Macoupin County (IL)

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ScanMacoupin County ^{WEB LIVE FEED FB}

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NEW/UNVERIFIED USAGE -- Frequencies/tones - Please monitor and submit!

• Area Ambulance Shipman - 155.325, in use?
• Benld City: 155.115 Public Works; 156.21 D351, 153.86 D351 Police licenses
• Brushy Mound Township Roads: 157.74 Base/Mobiles, could be digital (NFM/DMR/NXDN)
• Bunker Hill Ambulance: 155.16 85.4, in use?
• Carlinville City: 154.025 CSQ, still in use??? 154.89 Police Car-to-Car, still in use?
• Carlinville Police: 155.6625 Repeater with 159.0375 input. Licensed for analog only (doesn't appear to be in use 12/17) WPMA668
• Carlinville Water Department - 458.7125 mobiles WPFU614 (453.7125 is CSQ Data)
• County Fire: 154.07, former usage for many departments, D516 reported in use at one time
• Gillespie/Benld EMS: 155.6475 Repeater with 156.0825 input WNLH782, in use ??
• Macoupin County Sheriff: (See yellow box below for frequencies)
• Medora Fire Repeater: 151.175R/158.7825 (may repeat Mac911)
• Mount Olive Fire: Still using 154.22 or 154.34? 155.58
• Mount Olive Township Roads: Using 158.745 ??? WPFJ410
• Northwestern Fire Repeater: 156.1875R/151.265 In use, Repeats Mac911? WROX311

• Carlinville Schools -8/24 - New DMR system, modify HS 153.155 Rptr (158.31 input) to DMR. Modify Bus Garage 152.3975 Rptr (157.6575 in) to DMR.  Add Primary School (Shipman Rd) 153.5075 Repeater (158.2425 input),
• Southwestern Schools: 159.765 - Unknown Use
• Staunton Schools: 155.265 - still in use since they have a new repeater?

Frequencies Needed:

• Northwestern School Bus frequencies

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MABAS Division 56

Montgomery County Webpage

• The 10 Montgomery County Fire Departments, 5 Ambulance Services, Montgomery County EMA, Carlinville and Gillespie Fire are part of the Mutual Aid Box Alarm System (MABAS) Division 56. MABAS is a statewide organization of over 550 agencies that have the capability to work together when a disaster strikes. Many members of MABAS Division 56 have specialized equipment, as seen above, that any other member of MABAS 56 can call upon for assistance during incidents or disasters.

• Parts of areas west of Medora are covered by Greenfield Fire (Greene County)
• A very small part of the area east of Staunton is covered by New Douglas Fire (Madison County)
• Parts of the area east of Gillespie on IL-16 is covered by Litchfield Ambulance (Montgomery County)
• Parts of the area north/east of Mt Olive around I-55 is coverd by Litchfield Ambulance (Montgomery County)

MABAS Division 35 ^WEB

• Established July 2001 and operates under the Illinois State MABAS organization which has been around since 1968.
• Consists of fire departments and stake holders in Madison County Illinois, but also includes departments from Jersey, Macoupin, Montgomery, and Bond counties, as well as a few fire departments located in Missouri just across the Mississippi river.

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Macoupin County ^{WEB Macoupin-Montgomery Counties Crime Stoppers WEB FB}

• 4th largest county, by area (864 sq.mi.), in the state of Illinois. It also comprises 2 area codes and is perhaps the only county in the United States that has 3 or more LATAs (Telephone Exchange Boundaries).
• County Highway/Township/Roads MAP
• Approximately 50,000 people in the county, with the Sheriff providing law enforcement to about 20,000. (2016)
• 26 communities, 10 police departments, 11 fire districts, 7 ambulance services
• As of 2016, Macoupin County Sheriff's Department handles most of the dispatching for the counties emergency services. All (about 30,000 a year) 911 calls come into the county dispatch (handles ETSB responsibilities).
• Sheriff's department handled 8,518 calls in 2015.
• Carlinville, Gillespie, Staunton and Virden still dispatch their own police. (2018) 911 calls will be transferred to them by County 911

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Macoupin County ETSB/Enhanced 911 ^WEB

• Public Safety-Police, Fire, EMS Unit Numbers
• Macoupin County (IL) Codes and Paging Tones
• 911 EMS Dispatch codes (in use 8/18)
• 4 answering positions, with and additional 5 positions. The Backup/Roll-over PSAP is West Central Joint PSAP in Jacksonville (Morgan County)
• The Enhanced 911 system in the county took over 10 years to get online. 911 Modification 12/21

911 Carlinville Tower (911/Sheriff/Local Government/Highway Department repeaters)
2023/2024 - It appears that the UHF Receive/Transmit sites are NO LONGER IN USE. All traffic appears to transmit from all sites now. (Simulcast?) The repeater has very good coverage (including portables), with remote receive and transmitter sites, into all surrounding counties and into the city of Springfield. This repeater system is a voting system, you may hear multiple responses (on the 46x MHz links) from mobiles on the receiving towers back to the 911 tower to be voted on to go out on 154.7475 R. Paging is done from the repeater site or one of the remote towers nearest the agency they are paging.:

• D131 Carlinville Fire, Gillespie-Benld Ambulance (Carlinville) [on repeater, not link]
• D155 PALMYRA - Northwestern Ambulance, Fire & Rescue [Formerly for 465.525, their 460.525 Repetaer}
• D754 BRIGHTON - Brighton Fire [on 458.7875 to 155.715 D703]
• D??? HETTICK - Scottville-Modesto Fire [on 469.1]
• D125 PALMYRA - Not used?
• D223 VIRDEN - Girard Fire, Prairieland Ambulance, Virden Fire
• D343 BENLD - Benld Fire, Bunker Hill Fire, Bunker Hill Ambulance, Gillespie-Benld Ambulance, Gillespie Fire, Mt Olive All Call, Mt Olive Ambulance, Mt Olive Fire
• D413 DORCHESTER - Dorchester Fire, Wilsonville Fire
• D565 SHIPMAN - Medora Fire, Shipman Ambulance, Shipman Fire
• D631 STAUNTON - Staunton Ambulance, Staunton Fire
• D712 MEDORA - Medora Ambulance, Medora Rescue

Former Use

453.4750 WPXM864 F	125 DPL	Mac911 T-Plmyra	Fire/EMS: Remote Link from 911 to Palmyra tower	FMN	Deprecated
458.2375 WPXM864 F	125 DPL	Mac911 R-Plmyra	Fire/EMS: Palmyra Receive Link	FMN	Deprecated
453.4750 WPXM864 F	223 DPL	Mac911 T-Virden	Fire/EMS: Remote Link from 911 to Virden tower	FMN	Deprecated
458.3125 WPXM864 F	223 DPL	Mac911 R-Virden	Fire/EMS: Virden Receive Link	FMN	Deprecated
453.4750 WPXM864 F	343 DPL	Mac911 T-Benld	Fire/EMS: Remote Link from 911 to Benld tower	FMN	Deprecated
458.2875 WPXM864 F	343 DPL	Mac911 R-Benld	Fire/EMS: Benld Receive Link	FMN	Deprecated
453.4750 WPXM864 F	413 DPL	Mac911 T-Drchstr	Fire/EMS: Remote Link from 911 to Dorchester tower	FMN	Deprecated
458.6125 WPXM864 F	413 DPL	Mac911 R-Drchstr	Fire/EMS: Dorchester Receive Link	FMN	Deprecated
453.4750 WPXM864 F	565 DPL	Mac911 T-Shipman	Fire/EMS: Remote Link from 911 to Shipman tower	FMN	Deprecated
458.8375 WPXM864 F	565 DPL	Mac911 R-Shipman	Fire/EMS: Shipman Receive Link	FMN	Deprecated
453.4750 WPXM864 F	631 DPL	Mac911 T-Stauntn	Fire/EMS: Remote Link from 911 to Staunton tower	FMN	Deprecated
458.8125 WQFZ373 F	631 DPL	Mac911 R-Stauntn	Fire/EMS: Staunton Receive Link	FMN	Deprecated
453.4750 WPXM864 F	712 DPL	Mac911 T-Medora	Fire/EMS: Remote Link from 911 to Medora Tower	FMN	Deprecated
458.8500 WQFZ373 F	712 DPL	Mac911 R-Medora	Fire/EMS: Medora Receive Link	FMN	Deprecated

• All other dispatching/communications (non-paging) are done via the Carlinville repeater.
• Test Pages Sunday at 5 pm of all agencies.
• Back-Up dispatch center is in Jacksonville, Morgan County. (Still true?)

Frequency	Input	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
154.74750	156.09750	WPXT232	RM	131 DPL	Mac 911 Fire/EMS	Fire/EMS: Countywide Dispatch	FMN	Fire Dispatch
151.15250	158.90250	WQNC662	RM	244 DPL	Mac911 Admin 2	911: Channel 2 / Admin	FMN	Multi-Dispatch
154.07000			BM	516 DPL	Mac Fireground	Fireground (also D432?)	FMN	Fire-Tac

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Macoupin County Sheriff ^{WEB FB}

• Has about 8-10,000 calls per year
• Dispatches and runs 10-28s for Police: Bunker Hill, Girard, Nilwood, Palmyra, Medora, Shipman, Modesto, Royal Lakes, Wilsonville, Mt. Clare (154.785 Local Government)
• Dispatches for Brighton Police: Evenings/weekends (158.73R/154.83) (Using an FX1 on 154.83 that links to the Brighton Repeater)
• Uses I-WIN (in-car computers for relaying a lot of information/dispatches)

• 154.785 Local Government is rebroadcast on 156.1425 D664 (Girard).
• Jail/Security units have radios, but frequencies unknown. Court Security also unknown. (153.755 D754 heard Carlinville 4/15)
• 4/22 - Sheriff reports he is waiting on a $100,000 state grant to purchase new portable and mobile radios. Some radios are now 20 years old.
• 7/24 - Sheriff reportedly using/testing DMR on 151.2125 10/24 switched to P25

Formerly Used Frequencies MAY STILL BE IN USE

• 153.755 Mobiles 023 DPL Sheriff: Mobile Extenders (still in use?) WPFS699
• 159.09 Mobiles 047 DPL Sheriff: Car-to-Car / Events WPFS699
• 159.09 Repeater/155.91 351 DPL Sheriff: Dispatch WPFS699

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Macoupin County Emergency Management Agency (EMA)

• Has a 60+ Radio Cache of Vertex VX-800V uses for special events. These have Federal VHF Frequencies programmed, as well as County, local police and fire.
• 6/22 - EMA is requesting $79,000 for a new portable radio system (Digital)

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Macoupin County Health Department ^WEB

• Operates the Macoupin County Public Transportation System (started 3/11)

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Macoupin County Public Housing Authority ^WEB

• Based in Carlinville, with communities all over the county, has used the United Communications Company (Macoupin) LTR system for maintenance, etc since 1994.

Site	Name

DEC	Mode	Alpha Tag	Description
0-10-011	A	Flowers Disposal	Flowers Disposal Company (Virden Base)
0-10-025	A	farm 100125	farmers
0-10-036	A	busin 10036	business ops
0-10-038	A	farmer 10038	farmers (Virden tower) (works with Lucas Trucking)
0-10-042	A	busin 10042	business ops (Virden)
0-10-045	A	farm 101045	farmers
0-10-072	A	busin 10072	business ops
0-10-076	A	farmers10076	farmers / grain hauling
0-10-078	A	farmers10078	farmers
0-10-080	A	farm 10080	farmers
0-10-086	A	busin 10086	business ops
0-10-088	A	school bus 10088	school buses (Northwestern or Greenfield)
0-10-147	A	farmers10147	farmers
0-10-156	A	farm 10156	farming
1-10-076	A	plow 110075	snow plows (south Springfield 1/17)
1-14-005	A	truck 114005	CHS? grain hauling/spraying (Carlinville/Lowder)
1-14-010	A	busin 114010	business ops
1-14-011	A	WM Cville	Waste Management (Carlinville, Virden Base)
1-14-012	A	farm 114012	farmers
1-14-017	A	farm 114017	farmers
1-14-022	A	WM 114022	Waste Management
1-14-031	A	farm 114031	farmers
1-14-034	A	busin 10034	business ops
1-14-035	A	farm 114035	farmers
1-14-037	A	farm 114037	farmers
1-14-040	A	farm 104040	farmers
1-14-044	A	farm 114044	farmers (Carlinville area)
1-14-050	A	trucking 114050	trucking (Carlinville, Greenfield, Loami)
1-14-065	A	ops 114065	operations (pulling into the yard)
1-14-069	A	farm 114069	farmers
1-14-076	A	farm 114076	farmers
1-14-078	A	farm 114078	farmers-dad/son (Girard)
1-14-081	A	farmer114081	farmers
1-14-088	A	farmer114088	farmers
1-17-039	A	ops 117039	business ops
1-18-229	A	ops 118229	business ops

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Macoupin County Highway Department] ^WEB

• Located just north of Fairgrounds on Route 4) (911 Tower also at this location)
• Responsible for the planning, design, construction, and maintenance of the 222 miles of county highways and the 41 bridges on the county highway system. Also provides technical assistance to all 26 township highway commissioners for their 1,080 miles of road and 144 bridges

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Macoupin County Fairgrounds ^WEB

• Located just north of Carlinville on Route 4

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Hospitals

Carlinville Area Hospital ^{WEB FB 44LL Helipad}

25 bed facility on the north side of the city that opened in 2012, replacing the outdated facility built in 1952
WXQ999 was used (and said) for years on 155.34 until it expired.

Frequency	Input	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
155.34000		WQAY890	BM	107.2 PL	MERCI-1 107.2	Patient Reports	FMN	Hospital
151.47500	158.76000	WQAY890	RM	351 DPL	CA Hosp Ops 1	Operations / Maintenance	FMN	Business
151.47500	158.76000	WQAY890	RM	047 DPL	CA Hosp Ops 2	Shop / Maintenance / IT Ops	FMN	Business

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Community Hospital of Staunton ^{WEB FB}

25 bed, opened in 1951; partnered with Anderson Healthcare (formerly Community Memorial)

• ICU: 1-.003W on 20UHF frequencies (10K Digital) WQBH282

Frequency	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
155.16000	KOM996	BM	91.5 PL	MERCI-3 91.5	Patient Reports - MetroEast	FMN	Hospital
155.34000	KOM996	BM	167.9 PL	MERCI-1 167.9	Patient Reports - Local	FMN	Hospital
155.34000	KOM996	BM	210.7 PL	MERCI-1 210.7	Patient Reports - Statewide	FMN	Hospital
155.34000	KOM996	BM	85.4 PL	MERCI-1 85.4	Patient Reports - Local	FMN	Hospital
457.55000	WQBH282	F		CMH Paging	Paging Data (254.1 PL)	Telm	Data

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Macoupin County EMS Agencies

• IDPH EMS Region 3L
• Most parts of the Brighton area, and north of town are covered by Alton Memorial Hospital Ambulance, out of Madison County

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Area Ambulance Service

• Serves Medora, Piasa, Shipman, Chesterfield and the surrounding areas. All volunteer.
• 155.325 BM EMS: Local Use WQSF696 [Expired 3/23] FMN Deprecated 9/2/24

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Alton Memorial Hospital Ambulance ^WEB

Serves the Brighton area and backup to southern Macoupin County (along with areas of Northern Madison County)

Frequency	Input	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
461.32500	466.32500	WNVN760	RM	71.9 PL	AMH EMS Tactical	EMS: Tac [AMH]	FMN	EMS-Tac
464.82500	469.82500	WNLJ872	RM	192.8 PL	AMH EMS Madison	EMS: Dispatch - Northern Madison County	FMN	EMS Dispatch
160.11750	464.82500	WQCF353	RM	123.0 PL	AMH EMS Mdsn MX	EMS: Mobile Extenders (repeats 464.825)	FMN	EMS Dispatch

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Bunker Hill Area Ambulance ^FB

District: Area Ambulance Association; service area covers 58.81 square miles. Units: 3L20, 3L30

Frequency	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
155.16000	WNUJ872	BM	85.4 PL	BH EMS Local	EMS: Local	FMN	EMS-Tac

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Carlinville Area Ambulance District MAP

Served by Gillespie-Benld Ambulance - Carlinville station (Formerly Carlinville Area Ambulance, Carlinville Area Hospital Ambulance and Dunn's EMS)

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Gillespie-Benld Area Ambulance Service (GBAAS) ^FB

Serves: Carlinville, Mt Olive, Gillespie, Dorchester, Sawyerville, East Gillespie, Benld, Wilsonville, Eagerville

• Provides Mutual Aid to Bunker Hill, Shipman, Royal Lakes and many other parts of the surrounding area
• Provides transfers from Nursing Homes and Hospitals/ERs in the area.
• Also on license: 155.6475 Repeater with 156.0825 input, in use ?? WNLH782

Frequency	Input	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
155.23500	159.39000	WNLH782	RM	85.4 PL	Gill/Benld EMS O	EMS: Dispatch - Local (Paged on 911)	FMN	EMS Dispatch
153.29750	158.36250	WRCI743	RM	351 DPL	GilBen EMS Local	EMS: Dispatch (not 911)	FMN	EMS Dispatch

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Northwestern Area Ambulance

• Serves all of NW county: Palmyra, Hettick, Modesto, Scottville, Barr, Hagamon; backup by Gillespie-Benld EMS
• As of 11/24, still using their UHF Repeater and will probably not switch to Mac911 VHF any time soon.

Frequency	Input	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
460.52500	465.52500	WPMD636	RM	155 DPL	Northwestern EMS	EMS: Dispatch/Local	FMN	EMS Dispatch
156.18750	151.26500	WROX311	RM		NW Fire Mac911	Fire: Dispatch (Repeats Mac911?)	FMN	Fire Dispatch

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Prairieland Ambulance (Virden) ^FB

Serves Virden and back-up to Farmersville (Montgomery County) (back-up to Girard/Nilwood/Thayer) Formerly SangaMac Ambulance District

• EMS Units: 3L55, 3L38; Responders ID numbers are VA## (Victor Adam ##)
  
• ALS intercepts provided by Gillespie-Benld Ambulance, or one of the 3 Springfield EMS agencies, usually meeting along IL-4)
  

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Staunton Area Ambulance Service (SAAS EMS) ^{WEB FB}

Serves Staunton, Olive FPD (Livingston), Worden, and New Douglas Fire Districts. (also responds to Sorento-Bond County)

• Has access to 154.43 167.9 PL - Madison County Fire North (provides back-up to Hamel/Alhambra/Troy)
• Units 3L40, 3L50, 3L60 BLS/ALS

Frequency	Input	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
154.02500	159.00000	WPXE998	RM	703 DPL	Staunton EMS Loc	EMS: Local / Fireground	FMN	EMS Dispatch

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Municipalities and Districts

Townships and Water Districts

Brushy Mound Township

• Serves the area south of Carlinville, and north of Gillespie
• 157.74 92W ERP Base/ with 25-45W mobiles for Roads (NFM/DMR/NXDN) WSEB360 Issued 8/24

Cahokia Township

• Garage located in Benld, off of IL-4, next to Benld Fire department

Carlinville Township

• Garage located north of Carlinville, south of Fairgrounds on IL-4

Central Macoupin County Rural Water District

• Serves the rural area between Shipman, Royal Lakes & Carlinville

Frequency	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
159.16500	KNEU779	M	88.5 PL	CarlnvTwp Roads	Carlinville Township Road Maintenance	FMN	Public Works
158.74500	WPFJ410	BM		MtOlive TwpRoads	Mt. Olive Township: Road Maintenance (D351?)	FMN	Public Works
453.66250	WPQI630	F		Henderson WDD	Henderson Water District: Data (CSQ) [Expired 6/15]	Telm	Data
154.47125	WPJQ330	F		Otter Lake WDD	Otter Lake Water Commission: Data (CSQ)	Telm	Data
153.54500	KUQ499	BM		Otter Lake Water	Otter Lake Water Commission: Ops / Maintenance	FMN	Utilities
160.05000	WQAK426	BM		Fosterburg WDD	Fosterburg Water District (CSQ)	Telm	Utilities
173.33750	WPPP312	F		CMCR WaterD	Central Macoupin County Rural Water District: Data (CSQ)	Telm	Data

South Palmyra Rural Water District

• Multiple Address Service radio spectrum for water data; FlexNet Radio system monitors for leaks and distribution info Lease License
• L000014599 WQDP948 for 932.0-932.0125; 941.0-941.0125 [Expires 10/12/25]
• L000014600 WQDP949 for 932.0125-932.025; 941.0125-941.025
• L000014601 WQDP950 for 932.025-932.0375; 941.025-941.0375
• L000014602 WQDP951 for 932.0375-932.05; 941.0375-941.05

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Atwater (Village)

Fire by Carlinville FPD; EMS by Gillespie-Benld Ambulance

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Barr (Unincorporated)

Fire coverage splits at Pine Rd, north is Scottville Modesto, south is Northwestern; EMS by Northwester

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Benld (City)

• Patrolled by Gillespie Police 24/7 (as of 4/19/20) Article

Benld Police Formerly patrolled Sawyerville and Mt Clare; dispatched by Gillespie Disbanding Police Dept under consideration 7/18/18
Benld Fire

• Part of Unit 7 FPD ; also serves Sawyerville (back up to Wilsonville)

Frequency	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
153.86000	WPGV418	M	351 DPL	Benld Police 2	(OLD) Police: Car-to-Car [Ch 2]	FMN	Law Tac
156.21000	WPGV418	BM	351 DPL	Benld Police 1	(OLD) Police: Local [Ch 1]	FMN	Law Dispatch
155.11500	KNGQ578	BM		Benld Local	Public Works (in use?)	FMN	Public Works
451.26250	WPXC967	F		Benld WDD	Water Telemetry (CSQ) [Expired 3/23]	Telm	Data

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Brighton (Village) ^{WEB FB}

Frequency	Input	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
158.73000	154.83000	WNLG734	RM	100.0 PL	Brighton Police	Police: Dispatch (DB: Sheriff)	FMN	Law Dispatch
453.53750		WPVY315	F		Brighton WDD	Water Distribution Data (CSQ)	Telm	Data

Brighton-Betsey Ann Fire Protection District ^{WEB FB}

• Units transmitting on 151.1975 703 DPL key up the 453.7875 D754 link that goes back to 911 (in Jersey and Macoupin County) When Jersey or Macoupin 911 dispatches on 151.1975 D703 (it comes from a link on 458.7875 D754).
• EMS provided by Alton Memorial Hospital EMS
• Former fire - 155.715 Base/Mobile; License cancelled 4/23 after moving to new repeater frequency KBM215 (155.715 is also input to Wood River 155.115 repeater

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Bunker Hill (City) ^{WEB FB}

Bunker Hill Police Department ^FB

Frequency	Input	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
155.61000	154.78500	WPGY220	RM	271 DPL	Mac LocGovt BH	Sheriff: Local Government (Repeats County Law)	FMN	Law Dispatch

Bunker Hill Fire Protection District" ^{WB FB}

• First Responders

Frequency	Input	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
154.07000		KAN769	BM	CSQ	BnkrHill Fire 07	Fire: Local (D432?)	FMN	Fire-Tac
159.43500		KAN769	M	CSQ	BH Fire Mob Ex	Fire: Mobile Extenders	FMN	Fire-Tac
154.10750	159.15000	WRDS233	RM	712 DPL	Mac911 Fire BH	Fire: Local (Repeats 911 154.7475 BH Paging-Woodburn)	FMN	Fire Dispatch
173.23750		WRDS233	M	CSQ	BH Fire MX	Fire: Mobile Extenders	FMN	Fire Dispatch

Bunker Hill EMS - See EMS Agencies above

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Carlinville (City) ^{WEB FB}

• County Seat - Population: 6050

Carlinville Police Department ^{WEB FB}

• Units: 585-xx (xx=badge #) Shifts are 1) 6a-6p 2) 6p-6a
• Licensed for 155.6625 Repeater with 159.0375 input. Licensed for analog only (doesn't appear to be in use 12/17) WPMA668

155.52 NEXEDGE96 RIDs

• 2000 CITY (Carlinville dispatch)
• 2001 xxxxx (Police Chief)
• 2005 xxxxxx MOBILE
• 2006 LXXXXX (9/23)
• 2010 SXXXXXX (9/23)
• 2020 (unit 12/20)
• 2018 P/T 6
• 2101 xxxxx MOBILE (Police Chief)
• 2102 xxxxxx MOBILE (85-2) (2/18)
• 2103 xxxxxx MOBILE
• 2104 Sxxxxx MOBILE (2/18)(9/23)
• 2105 xxxxxx MOBILE
• 2106 xxxxxx MOBILE (585I)
• 2107 xxxxx MOBILE
• 2108 xxxxx MOBILE
• 2109 Wxxxx MOBILE (9/23)
• 2112 xxxxxx MOBILE (6/22)

Carlinville Fire Protection District ^{WEB FB}

• Paid On-Call, largest fire department in Macoupin County, covering over 180 square miles, to the City of Carlinville and surrounding townships.
• Has a StarCom21 mobile radio in the office (on I-TAC1). Has the ability to encode VHF pages locally.
• IFERN, 154.265 CSQ is Channel 8, formerly used as Local/Fireground (6/18) New Freq/Repeater (in use 4/19)

Carlinville Public Works (Street, Water, Sewer) Public Works is contracted out to Woodard and Curran (since 20??)

• Water Data Tx Sites: Tower Grove Water Tower, Lake 1 Water Treatment Plant, Lake 2??, Schien's Water Tower, Water Office (City Hall)
• Water Department - 458.7125 mobiles WPFU614 (453.7125 is CSQ Data)

Illinois Alluvial Regional Water Company

• Project to bring water from the Illinois River over to the Carlinville Water Plant. Says they hope to be 100 percent signed by January 2024 so construction can begin by 2025.

Frequency	Input	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
453.71250		WPFU614	F		Cv Water Data	Water Distribution Data (CSQ)	Telm	Data
154.02500		KQW366	BM	CSQ	Cv CityWide Old	Citywide - Old	FMN	Multi-Tac
152.29250	157.55250	WQPL665	RM	047 DPL	Cv Public Works	Public Works / Water <b>[Expired 6/22]	FMN	Public Works
154.89000		KB26467	M		Cv Police c2c 1	Police: Car-to-Car (D047,D351,D411) <b>[Expired 10/24]	FMN	Law Tac
155.52000	153.96500	WPMA668	RM	1 RAN	Cv Police Disp	Police: Dispatch	NXDN96	Law Dispatch
154.05500	159.18750	WRCC293	RM	351 DPL	Cv Fire Local A	Fireground / Local	FMN	Fire-Tac
154.05500	159.18750	WRCC293	RM	047 DPL	Cv Fire Local B	Fire: Local	FMN	Fire-Tac

Carlinville Park District Tower Grove, Denby Park, Tom Thumb Park, Loveless Park, American Legion Park, Public Pool

• No known communications in use. Possibly FRS radios

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Chesterfield (Village)

• Fire/EMS by Medora Fire and Medora Ambulance (Area Ambulance Service), backup by Gillespie-Benld EMS
• Law by Medora, Macoupin County Sheriff and ISP D18.

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Dorchester (Village) ^FB

• Law Enforcement by Macoupin County Sheriff.
• EMS by Gillespie/Benld Ambulance Service

Dorchester Fire Department

• Formerly used 154.07 for Dispatch, unsure if still in use

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Eagerville (Village)

• Fire by Unit 7 FPD

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East Gillespie (Village)

• Police by Macoupin County Sheriff (back-up/emergency by Gillespie PD)
• EMS/Fire by Gillespie

Unit 7 Fire Protection District ^FB
Approved by voters in 2005 to serve Gillespie, Benld, Dorchester, Sawyerville, East Gillespie, Wilsonville, Eagerville, covering 96 square miles. (All current firehouses appear to be substations operating independently of each other)

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Gillespie (City) ^{NO WEB FB}

Gillespie Police Department ^FB

• Began patrolling Mt. Clare on 10/13/07, a village of 430 people (previously patrolled by Benld Police)

• New NXDN 4800 Encrypted (9/24)
• 154.800 158.985 KCS543 RM 8 RAN (TG0/Group Call) Police: Dispatch (w/ Benld) NXDN48E

RIDs

• 3001 - Dispatch
• 3053 - unit

Former Use

• 154.8 158.985 KCS543 RM 351 DPL (FORMER) Police: Dispatch (w/ Benld) FMN Deprecated

Gillespie Fire Department

• Summer 2024 - Moved to new station on IL-4 / 900 N Springfield Rd, East Gillespie at the former Bus Garage. FB Story

Frequency	Input	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
154.98000		KCS543	BM	85.4 PL	Gill PubWorks 2	Public Works	FMN	Public Works
155.74500		WNGV422	BM	CSQ	Gillespie EMA	ESDA [Terminated]	FMN	Emergency Ops
451.07500		WPSP974	F	125 DPL	Gillespie WDD 1	Water Telemetry (Data)	FMN	Data
155.74500		KCS543	BM	85.4 PL	Gill PubWorks 1	Public Works / Water / Snow Plows	FMN	Public Works
154.80000	158.98500	KCS543	RM	351 DPL	Gill/Bnld PD Old	(FORMER) Police: Dispatch (w/ Benld)	FMN	Law Dispatch
451.17500		WQVZ267	F		Gillespie WDD 2	Water Department SCADA	Telm	Data
154.80000	158.98500	KCS543	RM	8 RAN	Gill/Bnld Police	Police: Dispatch (w/ Benld)	NXDN48	Law Dispatch

• Gillespie Lakes WEB

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Girard (City)

Frequency	Input	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
153.93500		KNJH273	BM	CSQ	Girard PublicWrk	Public Works / Street / Sewer [Expired 2/05]	FMN	Public Works
156.14250	151.09250	WQMP831	RM	152 DPL	Girard PD/Mac LG	Police: Dispatch (Repeats 154.7875 LG)	FMN	Law Dispatch
172.23750			M	CSQ	Girard Police MX	Police: Mobile Extender	FMN	Law Dispatch
154.24250	158.93250	KQG671	RM	047 DPL	Girard FireLocal	Fire: Local [Fire Channel] <b>[Expired 7/22]	FMN	Fire-Tac

Girard Fire Protection District ^{Ladies Aux FB}

• Units: 6,7,8,9
• 4/06 - Reported using 154.2725 black fireground, along with 154.07 as 432 DPL

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Hagamon

• Unincorporated community, 4 miles southwest of Hettick.
• Served by Northwestern Fire / Rescue (Palmyra) and Northwestern EMS
• Road Maintenance by County Highway Department

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Hettick (Village)

• Police by Macoupin County Sheriff, ISP D18. Fire by Hettick, EMS by Northwestern Area Ambulance Service.
• Fire has 3 channel Vertex portables and Motorola Pagers.

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Lake Catatoga

• Most Fire and EMS by Carlinville/ FPD, Gillespie-Benld EMS. Some provided by Gillespie Fire.

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Lake Kaho FB

• Law by Mt Olive, Sheriff

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Medora (Village)

Medora Fire Department ^FB

• 151.175 Repeater with 158.7825 input Fire: Local (Still not heard in use 8/23/24) WPUH784
• Serves Medora, Fidelity, Piasa; uses 154.295 85.4 for Fireground
• 101 Engine 1, 102 Engine 2, 103 Rescue, 104 Tanker 1, 105 Tanker 2, 106 Tanker 3

Medora Area Ambulance

• Serves Medora, Fidelity-Jersey County
• 3L24- Area Ambulance personnel are numbered 111-199. EMS numbers are issued through Jersey Community Hospital.
• Backup by Gillespie-Benld EMS

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Modesto (Village)

• Police by Macoupin County Sheriff, ISP D18
• Fire by Scottville-Modesto FPD, EMS by Northwestern Area Ambulance, backup by Gillespie-Benld EMS

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Mount Clare (Village)

• Population: 430
• Benld Police patrols Sawyerville and Mt Clare; dispatched by Mt Olive Police on 154.0925R D074

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Mt. Olive (City) ^{No WEB FB WikiPedia}

Mount Olive Police ^{No WEB FB}

• Provides Police services to Sawyerville (to the west)

Mount Olive Fire Protection District ^{No WEB FB}

• Units: Engine 510, Engine 511, Tanker 515 IDs: 500, 507
• Serving approximately 3,500 people and covering 65 square miles in central Illinois. Located at Exit 44 on Interstate 55.
• Serves a small portion of I-55 and land in Montgomery County, but mostly in Macoupin County.
• May provide Mutual Aid to Litchfield and assistance in SW Montgomery County (along with EMS) (a small part of the FPD is in Montgomery County)

• EMS provided by Gillespie-Benld Ambulance Service (Formerly local EMS, 3L11)

Frequency	Input	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
155.58000		WPEM829	BM	351 DPL	MtOlv PublicWork	Public Works	FMN	Public Works
154.34000		WPPU668	BM	351 DPL	MtOlv Fire/EMS	Fire/EMS: Local Ops [Expired 1/15]	FMN	Fire-Tac
154.22000		WPXQ476	BM	131.8 PL	MtOlv Fireground	Fireground <b>[Expired 5/23]	FMN	Fire-Tac
154.22000		WPXQ476	BM	351 DPL	MtOlv EMS Old	EMS: Local Dispatch (former use) [Expired 5/23]	FMN	EMS-Tac
154.09250	151.30250	WPEM829	RM	074 DPL	Mt Olive Police	Police: Dispatch [Voice Inversion capable]	FMN	Law Dispatch
159.45000	153.77750	WPEM829	RM	152 DPL	Mac Loc Govt MO	Sheriff: Local Government (Patch to 154.785)	FMN	Law Dispatch

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Nilwood (Village)

• Police protection provided by ISP, Macoupin County Sheriff and back-up by Girard Police.
• Fire protection by Girard FPD. Carlinville FPD may respond to some of the area or for mutual aid
• EMS by Prairieland Ambulance and Gillespie-Benld EMS (out of Carlinville)

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NorthWestern Fire / Rescue (Palmyra) ^{Fire FB}

• For Ambulance/EMS see above EMS category
• Paged on Mac911 Repeater (as of 9/23) Not sure if old UHF (460.525R D155) or new VHF repeater is in use 156.1875 with 151.265 WROX311
• Extrication truck is based at Scottville Fire Station (and also used in Scottville/Modesto)
• Serves: Palmyra, Hettick, Barr (south of Pine Rd), Hagamon; backup by Gillespie-Benld EMS

Frequency	Input	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
460.52500	465.52500	WPMD636	RM	155 DPL	Northwestern EMS	EMS: Dispatch/Local	FMN	EMS Dispatch
156.18750	151.26500	WROX311	RM		NW Fire Mac911	Fire: Dispatch (Repeats Mac911?)	FMN	Fire Dispatch

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Palmyra (Village)

• Police dispatched on 154.785R Local Government; Fire/EMS by Northwestern.
• Police Mobile Extenders on 173.3125 1-5W Extender with 6-2W portables WSAZ748 Issued 3/24

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Piasa (Village)

• Law by Macoupin County Sheriff, ISP Troop 8.
• EMS by Area Ambulance Service (Shipman), Shipman Fire (Bunker Hill FPD)

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Royal Lakes (Village) ^WEB

• Law - local and patrol by Sheriff; Dispatch on 154.785R,
• Fire by Shipman/Bunker Hill FPD
• EMS by Bunker Hill/Shipman, backup by Gillespie-Benld EMS

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Sawyerville (Village)

• Benld Police patrols Sawyerville and Mt Clare; dispatched by Mt Olive Police on 154.0925R D074
• Fire/EMS by Mt. Olive.

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Scottville (Village) ^FB

• Law by Macoupin County Sheriff, ISP Troop 8
• Fire by Scottville-Modesto FPD
• EMS by Northwestern EMS/Area Ambulance, backup by Gillespie-Benld EMS

Scottville-Modesto Rural Fire Protection District

• Serves Scottville, Modesto, Barr (north of Pine Rd)
• Northwestern FPDs extrication truck is based at Scottville Fire Station (and also used in Scottville/Modesto)
• Station 1-Scottville -- unknown unit numbers
• Station 2-Modesto -- Truck 2,Tanker 2

Frequency	Input	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
464.10000	469.10000	WNUP747	RM	210.7 PL	SctvModesto Fire	(OLD) Fire: Paging/Ops [Now using Mac911 VHF]	FMN	Fire Dispatch

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Shipman

• May no longer have a police department (8/24) Patrolled by County Sheriff and ISP Troop 8

Shipman Fire ^{FB Fire Assn FB}

• Serving Shipman, Plainview and Royal Lakes; Part of the Bunker Hill FPD Website BHFD FB

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Standard City (Village)

• Law patrol by County Sheriff and ISP Troop 8
• Fire by Carlinville FPD and/or Girard FPD; EMS by Gillespie-Benld EMS (Carlinville)

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Staunton (City) ^{WEB FB}

Staunton Police ^{WEB FB}

Frequency	Input	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
155.62500		WPEH410	BM	141.3 PL	Stau PublicWorks	Public Works	FMN	Public Works
155.69250	158.82750	WPEH410	RM	19 RAN	Staunton Police	Police: Dispatch (patched to 151.415) [TG 1]	NXDN96	Law Dispatch
151.41500	159.24000	WPEH410	RM	351 DPL	Stau PD Patch	Police: Patch to NXDN	FMN	Law Dispatch
451.03750		WQMM292	F		Stau Water Data	Water Data (CSQ) <b>[Expired 9/20; in use 10/24]	Telm	Data

Staunton Police NXDN Radio IDs

• System shows NXDN96 Scramble KID=27
• 2000 Dispatcher [CITY] (6/20/22)

Staunton Fire Protection District ^{WEB FB}

• Serves FPDs of Staunton, New Douglas, Olive, Worden (in Madison County) and may respond to EMS Calls
• Uses MABAS Fireground RED

Frequency	Input	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
154.02500	159.00000	WPXE998	RM	CSQ	Staunton Fire R	Fire: Local (D703 in)	FMN	Fire-Tac
154.02500		WPXE998	BM	703 DPL	Staunton EMS	EMS: Local Dispatch (Transfers, etc)	FMN	EMS Dispatch
154.02500		WPXE998	BM	CSQ	Staunton Fire	Fire: Local [Fire Channel]	FMN	Fire-Tac

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Virden (City) ^{WEB FB}

Virden Police Department ^{WEB FB}

• 155.31 NAC 37 NXDN Digital, dispatch in the clear, but mobiles are encrypted (6/22)
• RID 2 - VIRDEN PD
• RID 23 - VPD CAR 23

• Primary EMS provided by Prairieland Ambulance Service, back-up provided by Gillespie-Benld Ambulance/Carlinville. ALS Transport may be provided (via intercept) by any of the Springfield EMS Services.

Frequency	Input	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
153.98000		KNFQ468	BM	77.0 PL	Virden PubWorks	Streets/Public Works [Expired 2/22]	FMN	Public Works
155.83500		WNPD702	BM		Virden Sanitary	Sanitary District	FMN	Utilities
159.80250		WPYG247	BM		Virden Water Co	Virden Water Company (CSQ Data) <b>[Expired 8/23]	FMN	Data
154.07000		KQS784	BM	CSQ	VirdenFireground	Fireground (possibly D432)	FMN	Fire-Tac
451.12500		WQOW490	F		Virden WaterData	Water Data (CSQ)	FMN	Data
155.31000	159.23250	WPQB848	RM	37 RAN	Virden Police	Police: Dispatch (NX??)	NXDN48	Law Dispatch

Virden Fire Protection District ^{WEB FB}

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White City (Village)

• Fire by Benld or Mt. Olive ???

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Wilsonville (Village)

• Law by Sheriff, ISP, back-up by Gillespie.
• Fire by Local, back-up by Benld & Gillespie
• EMS by Gillespie-Benld Ambulance Service.

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Schools and Colleges

Macoupin County Schools Report Card

Regional Office of Education #40 ^{WEB FB}

• Serving Macoupin (Carlinville office), Calhoun, Greene, Jersey (Jerseyville office) Counties
• ROE 40 Adult Learning Center - Carlinville

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Bunker Hill Community Unit School District #8 ^{WEB FB MAP}

• Serving Bunker Hill, Woodburn and East of Royal Lake

Frequency	Input	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
158.31750	153.08750	WQPG879	RM	351 DPL	BH School Bus	Buses <b>[Expired 5/22]	FMN	Schools

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Carlinville Community Unit School District #1 ^{WEB FB}

• Serving Carlinville, Atwater, Standard City, Womac, Plainview, Lake Catatoga, Chesterfield and areas in-between. One of the largest school districts in the area.(by sq. mi.)
• 155.28 was the original bus frequency, Base/Mobile. Years later a repeater was added at the High School on new frequency. Later 152.3975 Repeater added and buses moved to that. It appears to have 2 PL tones, but not sure what the difference is. Unknown if 155.28 was still in use.

• 8/24 - New DMR system, modify HS 153.155 Rptr (158.31 input) to DMR. Modify Bus Garage 152.3975 Rptr (157.6575 in) to DMR.  Add Primary School (Shipman Rd) 153.5075 Repeater (158.2425 input),

Frequency	Input	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
155.28000		WRU920	BM	073 DPL	Cv SchoolBus OLD	Transportation / Buses - Old	FMN	Schools
153.15500	158.31000	WPRI415	RM	218.1 PL	Cv HighSchool Op	High School Admin/Ops	FMN	Schools
152.39750	157.65750	WSDA619	RM	351 DPL	Cv School Bus	Transportation / Buses	FMN	Schools
152.39750	157.65750	WSDA619	RM	047 DPL	Cv Schools Ops	Admin / Operations	FMN	Schools

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Gillespie Community Unit School District #7 ^{WEB FB MAP}

• Serves Gillespie, East Gillespie, Benld, Mt Clare, Sawyerville, Wilsonville, Hornsby
• Ben-Gil Elementary (Benld) for Wireless Clock System on 72.1 WQQR674
• The district has three attendance centers, with pre-kindergarten through fifth grade located in the community of Benld. The middle and high schools, which serve sixth through 12th grades, are located in the same building along Illinois Route 16 on the western edge of Gillespie.
• Serves the small towns of Gillespie and Benld, East Gillespie, Mount Clare, Wilsonville, Sawyerville, Dorchester, Eagarville, and Hornsby.

Frequency	Input	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
156.12750	159.18750	WRCG985	RM	243 DPL	Gill Schools	Buses / Ops (D351 in)	FMN	Schools
155.26500		WRCG985	BM	CSQ	Gill School Bus	Buses (Old)	FMN	Schools

Site	Name
101 (65)	Gillespie	01 156.127500

DEC	Mode	Alpha Tag	Description
0-01-003	A	Middle Schl	Middle School: Admin / Operations / Maintenance
0-01-255	A	CW-ID R01	CW-ID

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Mt. Olive School District #5 ^{WEB FB MAP}

• Serves Mt Olive, White City and rural Macoupin/Montgomery/Bond Counties

Frequency	Input	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
155.20500		KNNM523	BM	261 DPL	MtOlive School	Ops / Buses	FMN	Schools
158.18250	153.44750	WRAH807	RM	351 DPL	MtOlive School R	Operations	FMN	Schools

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North Mac Community Unit School District 34

• formerly Virden Community Unit School District 4 and Girard CUSD

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Northwestern Unit School District #2 (Palmyra)] ^{WEB FB}

• Serving NorthWestern Macoupin County including Palmyra, Hettick, Modesto and Scottville

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Southwestern Community Unit School District #9 ^{WEB FB MAP}

• Security provided by Macoupin County Sheriff's Deputies (Football Games/Events)
• Serving Piasa, Brighton, Shipman, Medora, Royal Lake, Kemper

• 155.265 is used at the high school and middle school for office personal.
• 155.265 is used at Brighton North for the car line (Oct. 2019)
• 153.0275 is used for all transportation operations and football games
• As of August 2019 all high school administration have Retevis RT5 some employees still have a variety of Kenwoods
• Physical Education Teachers, Band, Special Education, and Ag have Radios they operate on 155.265
• 154.57 is no longer in use

Radio Layouts - Retevis RT5

Channel	name on radios	frequency
1	Short Range in Building	155.265
2	long range talk with Buses	153.0275

Radio Layouts - Kenwood

• Radios say leave on channel 4/7

Channel	name on radios	frequency
1	Tac 1 do not use	? (Possibly 154.570 or 159.765)
2	Bus Channel (Repeater long range)	153.0275
3	IREACH (Emergency use only)	155.055
4 or 7	Building channel (Short range)	155.265

Frequency	Input	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
155.26500		WPHW803	BM	031 DPL	SW School A	Building Ops / Security / Teachers	FMN	Schools
159.76500		WQWH675	BM		SW School B	Operations (not D073)	FMN	Schools
153.02750	158.38500	WRCE647	RM	351 DPL	SW School Bus	Transportation / Football Games	FMN	Schools

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Staunton Community Unit School District #6 ^{WEB FB MAP}

• Serving Staunton, Williamson, Livingston (Parts of Madison County not served by Edwardsville School District)

Frequency	Input	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
151.34750	153.88250	KST241	RM	351 DPL	Staunton School1	Buses / Ops / Janitorial	FMN	Schools
151.34750	153.88250	KST241	RM	047 DPL	Staunton School2	Operations	FMN	Schools

Former Use

• 155.265 BM Buses (141.3 was St Charles MO) FMN Deprecated KST241

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Colleges

Blackburn College (Carlinville)] ^{WEB FB WikiPedia}

• Liberal Arts/Work Program facility, Established in 1837, sits on 30 acres. 13 academic/administrative buildings, 6 residence halls, and several athletic facilities.

Frequency	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
464.42500	WQDK780	BM	546 DPL	Blackburn Ops	Utilities Maintenance / Security	FMN	Schools

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Lewis and Clark Community College ^{WEB FB}

• Macoupin County Community Education Center located in Carlinville
• DMR system linked with Godfrey

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Railroads

• Amtrak Station-Carlinville (CRV)
• BNSF
• 161.28 CSQ was last known to be in use.

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Airports

Zelmer Memorial Airpark (5K1) (Palmyra)

• Zelmer Memorial Airpark (5K1) Macoupin County (IL) Wikipedia

Nearby Airports

• Bethalto
• Litchfield
• St Louis Lambert
• Capital Airport - Springfield

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Related Wiki Pages

• Macoupin_County_(IL)_Legacy_Info
• Businesses, Railroads, Media, Attractions and Recreation Macoupin County (IL)
• ScanMacoupin County (IL)

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