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McDonough County Government

ETSB/911

  • 911 Consolidation - As of April 04, 2017, all 911 calls for Schuyler County, IL will go to McDonough County (Macomb), IL, which will also facilitate countywide dispatch operations for Schuyler County too. At this time, it is unclear if any frequency changes will be part of the migration: News Link Additional Info
  • 158.9025 FX1 is used to dispatch Schuyler County on 155.82 (2017) KSJ274
  • 467.95 FX1 is used to dispatch Sara Culbertson Hospital in Schuler County (2017) KNDV808 assumed for EMS Dispatch

Fire/EMS (some info may be old)

  • Fire/Rescue pager tests daily at 1730. (Listen to 452.2) and/or home frequency.
  • 154.07 is home group paging channel. EMS also toned out
  • Macomb Fire dispatch is on 151.265 411 DPL (Paging still on 154.07 and simulcast onto 151.265.)
  • 452.2 is the Fire patch channel for the deputies and City Police as well as Ops to monitor on their portables.

McDonough County Sheriff Facebook

  • ISP Troopers and other nearby agencies are routinely using the McDonough County Sheriff's analog (back up) repeater to contact the sheriff for mutual aid ops and also jail prisoner transfer traffic.
  • 460.2875/465.2875 - possible Mobile Extender to 154.755/155.97 KD45054
  • 5/13 add 453.15 Base/Mobile at Courthouse (NFM) ?? - Sheriff has Dive Operations Functional Group.
  • Former - 155.64 151.175 RM 624 DPL Sheriff: Dispatch - Secondary FMN WQFK649
  • OLD - All Sheriff portables operate on UHF. Different PLs are used on 453.15 to the extenders in squad cars.
  • 453.15 F 023 DPL McD Shrf MXC Sheriff: Mobile Extenders KA59257
  • 453.15 F 103.5 PL McD Shrf MXB Sheriff: Mobile Extenders to 154.755
  • 453.15 F 206.5 PL McD Shrf MXA Sheriff: Mobile Extenders
  • 458.15 M 167.9 PL McD Shrf MXF Sheriff: Mobile Extenders
  • 458.15 M 265 DPL McD Shrf MXG Sheriff: Mobile Extenders
  • 458.15 M CSQ McD Shrf MXD Sheriff: Mobile Extenders (Carrier / Beeps)
  • 460.25 BM 210.7 PL McD Shrf MXE Sheriff: Mobile Extenders to 154.755 WQCR623

Sheriff NXDN Radio IDs

  • 1086 Central Dispatcher
  • 1135 MC-13 (sheriff unit)

Highway / Government

McD.... Rehabilitation Center (tall antenna at location)

  • 463.625 468.625 WNEA258 RM 131.8 PL Patient Transportation (Macomb) [Canc. 3/16] FMN
  • 464.325 WNEA258 BM Rehabilitation Center: Ops (Macomb) [Canc. 3/16] FMN
  • Now Bridgeway Psych/Drug Rehab Center

Municipalities and Districts

Adair (Unincorporated)

New Salem Fire Protection District


Bardolph (Village)


Blandinsville (Village)

  • 154.725 151.355 WQHJ947 RM 411 DPL Police: Backup to UHF [Expired 11/17] FMN Law Tac
  • 158.760 KNIV562 BM Water Department (123.0?)

Blandinsville-Hire Fire Protection District (Hire Township???)

  • 154.385 WNFG727 BM 127.3 PL Bland Fire Local Fire: Dispatch / Local FMN

Bushnell (City)

  • 156.21 Repeater with 154.89 input WPUD292

Bushnell Fire Protection District Facebook


Colchester (City)

  • 155.1 BM Colch PoliceOld2 Police [Expired 8/13] WPMI577

Colchester Fire Protection District Facebook

  • Serves 50 sq miles primary (and 600 sq miles secondary)
  • 159.1875 Mobile Extenders (NFM) KFR462

Good Hope (Village)

Good Hope-Sciota Fire Protection District Facebook


Industry (Village)

Industry Fire Facebook


Macomb (City/County Seat)

  • 956.44375 for 12K Meter Data WPND548

Macomb/WIU Public Safety DMR usage notes

  • 2000 Macomb Police Dispatch 453.2500 TIME SLOT 1
  • 2001 Secondary Ops 460.1875 TIME SLOT 1
  • 2002 Unknown-Pending further investigation, exits but what purpose is unknown
  • 2003 Unknown-Pending further investigation, exist but what purpose is unknown
  • 2004 WIU OPS Dispatch 460.1875 TIME SLOT 1
  • 2005 WEMS Dispatch 460.1875 TIME SLOT 2
  • 2006 Unknown-Testing on 453.250 TS2 5/10/17, some encryption
  • 2009 Sheriff Dispatch w/ Bushnell, Colchester Police 453.4375 TS 1

Ops and City Police can be on each others channels, however the mou/i is to coordinate activities through dispatch. Sheriffs office has access to TRBO as well as they advised they copy direct.

Macomb NXDN Radio IDs'

  • 1013 = HAMILTON
  • 1022
  • 1024 = JOHNSON,C
  • 1039
  • 1047,
  • 1072 = CAR 2
  • 1086
  • 2002 = .....ON,B
  • 2026 = HUM V
  • 10000 = CONTROL

Macomb Fire Facebook 1 Facebook 2

  • Established 1884

Emmet-Chalmers (Township) Fire Protection District Website Facebook

  • Serves the area west of Macomb near the Interstate
  • New 2/23 - 151.07 Repeater with 158.9025 input at Macomb KMK743
  • 154.25000 BM 100.0 PL Fire: Group 1 Dispatch - Industry, Adair, Littleton, ECFPD, New Salem Fire [Ch ] KMK743
  • 154.07000 M 100.0 PL Fire: Group 2 Dispatch - Bushnell, Macomb, Colchester, Prairie City Fire [Ch 2]
  • 154.38500 M 127.3 PL {Link to} Blandinsviille Fire [Ch 3]
  • 153.77000 M 100.0 PL {Link to} Good Hope-Sciota Fire [Ch 4] KQW544
  • 155.34000 M 100.0 PL Ambulance-to-Hospital Comms [Ch 5]
  • 155.05500 M CSQ Statewide Interagency Mutual Aid [Ch 6]
  • 154.75500 M 136.5 PL {Link to} McDonough Sheriff [OLD] (RX Only) [Ch 7]
  • 147.06000 147.76000 RM CSQ {Link to} Macomb Amateur Radio Repeater [Ch 8]
  • 154.26500 M IFERN Fire: Statewide Mutual Aid/Training [Ch 9]
  • 159.04500 BM CSQ Fire: Mobile Extenders (Ch. 2) (to 154.25) [Ch 10] KMK743

Prairie City (Village)

  • 458.25 Fixed for Water Plant/Towers WREB862}

Tri-County Fire Protection District

EMS Agencies and Hospitals

McDonough District Hospital (MDH) (Macomb) Facebook

By direction of OSF St Francis out of Peoria, IL)

  • EMS Units: 1W11, 1W12, 1W13, 1W17
  • EMS Ambulance service was transitioned to private company, Midwest Medical Transport in 2017.
  • License for 72 MHz Wireless Clocks WQET463
  • Serves as the base hospital for the MDH EMS System, with 185 EMTs/Paramedics.

AMR Lifeguard EMS (Macomb) Facebook

  • Radio dispatched thru the local 911 system.
  • Background dispatch by AMR St Louis Communications Center via Logis cellular device/CAD system. (as of 12/23)

Air-Evac Lifeteam 144

  • Webpage Facebook
  • Located south of the Hospital in Macomb. Licensed for 154.505 Repeater (159.765 in), but often use 151.505 or 158.4 WRAK222

Law Enforcement Unit Numbers

  • MC# - McDonough County Sheriff (MC-1 Sheriff, MC2-19 Deputies)
  • BV# - Blandinsville Police
  • CO# - Colchester Police
  • 14-# - State Police units. ISP troopers have direct access to MCSO frequencies

EMS Unit Numbers

AMR Lifeguard EMS

  • 411 - white/red box Ambulance
  • 501 - white/red box Ambulance
  • 551 - white/red box Ambulance
  • 552 - white/red box Ambulance (at Colchester Firehouse?)
  • 553 - white/red box Ambulance
  • 915 - white/red box Ambulance (stationed at Macomb Fire)
  • 2 578 01? EMS unit

Fire Unit Numbers

  • MABAS Division 55

Blandinsville Fire


Bushnell Fire

  • #3 - old whi/blu Ambulance Box M 25 719?
  • #9 - Tender
  • #? - older Chevy/GMC? Brush truck

Colchester Fire Protection District

  • Engine 1 - 2014 Spartan Pumper, 1500gpm, 1000gal, Black/Red
  • Engine 2 - 1992 GMC Pumper, 1250gpm, Cascade/SCBA system
  • Rescue 1 - 2015 Ford/AEV Trauma Hawk - BLS Box - Black/Red (Responds to all medical calls)
  • Squad 1 - 2018 Ford 550 Rescue type truck / Brush Mini-Pumper, 100gpm, 250gal
  • Tanker 1 - 1995 Peterbuilt 377 Tender/Water Truck, 1250gpm, 4000gal
  • Brush 1 - 2004 Chevy 2500 250gal, trailer for Polaris, white
  • UTV - 2007 Polaris Ranger - 50gal
  • Lifeguard EMS 552 unit located at firehouse ?

Emmett-Chalmers Fire Protection District

  • Engine 6 - older International
  • Tender 7
  • Brush 8
  • Engine 10
  • Brush 11
  • Squad 12 - Ford 4dr Pickup M 200 704
  • MABAS Division 55 - Light Trailer/Air Trailer

Good Hope-Sciota Fire Protection District

  • 1 - Engine
  • 5 - Polaris Ranger 4x4 Black Mini Pumper

Industry Fire

  • Chevy TopKick Engine (1980s)
  • #4 Engine - older International

Macomb Fire Department

  • 202 Lieutenant
  • 303 Captain
  • E1 - Engine 1 - E-One
  • E3 - Engine 3 - E-One
  • L1 - Ladder 1 - E-One 1996 100f Aerial
  •  ?? - Rescue 1 - unit Ford
  •  ?? - Chief - Ford Explorer, Red/Black
  •  ??? Quest H6 Engine
  • E25 #22 Old Engine?
  • 1935 International Fire Engine (Parade Vehicle, made in Galesburg IL)

New Salem Fire Protection District

  • Brush - Chevy 3500 ext-cab pickup truck M 177 061

Prairie City Fire


Tri-County Fire Protection District

Schools and Colleges

Beck Bus Transportation

  • 151.5575 DMR CC=1 TG=1 RID=1 (seen on every unit)
  • RID=1 [S-85-1] seen on RID 11/13/17 [License Expired 7/20, unsure if still in business 12/23]

Western Illinois University (Macomb)

WIU Concert Safety Corps use CP200s and are looking into upgrading their radios and possibility of getting a repeater for special events.

  • Police have the ability to monitor McDonough Co. Sheriff, Local Government, Macomb Fire, etc with bordering municipalities in their cars and at their dispatch center.

Go West! (campus bus service) was taken over by First Student services in 5/07. General assumption is that they will remain on the same channel layout the exists already.

  • 460.1875 DMR - Talkgroups: WQUH221
    • 2004 - Security/Police Dispatch [(RIDs 1064 (unit 111), 1045, 1046 (dispatch?), 1039 (unit 101), 1045, 1050, 1064, 1065]
    • 2005 - WEMS (Western EMS) [RIDs 1064, 1068 (unit 88) (on Slot 2)]

Henry Mussatto Golf Course

  • 20-2W portables on 452.3125 (CSQ Data)/457.3125, 462.3125/467.3125 WQRJ940

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