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FirstNet Authority / Illinois WEB

  • Illinois is a tech-savvy state that is home to Chicago and Springfield, as well as sprawling farmlands that cover nearly three-quarters of the state. Illinois first responders support the almost 12.9 million people who call Illinois home, providing services for large events like the annual Illinois State Fair, University of Illinois football games, and the Chicago Marathon. They must also contend with the state’s harsh weather and natural disasters that range from ice storms to tornadoes to flooding.
  • FirstNet covers the entire state with FirstNet, Built with AT&T – helping to connect public safety agencies and organizations in more than 340 communities across Illinois. That's why we're focused on increasing network capacity for Illinois public safety by deploying Band 14 spectrum – nationwide, high-quality spectrum set aside by the federal government specifically for FirstNet. We've rolled out Band 14 across Illinois to provide public safety with truly dedicated coverage and capacity when they need it. Areas currently benefitting from Band 14 include Adams County, Alton, Aurora, Bloomington-Normal, Bureau County, Champaign-Urbana, Chicago, Clay County, Decatur, Elgin, Granite City, Jo Daviess County, Joliet, Kankakee, Mason County, Mercer County, Montgomery County, Peoria, Quad Cities, Rockford, Springfield, Vermilion County and Washington County.

And more Illinois first responders are gaining access to a one-of-a-kind 5G experience on FirstNet. Public safety also has access to 5G+ (mmWave) spectrum in Chicago at the United Center, O'Hare Airport and Midway Airport. And we're continuing to roll out additional 5G connectivity for FirstNet in more communities nationwide. Article (3/25/22 AT&T on FirstNet and Interoperability (3/4/21)

Illinois Fire Departments

Mutual Aid Box Alarm System (MABAS) WEB NEWS

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MABAS Fire Tactical Operations Channels INFO

Definitions

  • IFERN – MABAS mutual aid dispatch and response frequency (base/mobile).
  • IFERN2 – Alternate base/mobile mutual aid dispatch frequency
  • Fireground – Low power tactical frequencies used for on-scene communications between the Incident

Commander and units working the incident.(RED, WHT, BLU, GOLD, BLK, GRY)

  • MERCI – VHF ambulance to hospital frequencies. (155.28, 155.34 & 155.4 MHz)

Purpose:

  • To provide an operational guideline for member fire departments and their personnel for establishing

an effective communications component for the Incident Action Plan at both routine and major emergency incidents.

Background:

  • The MABAS organization has grown significantly over the past few years in size, geographical service area and responsibility. The complex nature of the various incidents that member fire departments respond to has mandated the use of additional mutual aid dispatch, coordination and tactical operations radio channels to effectively manage these incidents. As a result, the MABAS Communications Committee has developed this recommended practice to assist local Incident Commanders with the task of implementing a communications plan at all emergency incidents and training evolutions.

Guideline:

  • The following guideline may be used by a fire service Incident Commander to develop the communications component of an Incident Action Plan. The narrow-band frequencies listed herein

(IFERN2, GOLD, BLACK & GRAY Firegrounds) may create operational difficulties due to interference with adjacent wide-band frequencies. Use of these frequencies may be limited until full migration to narrowband operation is completed. Limited to 10 Watts ERP. Please consider that it is extremely difficult for a single individual to effectively monitor more than 1 or 2 radio frequencies during an emergency incident. As the communications plan becomes more complex, the Incident Commander must rely on aides to assist with communications management at the Command Post.

Occasionally, a jurisdiction may respond to multiple simultaneous incidents, or neighboring jurisdictions may experience simultaneous emergencies. Use of a single fireground channel for both incidents may be counterproductive and cause unnecessary harmful interference. Incident Commanders at subsequent incidents should consider adjusting their communications plan and assign a different primary fireground channel to avoid operational difficulties.

Illinois State Agencies

Illinois State Police

STARCOM21 - State Radio Communications for the 21st Century

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Illinois Terrorism Task Force (ITTF)

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Region Map

Illinois Department of Natural Resources MAP (PDF)

Illinois Department of Public Health

  • Much more info, see EMS / Ambulance / Medical Helicopters / IDPH Database page and WIKI

IDPH Region IV Southwestern Illinois EMS System, Memorial Hospital

EMS Unit IDs/Call Signs

IMERT - Illinois Medical Emergency Response Team

  • IMERT Regions Map

Illinois Department of Transportation

Illinois Emergency Management and Office of Homeland Security

April of 2023 Governor Pritzker signed an Executive Order renaming Illinois Emergency Management Agency to Illinois Emergency Management and Office of Homeland Security. This aligned more with what the Federal Government is doing with FEMA being under Homeland Security.

ESMARN Emergency Services Mutual Aid Radio Network
ESMARN A N 155.025 CSQ/123.0* 155.025 123.0 Emergency Management EMA

  • CTCSS Tones – Default operation should be carrier squelch receive (CSQ), CTCSS Transmit. If the user can enable/disable without programming the radio, the indicated CTCSS tone also

could be programmed for receive, and the user instructed how and when to enable/disable.

The Emergency Services Mutual Aid Radio Network (ESMARN) is utilized throughout the state as an emergency management mutual aid channel. ESMARN is widely used in Illinois at the local emergency management agency level, providing a communications path for dispatch and notification as well as interoperability.

In Illinois and its adjoining states, the frequency known as ESMARN is used for local events where mutual aid and/or event notification is required. The use of ESMARN at the local level is both mobile-to-mobile and base-to-mobile communications. ESMARN is used by many local departments for paging of emergency management personnel as well as local services such as police, fire, and medical services.

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA)

Illinois Department of Agriculture

  • Oversees Weights and Measures in the state (Scales, Gas Pumps)
  • Operates both fairgrounds
  • See WIKI

Illinois Department of Corrections

Illinois Toll Highway Authority (ITHA)

Illinois Department of Human Services

  • See WIKI
  • Mental Health Centers have been moved to their respective county.

Illinois Secretary of State

Department of Motor Vehicles

Illinois Secretary of State Police

Illinois State Capitol / Capitol Police (Springfield)

Illinois Department of

Illinois Department of Revenue

  • Main office at 101 W Jefferson - Springfield


Illinois State Fire Marshal - HQ Springfield (Sangamon)

Central Management Services (CMS) WEB FB

  • CMS is the operational engine working behind the scenes to enable the State's more than 80 agencies, boards, and commissions to deliver efficient, reliable services.
  • See the WIKI

IREACH

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United States/Federal Government

Federal Prisons (Federal Correctional Institution Pekin)

United States Military

US Army Corp of Engineers (USACE)

  • The St. Louis District is responsible for maintaining the waterways that flow through a large part of Eastern MO and Southwestern IL. Located within the District’s boundaries are 300 miles of the Mississippi River, including its four most southerly Lock and Dams and its confluences with the Missouri and Illinois Rivers. Also included are several tributary rivers, dozens of other small streams, and five multi-purpose reservoirs - Lake Shelbyville, Carlyle Lake, Rend Lake, Mark Twain Lake, and Lake Wappapello. These waterways must continually be monitored and regulated to facilitate a number of purposes.
  • Mississippi River Information and Monitoring WIKI
  • USACOE Illinois Waterway navigation charts
  • Marine VHF WIKI

National Weather Service

Transportation

Illinois Airports

Airports in Illinois

Railroads

Schools

As of July 1, 2022, there were 852 public school districts, including 368 elementary districts, 97 high school districts, 386 unit districts, and one Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice district, and two cooperative high schools

Illinois Elementary School Association WEB

  • Statewide itinerant, 50-5W portables on 461.3625, 461.0875, 461.1375, 461.2125, 461.3125 (NFM/DMR) for "Event coordination and security at school sponsored events at various locations" WRXE527

School Bus Companies

First Student

  • Formerly Laidlaw

North America Central School Bus WEB

  • Founded in 2004, based in Joliet IL and serves over 120 school districts from 46 facilities in Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Missouri, Kansas, Pennsylvania, Idaho, Iowa, Texas, and Ontario Canada.
  • 5th largest school bus operator in North America with 6000+ fleet. 6200 employees. All have GPS tracking. Small vans to buses up to 84 elementary age students.
  • NOTE: School contracts can come and go, licenses may still be valid, although the contract is no longer. Frequencies should not retained by the school district.

Illinois-Central School Bus (ICSB) FB

  • Serves multiple school districts in the metro Chicago area, and more through-out the state.

Indiana-Central School Bus

Iowa-Central School Bus

Kansas-Central School Bus

Missouri-Central School Bus (MCSB)

  • 3/24 - Missouri Central School Bus said it's ending its contract with the Saint Louis Public Schools (19,600 students) on June 30, resulting in the closure of two St. Louis-area locations and lay off of hundreds of workers. MCSB will be closing its locations at 3645 Gratiot St. and 8000 Hall St. in St. Louis, the letter stated.

The company said the permanent closing and layoffs at the two St. Louis locations will begin on or about May 24 and continue through the completion of its service ending on or about July 15, affecting about 332 full-time and part-time employees.

SLPS officials said in a press release late Monday that its contract with MCSB was supposed to run through the 2024-2025 school year, but the bus company is exercising a clause to terminate the contract. AP Article

Texas-Central School Bus

Wisconsin-Central School Bus

"'Brown Bus Company

  • Unknown location

Statewide Businesses

Illinois Live Audio Links on Broadcastify

Illinois Scanning Websites

Chicago Area Radio Monitoring Association (CARMA)

ScanIllinois.com

  • Site no longer maintained or online, all information moved to RadioReference.com in 2004
  • Preserved Website

STARCOM21.com

Trunked Radio Systems in Illinois

Area Wide (These are old links)

Chicago Metro Area

St Louis Metro Area

Wiki Articles

(these should be moved to an appropriate section or deleted)

Regional Categories

Illinois-Related Categories

Scanner Data in the Wiki

  • This is just used for wiki reference

Conventional Data

Illinois Regions

Illinois Topics

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