Madison County (IL)
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- 12/22 - Dozens of MetroEast Agencies get SC21 radio upgrades LINK
Metro East St. Louis Info from WikiPedia
Also patrolled by and part of Illinois State Police Troop 8 WEB FB
Contents
- 1 Madison County Government WEB
- 2 Madison County Sheriff's Office / Madison County 911 PSAP WEB FB Vehicle
- 2.1 STARCOM21 Usage
- 2.2 Madison County ETSB/911 WEB
- 2.3 Madison County Health Department
- 2.4 Madison County Coroner's Office WEB
- 2.5 Madison County EMA WEB FB
- 2.6 Madison County Highway Department
- 2.7 Madison County Sanitary Sewer District
- 2.8 Metro East Sewer District (MESD) WEB MAP
- 2.9 Madison County Soil and Water Conservation District WEB
- 2.10 Madison County Animal Care and Control WEB FB
- 2.11 MABAS Division 35 WEB
- 3 Madison County Transit (MCT) WEB [ FB]
- 4 EMS Agencies
- 4.1 Alton Memorial Hospital EMS System WEB
- 4.2 AMR Abbott EMS - Belleville
- 4.3 Eastern Madison County Ambulance District (EMCAD)
- 4.4 Highland EMS
- 4.5 Lakeside EMS
- 4.6 LifeStar Ambulance - Alton Division WEB
- 4.7 MedStar Ambulance (based out of Sparta)
- 4.8 Rural Med EMS - Metro East WEB FB
- 4.9 Alton Memorial Hospital / AMH EMS [WEB] [ FB]
- 4.10 Staunton Area Ambulance Service (SAAS EMS) WEB FB
- 4.11 Survival Flight Ground EMS WEB EMS FB EMS WEB
- 4.12 Laughlin Ambulance Service - LAS (Troy)
- 5 MedEvac / Medical Helicopters
- 6 Hospitals
- 7 Municipalities and Districts
- 8 Schools/Colleges
- 9 Federal Government
- 10 Abbreviations / Codes used in the area
- 11 Related Wiki Pages
Madison County Government WEB
Member of the East-West Gateway, Council of Governments (EWG-COG) that serves 4000 sq.mi. including the city of St. Louis and Franklin, Jefferson, St. Charles, and St. Louis counties in Missouri and Madison, Monroe, and St. Clair counties in Illinois. The Board of Directors has the responsibility of selecting the road, bridge and transit projects in the region that will receive federal funds. Wood River Facility
- Coroner, Public Health at 911 offices are located in old Wood River Township Hospital
- Search for Madison County First Responder coverage areas Website
Madison County Sheriff's Office / Madison County 911 PSAP WEB FB Vehicle
- Sheriff's Department provides the dispatchers and comm center to answer the 911 phones.
- 618-692-4433 (Dispatch Center); 618-692-0871 (Investigations); 618-296-3000 (Anonymous Tip Line)
- Sheriff vehicles have at least 53 Dell Latitude 5420 Rugged Laptops
Police Agencies Dispatched by Madison County PSAP
- Highland Police
Madison County IL State's Attorney's Office FBv
- Dispatched by Glen Carbon Police on STARCOM21 talkgroup 7348
STARCOM21 Usage
| Site | Name | Freqs | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 (1) | Madison Co Simulcast | 851.350000 | 851.875000c | 852.137500c | 852.300000c | 852.537500 | 852.775000 | 853.087500 | 853.662500 |
| Site | Name | Freqs | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 059 (3B) | St. Clair Co Simulcast | 851.075000 | 851.175000 | 851.225000c | 851.562500c | 851.700000 | 851.800000 | 852.087500 | 852.162500c |
| 852.587500 | 852.700000 | 852.750000 | 853.137500 | 853.637500 | 853.750000 | 853.850000 | 857.737500 |
| Site | Name | Freqs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 060 (3C) | Greenville | 851.125000 | 851.587500c | 852.800000a | 853.250000a | 853.725000 |
| Site | Name | Freqs | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 012 (C) | Mount Olive | 769.681250 | 769.718750 | 770.687500a | 774.068750c | 774.812500a | 855.387500 | 855.737500 |
| DEC | HEX | Mode | Alpha Tag | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7300 | 1c84 | D | Mad Sheriff Inv2 | Sheriff: Investigations |
| 7301 | 1c85 | D | Mad AnimalContrl | Animal Control: Dispatch (Shelter) |
| 7303 | 1c87 | D | Mad Coroner Ofc | Coroner's Office |
| 7304 | 1c88 | D | Mad Sheriff c2c2 | Sheriff: Car-to-Car/Secondary Dispatch [Ch 2] |
| 7308 | 1c8c | D | Mad Baliff/Court | Sheriff: Bailiffs / Court Ops (Can simulcast 800 R) |
| 7310 | 1c8e | D | Mad Sheriff InvB | Sheriff: Investigations |
| 7312 | 1c90 | D | Mad Sheriff AHS | Sheriff: Alton High School - Officers |
| 7313 | 1c91 | D | Mad Sheriff InvD | Sheriff: Investigations (w/ Local Law) |
| 7314 | 1c92 | D | Mad Rural Law | Rural Police: Ops [RURAL PD] (rare use) |
| 7315 | 1c93 | D | Mad Sheriff/Law1 | Sheriff/Rural Law: Dispatch [Ch 1] [MC MAIN] |
| 7316 | 1c94 | D | Mad Sheriff c2c3 | Sheriff: Altermate Dispatch / Car-to-Car [Ch 3] |
| 7317 | 1c95 | D | Mad Sheriff c2c4 | Sheriff: Car-to-Car [Ch 4] |
| 7318 | 1c96 | D | Mad Sheriff InvE | Sheriff: Investigations |
| 7319 | 1c97 | D | Mad Sheriff InvF | Sheriff: Investigations |
| 7320 | 1c98 | D | Mad Shrf Tac-1 | Sheriff/Local Law: Tac 1 (Events; w/ Dispatcher) [MC Tac 1] |
| 7321 | 1c99 | D | Mad Sheriff AdmB | Sheriff: Admin (w/ Dispatcher) |
| 7322 | 1c9a | D | Mad Sheriff InvG | Sheriff: Investigations |
| 7324 | 1c9c | D | Mad Sheriff InvH | Sheriff: Investigations |
| 7350 | 1cb6 | D | Mad Sheriff 2 | Sheriff: Channel 2 |
| 7351 | 1cb7 | D | Mad Shrf 7351 | Sheriff: Ops (w/ SOS Police) |
| 7355 | 1cbb | D | Mad Sheriff AdmA | Sheriff: Captains/Administrators: (Charles Units) |
| 7376 | 1cd0 | D | Mad Co Law 7376 | County Law: Operations |
Madison County ETSB/911 WEB
- Operational in June 1992 with 15 PSAPs: Alton, Collinsville, Edwardsville, Glen Carbon, Granite City, Sheriff, Pontoon Beach, Wood River, Troy, Highland, East Alton, Bethalto, SIUE, Venice, Madison city
- MADCOM - unmanned PSAP at the Wood River Training Facility (hasn't been used since 2014/2016 after a flood at the Glen Carbon PSAP)
- PSAP Consolidation info: PDF 911 Consolidation Plan 10/19
- PSAPs decommissioned are Troy, Highland, Bethalto, SIUE, Venice, Madison city and East Alton (2022-2023)
- 8 PSAPs will be left: Alton, Collinsville, Edwardsville, Glen Carbon, Granite City, Pontoon Beach, Wood River and Madison County Sheriffs
- Summer 2022 - Bethalto consolidated with Wood River PSAP; Fall 2022 - Madison County consolidated the Highland Police PSAP into the Sheriff dispatch.
Fire/EMS Agencies Dispatched by Madison County PSAP (May be toned-out/dispatched locally too)
- 154.43 167.9: Dorsey FPD, Fosterburg FPD/Rescue-EMS, Godfrey Fire and Rescue, Grant Fork Fire, Hamel Fire, Hamel-Alhambra EMS, Holiday Shores Fire/Rescue, Long Lake Fire, Marine Fire, Meadowbrook Fire, Mitchell Fire, New Douglas Fire, Olive (Township) FPD (Livingston), Prairietown FD/EMS Assists, Worden FPD
- 155.5275 D306: Highland EMS, Highland Fire, Highland-Pierron Fire, St. Jacob Fire/EMS Assists (County Dispatch can also contact units directly)
- 154.43 NOT USED as Dispatch/Paging by Bethalto, Edwardsville, Collinsville, Glen Carbon Fire/Rescue/EMS, Maryville Fire/Rescue/EMS, Troy, Alton, Wood River/E Alton/Roxana/S Roxana/Hartford, Madison, Venice or Granite City
| Frequency |
Input  |
License | Type | Tone | Alpha Tag | Description | Mode | Tag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 155.04000 | KCX387 | BM | 100.0 PL | Mad Shrf Courts | Sheriff/Courts/Probation | FMN | Law Dispatch | |
| 154.43000 | WNZI271 | BM | 167.9 PL | MadisonFireNorth | Fire/EMS: North - Tone-Outs/Dispatch (see notes) | FMN | Fire Dispatch | |
| 158.85000 | 154.77000 | KSB221 | RM | 100.0 PL | Madison InterOp | Countywide Interop (Patch with STARCOM21 TGs) | FMN | Interop |
| 158.82000 | KNDA355 | BM | MadC Sewer Data | Madison County Sanitary Sewer District: Data (CSQ) [Expired 2/14] | Telm | Data | ||
| 462.82500 | WQOB596 | B | MadCo HealthPG | Health Department: Paging (Wood River) (CSQ) [Expired 8/21] | Telm | Data | ||
| 155.59500 | 159.28500 | KSB221 | RM | 263 DPL | Mad Shrf Jail263 | (OLD) Sheriff: Jail Operations | FMN | Corrections |
| 854.96250 | 809.96250 | WRFW617 | RM | 022 NAC | Mad Sheriff Jail | Sheriff: Jail (patched with SC21 TG7308) [TG 1] | P25 | Corrections |
| 155.59500 | 159.28500 | KSB221 | RM | 100.0 PL | Mad Shrf Jail100 | Sheriff: Jail Ops (in use?) | FMN | Corrections |
Madison County Health Department
- Has portables on VTAC and a mobile repeater and has recently purchased a computerized alert system to telephone residents during emergencies
- 151.0475 BM Health Department: Mobile Extenders WQDR985
- 155.9325 M Health Department: Mobile Extenders WPYM727
- 151.1375 WQDR985
Madison County Coroner's Office WEB
Madison County EMA WEB FB
- Units: EMA-1, EMA-2, HazMat 1
- Dispatched by Glen Carbon Police on their STARCOM21 talkgroup
Madison County Highway Department
- As of 4/24, still using the Madison County Transit 800 MHz EDACS trunked radio system Still in use 8/24
Madison County Sanitary Sewer District
- 158.385 123.0 PL Madison County Sanitary Sewer District: Ops WNXW853 [Expired 11/21]
- (Deprecated in DB 8/25/23) No traffic has been heard lately.
Special Service Area #1 (Granite City) WEB
- This office provides the operation and maintenance for 114 miles of sanitary sewer lines and 76 sanitary sewer lift stations servicing the residents and businesses within our Facilities Planning Area (FPA)
Metro East Sewer District (MESD) WEB MAP
- Operates and maintains levees designed & built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to provide the 500-year level of flood protection in Madison and St Clair Counties
- 37.5 miles of Front Levee, including North and South Flanks, 16,425 feet of flood wall, 52.5 miles of canals and 14 miles of sanitary sewers
- Eight storm water pump stations: Cahokia, Venice, Madison, Chouteau, Nameoki, Venice South, Venice North, East St Louis, Canal #1
- The Metro East Sanitary District entered into an intergovernmental agreement with Granite City Regional Sewage System.
- The City of Granite City provides wastewater treatment services for the Metro East Sanitary District at rates established by the Granite City Regional Treatment Board.
The Metro East Sanitary District owns and operates the following component parts of the Granite City Regional Sewerage System:
- Lansdowne Treatment Plant a peak flow storage system and pump station
- Venice Pump Station
- A force main to provide additional capacity for the Lansdowne pump station to the Venice pump station
- A force main from Venice to the headworks of the Regional Sewage Treatment Plant at Granite City
- A flow metering and sampling station located at a site mutually agreed upon by Granite City and the MESD
Madison County Soil and Water Conservation District WEB
Madison County Animal Care and Control WEB FB
- Uses talkgroup on SC21 (See Sheriff) Units: Shelter Dispatch, King 91, etc.
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.
- The Madison County Hazardous Materials Team is also part of Division 35. This highly trained group of individuals are selected from fire departments across the county. Team members go through several courses and attain certifications as Hazardous Materials Technicians from the Office of the State Fire Marshal. The team's 2006 Pierce HAZMAT Truck is housed at Wood River Fire Department. This unit is stocked with equipment and supplies capable of identifying and mitigating a variety of hazardous materials incidents. Division 35 also has an air truck that is housed at the Highland-Pierron Fire District.
Metro-East Fire Investigation Task Force
- A cooperation between St. Clair and Madison County fire and arson investigators. It includes Troy, O'Fallon, Marissa, Edwardsville, Collinsville, East St. Louis and Alton, as well as the State Fire Marshal's Office and the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
STARCOM21 Conventional Fireground
- Agencies may be using Collinsville Fire's license - for Scene of Action 769.54375, 770.26875, 770.61875, 770.896875 (P25/Narrowband) WQPP944
Madison County Transit (MCT) WEB [ FB]
- As of 4/24, still using the Madison County Transit 800 MHz EDACS trunked radio system Radio IDs/More info, see MCT TRS Wiki page
- In January 1985, Agency for Community Transit Inc. a 501(c)(3) corporation was formed to provide Paratransit bus service for elderly and disabled residents of Madison County. Today, ACT operates the ‘Runabout’ service as well as the entire MCT fixed route bus service.
- A municipal corporation organized pursuant to the Local Mass Transit District Act (70 ILCS 3610) of the Illinois State statutes. MCT is dedicated to providing public mass transportation within Madison County IL. MCT provides the community with numerous public bus routes, paratransit service meeting ADA requirements for the elderly and disabled, bikeway development and integrating the MCT bikeways with the MCT bus routes, and overseeing RideFinders, the St. Louis regional rideshare program. Working in conjunction with other regional organizations, MCT provides an important link in the chain of seamless regional transportation services. 94 Fixed Route Buses, 220 full time and 63 part-time employees. More info
- Administrative Office Location: 1 Transit Way, Pontoon Beach, IL 62040 (near I-270 and IL-111)
Agency for Community Transit (ACT)
- All MCT services are operated by ACT (fixed route and paratransit services), including the RideFinders carpool/vanpool program, and constructs and maintains the MCT Trails system, as well as operates the ACT Community Action Grants program.
- Runabout - Paratransit Bus Service - 29 Buses, Paratransit for elderly/disabled. 36,000 riders/yr.
Fixed Route - 94 buses with about 300 full/part time employees MCT Fixed Route System Map PDF Map
MCT Trails WEB
- Constructs and maintains trails/Bikeway (often from former railroads)
- Description: 135 miles of scenic Madison County bikeways developed and maintained by MCT. The MCT Trails system is a series of interconnected separated Class One bikeways that traverse a variety of natural landscapes and connect to neighborhoods, schools, parks, colleges, commercial areas and other destinations.
- Bike and Bus: MCT buses are equipped with bike racks, providing a seamless trip from bike to bus. MCT carries an average of 1,700 “bike and bus” riders each month.
- Funding: MCT has secured more than $20 million in federal and state grants to implement an ongoing construction and development program designed to create and support alternative modes of transportation.
- Background: In the early 1990s, MCT initiated its “rails to trails” program with the goal of preserving urban rail corridors for future light rail possibilities and interim trail use. MCT is one of the only transit systems in the country that has an integrated transportation system which links its own bikeways with its existing bus system.
Ridefinders
- Operates as a free public service for employers and commuters working in St. Louis City and St. Louis, St. Charles, Jefferson and Franklin Counties in Missouri; and Madison, St. Clair and Monroe Counties in Illinois through federal grant funding from the United States Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration.
Transit Centers
- Some transit centers have buses that connect with the St Clair County Transit District Buses, operated by Metro/Bi-State. These buses connect to the St Clair County Transit stations, the MetroLink light rail system and the Civic Center station in St Louis, across from the Enterprise Center.
Alton Station WEB
- Amtrak, MCT Bus Station, Short-term Parking
Collinsville Station
Edwardsville Station
Glen Carbon Park and Ride
Granite City Station
Liberty & Chain of Rocks Stations
SIUE Station
Wood River Station
EMS Agencies
- For area Med-Evac helicopters, see the next category below
Local Government bases agencies are listed under their municipal listings.
- Alton served by Alton Fire/EMS, Alton Memorial EMS, Lakeside EMS (formerly LifeStar Alton Division)
- Bethalto/Cottage Hills/Meadowbrook/Rosewood Heights served by Alton Memorial Hospital EMS
- Collinsville served by Collinsville Fire/EMS
- Edwardsville served by Edwardsville Fire/EMS
- Glen Carbon served by Glen Carbon FPD/EMS
- Godfrey served by Alton Memorial EMS and Lakeside EMS (formerly LifeStar Alton Division)
- Granite City served by Granite City Fire/EMS
- Highland served by Highland FPD/EMS (with backup by Hamel, or Rural Med)
- Maryville served by Maryville FPD/EMS
- Mitchell/Pontoon Beach served by Rural Med EMS (as of 4/23)
- Troy served by Troy FPD/EMS
- Wood River (PSAP Agencies: WR, East Alton, Roxana, S Roxana, Hartford) served by Survival Flight Ground EMS, Alton Memorial EMS
See ARCH Helicopter for more information
- Northern Madison County is served by Alton Memorial Hospital EMS (See below)
- North-Eastern Madison County served by Staunton Ambulance Service (of Macoupin County)
- Central and Southern Madison County has local services; and AMR Abbott EMS provides response to skilled nursing facilities.
Alton Memorial Hospital EMS System WEB
- Serves most of northern Madison County
- Serves Brighton Fire District in Macoupin County. May provide back-up to the Bunker Hill FPD areas.
- May respond to Elsah or other areas of Jersey County, if a unit is available
AMR Abbott EMS - Belleville
Provides primary 911 EMS to State Park FPD (which extends into I-55/70, I-255 Collinsville area), Venice and Brooklyn; Provides Interfacility transfers for some nursing homes, Anderson Hospital and Gateway Regional Medical Center in addition to St Clair County hospitals and nursing homes.
Belleville Repeater on 462.95 467.95 192.8 PL for 911 tone-outs and backup communications to CAD/LOGIS dispatching.
| Frequency |
Input |
License | Type | Tone | Alpha Tag | Description | Mode | Tag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 462.97500 | 467.97500 | KMK409 | RM | 192.8 PL | Abbott EMS MO | EMS: Missouri Ops - Back-Up [MED-10] | FMN | EMS Dispatch |
Eastern Madison County Ambulance District (EMCAD)
- unit 2742 - On December 1, 2024, a newly stocked ambulance with a fully-staffed crew began rolling 24 hours a day and 7 days a week to provide Advanced Life Support emergency services to the residents of the Grantfork, Highland-Pierron, Marine, St. Jacob, and St. Rose Fire Protection Districts. This is a pivotal point for the efforts of many, a point that has been reached after two years of strategic and financial planning amongst all the districts involved. With the help of Hamel Fire Protection District, who have made this step towards an independent ambulance district even possible, the ambulance will continue serving the districts from the Highland-Pierron Fire Department firehouse on Iberg Road. We offer great appreciation to RuralMed EMS for serving our residents with exceptional care during this transition; it has been a pleasure for our first responders to work alongside their crews. While the new ambulance is officially named “Hamel 2742” as an extension of Hamel Fire Protection District, it will also be known as “EMCAD” as we move towards the end-goal of an ambulance district—Eastern Madison County Ambulance District. The six full-time crew members were chosen amongst dozens of applications and each personifies skill, compassion, teamwork, and dedication. We are excited to see this service become an integral part of the communities that it serves, not only in its primary response districts but as a mutual aid service as well.
Highland EMS
3/24 - Highland EMS will no longer be serving St Jacob, Marine, Highland-Pierron and Grantfork Fire Protection Districts, which will now be served by Alhambra-Hamel EMS, stationed out of Highland-Pierron. St Rose FPD will be served by Highland through 2024, but may opt to join another provider.
Lakeside EMS
- Based out of Effingham
- 3/1/23 - Has taken over for LifeStar Alton Division, serving the west side of Alton and Godfrey for 911 contracts.
- 7/23 - Back in service after being out for 2 months. Lifestar DMR VHF appear to be in use, at least transmitting data LINK
LifeStar Ambulance - Alton Division WEB
- NO LONGER IN SERVICE March 1, 2023 ARTICLE
11/17 - Began using Encrypted VHF DMR System
- TG 1000 SL1 RIDs: 17, 20, 24, 26, 27, 49, 100
- TG 1000 SL2 RIDs: 27, 101
- 152.33750 157.59750 WQZI495 RM [Former] EMS: Dispatch DMR
- 152.33750 157.59750 WQZI495 RM [Former] SRA Medicar: Dispatch DMR
- 152.33750 157.59750 WQZI495 RM [Former] EMS: Dispatch DMR
Mobile Extenders on 155.3925 WROC956
MedStar Ambulance (based out of Sparta)
- Provides primary 911 response to Madison City, back-up Ambulance Service to southern Madison County as needed
- Uses STARCOM21 for all communications (including Patient Reports)
- All information has been moved to EMS Agencies (Area Wide)
| Site | Name | Freqs | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 (1) | Madison Co Simulcast | 851.350000 | 851.875000c | 852.137500c | 852.300000c | 852.537500 | 852.775000 | 853.087500 | 853.662500 |
| DEC | HEX | Mode | Alpha Tag | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7252 | 1c54 | D | MedStarMutualAid | EMS: Mutual Aid |
| 8906 | 22ca | D | MedStar 8906 | EMS: Operations |
| 8907 | 22cb | D | MedStar 8907 | EMS: Operations |
| 8908 | 22cc | D | MedStar 8908 | EMS: Operations |
| 8909 | 22cd | D | MedStar 8909 | EMS: Operations |
| 8910 | 22ce | D | MedStar 8910 | EMS: Operations |
| 8911 | 22cf | D | MedStar 8911 | Operations / Events |
| 8912 | 22d0 | D | MedStar BMHE PR | Patient Reports-to-Belleville Memorial East |
| 8913 | 22d1 | D | MedStar BMH PR | Patient Reports-to-Belleville Memorial |
| 8914 | 22d2 | D | MedStar SEH PR | Patient Reports-to-St Elizabeths (O'Fallon) |
| 8915 | 22d3 | D | MedStar 8915 | EMS: Operations |
| 8916 | 22d4 | T | MedStar St Clair | EMS: Dispatch - St Clair County |
| 8917 | 22d5 | D | MedStar Randolph | EMS: Dispatch - Randolph County |
| 8918 | 22d6 | D | MedStar Clinton | EMS: Dispatch - Clinton County |
| 8919 | 22d7 | D | MedStar CarToCar | EMS: Car-to-Car |
| 8920 | 22d8 | D | MedStar Event 1 | Event 1 |
| 8921 | 22d9 | D | MedStar Event 2 | Event 2 |
| 8922 | 22da | D | MedStar Ops Enc | EMS: Operations |
| 8923 | 22db | D | MedStar Emerg | EMS: Emergency |
| 8924 | 22dc | D | MedStar TRH PR | Patient Reports-to-Touchette Regional |
Rural Med EMS - Metro East WEB FB
- As of 4/1/23 serving Long Lake PFD (Pontoon Beach) and Mitchell FPD for Primary 911 response; began service in 2016 with HQ in St Elmo
- Using Motorola radios that use the cellular network/wi-fi. Has access to local VHF and STARCOM21.
3/24 - Highland EMS will no longer be serving St Jacob, Marine, Highland-Pierron and Grantfork Fire Protection Districts, St Rose FPD will be served by Highland through 2024, but may opt to join another provider. As if 5/1/24, the 5 districts will initially contract for 6 months with RuralMed EMS while the Fire Districts establish a new Ambulance District
A staffed ALS (Advanced Life Support) ambulance will be stationed at the Highland-Pierron firehouse on Iberg Road in Highland. This centralized location will minimize any changes in response times from what residents of each district currently receive. When that ambulance is dispatched, ambulances will begin moving into the area as available from other locations in the area, including Mitchell, Pontoon Beach, or Bond County. RuralMed EMS has an ALS quick response vehicle at their transfer base in Swansea that can provide all life saving services except transportation to a hospital as well as four trucks that can be dispatched as command centers for major catastrophe
The city of Highland has laid off EMS staff due to losing money in the past years, by poor Medicaid/Medicare reimbursements. After the cuts and district losses, Highland EMS estimates they will run about 3 EMS calls a day, although the firefighter's union says about 6.4 calls per day. EMS had 16 full time positions, with 3 unfilled. Another 5 will be laid off, leaving leaving 8 full time personnel. See Time Tribune Article
Alton Memorial Hospital / AMH EMS [WEB] [ FB]
- See the Hospitals page for that information
- Serves Alton, Godfrey and most of northern Madison County as primary EMS service.
- AMH has nine ALS units (5 day, 4 night) serving the River Bend area (6 active, 3 backup/special events). Provides primary EMS services to Alton, Godfrey, Fosterburg, Dorsey, Midway, Moro, Holiday Shores, Bethalto, East Alton, Wood River, Hartford, Roxana, South Roxana in Madison County and to Brighton Fire District in Macoupin/Jersey Counties.
- AMH is the resource hospital for 16 area Fire Departments, St. Louis Regional Airport and Conoco-Phillips
| Frequency |
Input |
License | Type | Tone | Alpha Tag | Description | Mode | Tag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 464.87500 | WNRD929 | BM | 173.8 PL | AMH Ops | Maintenance / Security / Admin | FMN | Business | |
| 464.42500 | WNRD929 | BM | 156.7 PL | AMH Maint | Maintenance | FMN | Business | |
| 464.47500 | 469.47500 | WQJE384 | RM | 143 DPL | AMH SecMaint | Security / Maintenance / EMS (Barnes Central) <b>[Expired 8/18; in use 11/23] |
FMN | Business |
| 462.75000 | WQFX930 | B | AMH Paging | In-House Paging System | FMN | Business | ||
| 451.50000 | 456.50000 | WQJE384 | RM | 91.5 PL | AMH Ops ENC | Patient Transportation (ENC Data?) [Expired 8/18] | FMN | Business |
| 452.71250 | 457.71250 | WQJE384 | RM | 071 DPL | AMH 4527125 | Patient Transportation / Security/Admin [Expired 8/18] | FMN | Business |
| 452.11250 | 457.11250 | WQJE384 | RM | 114.8 PL | AMH 4521125 | Patient Transportation / Security/Admin [Expired 8/18] | FMN | Business |
Staunton Area Ambulance Service (SAAS EMS) WEB FB
- Serves FPDs of Staunton, New Douglas, Olive, Worden (including Livingston, Williamson) ; See Macoupin County Database page WIKI
- Dispatched by Macoupin County 911 on 154.7475 D131 and has local comms on 154.025 D703
| 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 |
Survival Flight Ground EMS WEB EMS FB EMS WEB
- Provides emergent and non-emergent patient transportation via ground and air transport and now is partnered with OSF Saint Anthony's Health Center in Alton News
- Recently opened a new ground transportation base facility in Wood River at 230 N. Old Saint Louis Road.
- 11/11/24 - New base located at the former Roxana Fire Station on W 3rd St. 2 rigs, and office, kitchen and sleeping quarters. See Article
- 155.16 Base/Mobiles, 155.34 mobiles, 155.4 mobiles, 453.5625 50W Repeater (NFM only) WSAG277
- Units: 353 or 35-3,
- Was originally supposed to open a base in Godfrey, at the original fire station 1, but the village turned that down.
Laughlin Ambulance Service - LAS (Troy)
- As of Mar 1, 2013, emergency contracts with Troy and Marine have been cancelled. No longer in service.
- No Longer Providing Service to Troy/Marine Fire 3/22/13
- Formerly: Serves Troy, backup to Highland/Glen Carbon/Edwardsville/Maryville areas.
- Formerly: 4-ADAM-54 (heard on SC21 with Troy Fire units)
- 155.295 KNJX363 BM 203.5 PL EMS: Dispatch (DB: Troy PD/Highland) FMN Deprecated
155.22 M 203.5 PL EMS: Unit-to-Unit FMN Deprecated
MedEvac / Medical Helicopters
Air Evac Lifeteam #156 (GMR)WEB FB
- Maryville Base at Anderson Hospital
Air Methods
ARCH Air Medical Granite City Base FB Air Methods Web
- ARCH Helicopter, located in Granite City (ARCH1) uses 461.525 192.8 PL
HSHS Rescue Flight (Rescue 1) WEB [ FB]
- Located St Joseph's Hospital in Highland, also uses uses 461.525 192.8 PL and Shelby County Repeater
HSHS Rescue Flight is an advanced critical care air medical service owned and operated by Air Methods and is a part of the ARCH Air Medical program. Our home base is at HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital Highland, providing time-saving high-level medical and trauma care to surrounding communities. Rescue One’s highly trained flight crew consists of a pilot, flight nurse, and a flight paramedic
Survival Flight 5 (Jerseyville) WEB FB
- See Jersey County
- For Ground EMS, see EMS above
Hospitals
Municipalities and Districts
Schools/Colleges
Federal Government
US Marshals - East St. Louis
- Units heard: 2500, 2516 (Note: these freqs are NOT heard on a daily basis, just seems to be with they happen to be in the area)
Miscellaneous
- 167.3125 TG 1, RIDs: 3472057, 3422013
- 167.3125 TG 1, RIDs: 3472057, 3472046, 3472089, 3472006, 3472659
OCDETF - Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces
Railroads in the Area
- Coming soon
Abbreviations / Codes used in the area
- UTL - Unable to Locate (heard by Sheriff, Wood River Police)