Monroe County (IN)

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Monroe County

Dispatch / Radio Information Central Dispatch: The Sheriff's Department, Bloomington PD, Ellettsville PD, Stinesville PD, IU Health EMS, and all of the county's fire agencies are dispatched by one centralized dispatch center.

All of the police departments in the county are on the Indiana Project Hoosier SAFE-T (P25) TRS. The Sheriff's Department and Ellettsville Police share a talkgroup.

There are three SAFE-T sites in Monroe County:

Site	Name	Freqs
018 (12)	Bloomington	851.250000	851.962500	852.400000	853.450000a	857.487500	858.487500c

Site	Name	Freqs
017 (11)	Hindustan	851.175000	852.175000	852.675000	853.312500	853.587500a	854.462500c

Site	Name	Freqs
063 (3F)	Knight's Ridge	852.862500	853.837500c	858.512500c	858.962500c	859.962500c

154.995 Monroe County Fire Dispatch (CTCSS 131.8)

Monroe County Fire/EMS

Monroe County Miscellaneous

453.400 458.400 WNLR565 BM Monroe County Library [Expired 5/23] FMN Deprecated 11/17/24

Hospitals / EMS

IU Bloomington Hospital Ambulance Service

IU EMS still using VHF for paging, but are simultaneously dispatched on VHF and the fire dispatch talkgroup on SAFE-T. Fire units have finally migrated most of their communications to SAFE-T but occasionally still use their VHF channels.

See EMS units below

Municipalities

Bloomington

460.500 465.500 WPAE673 BM Housing Authority [Expired 8/22] FMN Deprecated 11/17/24
153.500 158.205 WPKD728 RM Water Department [Expired 1/22] FMN Deprecated 11/17/24

Ellettsville

Van Buren Township

Schools

461.175 466.175 WPMA856 RM Monroe County Headstart [Expired 5/23] FMN Deprecated 11/17/24

Monroe County Community School

Formerly Licensed

463.225 468.225 WQTC514 RM Monroe Schls B Operations [Expired 1/14] FMN Deprecated 11/17/24
451.350 456.350 WQTC514 RM MCCS Ops Operations [Expired 1/14] FMN Deprecated 11/17/24
464.100 469.100 WQTC514 RM Monroe Schls C Operations [Expired 1/14] FMN Deprecated 11/17/24
Bloomington North High School - 464.325 WNLY390 M [Expired 6/23] FMN Deprecated 11/17/24
Bloomington South High School - 464.575 WNPQ608 M Expired 6/14] FMN Deprecated 11/17/24
Lakeview Elementary - 451.0375, 452.2375, 453.0, 456.6125, 456.7625 WQSY953 [Expired 12/23] FMN Deprecated 11/17/24

Richland/Bean Blossom School Corporation

152.300 157.560 WQPA698 RM Operations [Expired 2/22] FMN Deprecated 11/17/24

Richland/Bean Blossom School

Colleges / Universities

Indiana University

The IU Police Department handles its own 911 calls and dispatches them accordingly. They must call Central Dispatch for Fire and EMS.

Previously listed, but removed since not confirmed in use

453.500 458.500 KNHT839 RM IU Security Residential Hall Security [Expired 10/13] FMN Deprecated 11/17/24
Event/Guest Services - 451.9375, 456.85, 456.9125, 456.9375, 466.6375, 466.6875 WQOD273 [Expired 8/23]
Auditorium - Portables on 461.025, 461.175, 461.325, 464.425 WNQF508
Art Museum - 151.550 WQQK357 BM FMN Schools
Art Museum - 155.715 KNCG853 BM FMN Schools
Recreational Sports - 457.4125, 457.8625, 467.325, 468.4625, 469.4375 WQPU738
Residential Services - Portables on 453.375, 458.375, 464.325, 464.375, 464.425, 464.475, 464.525, 464.575, 464.675, 464.775, 464.875, 464.925, 464.975 WQBG331
Residential Services - 463.7625 468.7625 WQGQ835 RM [Expired 3/17] FMN Deprecated 11/17/24

Ivy Tech Community College (Bloomington)

Unit Numbering

Law Enforcement

Monroe County Sheriff's Department
For whatever reason (supposedly to "save time" but it's really a non-issue) many of Indiana's sheriff's departments, including Monroe County, have decided to strip the county prefix (53 for Monroe County) from their unit numbers. All units will use a one- or two-digit number, so instead of 53-42, it's just "42". Dispatch identifies as "county."

Bloomington Police Department
They never reuse a unit number so unit numbers range from 12xx to 15xx. BPD refers to their unit numbers as PIDs (Police ID) which apparently is their employee number (much like ISP troopers have PE (Public Employee) numbers, which stay the same throughout a trooper's career. Dispatch identifies as "Bloomington".

Ellettsville Police Department
Supposedly, EV1 through EV10 are paid officers. Units EV20 and above are reserve units.

IU Police Department
Full-time officers have unit numbers below 100. Part-time officers and cadets have unit numbers in either the 500s or 600s. Dispatch identifies as "IU." IU Bloomington also dispatches for other IU campuses around the state on the IU statewide TG.

Indiana State Police
The Bloomington ISP district consists of Monroe, Morgan, Brown, Green, Owen, and Lawrence Counties and is referred to as District 33. Dispatch identifies as "Bloomington." The Bloomington post is also home to Region 3 dispatch. Region 3 consists of Districts 33 (Bloomington), 34 (Jasper) and 35 (Evansville). Each district still refers to their respective dispatch as Bloomington, Jasper, or Evansville, even though the dispatchers are all located in Bloomington. Occasionally an all-district dispatch will hear the dispatcher ID as "Region 3." Sometimes you will hear the same dispatcher handling more than one district. ISP uses SAFE-T exclusively, and each district has its own Mutual Aid TG to replace the old VHF point-to-point (155.37). District 33 uses J-MA-1 through 4; District 34 uses N-MA-1 through 4; and District 35 uses M-MA-1 through 4. MA-1 in each district is supposed to be reserved for "hot" dispatches (wanted for, investigate for, ATLs - same as the old point-to-point 155.37 was used for) although some agencies tie it up for on-scene mutual aid.

Indiana Conservation Officers
ICO central dispatch is located at 4850 South SR 446 (corner of SR446 and Paynetown Road) south of Bloomington and dispatches for all ICOs in the state using the Indiana SAFE-T system. ICOs assigned to Monroe County are 600 units. "LE" units (LE-1, etc.) are USFS LEOs. "50-38" (five zero three eight) is the LEO for the Big Oaks NWR at Muscatatuck which goes through DNR and ISP Versailles for dispatch.

IU Health EMS

The only EMS provider in Monroe County

Medic 202 - based behind Bloomington Hospital at 1st and Rogers
Medic 204 - based at Ellettville Fire Station 7
Medic 206 - based on campus at 7th and Bryant
Medic 208 - Day unit
Medic 210 - based at 1st and Rogers, used mainly for routine transfers and jumping runs for other units
Medic 212 -
Medic 218 - based at Ellettsville Fire Station 7
Medic 220 - unit brought in service if high demand
Squad 301 - Paramedic Supervisor/Fly Car, based at Bloomington Hospital
Squad 303 - Paramedic Fly Car

Miscellaneous Info

Signals and Codes

Most of the standard Indiana ten codes and signals are used with a few minor additions and changes:

Code 6 means that the unit is at their respective stations
Signal 43 is rarely used
Signal 34 is used and not its ten code counterpart (10-96)
J4 is generally used to refer to a warrant (Signal 40 is rarely, if ever, used)
Although not a code, you will often hear the word "on-call" which is a request for the wrecker on the rotation to be contacted and dispatched to the scene
IUPD uses plain English
Fire and EMS generally (but not always) use plain English

Fire Tone Outs

On the Monroe County Central Dispatch fire dispatch channel (154.995 MHz), the paging format is Motorola Quick-Call II. 154.995 (KLS678) is licensed to the Town of Ellettsville.

Bloomington (City) FD/stations 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5: A-1153.4 Hz B-1185.2 Hz (note that as of mid November 2011, stations appear to have started being toned out with separate tones, with station 1 using the original tone for all station).
Bloomington Township FD/stations 5 and 15: A-2460.0 Hz B-1129.0 Hz
Bean Blossom Township-Stinesville FD/station 6: A-2468.2 Hz B-953.7 Hz
Ellettsville FD/stations 7 and 8: A-669.9 Hz B-1217.8 Hz
Van Buren Township FD/stations 9 and 19: A-349.0 Hz B-389.0 Hz
Indian Creek Township FD/station 10: A-1251.4 Hz B-799.0 Hz
Perry-Clear Creek Township FD/stations 11 and 21: A-2840.0 Hz B-1185.2 Hz
Benton Township FD/station 14: A-2460.0 Hz B-1598.4 Hz

Notes:

Bloomington Twp. FD changed its name to Northern Monroe Fire Protection District
Perry-Clear Creek and Indian Creek merged to become Monroe Fire Protection District
Effective 1/1/2021, Northern Monroe and Van Buren merged with Monroe Fire Protection District.
Van Buren Station 9 is now Monroe Station 29
Van Buren Station 19 is now Monroe Station 39
Northern Monroe Station 15 is now Monroe Station 25
Benton Twp. will merge with Monroe in 2022 and will become Monroe Station 41
Bloomington, Bean Blossom, and Ellettsville FD - no change

On the Bloomington Hospital Ambulance Service dispatch frequency (155.325 MHz), the paging format is Motorola Quick-Call II.

Medic 202: A-1285.8 Hz B-617.4 Hz
Medic 204: A-707.3 Hz B-1006.9 Hz
Medic 206: A-615.8 Hz B-2401.0 Hz
Medic 208: A-832.5 Hz B-378.6 Hz
Medic 218 and Medic 220: A-669.9 Hz B-1217.8 Hz
Squad 301: A-584.8 Hz B-553.9 Hz