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EMS Agencies

  • Ambulance-to-Hospital communications: MERCI400 (155.400) used north of Devon Avenue, MERCI340 (155.340) used south of Devon Avenue.
  • UHF MED channels are used primarily inside Chicago city limits and are divided into three sections: North (156.7 PL), Central (146.2 PL) and South (173.8).
  • Many ambulance/hospital comms outside the City of Chicago have moved to cellular phone.

1st Response E.M.S.

  • 6017-6027 S. Wentworth Ave. between W. 60th St. & W. 61st St.,Chicago

AMR - New Lenox

  • NO LONGER IN SERVICE (6/23)
  • (former Kurtz Ambulance Service)  Website
  •  Provides EMS for Tinley Park Fire Dispatched by E-Com
  • Began Service for Tinley Park in 2014
  • Provides IFT (Inter Facility Transfers for facilities/hospitals in the metro area)
  • (formerly served Riverdale Fire)

Advance Ambulance (Niles/Mokena)

  • 6/24 - Appears to no longer be in operation
  • Formerly used ESP Wireless - UHF (Chicago Sears 2) LTR Standard for EMS Dispatch and Operations, Medicar Transportation Operations
  • HQ - 6235 Howard St. - Croname Rd.,Niles (HQ is inside an Office Bldg.)
  • Chicago Sta. - 5567 N. Elston Ave. across from N. Long Ave.,Chicago WPSD758) now midwest medical

Advanced Critical Transport

  • 8940 Ogden Ave. (aka US-34) between Sunnyside Ave. & Vernon Ave.,Brookfield WPVY673
  • Privately owned, established in 2000 to provide higher levels of medical transport unavailable on a traditional ambulance. Based in Brookfield, Illinois, we primarily serve the Greater Chicago Region.
  • Our clinical teams consist of EMTs, Paramedics, and Registered Nurses who enjoy working on a multi-discipline TEAM.
  • Unit: 701 Plate: 7 920 01, white Ford Box w/Gold Stripe
  • 155.34 8-35W mobiles (NFM) WRZM729 Issued 11/23

Alverno Ambulance (Chicago Heights)

  • 6/24, appears to be no longer in service
  • 154.1975 155.9925 WPQJ879 RM 411 DPL AlvernoEMS V EMS: Dispatch (Chicago Heights) [Expired 8/15] FMN Deprecated 6/24
  • 463.550 468.550 WPRA234 RM AlvernoEMS U EMS: Operations (Chicago Heights) [Expired 3/13] FMN Deprecated 6/24

Bud's Ambulance Service

Chicago Ambulance Alliance

ATI Ambulance Transportation Inc.

  • 2815-2819 S. Stewart Ave. across from W. 29th St.,Chicago WPYW500

'Vandenberg Ambulance'

Trace Ambulance

SNT Wheelchair Transportation

Blackhawk Medical Transport

  • 8040 185th St. - S. 80th Ave.,Tinley Park (Will Co.) WPQC695 NOW TRACE AMBULANCE

Elite Ambulance

  • Website Formerly on the Diga-Talk NXDN trunked system, now reported to be utilizing Zello Push-to-Talk application. (7/1/2024)

E.R. Ambulance

  • Family owned and operated BLS based on Chicago's south side. Founded in 1994, around 6 employees
  • Current Sta. - 7355 S. Exchange Ave. between E. 73rd Pl. & E. 74th St.,Chicago
  • former Sta. - 7427 S. Ashland Ave. between W. 74th St. & Railroad Bridge,Chicago
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Hatzalah Chicago Facebook

  • Service area: West Rogers Park, Peterson Park, Skokie and Lincolnwood. Providing emergency transportation to ER, not for scheduled appointments or doctor's office visits.
  • Volunteer service, ALS. 85 employees (12 paramedics, 36 EMTs, 25 Dispatchers, around 1500 calls a year)
  • Jewish Chicago INFO

Lifeline Ambulance (Skokie, Chicago)/Life Ambulance Network (LAN)

  • Illinois Webpage Facebook
  • Also serves the western suburbs in Carol Stream, DuPage County. Home to their EMS Academy.
  • South Side station located in McKinley Park services Cook County and features a spacious Crew Lounge.
  • Skokie Station - Corporate offices/HQ and station.
  • Founded in 2008 with a small fleet of 5 ambulances and a dedicated team of 15, Life Ambulance Network (LAN) has steadfastly grown into a reputable leader in emergency medical services. Now boasting a footprint across four states and employing over 500 compassionate and professional team members, LAN handles over 115,000 patient transports annually, delivering consistently reliable and punctual service. Our 15-year journey, originating from Chicago and extending to Michigan, Tennessee, Illinois, and Mississippi.

Radio Usage 6/24 - Lifeline is no longer using TeamConnect DMR system, has moved to 4G LTE VOIP radio system by Diga-Talk (Diga-Talk+).

  • MERCI/MED channels may be used, but most Patient Reports are on cellular phone.
  • License Plates "8 177 xx"

Lifestar Air Ambulance (Joliet)

  • Air Methods Corporation has a 461.525 repeater (131.8 PL) WQNX343 in Bradley (Kankakee County) for use by Lifestar when they fly south and east out of range of their home talkgroup below.

Medical Express Ambulance Service (MedEx)

  • 5640-5650 Howard St., Parkside Ave.,Skokie WPMQ565

M*A*S*E* (Chicago/Oak Brook)

  • Event first aid and ambulance standby. ******MIGHT BE DUPLICATE

Murphy Ambulance (Grayslake)

  • OLD???

Paramedic Services of Illinois

  • 9815 Lawrence Ave. between Ruby St. & 25th Ave.,Schiller Park

PRO Med Paramedic Services (Mount Prospect)

  • need coverage area / information

Pulse Ambulance (Chicago)

  • Teams in Waukegan, Chicago North and Chicago South.

Rescue Eight Ambulance Service (Arlington Heights)

  • Rescue Medical Transport
  • need coverage area / information

Superior Ambulance Service Illinois Facebook

  • 395 W. Lake St., Elmhurst, IL 60126; claims to be the largest private ambulance company in the Midwest
  • Superior Air-Ground Ambulance Service, Inc. was founded in 1959 by David and Blanche Hill, offering the first emergency ambulance service in DuPage County History
  • 1994 – NORCOMM Public Safety Communications, Inc., established Illinois’ first private 9-1-1 call center providing police, fire, and emergency medical dispatch for villages, cities, and fire districts.

Stations

  • Aurora
  • Cary
  • Chicago (Knox)
  • Des Plaines
  • DuPage (Flight)
  • Elgin
  • Elmhurst
  • Evanston
  • Illinois Medical District
  • Joliet
  • Markham
  • Oak Lawn
  • Rockford
  • Schaumburg
  • Green Oaks
  • Minooka

Services

  • Multiple station locations around Chicago, Rockford, Joliet, and Kankakee
  • Paratransit/BLS/ALS/CCT transportation services
  • Air Medical transportation (helicopter/airplane)
  • Organ Procurement Services
  • 9-1-1 positions available with Metro Paramedic Services

Metro Paramedic Services (Metro)

  • Offers turnkey, cost effective solutions to address the complicated tasks of recruiting, hiring and training EMS and Firefighter professionals, the procurement and maintenance of uniforms, Advance Life Support Ambulances and non-transport vehicles, as well as Emergency Medical equipment.
  • 1984 established; solely dedicated to meeting the unique EMS staffing and vehicle needs of municipalities, volunteer fire departments, fire districts, industrial facilities and government agencies.

Rescue 8 EMS Division

  • Website
  • 12915 S May St, Calumet Park
  • All of their Medics work in the 911 system either as a Firefighter / Medic or strictly on an Ambulance. Also, some of our staff are cross trained as Firefighter / Law Enforcement Officer's with Medic training. Our award winning security staff are all certified Police Officer's and Security Officer's. Learn how to quickly respond to life-threatening situations when you enroll in a training program of Rescue 8. We serve the general public, Response Teams, as well as Fire and Police Department
  • 30-50W mobiles on 155.34, 155.4 (NFM) WSCG812
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