Downstate Illinois Metro East Scanner Page (DIMEcom)
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Contents
Scanning / Listening
Area Scanner Feeds
- Use broadcastify on web browser
 - Use Android/iPhone mobile apps, such as Scanner Radio Pro. It allows you to see Alpha Tags (Channel Names)
- Scanner Radio "PRO" is no longer being updated, just use the regular version. If you have already paid, you will be able to email the creator for a code to upgrade the regular version.
 
 
- Scan Macoupin [ WEB] [ FB]
 
Unit Designators
Illinois State Police Troop 8 - Collinsville/Metro East
Former ISP District 18 Litchfield and District 11 Collinsville 
- 8-xx
 - 3-FRANK-xx - Conservation Police units
 - 8-FRANK-xx - Conservation Police units
 
- DAVID-ADAM-xx - State Fire Marshal units (OSFM)
 - OCEAN xx - "Operations" units
 - OCEAN-KING xx - "Operations" K-9 units
 - SC-32 Litchfield Scale base, units on location may be 8-201, etc.
 
EMS IDPH Call Signs List of Call Signs
- 3-FRANK-xx Sangamon County/Springfield C-MED EMS units
 - 3-JOHN-xx Calhoun County EMS units
 - 3-IDA-XX Christian County/Taylorville EMS units
 - 3-KING-xx Jersey County EMS units
 - 3-LINCOLN-xx Macoupin/Montgomery County EMS units
 - 4-ADAM-xx Madison County EMS units (many units may use other call signs)
 - 4-BOY-xx Bond County EMS units
 - 4-CHARLES-xx St Clair County units (many units may use other call signs)
 
Police/Fire/EMS
Bond County
Calhoun County
Christian County
Clinton County
Greene County
Jersey County
Macoupin County
Madison County
Montgomery County
St Clair County
Sangamon County
Terms/Codes
Some agencies use ONLY plain language, instead of codes Guide INFO 
- ALS - Advance Life Support unit (Paramedic EMS)
 - BLS - Basic Life Support unit (can run oxygen, but no other equipment)
 - Bird - Medical Helicopter
 - Box Alarm - Goofy term used when requesting Mutual Aid via Dispatch center
 - Dispatch - Dispatch
 - Dispatch* - *Need to put an animal out of it's misery (Deer)
 - Engine
 - ETOH - Intoxicated (Drunk)
 - Fireground -
 - First Responders - (may also be rescue) Units that provide trained medical assistance on scene, often to ambulance personnel
 - LZ - Landing Zone
 - MABAS - Mutual Aid Box Alert System
 - Mutual Aid
 - MVA - Motor Vehicle Accident (10-50)
 - OP - Order of Protection (Judge issued paperwork, telling someone to stay away from someone else) Must be "served" by a Sheriff unit in-person.
 - Public Service - Telephone call
 - Pumper
 - Rehab - (Fire unit) provides support to fire on-scene for firefighters, oxygen refill etc.
 - Rescue - Can be for units that have tools for extrication (Technical Rescue) and/or be EMS/First Responders that can assist by providing aid to EMS personnel
 - RP - Reporting Party - The person that called this in
 - Right-of-way (Utility) - Land that has gas, water, electrical lines/poles and/or areas along side roadways between the sidewalk. (or between/behind properties)
 - Right-of-way (Train) - Where a train crosses a road or other area
 - Standby - (Fire) Have personnel/units ready to go at their station/firehouse
 - Subject - Person
 - Tac - Tactical ..........................
 - Tanker - Water Truck (see Tender)
 - Tender - Water Truck (traditionally called a "tanker")
 - Warrant - Wanted by a law enforcement agency
 
10 Codes (most used in the area)
Full list (coming soon) 
- 10-0 Use Caution
 - 10-1 Signal bad (radio signal)
 - 10-2 Signal good (radio signal)
 - 10-4 Affirmative, yes, OK, acknowledged
 - 10-6 Busy
 - 10-7 Out-of-Service (on a call)
 - 10-8 In-Service (ready for another call)
 - 10-9 Repeat last transmission
 - 10-10 Fight
 - 10-14 Prowler / Suspicious Person
 - 10-17 Complainant (person who called into dispatch)
 - 10-21 Call by Telephone
 - 10-22 Disregard
 - 10-23 On scene (arrived at)
 - 10-25 Meet with xxxx
 - 10-32 Gun / Person with gun
 - 10-41 On-duty
 - 10-42 Off-duty
 - 10-43 Information
 - 10-50 Motor Vehicle Accident
 - 10-60 (arrived) In the area
 - 10-76 En route (on the way)
 - 10-79 Call Coroner/Coroner
 - 10-96 Mental Case/Issue/Subject
 - 10-99 Valid Warrant (or "Wanted subject")
 - 10-100 Restroom break (may be used differently)
 
Maps
- Open Street Map WEB (Like GoogleMaps, but usually better)
 
- FreeMapTools.com "How Far is it between" WEB
 
Legal
- Cities, Villages, Towns
 - Townships
 - County
 - State
 
Types of community government
- County Board
 - Mayor vs City Manager vs.
 - Sheriff Office (Elected) vs Sheriff Department (appointed)
 
Crimes/Mugshots (Arrested Individuals)
County Sheriff / Jail / Corrections
- Bond County (Greenville) ???
 - Calhoun County (Hardin)
 - Clinton County () use the phone app
 
- Greene County (Carrollton)
 - Jersey County (Jerseyville) use the phone app
 - Macon County (Decatur) WEB or use the phone app
 - Macoupin County (Carlinville) use the phone app
 - Monroe County () use the phone app
 - Montgomery County (Hillsboro) use the phone app
 - Sangamon County (Springfield) WEB
 - St Clair County (Belleville) Original WEB New WEB Neither of these are currently working.
 
Mugshots
Charges / Warrants
Bench Warrant
- Failure to Appear
 
Prisoners / Inmates
- Illinois Department of Corrections WEB
 - Federal Bureau of Prisons WEB Facility Search
 
Weather
RADAR
Terms
- Watch
 - Warning