Lee County (IL)

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Population: 40,000, Square Miles: 729

ETSB/911 Lee County PSAP/911/ETSB/Sheriff

Lee County Enhanced 911 went online on April 9, 1997. WEB
Lee County Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP), also referred to as Emergency Communications Center (ECC) dispatches for all law, fire, and ambulance services in Lee County. There are currently two full-time and three part-time law enforcement agencies. There are two full-time fire departments with ambulance services and 8 volunteer fire departments. Lee County PSAP handles all 911 emergency calls for the entire county as well as all non-emergency incoming calls for law enforcement agencies.

- Lee County Sheriff
- Lee County EMA (154.785)
- Dixon Police
- Dixon Fire (City)
- Dixon Rural FPD
- Amboy Fire
- Amboy Police
- Ashton Fire Ambulance District
- Ashton Police
- Compton FPD
- Franklin Grove FPD
- Franklin Grove Police
- Harmon VFD
- Paw Paw CFPD
- Sublette Fire
- West Brooklyn FPD

Dispatching information
- SC21 - LCSO, Amboy, Ashton, Franklin Grove Police Departments
- 154.785 - LCEMA (Only used to communicate with LCETSB, no dispatching)
- 154.190/CSQ - Amboy, Ashton, Compton, Franklin Grove, Harmon, Paw Paw, West Brooklyn
- 154.145/315 - Dixon City, Dixon Rural

Fire Dispatching (154.19 CSQ) on 4 towers

ETSB Tower (Dixon): Harmon Fire
Ashton (Lee Co tower): Franklin Grove, Ashton
Compton Tower (Beemerville Rd): for Paw Paw, West Brooklyn, Compton
Sublette (Tower Rd): Sublette, Amboy

Lee County Sheriff WEB

The LCSD Patrol Division provides coverage to 729 square miles 24 hours a day 7 days a week. In addition to handling calls for service, the Patrol Division executes arrests warrants and conducts traffic enforcement, as well as serves summons, civil papers, evictions and orders of protection.
College Resource Officer - LCSD has a full time Deputy assigned to Sauk Valley Community College.
Detective Division operates 8-5 Monday through Friday and on a rotating on-call schedule to ensure detectives are available twenty-four hours per day.

Lee County Jail WEB

96 Beds, located at 240 E Progress Dr. in Dixon

~~Former Use (uses STARCOM21)~~

154.785 Repeater/158.91 156.7 PL Sheriff: Backup to SC1 (167.9 Mob, 162.2 Base in) [Ch 1/2] FMN KNEN685

154.785 Repeater/158.91 167.9 PL Law East: Dispatch FMN KNEN685

~~158.850 Repeater/151.16 023 DPL Court/Jail Maintenance FMN WQCC521~~

EMS Agencies

EMS Coverage

Dixon City, Dixon Rural, Franklin Grove, Paw Paw, Ashton, Amboy and Sublette has their own EMS
West Brooklyn Fire District gets the nearest ambulance to scene (Sublette, Paw Paw or Ashton)
Compton Fire District gets Paw Paw EMS
Harmon Fire gets closest EMS agency (CGH, Advance, or Dixon Rural or City if neither are available)

Hospitals

Katherine Shaw Bethea Hospital (Dixon) WEB

All MED Channels WQOG403

Advance EMS of Dixon WEB FB

Advance EMS operates a station out of Dixon
10-100W mobiles on 155.34 for MERCI (NFM) - 12/24 FCC Application 0011359491

Municipalities and Districts

Amboy

Ashton

Dixon WEB

Dixon Police Department WEB

Dixon Rural Fire Protection District Dixon Community Fire Protection District of Lee And Ogle Counties WEB

Serves rural Lee County in and around Dixon including Grand Detour and Nachusa
173.2375 5-4W Mobile Extenders, 10-4W portables (NFM) WSET464

Franklin Grove

Harmon

Steward

Alto Township Road District

Paw Paw

Sublette

West Brooklyn

Brooklyn Township

Road Maintenance: 159.1425 125W Base with 7-50W mobiles (NFM) WSEU496 Issued 9/24

Schools

Ashton Franklin Centeer CUSD 275

152.42 Repeater with 157.68 input WQMF504 [Expired 2020]

Dixon Public School District 170

461.4, 464.925 Repeaters, with other mobiles licensed (DMR/NFM) WRVG490

Paw Paw School District

Paw Paw School District merged High Schools with Indian Creek School District #425 in Shabbona (DeKalb County)
Paw Paw Buses now switch between Indian Creek Buses (155.22) and Paw Paw School District Buses (155.28)
154.8825 Repeater with 151.115 input (NFM) KSG568

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