Effingham County (IL)

Return to Effingham County IL Database page

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Quick Links to Wiki Pages

• Police / Fire / EMS Unit IDs
• Codes and Pager Tones

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Effingham County Government

• Arch 9 is located at the Effingham Memorial Airport in Effingham IL

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Effingham County Sheriff

Frequency	Input	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
154.86000	158.97000	KSH222	RM	179.9 PL	EffCo Sheriff BU	Sheriff: Old	FMN	Law Dispatch
155.89500		WPKA548	M		EffCo Shrf Ops	Sheriff: Operations [Expired 1/22]	FMN	Law Tac
154.78000			M	186.2 PL	Eff Co Explr	County Explorers	FMN	Law Talk
173.23750		KSH222	M	CSQ	EffCo Shrf MX	Sheriff: Mobile Extenders	FMN	Law Dispatch
158.97000		KSH222	F	C1A NAC	EffCo Shrf C	Sheriff: Encrytped ?	P25	Law Dispatch
154.88250	159.07500	WQNF489	RM	703 DPL	EffCo Jail A	Corrections / Courthouse	FMN	Corrections

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STARCOM21 Digital System

Site	Name	Freqs
005 (5)	Effingham (*)	851.637500	852.162500c	852.687500c	853.637500c	858.487500

DEC	HEX	Mode	Alpha Tag	Description
8151	1fd7	D	Effingham Police	Effingham Police: Dispatch
8152	1fd8	D	Eff Police Invst	Effingham Police: Investigations
8153	1fd9	D	Eff Police 8153	Effingham Police: Operations
8154	1fda	D	Effingham Fire	Effingham Fire: Dispatch
8159	1fdf	D	Eff Police 8159	Effingham Police: Operations
8326	2086	D	Effingham Sherif	Sheriff: Dispatch
8327	2087	D	Eff Sheriff 8327	Sheriff: Tac?/ Travel?
8334	208e	D	EffCo Fire 8334	County Fire: Ops
8335	208f	D	EffinghamCo Fire	County Fire: Net
8336	2090	D	EffCo Fire 8336	County Fire: Ops
8338	2092	D	EffCo Fire 8338	County Fire: Ops

• Article on Bond County's use of STARCOM21 discussed with Effingham County LINK

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Effingham County 911 / EMA

• County Website
• System has 5 towers, one in each corner of the county and one central tower. 911 has 2 PSAPs at Sheriff's Department and Effingham Police
• Put a frequency back in use for mutual aid EMS coordination. See Article

New FCC Licenses for Countywide Fire/Police Dispatch - 11/23

• 151.49 100W Repeater with 50-5W 155.1525 input (P25/NFM) at Altamont, Beecher City, Shumway WRZI312
• 151.49 100W Repeater with 50-5W 155.1525 input (P25/NFM) at Effingham, Teutopolis, Dieterich, Watson, Edgewood {{Callsign}WRZI308}}

FCC License - New County Fire Frequency 3/11

• Countywide Fire System - Callsign WQNL392
• 151.175 FB Montrose Fire Department 207 W. National Rd, Montrose
  
• 151.175 FB Edgewood Fire Department 306 N. Oak Street, Edgewood
  
• 151.175 FB Dieterich Fire Department 101 Zumbahlen Ave, Dieterich
  
• 151.175 FB Sigel (Shelby Co) 104 W. Washington St, Sigel
  
• 151.175 FB Altamont Fire Department 109 W. Jefferson, Altamont
  
• 151.175 FB Control Point #1 - 111 W. Main Street, Teutopolis
  
• 151.175 MO Countywide Mobile
  

• Countywide Fire System - Callsign WQNL394
• 151.175 FB Shumway Fire Department #2 14949 N. Park Rd, Effingham
  
• 151.175 FB Teutopolis Fire Department 215 W. Main St, Teutopolis
  
• 151.175 FB Shumway Fire Department #1 201 E. Market Street, Shumway
  
• 151.175 FB Beecher City Fire Department 101 E. Poplar, Beecher City
  
• 151.175 FB Effingham Fire Department 1300 W. Jaycee Ave, Effingham
  
• 151.175 FB Watson Fire Department 100 Monroe, Watson
  

Frequency	Input	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
154.43000		WPKG761	B	CSQ	EffCo Fire Page	Fire: Countywide Paging Only [Ch 1] (Except Eff City)	FMN	Fire Dispatch
155.22000		WRPV635	BM	371 DPL	EffCo EMS Disp	EMS	FMN	EMS Dispatch
464.07500	469.07500	WQXB725	RM	466 DPL	EffCoEMS UHF	unidentified Medical Transport Service	FMN	Transportation
151.17500		WQNL392	BM	465 DPL	EffCo Fire Resp	Fire/EMS: Countywide Response/Tac	FMN	Fire Dispatch
150.99500	153.91250	WQKV637	RM		EffCo EMA	EMA: Operations	FMN	Emergency Ops
155.22000		WRPV635	BM	192.8 PL	EffCo EMS Local	EMS: Local	FMN	EMS-Tac

(Former Use) 8/12 - All Effingham County Fire Departments (Altamont, Beecher City, Dieterich, Edgewood, Shumway, Teutopolis, Montrose, Watson) are being paged (toned-out) on 154.43 by Effingham County Sheriffs Department. They use 151.175 as so called tac channel to communicate back and forth with dispatch. The rural fire departments use IFERN and colored fire ground channels for any working fires or large incidents.

MABAS

• 154.265, 154.3025 100W Bases at Teutopolis (Siemer Grain Mill) (NFM) IFERN Fire Mutual Aid WSBR340

• 154.430 - Countywide Fire Dispatch (Except Effingham City FD)
  
• 154.0625 - Effingham City Fire Department Dispatch
  
• 151.175 - Countywide Fire Dispatch (FUTURE DISPATCH)
  
• 151.1525 - Shumway Fire Department (Local/Operations)
  

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Effingham County Government

Frequency	Input	License	Type	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
151.01750	153.97250	WQOK819	RM	EffCo Highwa	Highway Department [Expired 11/21]	FMN	Public Works
154.79250		WQCQ959	BM	EffCo Health	Public Health Department	FMN	Public Works
154.45625		WQLQ652	F	EJ WaterCorp	EJ Water Corporation: Data (CSQ)	Telm	Data

Old Motorola System, No Longer in use?

Site	Name	Freqs
015 (F)	Primary	856.487500	857.487500	858.487500c	859.487500c	860.487500c

DEC	HEX	Mode	Alpha Tag	Description
16	001	A	Sheriff Disp	Sheriff Dispatch
48	003	A	Sheriff Alt	Sheriff Secondary
80	005	A	Sheriff C/C	Sheriff Car-to-Car
144	009	A	Eff PD Disp	Effingham Police Dispatch (Dispatch now on Starcom21 TG 8151)
176	00b	A	Eff PD C/C	Effingham Police Car-to-Car
208	00d	A	Eff PD Tac 1	Effingham Police Tactical 1

Description

DEC	HEX	Mode	Alpha Tag	Description
816	033	A	Altamont EMS	Altamont EMS Dispatch
848	035	A	Advanced EMS	Advanced EMS Dispatch
880	037	A	Cty-Cnty EMS	City-County EMS Dispatch

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Municipalities and Districts

• 154.04 BM Lucas Township Road Department WPES416 [Terminated]

Dieterich

• 155.5425 BM Local Government [Expired 10/14] FMN WQBJ804

Dieterich Fire Protection District

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Effingham (City)

Effingham Public Works

9/23 new FCC Application for 154.0475 50W Repeater with 159.315 50W mobiles/5FX1s (NFM) WRYR314

• 158.82 BM 131.8 PL Street / Water Departments KTL539 [Expired 6/12]
• 155.04 BM Street Department KTL539 [Expired 6/12]

Frequency	Input	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
155.73000		WPKW461	BM		Eff Police BU	Police: Backup	FMN	Law Tac
155.68500	155.85000	KSH222	RM	179.9 PL	Eff CityPolice	Police: Local	FMN	Law Talk
155.04000		KTL539	BM		Eff Streets	Street Department [Expired 6/12]	FMN	Public Works
158.82000		KTL539	BM	131.8 PL	Eff Street/Water	Street / Water Departments [Expired 6/12]	FMN	Public Works
155.83500		KWV573	BM		Eff Water Auth	Effingham Water Authority	FMN	Public Works
154.06250	159.24750	WQJW827	RM	343 DPL	Effnghm Fire	Fire: Dispatch / Operations (Knox Tones)	FMN	Fire Dispatch
159.24750		WQJW827	F	754 DPL	Eff Fire FX1	Fire: Tone-Outs	FMN	Fire Dispatch
464.12500		WQQF882	F		Eff WDD UHF	Water Data (CSQ)	Telm	Data
160.08000		WRAJ232	F		Eff WDD VHF	Water Data (CSQ)	FMN	Data
72.26000		WRBL284	F		Eff PD Clocks	Wireless Clock System(CSQ)	Telm	Data

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Watson

Watson Fire Protection District

• (former) Uses 154.43 for fireground and to contact 911.

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Tri-County Fire Protection District (Beecher City)

• Serves Fayette, Shelby and Effingham counties

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EMS Agencies

• Status Zero - No ambulances available when a dispatcher gets a call for one (Link)

Altamont Ambulance Service

• AKA City-County Ambulance; service taken over by AMR Abbott in 2017 https://www.effinghamdailynews.com/news/local_news/effingham-county-settles-dispute-with-altamont-ambulance/article_ef612f36-a859-5cbc-8b0f-82fa426673f2.html
• Former Website

Former Frequencies * unknown if still in use (2022 removed from database)

• 461.625 Repeater 371 DPL EMS: Operations FMN WQAJ537
• 155.22 BM 192.8 PL EMS: Local FMN KNIW208
• 155.22 BM 371 DPL Effingham City-County EMS (in use?) FMN KNIW208

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A1 EMS (Altamont) ^Facebook

• New service began in Nov 2021
• Mobiles on 155.34 and 155.055 Template:Call Sign

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AMR Abbott EMS

• No longer serving the area (as of 11/22)
• 812 N 3rd St, Effingham
• former 911 provider (2017-2022). Now provides private and inter-facility transfers and 911 Mutual Aid as available. (Up to 5 ambulances available)
• former use on STARCOM21 - Talkgroups 8491 and 8492 (have been used in the past).
• Former Altamont EMS - 461.625R 371 DPL EMS: Operations FMN WQAJ53

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Lakeside EMS

• Provides Mutual Aid

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RuralMed EMS

• For more info, see the wiki EMS_/_Ambulance_/_Medical_Helicopters_/_IDPH_(IL)#RuralMed_EMS
• May 2022 - Became the primary 911 provide for Effingham City and County
• News Update - LINK

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Hospitals

HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital - Effingham ^Facebook

• 133 beds, servicing Effingham County and Jasper County along with portions of the counties of Clark, Clay, Crawford, Cumberland, Fayette, Marion, Richland, and Shelby, serving a population of almost 200,000 people.

• 155.28 132W Base (for Statewide Emergency) KWL252

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Schools

Regional Office of Education #3

• Serving Bond, Christian, Effingham, Fayette, and Montgomery Counties

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Effingham Unit 40 Schools

• East Pre-School, Early Learning Center, South Side Grade, Central Grade, Junior High, High
• 451.45 SL 1 CC 4 TG 201 Buses (Bus numbers match their RID)
  • RIDs: 3 Bus, 8 Bus, 9 Bus, 12 Bus, 14 Bus, 17 Bus, 25 Bus, 27 Bus, 28 Bus, 61 Radio Shack/Dispatch; 211? (Bus 11?)

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Businesses

• Efffingham County Businesses Wiki Page

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Attractions and Recreation

Country Clubs and Golf Courses

• Cardinal Golf Course 452.4875, 457.4875, Mobiles NFM Analog (Effingham) WQNG468

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Related Links

• Effingham County Fire Districts Map (PDF)
• P.E.C. Mobile Communications

Radio System Media Coverage

• Effingham Daily News: "ETSB considers nixing radio system" 4/12/06
• Effingham Daily News: "Telephone system for 911 under review" 5/10/06

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