Franklin County (IL)
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Contents
- 1 Franklin County Government
- 1.1 Franklin County 911 ETSB / FCJETSB
- 1.2 Franklin County Sheriff
- 1.3 Franklin County Emergency Management Facebook
- 1.4 West Franklin County Central Dispatch
- 1.5 Southern Illinois Drug Task Force
- 1.6 South Central Illinois Transit (SCT) (Breese)
- 1.7 Franklin- Williamson Bi-County Health Department Facebook
- 2 Townships and Water Districts
- 3 Municipalities and Districts
- 3.1 Akin
- 3.2 Benton (City) Street Map
- 3.3 Buckner (Village)
- 3.4 Christopher
- 3.5 Coello / North City
- 3.6 Ewing Northern (Townships) Fire Protection District
- 3.7 Freeman Spur
- 3.8 Logan
- 3.9 Macedonia
- 3.10 Mulkeytown
- 3.11 Orient
- 3.12 Rend City
- 3.13 Royalton (Village)
- 3.14 Sesser
- 3.15 Thompsonville (Village)
- 3.16 Urbain
- 3.17 Valier
- 3.18 West City
- 3.19 West Frankfort (City)
- 3.20 Whittington
- 3.21 Zeigler (City)
- 4 Hospitals and EMS Agencies
- 5 Schools and Colleges
- 6 Federal Government
- 7 Unit Numbers
- 8 Related Wiki Pages
- 9 Amateur Radio
- 10 Links
Franklin County Government
- An addition will be built on the Sheriff building for 911 Dispatch/EMA Headquarters and EOC.
Franklin County 911 ETSB / FCJETSB
- Franklin County Joint ETSB (County, West City, Benton)
- 453.575 Fixed 67.0 PL, 79.7 PL Fire: Transmit Link - 911 to Remote Towers (Christopher) (Tone Carrier) WQJS205 May be have formerly been on license, but is no longer. NO LICENSE.
Franklin County Sheriff
- Provides Sheriff Patrol to entire county (see below for codes and units)
- 453.4875 Repeater Sheriff: Jail/Prisoner Transport (Not in use 05/07) WQBC935
Former Use
154.995 Repeater w/153.86 input 186.2 PL Sheriff: Rural Dispatch - Buckner, Ewing, Orient, Thompsonville, Freeman Spur {callsign|WPTU427}}
Franklin County Emergency Management Facebook
- Director Ryan Buckingham; Deputy Director Gary Little
- Operations Dive Team
- EMAT - Emergency Management Assistant Team (Trailer w/ tower)
Former Use
453.925 Repeater 85.4 PL EMA (System removed, no longer in use - Per EMA Director) WQGI325
West Franklin County Central Dispatch
- Police: Christopher (Ida 1-15), Buckner, Royalton (R1-6), Sesser (S1-6), Ziegler (Z1-21) Valier (V1) 151.2275 D223
- Fire: Royalton, Ziegler, Christopher (520, 527, 536), Coello, Buckner, Valier, Sesser FPD.
- Uses ISP disposition codes
Former Use 154.815 Repeater with 153.965 input 103.5 PL Police: Dispatch - West Rural [Ch 1] - Old FMN WPVN396
Southern Illinois Drug Task Force
The SIDTF is a multi-jurisdiction narcotics unit comprised of officers serving Franklin, Clinton, Saline, Washington and White Counties in Southern Illinois. Most narcotics operations are now conducted on the Starcom21 system, although the VHF frequencies listed below are still sometimes used for coordination and low-power car/car communications. • SIDTF Profile (437 kb .pdf)
South Central Illinois Transit (SCT) (Breese)
- Shuttle transportation serving Clinton, Franklin, Jefferson, Marion, Perry, and Washington Counties
Franklin- Williamson Bi-County Health Department Facebook
Townships and Water Districts
Rend Lake Conservancy District Website
Greenwood Creek Nation Water
- 451.0375 Fixed Water: Data (CSQ) Telm KB78428 [Expired]
- 151.665 Base/Mobile Ops FMN WPEC598 [Expired]
Rend Lake Conservancy District
- 153.51500 B RLCD WDD Rend Lake Conservancy District FMN WQBL900 [Expired]
- 173.39625 F RLIWS WDD Rend Lake Intercity Water System Telm WPPU538 [Expired]
Municipalities and Districts
- Hill City Water District, Plumfield Water District
Akin
- PSAP - W Frankfort Police - First Responders: Thompsonville Fire
- 153.51500 B RLCD WDD Rend Lake Conservancy District FMN WQBL900
- 173.39625 F RLIWS WDD Rend Lake Intercity Water System Telm WPPU538 [Expired]
Benton (City) Street Map
- Public Works - 159.27 Base/Mobile (NFM) WQQX382
- PSAP - Franklin Co Sheriff - First Responders: Benton Fire
Benton is home to the Franklin County Sheriff's Department, Courthouse, Jail and Juvenile Detention Center. Benton also serves as home to the Federal Courthouse and Federal Office Building serving the Southern District of Illinois.
- On license, no longer in use: 155.49 RM 158.895 192.8 PL; also 154.8 179.9 Old Simplex
Benton Fire Facebook
Buckner (Village)
Buckner Police Department Dispatched by Central Dispatch
Buckner Volunteer Fire Department Dispatched by Central Dispatch
- Units 601-607
Christopher
- PSAP - Central Dispatch - First Responders: None
Coello / North City
- PSAP - Central Dispatch - First Responders - Coello Fire
- 155.775 Fire (not heard in use 5/07, removed from DB 11/20 KNDV951
Coello Fire Facebook Page
Ewing Northern (Townships) Fire Protection District
- PSAP - Franklin Co Sheriff - First Responders: None
- Serves Ewing, Macedonia
- 154.235 131.8 (License Terminated) WPAM382
Freeman Spur
Police patrol by Franklin and Williamson County Sheriff Fire by Williamson County FPD (154.37R/154.01 100.0)
Logan
- PSAP - Franklin County Sheriff - First Responders: none
Macedonia
- PSAP - Franklin County Sheriff - First Responders: Thompsonville Fire
Mulkeytown
- PSAP - Franklin County Sheriff - First Responders: None; Fire by Ziegler Fire (AE35 from Marion)
Orient
- PSAP - Franklin County Sheriff - First Responders: ???
Rend City
- PSAP - Franklin County Sheriff - First Responders: None
Royalton (Village)
- PSAP - Franklin County Sheriff - First Responders: Royalton Fire
Royalton Police Department
Royalton Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department/ESDA
Sesser
- PSAP - Central Dispatch - First Responders: Sesser Fire
Sesser Fire Protection District
Thompsonville (Village)
- PSAP - West Frankfort Fire - First Responders: Thompsonville
Fire by Cave-Eastern FPD Police patrol by Franklin County Sheriff
Urbain
- PSAP - West Frankfort Police - First Responders: None
Valier
- PSAP - Central Dispatch - First Responders: None
West City
- PSAP - Franklin County Sheriff - First Responders: West City Fire
West Frankfort (City)
- PSAP - West Frankfort Police - First Responders: West Frankfort Fire (4 full time, 3 part time dispatchers)
- Police - 13 full time, 12 auxiliary officers
- Dispatches for Cave Eastern FPD 154.16R/159.225
West Frankfort Fire Facebook
- Serves West Frankfort, Denning, Orient; 10 full time, 5 on-call
- EMS Service that transports to Herrin, Marion, Benton hospitals; AMR Abbott EMS provides back-up/mutual aid
Whittington
- PSAP - Franklin County Sheriff - First Responders: None
Zeigler (City)
- PSAP - Central Dispatch - First Responders: Ziegler
- Water by Rend Lake Conservancy District
- Fire/Street - Base/Mobile on 154.07, 154.265, 154.3025, 155.055, 151.2125 (NFM) WQSZ498
Zeigler Police Facebook
Zeigler Fire Facebook
Hospitals and EMS Agencies
- Air Evac - 80 Perryville MO may respond to the area
AMR Abbott Ambulance AMR of Southern Illinois Facebook 1 Facebook 2
- Provides 911 Emergency Response to the county. (Began in 2012) Provides Body Move transports for the coroner's office.
- Provides non-emergency transports to/from area nursing homes and hospitals in Southern Illinois
- Per EMA Director Ryan Buckingham: Abbott Ambulance Service will be temporarily using the Franklin County EMA's repeater frequency under the WQKS673 license until their own reliable communications system is established.
Franklin Hospital (Benton) Facebook page
- 16-bed Critical Access Hospital, partnered with SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Mt. Vernon IL
- Provides patient transfer service through affiliation with Air Evac Lifeteam and ARCH Air Medical Services / ambulance service through Abbott EMS and the West Frankfort Fire Department.
- Also sends patients out to Deaconess Gateway and Deaconess Henderson for higher level of care
Miners Memorial Health Center (West Frankfort)
- SIU Medicine https://prod-acp-www.siumed.org/buildings/miners-memorial-health-center Website]
- In 1914 the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) Hospital was opened in West Frankfort. With 99 beds, it served the residents of the West Frankfort until the year 2000.
Schools and Colleges
Ewing Northern CCSD 15
- 158.1675 Base/Mobile (NFM/DMR new 2017) WQZS294
Zeigler-Royalton Community Unit School District #188
- Zeigler Royalton Community High School, Zeigler Royalton Elementary School
- 152.315R/157.575 at Mulkeytown (Expired 11/05) WPRL667
Federal Government
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Rend Lake
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineer Rangers control all operations at the Rend Lake Federal Forest Preserve in Franklin and Jefferson counties. Rangers provide maintenance, Law Enforcement, fee collections and campground patrols. Law Enforcement efforts are assisted by the Franklin County Sheriff's Department.
Unit Numbers
Related Wiki Pages
Amateur Radio
- Official LEARS Website
- Benton Ham Repeater 146.805 -.6 mHz PL Tone 88.5
- Franklin Co. Operation 365 - In an emergency, transmit 146.805 simplex, with a DCS code of 365N.
Links
- Return to Franklin County IL database page