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METCOM

Operates 13 county-wide radio communications networks which support public safety communications for member police and fire agencies. Test page Saturday 10am for Cooksville, Dale Township, Danvers, Downs, Ellsworth, Farmer City, Gridley, Heyworth, Hutson, Leroy, Lexington, McLean, Roanaoke, Saybrook, Stanford, Towanda

Remote Links for paging from 911 to 156.12 Remote Towers - Agencies heard Bloomington Tower - West - 91.5 - McLean County Fire Investigation Team #2, McLean Fire, 3N22 Heyworth EMS, Hudson Fire, 3N60, Downs Tower - South - 82.5 - McLean County Fire Investigation Team #2, Arrowsmith Tower - South East - 67.0 - McLean Co EMA Search Team, McLean County Fire Investigation Team #2, Colfax Ambulance, Colfax Fire, St.... Arrowsmith, Bellflower Fire, Cooksville Fire, Cropsey Fire Lexington Tower (North) - 74.4 - Lexington Fire, McLean County Fire Investigation Team #2, 3N28 EMS

  • 854.175R/809.175 with 100 FX1 - Possible Back-up to SC21 (Issued 11/24) WQCX408 License also has 800 MHz Interop frequencies (Repeaters)
  • Most Fire/EMS agencies are paged on 156.21 and response/dispatch is on 154.19

McLean County EMS System

  • Was 155.22 Base/Mobile - deleted 9/13, add 458.2125 - 8-25W Mobiles (NFM) WNBH314

Outdoor Warning Siren System

  • 856.4875 appears to be like an LTR Passport type system, blips every 10 seconds; CW-ID heard; 811.4875 is CSQ data bursts. (52 FX1s, 3-3W mobiles)

METCOM: Law Enforcement

Police dispatched on STARCOM21 TG 30358 by METCOM: Unit #'s = "City" + "#" Chenoa, Colfax, Danvers, Downs, Ellsworth, Gridley, Hudson, Heyworth, Leroy, Lexington (Unit #'s are "LX-#", McLean village (Unit #'s are "MC-#), Stanford, Village of Towanda is patrolled by the Sheriff and Hudson Police. The police frequencies listed for each Village are alternates, former dispatch, or car-car. McLean County Sheriff (covers all other municipalities and unincorporated areas)

453.575/458.575 (PL 103.5) This is a old countywide frequency used in the old days for various county depts ie - coroner, health dept, sheriff dept backup channel etc has now been turned over to our county facility management dept and used by them in the various county buildings here in Bloomington this also used as a countywide disaster channel with our 2 hospitals. it has been renamed sheriff citywide channel.

453.3375 103.5 repeater, still heard in use in downtown area, sounded like Jail, only license still for Bloomington Parks (4/15)

  • 453.17500 458.17500 KVC886 BM 103.5 PL McL Old 3 McLean County - Pagers (NO LONGER USED) FM Deprecated
  • 458.17500 WNHF321 M 103.5 PL McL Old 4 Law and Justice Center (NO LONGER USED) FM Deprecated

McLean County Emergency Management Agency (EMA)

  • 453.675R used by Damage Assessment units after storm ("David-Adam units/unit IDs: 900s) (also used 453.7R)
  • 453.8625 156.7 PL - UTAC-3 used as EMA Ops Team Simplex
  • 453.575 25W Base; 458.2, 458.575, 458.7 25W 25W FX1s KNJC767 License cancelled by agency 5/24
  • 453.575 458.575 KNJC767 RM 103.5 PL McL LJC Maintnce Law and Justice Center: Maintenance [Cancelled 5/24] FMN (Left in system until confirmed not in use)
  • 453.575 458.575 KNJC767 RM 103.5 PL McLn County-Wide ESDA (also used by Building Services) [Cancelled 5/24] FMN

McLean County Highway Department

  • 151.01R 141.3 still in use (2/13)

Municipalities and Districts

Townships

  • 151.13 D051, possible repeater, heard south of Bloomington, possibly roads (11/13)
  • Arrowsmith Township: Base/Mobile (NFM) WQRK897
  • Chenoa Township: 155.5725 Base with 6-50W /Mobiles (NFM) for roads WSEC596 WQQK344 Expired
  • Danvers Township: 155.7 Repeater with 150.805 input (NFM for Highway Maintenance) (123.0 is Douglas County) WQII683
  • Lexington Township: 460.4125 Repeater (NFM/NXDN) WQUD941
  • Martin Township: 154.71 8-50W (NFM at Colfax) [179.9 PL hit Gibson City 4/23/15] WQQU260
  • Randolph Township: 453.3 - 71.9 PL, Repeater? heard in the Le Roy area, north towards Bloomington (10/13)
  • Yates Township?: 151.3025 6-50W for Roads and Bridges WQMP631

Anchor

Anchor Fire/Octavia Fire

Arrowsmith

Bellflower

Bellflower Fire

Bloomington

Bloomington Parks Department

  • 453.625 R Prairie Vista Golf Course, 453.3375 R Operations WQHD838
  • 453.3375 Repeater?, 100.0 heard in use in area, could not confirm actual use or area of use (7/13)
  • 453.3375 Repeater, 131.8, heard just south of BMI (6/14)
  • 453.85 Repeater, 77.0, heard in Farmer City (11/14)

Bloomington Township Fire Protection District

  • Serves outside the limits of Bloomington City Fire Department
  • 458.3875 Mobile Extenders KDD349

Connect Transit Website Route Map/Schedule

  • Operated by Bloomington-Normal Public Transit System

Carlock

Carlock Fire

  • Paged/Tone-Out on 156.21, dispatch on STARCOM
  • - Mobile Extenders on 453.7875, 453.7875, 457.0375 (NFM) KSO911

Chenoa

Chenoa Police

  • 911 documentation shows 859.4875 in use for Radio/MDT (not in database, but is a 'GE' license for Bloomington)

Chenoa Fire

Colfax

Colfax Police

  • Dispatched on STARCOM21

Colfax Fire/Octavia Fire

Cooksville

Cooksville Fire

Cropsey

Cropsey Fire

  • Also uses 'EDISPATCH'

Dale Township (Covell/Shirley)

Dale Township Fire Department

  • Paged on 156.21, but follow-up dispatch on STARCOM21
  • 159.135, 453.2375, 453.05 Mobile Extenders to 154.19 BM (Shirley, Bloomington) EXPIRED 2021 WNJF516
  • 159.135 D306 heard in use in Leroy (also tone for Leroy local repeater) (5/13)
  • 154.19 Base/Mobile, 154.265 Base/Mobile; 159.165 Repeater with 155.58 input; 453.05/453.2375 2.5wt/173.2875 2W Mobile Extenders (NFM) 2/23 Issue WRWX643

Danvers

Danvers Police

  • Police dispatched by METCOM on STARCOM21 TRS talkgroup 30358 (911 documentation shows 856.7625 and 859.4875)

Danvers Community Fire Protection District

  • Mobiles Extenders on 453.5, 458.5, 460.0625, 465.0625 (NFM) {{Callsign|KNIF947))

Downs

Downs Community Fire Protection District

  • 453.9625 Mobile Extenders (NFM) (current 155.34 mobiles) WQIJ724

Ellsworth

Ellsworth Fire

Gridley

Gridley Fire Protection District

  • 151.415 Repeater with 156.0975 (NFM/P25) WQUX442
  • 8/24 add 153.925 Mobile Extenders 2W (NFM)

Gridley EMS

  • Paged on 156.21, Response on 154.19. Secondary paging on 154.815

Heyworth / Randolph Township

Heyworth Police

  • Police dispatched by METCOM on STARCOM21 - Talkgroup 30358 (911 documentation shows 858.4875 with secondary of 155.815/not a valid frequency)
  • Fire/EMS provided by

Randolph Township Fire Protection District

  • Paged on 156.21, response on 156.21 or STARCOM21

Hudson

Hudson Police

  • Dispatched on STARCOM21 (911 documentation shows 859.4875)

Hudson Fire

Le Roy (City)

  • 451.2375 1600 Fixed Temporary for Water Data WRR914

Leroy Police

  • Dispatched on STARCOM21 (911 documentation shows 858.4875 with secondary of 154.815)

Leroy Community Fire Protection District

  • 154.19 Base/Mobile, Mobile Extenders on 159.27 (NFM) WRBP968

Leroy Ambulance (LEAS) [Web FB

  • Serves Leroy, Anchor, Colfax, Cooksville; since 1977; units 3N33, 3N34, 3N39, 3N39 and 3N??
  • 155.085 Repeater/153.785 94.8 PL Leroy EMS: Dispatch KSA572 [Expired 2/22] added 173.2875 Mobile Extenders
  • 155.085 Repeater with 153.785 input for EMS Dispatch; 173.2875 5-2W mobile extenders (all NFM/P25/NXDN); Issued 12/23 WSAP670

Lexington

  • 453.2875 Repeater (NFM/NXDN) for city ops (new 5/14) WQUD203

Lexington Police

  • Dispatched on STARCOM21 (911 documentation shows 860.4875)

Lexington Ambulance Association

  • Uses county frequencies for dispatch / ops

Lexington Community Fire Protection District Website

  • also 159.36 Base/Mobile (NFM) (**159.36 apparently never added to license; hit on 141.3 in Heyworth 4/23/15) KAZ439
    • 159.36 finally added to the license 2/24
  • also Mobile Extenders on 158,.9625 (added 12/21) KAZ439

McLean (City)

  • 153.860 KNFR854 BM CSQ McLean (city) EMA: ESDA [Expired 4/02] FMN Deprecated 5/23/24

McLean (city) Police

  • Dispatched on STARCOM21

Mount Hope-Funks Grove Fire Protection District/EMS (McLean)

  • Paged on 156.21, response on 154.19 and STARCOM21

Normal

Normal Police

  • Units Numbers are ### (usually last 3 digits of badge #) "NL1" is Normal Police front-desk radio identifier
  • Uses Starcom21 TRS for their primary radio communications since 2/21/06. There is currently no activity on 460.025 or 453.950. NPD Beat Map

Normal Fire / EMS Website Units

  • Dispatch and responses on Starcom21 TG 30372. 153.830 (69.3) (911 documentation shows pager frequency of 860.4875)
  • Fireground Red is used for fireground communications during responses.
  • Unit ID's are in the "10s". Serves 60,000 people with 3 stations and 60 Full Time fire-fighters.

Normal Public Works

  • Maintenance, Public Works, Parks and Rec, Water, and Facilities Management switched from Nextel to Verizon PTT in 2013.

Octivia Fire District

  • Serves Cooksville, Colfax, Anchor and Cropsey (also see EMCAA)

Saybrook

Saybrook/Arrowsmith Fire

Stanford (Village)

Stanford Police

  • Dispatched on STARCOM21 (911 documentation shows 859.4875 with secondary of 154.815)
  • 155.700 WNMF611 BM CSQ Stanford ESDA Stanford ESDA [Expired 8/03] FMN Deprecated from DB 5/23/23

Allin Township Fire/EMS Actual VHF radio layout:

154.7925 156.1575 WQEG510 RM 131.8 PL Stnf Police Police: Dispatch / ESDA [NEW Repeater 1/06] [F-1] FMN Law Dispatch
154.7925 WQEG510 M 131.8 PL Stnf PD T/A PD/ESDA Talk-Around [F-2] FM Law Tac
154.1900 M 173.8 PL METCOM Fire {Link to} Fire/EMS: Countywide Dispatch (METCOM) [F-3] FM Multi-Dispatch
154.8150 159.0300 RM 173.8 PL METC EMS Dsp EMS: Countywide Dispatch (METCOM) [F-4] FM EMS Dispatch
154.2350 M CSQ METC FD FG-S Fireground: South County Rural [F-5] FM Fire-Tac
155.0550 M CSQ I-REACH Statewide Interagency Mutual Aid [F-6] FM Interop
154.2650 WPIV287 M 210.7 PL IFERN Fire: Statewide Mutual Aid [F-7] FM Fire-Talk
155.0700 158.9700 WPZQ758 RM 131.8 PL Tazw ESDA-N {Link to} Tazewell Co ESDA Repeater [F-8] FM Emergency Ops
153.8300 WPIV287 M 69.3 PL MABAS Red MABAS Red Fireground [F-9] FM Fire-Talk
154.2800 WPIV287 M 74.4 PL MABAS White MABAS White Fireground [F-10] FM Fire-Talk
154.2950 WPIV287 M 85.4 PL MABAS Blue MABAS Blue Fireground [F-11] FM Fire-Talk
154.2500 WPIV287 M 186.2 PL TazC FD 1862 {Link to} Tazewell County Fire [F-12] FM Fire Dispatch
154.3100 WQEV548 M 103.5 PL Arm Fire/Rsq {Link to} Armington Fire/Rescue [F-13] FM Fire Dispatch
155.0250 M CSQ ESMARN EMA: Statewide Highband [F-14] FM Emergency Ops
155.3400 M 210.7 PL MERCI-1 2107 Ambulance-to-Hospital Comms (Statewide Tone) [F-15] FM Hospital
156.2100 KCW420 M 94.8 PL METC 911 PG METCOM: Countwide Fire/EMS Paging(RX Only) [F-16] FM Fire Dispatch
153.8075 WQEG510 M Stnf PD C2C1 Police: Car-to-Car FMN Law Tac
153.7925 WQEG510 M Stnf PD C2C2 Police: Car-to-Car FMN Law Tac

Towanda

Towanda Fire Protection District

  • Unit #'s are in the "60s" and "600s"
  • 173.3375 50-5W Mobile Extenders (NFM) WRZR818 Issued 12/23

EMS Agencies and Hospitals

Advocate BroMenn Medical Center

Old info prior to the DMR Cap+ System

  • Mobiles on 456.1875, 456.6375, 457.4875, 467.4875 (NFM at Normal) WQPQ747
  • 462.75  Base/Pagers (NFM Data) WQQH623

Codes, Unit Lists, Pager Tones

Terminology

IJIS (pronounced E-jus) - countywide integrated justice information system, a database including information about crimes and criminals in the McLean County area

McLean County EMA personel

EM-## (EM-1 is EMA Director, EM-2 is Deputy Director, etc).
101 Lexington
201 Colfax
301 Leroy
401 Village of McLean
1201 Chenoa
1601 Gridley
2401 Cooksville ESDA
3401 Arrowsmith
3701 Downs?
4301 Heyworth
4501
4601 Stanford
5301 Towanda
5701
7401 Hudson
7601 Danvers
Mac 1, Mac 2, Mac 4, Mac 6 are EMA Operations vehicles. Mac Base is the garage which they are based out of.

Bloomington Police Radio ID's

Adam - Patrol Units
Baker - Secondary/Detailed units
Eagle - Emergency Response/SWAT
Frank - Field Training Officers
Ida - Detectives
K9 - Canine
Lincoln - Lieutenant 
Paul - Proactive Units
Robert - School Resource Officer
Sam - Sergeants
Tom - Traffic
Victor - Vice
Zebra - ?? unknown specialized units
700s - BPD working for the Parks and Rec

Other:
IPS - Intensive Probation Services


Rural Fire Departments Unit IDs

Arrowsmith 180s
Bellflower 160s
Bloomington Twp 50s, 500s
Carlock 110s
Chenoa 80s
Colfax 200s
Dale Twp 140s
Danvers 120s, 1200s
Downs 30s, 300s
Ellsworth 190s
Gridley 90s
Hudson 100s
Lexington 70s
Randolph Twp 40s
Towanda 60s, 600s

Bloomington Fire heard on 154.1600
--Engine 7
--Radar 6?

EMS

  • 3N33, 3N34, 3N39, 3N39 and 3N?? LeRoy Ambulance

Illinois State University

ISU Radio Codes
 106 = ?vehicle unlock
108 - Building checks, unlock building, etc.
110 = Parking tickets, illegally parked vehicle
208 = Meal/break
209 = ?bathroom break
211 - Delivering money from/to bank

ISU PD Terminology

  • "check for affiliation" - see if the subject is a University student

McLean Co EMS Units (Three-Nora)

"3-Nora-xx"

3N11 Clinton Ambulance (DeWitt County)
3N12 Farmer City (DeWitt County)
3N13 Normal Fire Dept.
3N14 Lifeline
3N15 Clinton Ambulance (DeWitt County)
3N16 Bloomington Fire Dept.
3N17 Bloomington Fire Dept.
3N18 Saybrook Ambulance
3N19 Farmer City (DeWitt County)
3N20 Gridley
3N21 Normal Fire Dept.
3N22 Heyworth
3N23 Normal Fire Dept.
3N25 Chenoa
3N26 Lifeline
3N27 Gridley
3N28 Gridley
3N29 Farmer City (DeWitt County)
3N30 Lexington
3N31 Heyworth
3N32 Clinton (DeWitt County)
3N33 Le Roy
3N34 Le Roy Emergency Ambulance Service
3N35 Lifeline

3N36 Le Roy
3N37 Stanford
3N38 Le Roy Emergency Ambulance Service
3N39
3N40 Danvers
3N43 Lifeline
3N44 Colfax
3N48 Lifeline
3N49 Lifeline
3N50 Towanda
3N51 Bloomington Fire
3N53 Bloomington Fire
3N54 Mobile Command Vehicle
3N55 Carlock
3N56 Mobile Command Vehicle
3N60 Downs Ambulance
3N63 Village of McLean Ambulance
3N65 Bloomington Ambulance
3N68 Normal Rescue
3N69 Towanda Ambulance
3N70 Normal Fire "Chase 70"
3N74 Bloomington Township Ambulance
3N80 Dale Township
3N102 Bloomington Ambulance

Starcom21 in McLean County

  • The majority of the talkgroups listed for McLean County will always be carried on Site 229 so if you are in range of that site, it's the best one to monitor. On the rural sites listed below, you will usually hear the McLean County Sheriff Dispatch TG, but Normal PD/FD, Bloomington PD, and ISU PD are generally only heard on Site 229

Starcom21 - Site 229 (Normal) frequencies:

SiteNameFreqs       
029 (1D) Normal852.875000 853.400000c 853.975000 854.287500 856.762500 857.762500c 858.762500 859.762500

Starcom21 - Site 202 (Leroy) frequencies:

SiteNameFreqs    
002 (2) Dawson Lake (LeRoy)851.350000 851.875000c 854.612500a 858.937500 859.937500

Starcom21 - Site 231 (Congerville) frequencies:

SiteNameFreqs      
031 (1F) Congerville851.325000 851.850000c 852.900000a 853.452000 854.037500 858.237500 859.237500

Starcom21 - Site 207 (Pontiac) frequencies:

SiteNameFreqs       
007 (7) Pontiac851.487500 851.962500a 852.325000c 852.850000a 855.712500 856.712500 857.312500 857.712500
    858.712500              

McLean County Starcom21 Talkgroups:

DEC HEX Mode Alpha Tag Description
4025  fb9  D  ISU Police Disp1  Illinois State University Police: Dispatch (Ch 1) 
4026  fba  D  ISU Police Alt 2  Illinois State University Police: Alternate/Events (Ch 2) 
4027  fbb  D  ISU Police Ops 3  Illinois State University Police: Ops 3 
4028  fbc  D  ISU Police Ops 4  Illinois State University Police: Ops 4 
30350  768e  D  McL Law Tac-1  Law Tac-1/Patches 
30351  768f  D  McL Law Tac-2  Law Tac-2/Patches 
30352  7690  D  McL Law Tac-3  Law Tac-3/Patches 
30353  7691  D  McL Law Tac-4  Law Tac-4/Patches (Redbird EMS) 
30354  7692  D  McL Law Tac-5  Law Tac-5/Patches 
30355  7693  D  McL Law Tac-6  Law Tac-6/Patches 
30356  7694  D  McL Law Common  Law Enforcement: Common 
30358  7696  D  McL Shrf/Rur Law  Sheriff / Rural Municipalities Dispatch 
30359  7697  D  McL Sheriff 3  Sheriff: Ops (Ch 3) 
30360  7698  D  McL Sheriff 4  Sheriff: Courthouse Security (Ch 4) 
30361  7699  D  McL Shrf CID  Sheriff: Criminal Investigation Department (CID) 
30362  769a  D  McL Shrf c2c 5  Sheriff: Car-to-Car (Ch 5) 
30365  769d  D  METCOM  METCOM Staff/Admin 
30377  76a9  D  McL Juv Det Cntr  Juvenile Detention Center 

Schools

Bloomington Schools

Bloomington School District 87

  • 10/23 add 200-4W portables on 452.4875, 452.8875, 457.8875 (adding to 464.325 25W Repeater) (DMR/NFM) WPKE365
  • 151.775, 151.835, 151.925, 152.885, 152.975 mobiles for School Ops (DMR/NFM)WQKI719
  • Junior High School: 451.725 Repeater (NFM, DMR) WQKI719

Trinity Lutheran Schools WEB

  • 1102 W Hamilton Road, Bloomington; 462.925 Base/95 pagers, assumed for clocks WRZB539

El Paso-Gridley CUSD #11

  • Buses: 461.275 Repeater at El Paso (Woodford) - confirmed as D364, buses? (heard in Hudson) (10/14) and previously noted as D351 WQSD381

Heyworth Junior/Senior High School

Leroy Schools

  • 156.0825 - 94.8 PL heard in Bloomington (unknown comms 10/14)

Lexington School District 7

  • 461.3875 Repeater (NFM) for Transportation WQYH422

McLean County Unit School District 5 (Normal)

  • 12,500 students, 23 schools, 180 transportation vehicles (buses), multiple SRO (School Resource Officers), 50 Maintenance personnel, large geographic area.
  • Serves the cities of Normal, Carlock, Hudson, Towanda, and areas of Bloomington that are not in the Bloomington PSD 87. Also serves the rural areas around these communities.
  • See STARCOM21 Statewide Illinois - Appears that all schools and administration have talkgroups in use.
  • 7/23 VHF networks repeaters/portables (NXDN) have now been licensed WRDH249 to replace STARCOM21 Paying $54,000 year for SC21

17 Elementary Schools

  • Benjamin Elementary School/Bloomington: 152.3 Repeater with 157.56 input (400-5W portables); 400-5W portables on 157.635 WRDH249
  • Carlock Elementary School: 152.285 Repeater with 157.545 input (400-5W portables) WRDH249
  • Colene House Elementary (Normal): 464.6625 Repeater (NXDN, NFM) WRDH249

4 Junior High Schools

  • George Evans Junior High School-Bloomington - 152.3525 Repeater with 157.6125 input (400-5W portables); 400-5W portables on 152.39, 157.65, 157.665 WRDH249

2 High Schools

  • Normal Community High School: 152.3075 Repeater with 157.5675 input; 152.4275 Repeater with 157.6875 input; 400-5W portables on 152.9225, 153.065 DELETE 1-464.6625 40W Repeater
  • Normal Community West High School: 152.3225 Repeater with 157.5825 input (400-5W portables); 400-5W portables on 152.3975, 157.6575, 152.3825, 152.285 WRDH249

1 vocational training site

  •  ???

156 buses approved by the Illinois Department of Transportation

  • 155.235 Repeater with 153.74 mobiles 432 DPL School Buses (Ch 1/Ch 2) FMN KNDS656
  • Unit 5 Transportation Facility/Normal: 153.6875 Repeater with 158.145 input (400-50W, 20-5W); 152.3375 Repeater with unknown input (not listed on license) WRDH249


Regional Alternative School

  • 408 W Washington-Bloomington
  • 20-5W portables on 155.0025, 159.0675 (NFM/DMR) [hit on 123,0 near Gibson City 4/23/15) WQUV459

Stanford-Olympia School District

  • 451.3, 452.8 Fixed, Remote Links NFM [1]

Olympia School District 16

  • Stanford 155.265 Base, 159.3975 Repeater, 151.3825 Repeater
  • Danvers, 155.265 Repeater; Atlanta LOGAN: 155.265 Repeater with 159.45 input (NFM) KYT939

Colleges and Universities

Heartland Community College (Normal) WEB FB

  • 1500 W Raab Rd; GPS Clock System - 72.4, 72.16, 72.1, 72.34, 72.22, 72.12, 72.3, 72.24, 72.1 WPWV289

Illinois State University

Public Safety

  • 10/06 -- Police now using STARCOM21 talkgroups 4025, 4026 (possibly 4027, 4028) (Police can use on NPD TG 30366) ISU PD units are in the "100's" series.
  • Not dispatched by METCOM. Post is "Illinois". ISU PD dispatch center now monitors Normal FD and Normal PD on Starcom21 Fire response is from Normal Fire Station #2 604 N Adelaide St.
  • Prior to Starcom21, ISU Police used 453.9 103.5 PL

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