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1 ScanMacoupin County Website, LIVE Scanner Feed and Facebook Page
2 Fire / MABAS Division 56
3 Macoupin County
4 Hospitals
- 4.1 Carlinville Area Hospital Facebook page
- 4.2 Community Hospital of Staunton Facebook Page
5 Macoupin County - Area EMS Agencies
6 Municipalities and Districts
7 Schools and Colleges
8 Colleges
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Fire / 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)

Macoupin County

Macoupin-Montgomery Counties Crime Stoppers Website Facebook Page

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)

Macoupin County ETSB/Enhanced 911

Police, Fire, EMS Unit Numbers
Macoupin County (IL) Codes and Paging Tones
911 EMS Dispatch codes (in use 8/18)
Mac911 ESN - Emergency Service Number - Provider Coverage (maps at right)
4 answering positions, with and additional 5 positions a the Back-up/Roll-over PSAP -s 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

Carlinville Tower (911/Sheriff/Local Government/Highway Department repeaters) 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 [on 465.5250}
D754 BRIGHTON - Brighton Fire [on 458.7875 to 155.7150 D703]
D??? HETTICK - Scottville-Modesto Fire [on 469.1000]
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

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.

Frequency	Input	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
154.74750	156.09750	WPXT232	RM	131 DPL	Macoupin 911	Fire/EMS: Countywide Dispatch	FMN	Fire Dispatch
458.23750		WPXM864	F	125 DPL	Mac911 R-Plmyra	Fire/EMS: Palmyra Receive Link	FMN	Fire Dispatch
458.28750		WPXM864	F	343 DPL	Mac911 R-Benld	Fire/EMS: Benld Receive Link	FMN	Fire Dispatch
458.31250		WPXM864	F	223 DPL	Mac911 R-Virden	Fire/EMS: Virden Receive Link	FMN	Fire Dispatch
458.61250		WPXM864	F	413 DPL	Mac911 R-Drchstr	Fire/EMS: Dorchester Receive Link	FMN	Fire Dispatch
453.47500		WPXM864	F	413 DPL	Mac911 T-Drchstr	Fire/EMS: Remote Link from 911 to Dorchester tower	FMN	Fire Dispatch
453.47500		WPXM864	F	223 DPL	Mac911 T-Virden	Fire/EMS: Remote Link from 911 to Virden tower	FMN	Fire Dispatch
458.83750		WPXM864	F	565 DPL	Mac911 R-Shipman	Fire/EMS: Shipman Receive Link	FMN	Fire Dispatch
453.47500		WPXM864	F	343 DPL	Mac911 T-Benld	Fire/EMS: Remote Link from 911 to Benld tower	FMN	Fire Dispatch
458.81250		WQFZ373	F	631 DPL	Mac911 R-Stauntn	Fire/EMS: Staunton Receive Link	FMN	Fire Dispatch
453.47500		WPXM864	F	631 DPL	Mac911 T-Stauntn	Fire/EMS: Remote Link from 911 to Staunton tower	FMN	Fire Dispatch
453.47500		WPXM864	F	125 DPL	Mac911 T-Plmyra	Fire/EMS: Remote Link from 911 to Palmyra tower	FMN	Fire Dispatch
453.47500		WPXM864	F	565 DPL	Mac911 T-Shipman	Fire/EMS: Remote Link from 911 to Shipman tower	FMN	Fire Dispatch
151.15250	158.90250	WQNC662	RM	244 DPL	Mac911 Admin	911: Channel 2 / Admin [CWID]	FMN	Multi-Dispatch
154.07000			BM	516 DPL	Mac Fireground	Fireground	FMN	Fire-Tac
453.47500		WPXM864	F	712 DPL	Mac911 T-Medora	Fire/EMS: Remote Link from 911 to Medora Tower	FMN	Fire Dispatch
458.85000		WQFZ373	F	712 DPL	Mac911 R-Medora	Fire/EMS: Medora Receive Link	FMN	Fire Dispatch

154.26500 BM CSQ Fireground - Countywide (Multiple PL TX) [Ch. 8]
153.83000 M 69.3 PL MABAS Red

Macoupin County Sheriff Facebook Page

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)
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 hrd 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.

~~Formerly Used Frequencies~~

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~~

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)

Macoupin County Health Department

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

Macoupin County Public Housing Authority

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

Macoupin County Highway Department

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

Macoupin County Fairgrounds

Located just north of Carlinville on Route 4

Hospitals

Carlinville Area Hospital Facebook page

New 25 bed facility opened in 2012, replacing the outdated facility built in 1952
44LL Helipad

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

Community Hospital of Staunton Facebook Page

25 bed, opened in 1951; partnered with Anderson Healthcare

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

Macoupin County - Area EMS Agencies

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

Area Ambulance Service

Serves Medora, Piasa, Shipman, Chesterfield and the surrounding areas. All volunteer.

Frequency	License	Type	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
155.32500	WQSF696	BM	AAS Local	EMS: Local Use	FMN	EMS-Tac

Alton Memorial Hospital Ambulance

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 Dispatch	EMS: Dispatch - Northern Madison	FMN	EMS Dispatch

Bunker Hill

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

Carlinville Area Ambulance District

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

Gillespie Benld Ambulance Service

Serves: Carlinville, Mt Olive, Gillespie, Dorchester, Sawyerville, East Gillespie, Benld, Wilsonville, Eagerville (also Mutual Aid to Bunker Hill, Shipman, Royal Lakes)

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

Northwestern Area Ambulance

Provides service to the whole NW area of the county.

'"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-00000009-QINU`"'

Prairieland Ambulance (Virden) Facebook Page

Serves Virden and back-up to Farmersville (Montgomery County) (back-up to Girard/Nilwood/Thayer)
EMS Units: 3L55, 3L38; Responders ID numbers are VA## (Victor Adam ##)
Formerly SangaMac Ambulance District
ALS intercepts provided by Gillespie-Benld Ambulance, or one of the 3 Springfield EMS agencies, usually meeting along IL-4)

'"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-0000000A-QINU`"'

Staunton Area Ambulance Service (SAAS EMS) Facebook Page

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

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

Municipalities and Districts

Townships and Water Districts

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
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

Atwater (Village)

Fire served by Carlinville FPD; EMS by Gillespie-Benld Ambulance

Benld (City)

Benld Police

Also patrols Sawyerville and Mt Clare; dispatched by Gillespie Police
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

Brighton (Village) Facebook page

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 Facebook page

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 KBM215

Bunker Hill (City) Facebook page

Bunker Hill EMS" Facebook page

Area Ambulance Association; Service area covers 58.81 square miles.

Bunker Hill Police Department

Frequency	Input	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
155.61000		WPGY220	BM	351 DPL	BunkerHillPolice	(Former) Police: Dispatch (Daytime)	FMN	Law Dispatch
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 Company 1 Facebook page

First Responder provided by Bunker Hill Fire Department

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

Carlinville (City) Facebook Page

County Seat - Population: 6050

Carlinville Police Department

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
458.7125 mobiles WPFU614

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 Facebook Page

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, used as fireground (6/18) New Freq/Rptr (in use 4/19)

Carlinville Public Works (Street, Water, Sewer)

Water Data Tx Sites: Tower Grove Water Tower, Lake 1 Water Treatment Plant, Lake 2??, Schien's Water Tower, Water Office (City Hall)

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 (No Longer in use ?)	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)	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	Carlinville Fire	Fireground / Local	FMN	Fire-Tac
154.05500	159.18750	WRCC293	RM	047 DPL	Cv Fire Local 8	Fire: Local	FMN	Fire-Tac

Carlinville Park District

No known communications in use. Possibly FRS radios

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

Chesterfield (Village)

Fire/EMS by Medora Fire and Medora Ambulance (Area Ambulance Service)
Law by Medora, Macoupin County Sheriff and ISP D18.

Dorchester (Village) Facebook page

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

Dorchester Fire Department

Formerly used 154.07 for Dispatch, unsure if still in use

Eagerville (Village)

East Gillespie (Village)

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

Unit 7 Fire Protection District Facebook page

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

Gillespie (City)

Gillespie Police Department

Began patrolling Mt. Clare on Oct 13, 2007, a village of 430 people (previously served by Benld PD)

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 Police	Police: Dispatch (w/ Benld)	FMN	Law Dispatch
451.17500		WQVZ267	F		Gillespie WDD 2	Water Department SCADA	Telm	Data

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
172.23500			M	CSQ	Girard Police MX	Police: Mobile Extender (or 170.2375)	FMN	Law Dispatch
154.24250	158.93250	KQG671	RM	047 DPL	Girard FireLocal	Fire: Local [Fire Channel] [Expired 7/22]	FMN	Fire-Tac

Girard Fire Protection District

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

Hagamon

Road Maintenance by County Highway Department

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.

'"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-00000014-QINU`"'

Lake Catatoga

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

Medora (Village)

Medora Fire Department

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.

Modesto (Village)

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

Mount Clare (Village)

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

Mt. Olive (City) Facebook Page Wikipedia Info

Provides Police services to Sawyerville.
Ambulance - 3L11

Mt. Olive Fire Protection District Facebook Page

Units: Engine 510, Engine 511, Tanker 515 IDs: 500, 507
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)

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 [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

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)

NorthWestern Area Ambulance / Fire (Palmyra) ^{Fire Facebook}

Dispatched on Mac911 (confirmed 9/23 in Carlinville; did not heard anything on the new VHF Repeater)
Serves: Chesterfield, Palmyra, Hettick, Modesto, Scottville

Frequency	Input	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
460.52500	465.52500	WPMD636	RM	155 DPL	Northwestern EMS	EMS: Local (Paged on 154.7475)	FMN	EMS Dispatch
156.18750	151.26500	WROX311	RM		NW Fire Mac911	Fire: Dispatch (Repeats Mac911?)	FMN	Fire Dispatch

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 0010819153 12/23 Application (Still pending 2/4/24)

Piasa (Village)

Law by Macoupin County Sheriff, ISP D18, back-up by Shipman.
EMS by Area Ambulance Service (Shipman), Shipman Fire (Bunker Hill FPD)

Royal Lakes (Village)

Law - local and patrol by Sheriff; Dispatch on 154.785R,
Fire by Shipman/Bunker Hill FPD

Sawyerville (Village)

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

Scottville (Village) ^Facebook

Law by Macoupin County Sheriff, ISP D18
Fire by Scottville-Modesto FPD
EMS by Northwestern Area Ambulance

Scottville-Modesto Rural Fire Protection District

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	Fire: Paging/Ops	FMN	Fire Dispatch

Shipman

Shipman Firefighters Association Facebook

Part of the Bunker Hill FPD Website Company 1 Facebook

Standard City (Village)

Law by ISP and Sheriff
Fire by Carlinville FPD and/or Girard FPD; EMS by Gillespie-Benld EMS (Carlinville)

Staunton (City)

Staunton Police

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) [Expired 9/20]	Telm	Data

Staunton Police NXDN Radio IDs

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

Staunton Fire Protection District

Serves FPDs of Staunton, New Douglas, Olive, Worden
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	FMN	EMS-Tac
154.02500		WPXE998	BM	CSQ	Staunton Fire	Fire: Local [Fire Channel]	FMN	Fire-Tac

Virden (City)

Police Department

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 Ambulance provided by Prairieland Ambulance Service, back-up provided by Gillespie-Benld Ambulance/Carlinville. ALS Transport may be provided 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)	FMN	Data
154.07000		KQS784	BM	CSQ	VirdenFireground	Fireground	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

White City (Village)

Fire by Benld or Mt. Olive ???

Wilsonville (Village)

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

Schools and Colleges

Macoupin County Schools Report Card

Bunker Hill Community Unit School District #8^{Facebook Map}

Serving Bunker Hill, Woodburn and East of Royal Lake District Map]

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

Carlinville Community Unit School District #1

Facebook Page

Serving Carlinville, Atwater, Standard City, Womac, Plainview, Lake Catatoga, Chesterfield and areas in-between. One of the largest school districts (by area) in the area.

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	WQPC549	RM	351 DPL	Cv School Bus	Transportation / Buses [Expired 4/22]	FMN	Schools
152.39750	157.65750	WQPC549	RM	047 DPL	Cv Schools 2	Admin / Operations [Expired 4/22]	FMN	Schools

Gillespie Community Unit School District #7 ^{Facebook District 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

Mt. Olive School District #5 ^{Facebook District 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 Schools	Ops / Buses	FMN	Schools
158.18250	153.44750	WRAH807	RM	351 DPL	Mt Olive School	Operations	FMN	Schools

North Mac School District #34^Facebook

Girard and Virden merged school districts in 2010; 1600 students

Girard School District '"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-00000021-QINU`"' Virden Community Unit School District #4 '"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-00000022-QINU`"'

Northwestern Unit School District #2 (Palmyra) Facebook Page

Serving most of NorthWestern Macoupin County including Palmyra, Hettick, Modesto and Scottville

Regional Office of Education #40 Facebook page

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

'"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-00000024-QINU`"'

Southwestern Community Unit School District #9 Facebook Page District 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
154.570 is not in use anymore

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
154.57000			M	031 DPL	SW School C	Operations [No longer in use]	FMN	Schools
153.02750	158.38500	WRCE647	RM	351 DPL	SW School Bus	Transportation / Football Games	FMN	Schools

Staunton Community Unit School District #6 Facebook page District 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 Staunton Sch Old Buses (141.3 is St Charles) FMN Deprecated KST241

Colleges

Blackburn College (Carlinville)

Blackburn University

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

Railroads

Amtrak Station CRV

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