WT 02-55. Although the re-banding efforts are arduous and tax severely the resources of the City's radio technical personnel, the City cannot back away from its ongoing efforts to increase the functionality and use of those systems by initiating RF linking to the Astro 21 Statewide project. To delay further the City's efforts to accommodate re-banding to the exclusion of the City's efforts to obtain Statewide interoperability on the State's 800 MHz network at the same time, would be to ignore an opportunity to concurrently re-band, while upgrading network capacity. Obviously, a two-step approach is both inefficient and more costly and does not provide to the City the next vital step toward improved and necessary interoperability.

Chicago Police Department

Patrol Division: 1st Watch : 2300-0700 (Early) 0000-0800 (Late) 2nd Watch : 0700-1500 (Early) 0800-1600 (Late) 3rd Watch: 1500-2300 (Early) 1600-0000 (Late) Rapid-Response:2nd Watch (Last number Odd) 0800-1600 Hrs. (Last Number Even) 0900-1700 Hrs. Rapid Response:3rd Watch (Last number Odd) 1600-0000 Hrs. (Last Number Even) 1700-0100 Hrs.
Overtime starts in 15 increments after the end of a shift. Roll call lasts until 30 minutes after the start of the shift.
Gang and Tactical Teams: 1000-1800 (2nd Watch) 1800-0200 (3rd Watch)
This is changing in some Districts and Areas. Some 3rd watch start times are changing to 1900 and some are starting at 2000 hrs. This also applies to the Area Gun Teams, Gang Teams, Saturation Teams.* Detective Division: Same as Patrol Division N.A.G.I.S.(Narcotics and Gang Investigative Section)- Non-specific start and end times.

Old PL tones for CPD Zones

460.475		107.2 PL	Zone 1 - Districts 16, 17
460.050		127.3 PL	Zone 2 - District 19
460.225		110.9 PL	Zone 3 - Districts 12, 14
460.150		114.8 PL	Zone 4 - Districts 1 18
460.500		167.9 PL	Zone 5 - District 2, CPD HQ
460.400		156.7 PL	Zone 6 - Districts 7 8 
460.075		146.2 PL	Zone 7 - District 3 
460.200		136.5 PL	Zone 8 - Districts 4 6
460.025		 91.5 PL	Zone 9 - Districts 5 22
460.100		151.4 PL	Zone 10 - Districts 10 11 
460.375		186.2 PL	Zone 11 - Districts 20 24
460.425		 94.8 PL	Zone 12 - Districts 15 25 
460.450		103.5 PL	Zone 13 - District 9

Chicago Police Department Terms

TVB - Traffic Violator for Bond. Basically means the driver is going to post cash instead of surrendering his/her drivers license for a ticket.
Public Safety Robot WQGZ549 2459.0/2463.0/2470.5/2476.5
Each Zone has the capability to "simulcast" on the City-Wide frequencies. The Zone Dispatcher will see a red light on his/her respective console telling them whether or not the City-Wide is free to simulcast on. This is why when the dispatcher will say "Cars in (district of occurrence) City-Wide is not available" and will dispatch a Priority 1 or 1A call without a simulcast on the city-wide frequencies. Also note all District Beat Cars have the capability to switch to any available city-wide.

460.12500 465.17500 KSJ745 RM 173.8 PL 1 Citywide 1 (Traffic Division, Police Document Services Section, Central Detention Section, Public Transportation Section, Special Functions Unit-(Including-Marine, Canine, and Mounted Unit}, Targeted Response Unit, Special Operations Section, Air Support Unit
460.17500 465.17500 KSJ745 RM 123.0 PL 2 Citywide 2 (Detective Division, Forensic Services Division-{Including Crime Lab & District Forensic Service Requests}
460.27500 465.27500 KSJ745 RM 141.3 PL 3 Citywide 3 (Formal Flash Messages, Repair Requests for Radio Service, Alternate Frequency}
460.32500 465.32500 KSJ745 RM 192.8 PL 4 Citywide 4 (Auditing & Internal Control Division, Organized Crime Division-{Gang Crimes, Narcotics, Prostitution Section},Areas 1-5 Special Victims Unit
460.35000 465.35000 KNBM249 RM 97.4 PL 5 Citywide 5 (Subway, Alternate Frequency
460.25000 465.25000 KSJ745 RM 162.2 PL 6 Citywide 6 (Special Events, Riots, Alternate Frequency)
460.30000 465.30000 KSJ745 RM 131.8 PL 7 Citywide 7-Front Desk (Pages, Notifications, After Hour Telephone Outages, Point to Point & ISPERN Messages, Transportation Management Authority)

Low Power Data Systems

Used for MDT/AVL Systems? All Lower Power, 20K Digital Emission.
WPFY216 - Multiple Locations, 853.775, 852.6375, 853.3 (other freqs?)
WPFY217 - 852.65, 852.7375, 852.175, 852.7625, 853.1, 853.225
WPFY218 - 852.5375, 852.7375, 852.175, 852.7625, 853.1, 853.225
WPFY219 - 853.325, 853.825, 853.575, 853.675 FB2C
WPFY220 - 851.5875, 852.1
WPFY221 - 851.2125 FB
WPUV259 - 851.8125 FB
WPUV261 - 851.675
WPUV262 - 851.675

Chicago OEM - Office of Emergency Management

City of Chicago - Office of Public Safety Administration

460.0875 465.0875 WPMG842 RM OEMC UHF 3 Operations FMN Deprecated, 2/6/25 (all removed, no known use or tone listed)
460.1125 465.1125 WPMG842 RM OEMC UHF 4 Operations FMN Deprecated
460.1375 465.1375 WPMG842 RM OEMC UHF 5 Operations FMN Deprecated
460.1625 465.1625 WPMG842 RM OEMC UHF 6 Operations FMN Deprecated
460.1875 465.1875 WPMG842 RM OEMC UHF 7 Operations FMN Deprecated
460.3125 465.3125 WPMG842 RM OEMC UHF 11 Operations FMN Deprecated
460.3375 465.3375 WPMG842 RM OEMC UHF 12 Operations FMN Deprecated
460.3625 465.3625 WPMG842 RM OEMC UHF 13 Operations FMN Deprecated
460.4875 465.4875 WPMG842 RM OEMC UHF 18 Operations FMN Deprecated

476.0125 WPSG985 M Chi 476.01250 Operations (also 479.0125) P25 Deprecated, 2/6/25 (all removed, no known use or tone listed)
476.1625 WPSG985 M Chi 476.16250 Operations P25 Deprecated
476.6875 WPSG985 M Chi 476.6875 Operations P25 Deprecated
477.5125 WPSG985 M Chi 477.5120 Operations P25 Deprecated
477.5625 WPSG985 M Chi 477.56250 Operations P25 Deprecated
477.7375 WPSG985 M Chi 477.73750 Operations P25 Deprecated
477.7857 WPSG985 M Chi 477.7875 Operations P25 Deprecated
477.9875 WPSG985 M Chi 477.9875 Operations P25 Deprecated
478.1375 WPSG985 M Chi 478.13750 Operations P25 Deprecated
478.2125 WPSG985 M Chi 478.2125 Operations P25 Deprecated
478.4625 WPSG985 M Chi 478.4625 Operations P25 Deprecated
478.525 WPSG985 M Chi 478.52500 Operations P25 Deprecated
479.1625 WPSG985 M Chi 479.16250 Operations P25 Deprecated
479.6875 WPSG985 M Chi 479.68750 Operations P25 Deprecated
480.5125 WPSG985 M Chi 480.51250 Operations P25 Deprecated
480.5625 WPSG985 M Chi 480.56250 Operations P25 Deprecated
480.7375 WPSG985 M Chi 480.73750 Operations P25 Deprecated
480.7875 WPSG985 M Chi 480.78750 Operations P25 Deprecated
480.9875 WPSG985 M Chi 480.98750 Operations P25 Deprecated
481.025 WPSG985 M Chi 481.025 Operations P25 Deprecated
481.1375 WPSG985 M Chi 481.13750 Operations P25 Deprecated
481.150 WPSG985 M Chi 481.15000 Operations P25 Deprecated
481.2125 WPSG985 M Chi 481.21250 Operations P25 Deprecated
481.4625 WPSG985 M Chi 481.46250 Operations P25 Deprecated
481.525 WPSG985 M Chi 481.52500 Operations P25 Deprecated

854.2375 809.2375 WQKA398 RM Mobile Data Terminals (City) [Terminated 3/10] Telm Deprecated 2/6/25, licensed by ComEd

Public Building Commission of Chicago

PBCC plans, designs and constructs municipal buildings—schools, libraries, fieldhouses, fire stations and more.

Richard J. Daley Center - 461.025 repeater (NFM, reported out of service), 466.15, 466.175, 466.2, 466.225, 466.25 portables (reported as 'All Call' and 'Events' channels, encrypted). WPPX841

Central Hearing Facility (400 W Superior) - 452.7375 repeater; 466.125, 466.25, 466.275, 466.3, 466.35 portables (DMR) WREY296

Related Trunked Radio Systems

Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority - UHF-T (Chicago)

TRS Link
The Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority (MPEA) is a municipal corporation created by the Illinois General Assembly. Its Board of Directors is appointed by the Governor of Illinois and the Mayor of Chicago. The MPEA facilities consist of the McCormick Place Complex (McCormick Place South, McCormick Place North,McCormick Place Lakeside Center, and McCormick Place West), and Navy Pier. MPEA owns and manages the McCormick Place complex and seeks to promote and operate conventions, fairs and expositions in the Chicago area, in an effort to strengthen the local economy. Featuring 2.2 million square feet of exhibition space, McCormick Place is the largest and most successful convention center in the nation. Historic Navy Pier is also owned and managed by MPEA. MPEA is charged with carrying out the recreational, commercial, and cultural redevelopment and operation of Navy Pier, which has become Chicago's most popular visitor attraction. Navy Pier got its start as a shipping and recreational facility and has evolved into a mustsee family destination offering shopping, restaurants and entertainment attractions. By providing state-of-the-art meeting space perfectly suited for small-to-medium trade shows, Navy Pier's amenities also complement the services provided by the McCormick Place complex. All of these elements combine to make Navy Pier Illinois' number one tourist attraction. For the remainder of this document Navy Pier and McCormick Place will be referred to as the MPEA Campus.

The communication system planned by MPEA will provide internal emergency and non-emergency wireless communications for the entire MPEA Campus. The trunked radio network being implemented that is licensed to operate under call sign WQHC531, will utilize the licensed UHF channels for Campus-wide communications. The trunking technology being deployed will relieve the congestion and drastically improve communications. The new system will also have the capability of providing interoperability with the State of Illinois 800 MHz STARCOM statewide network and the City of Chicago’s Emergency Communication network to allow on-scene coordination in the event of an emergency.

From Application I. Extended Implementation Justification

Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority (MPEA) respectfully requests an extended implementation of a complex and comprehensive public safety communications system under the FCC Rules and Regulations C.F.R. 47, Part 90, Section 629 for the system currently being implemented under call sign WQHC531. During the course of designing this system Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority determined that, due to heightened level of vigilance and the availability of technology that will improve interoperability with surrounding city, county, state, and federal agencies, additional functionality should be specified; thus, increasing the cost and the time for construction. The system that was originally envisioned by MPEA was a fairly mundane UHF network for internal public safety communications. Internal design reviews of this network raised questions and concerns associated with the inability to communicate with state and local first responder agencies. MPEA and the network equipment supplier researched the various options available and significantly modified the network design. The current design of the system provides interoperability with the State of Illinois 800 MHz STARCOM statewide network, plus the City of Chicago’s UHF emergency dispatch network. The equipment and technical hurdles of linking a UHF network with an 800 MHz network coupled with the intra-governmental agreements that must be negotiated added significant scope and cost to the project; thus increasing the length of time to complete the project. Provided herein is MPEA’s evidence that the project is scheduled and requested on MPEA capital improvement plan and in the best interest of public safety.

5/1/09 - Reported to be no activity on this system.

477.72500 477.75000 477.87500 477.88750 477.93750 477.97500 478.00000 478.55000 478.62500 478.73750

Chicago Park District

Maggie Daley Park (Chicago Park District)

464.9125 repeater (DMR encrypted?); 466.9125, 466.925, 466.9375, 466.9625, 466.9875 portables (NFM/DMR) WRBV271