Ford County (IL)
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Ford County Government
- 155.745 was noted as 179.9, but 94.8 has also been heard in area; 151.4 PL (matches fire) heard 11/19/13 in DeWitt Co.
Ford County 911 (Fire)
- Dispatches for all agencies except Gibson City.
- 1/15 - add 453.1875 BM at Paxton, Gibson City (also 150-25wt mobiles on 453.1875 and 453.7275) WNZW397
Ford County Sheriff's Department
- Formerly used 39.5 & 39.34 (131.8 PL)
Public Safety - Units and IDs
- Sam 4 - Sheriff unit (6/18)
- Sam 6 - Sheriff unit (6/18)
- Paul 49 - Paxton Police; unit on VHF patch (6/18)
- 100s Gibson City Police
- 228 Paxton Police (220s Paxton)
- 228 Paxton Police
- 232 Piper City Police (230s Piper City)
- 233 Piper City Police
EMS
- 3-M-19 Gibson Area Ambulance Service (ILS unit)
- 3-M-36 Gibson Area Ambulance Service (ILS unit)
- 3-M-37 Gibson Area Ambulance Service (ILS unit)
- 3-M-40 Gibson Area Ambulance Service (ILS unit)
- 3-M-51 Gibson Area Ambulance Service (ILS unit)
Hospitals and EMS
Gibson Area Hospital and Health Services * Ambulance Facebook page
- 151.685 M Security / Maintenance [Expired 11/11] FM Deprecated WNXL757
Service provides 3 Advanced Life Support ambulances based in Gibson City and Paxton. These ambulances provide emergency medical care to the communities of Gibson City, Paxton, Loda, Elliott, Melvin, Sibley, Foosland, Bellflower, and Thawville, while covering approximately 400 square miles of rural area.
- 451.91250 456.91250 Hospital/Maintenance WQDM252
Municipalities and Districts
Cabery
Cabery Area Fire Protection District
- 154.325 BM 118.8 PL {Link to} Kankakee Co Fire FM KNDS826
Elliott
- Served by Gibson FPD and Area Ambulance Service
Kempton
Kempton Fire District
Gibson City (City)
Police Department Radio IDs are 100s, s dispatched by the county on 156.165/156.225.
- 453.100, tone carrier and voice, 162.2, heard south of Paxton, north of Rantoul (also had CSQ) (1/14)
Gibson City Fire Protection District Serves: Gibson City, Elliott
Gibson Area Ambulance Service
Paris
Fire Protection District
- includes rural Paris, Redmon, Grandview, Oliver, Vermillion (city)
- possibly still dispatched on County Sheriff, 151.325
Paxton
Paxton Police
- Paul units, are dispatched by Ford County on 156.225/156.165.
Paxton Fire Protection District Paxton Area EMS Serves 7000 people in Rural IL
- 155.265 BM Paxton EMS Paxton Area EMS [Expired 11/01] WPJU972
Pella Township
- 453.2 BM Road Maintenance FM [Expired] KNFU689
Piper City
Piper City Fire Protection District
Roberts/Melvin
Roberts/Melvin Community Fire Protection District
Sibley
Sullivant Township Fire Protection District
Schools
Ford/Iroquois Special Education District
- 463.9 Repeater Schools (Paxton-Ford) [Expired 10/03] WNMS954
- 464.8 Repeater Schools (Onarga-Iroquois) [Expired 10/03] WNMS954
GCMS School District
Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley Elementary School
- - 461.35 Repeater; mobiles on 457.45, 467.0875 (4 FX1 on R) (NFM) for Maintenance/Supervision/Ops/Transportation (new 5/13) WQRG76
Paxton-Buckley-Loda School District 10
- 464.9625 D051 Repeater finally confirmed as PBL buses, but repeater does not appear to be in Paxton city (lic. shows NE of town) (4/23/15)
Ryder Student Transportation (Paxton)
- 461.225 RM was also Johnson, ET Community Repeater Expired 3/02
- 461.225 RM Paxton Buses [Expired 2/02] WNYL348