Macoupin County (IL) Legacy Info

Information from the past, kept just for records, that no longer needs to be on the main wiki page

Macoupin County Sheriff

• (Former) 158.835 D065 is a Simulcast of 154.7850 R, located in the southern Macoupin County, possibly to help provide better coverage for the Brighton area.
• (Former) 159.09 D351 Repeater for Sheriff. Replaced around Jan 2009 with 151.2125 Rptr with 153.8 input

Formerly Used Frequencies

• 158.38500 154.78500 RM 065 DPL Mac Shrf LG-Sim (OFF AIR) Law: Simulcast of 154.785 [No License]
• 153.75500 WPFS699 M 023 DPL Mac Shrf MX1 Sheriff: Mobile Extenders (still in use?)
• 159.09000 WPFS699 M 047 DPL Mac ShrfOld2 Sheriff: Car-to-Car / Events
• 159.09000 155.91000 WPFS699 RM 351 DPL Mac ShrfOld1 Sheriff: Dispatch -
• 460.5500/465.5500 - used in the 90s, Automated Voice; Recorders at Courthouse WNRC739 exp 4/00, No longer in use
  • These were purchased in Sep 1989 for $8824 as a Court Security System from McKeever Communications; security for 3 Court Rooms, 3 Judges Chambers and 2 States Attorney's offices
• 461.1250 R - was licensed to Global Technical Systems at Sheriff Tower Carlinville FB6 (may have been 250.3 PL); No longer licenaed

Old Low Band for Sheriff

• 39.08 Base 39.78 Mobiles for Sheriff Dispatch
• 39.46 Point-to-Point was used to contact Benld Police and ISP District 18 Litchfield
• 39.5 was used to contact other Police agencies in the county

• Jan 1993 - McKeever Communications received $1000 for a propagation map and frequency coordination/FCC License.
• Mar 1994 - Bids were received to replace the 39 MHz system with a 150 MHz system.
  • Whiteside Communications bid was accepted for $60,165. McKeever Communications had submitted a bid for $112,561
• Jun 1994 - Reported that the high-band system should be operational in 2 weeks
• 06/02 - 11 new radios purchased by the Sheriff for $3400

Macoupin County E911 / ETSB

• 9/03 - Mac911 began test paging daily at 6pm.
• 9/1/11 - Sheriff took over the 911 dispatcher roles, the 911 dispatchers contract was terminated.

EMS Agencies

Carlinville Ambulance

• Began in 1979 by volunteers William Pranger Jr, Ben Strode, Walker
• Transitioned to Carlinville Area Hospital after the city could no longer support the service

Carlinville Area Hospital Ambulance Service

• Took over the city ambulance service on
• 6/30/05 - Stopped serving the community and Dunn's Ambulance took over.

Dunn's Ambulance (Carlinville)

• The Taylorville company took over CAH Ambulance service as of July 1, 2005. Provides ALS (Paramedic services based out of St Johns-Spfld) Crews 24 hours a day. Also providing ALS intercepts for neighboring agencies. 4/06 - Has moved to new shed at N. Broad/Broadway in Carlinville.
• Dunn's Ambulance stopped serving Macoupin County as of 9/27/18 at 07:00.
• Gillespie-Benld EMS came in to take over

Medics First Ambulance

• Formerly served Girard out of Auburn and Springfield bases (153.32 D411 Springfield Dispatch Repeater). Had a Girard base, but closed in 2018.

Municipalities

• 154.07 CSQ was used for Fire by multiple agencies. Girard and Virden Fire paging, dispatch and operations. Bunker Hill for the same.

Brighton (Village)

• Fire was formerly on 155.715, but Wood River Police also use this as an input to their police repeater on 155.115.
• 155.71500 KBM215 BM 100.0 PL (Old) Fire FMN Deprecated
• 155.71500 KBM215 BM 703 DPL (Old) Fire FMN Deprecated

= Carlinville

• 154.025 CSQ was formerly used by all city agencies, Police Dispatch; Fire/EMS Paging, Dispatch and Fireground; Street and Water Departments
• 154.025 was also used by Staunton for Fire/EMS Paging/Dispatch and 154.025 could also pickup Belleville Fire operations (due to CFD's tall tower)

Gillespie

• 154.98 was formerly used by Police and Fire for dispatching. Police moved to 154.8 Repeater eventually. 154.98 become a Public Works channel

Girard

Girard Fire

• Previously used 154.07, but then switched to Mac911 for paging/dispatch. Installed a local repeater on 154.2425 around 2013/2014.

(Former) Actual Fire Radio Layout

Chnl	Frequency	Input	License	Type	Tone Out	Tone In	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
F-1	158.2050	159.6300		RM	D047		911 DISPATCH	Countywide Fire/EMS Dispatch	FM
	154.0700		KQG671	BM	D516		GIRARD FIRE	Fireground (also Virden Fire) (or D432)	FM
F-3	154.2650		KQG671	BM	CSQ		TAC 2	IFERN-Statewide Fire Mutual Aid) or could be 154.2725 fireground black)	FM
F-4	155.0250			M	CSQ		ESDA	Macoupin County ESDA	FM
F-5	155.3100			M	77.0		VIRDEN PD	Virden Police Department	FM
F-6	154.0250			M	CSQ		C-VILLE F-A-P	Carlinville Fire/Ambulance/Police	FM
F-7	154.3250			M	D162		F-VILLE AMB	Farmersville Ambulance	FM
F-8	154.3250			M	D047		F-VILLE FIRE	Farmersville Fire	FM
F-9	155.2200		KZ6352	M			Spfld C-MED	ALS AMB (probably this freq for Springfield C-MED)	FM
F-10	155.0550			M	CSQ		I-REACH	Statewide Interagency Mutual Aid	FM
F-1	155.3400		KZ6352	M	210.7		AL HOSPITAL	(statewide Hospital) (Rescue Squad & Dive Team)	FM
F-12	154.7850	159.1050		M	D351		COUNTY LOCAL GOV	Sheriff Local Government	FM
F-1	159.0900	155.9100		M	D351		COUNTY BASE TO CAR	Sheriff Dispatch	FM
F-14	153.9350			M	CSQ		CITY OF GIRARD	Girard Public Works/Street	FM
F-15	154.7475	156.0975		M	131		SECOND REPETER	911 Channel 2	FM
F-16	162.4000			M	CSQ		WEATHER	National Weather Service (Springfield	FM

Schools

North Mac Community Unit School District 34

• formerly Virden Community Unit School District 4 and Girard CUSD