Monroe County (IL)

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Related Pages

• Businesses WIKI, [ Database page]
• Public Safety Unit Designators WIKI
• Metro East informatoin WikiPedia

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Also patrolled by and part of Illinois State Police Troop 8 WEB FB

Monroe County Government ^{WEB [No FB]}

• GIS Maps/Districts

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.

• 12/22 - Dozens of MetroEast Agencies get SC21 radio upgrades LINK

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Monroe County Sheriff/911 ^{WEB FB Fire Districts MAP}

• Randolph County can page out Red Bud and Prairie Du Rocher Fire

EMA repeaters (appear to probably be Remote Links w/Telephone Interconnect for Fire)

• 453.3375R D??? EMA (Waterloo) (Never heard in use) (Removed from DB 3/31/24) WQFN216
• 453.3875R D343 EMA (Waterloo) (Test page Monday at 6pm for all agencies) WQFN216

Sheriff's Department ^{WEB FB}

• 155.19 Repeater, listed with 153.875 input (but no longer on license???) . 156.15 also on license, 155.67 on license.

Monroe County Animal Control ^WEB

• Serves: Waterloo (whole county?)

STARCOM21
2/23 - Radio/Microwave/Tower Funding: Kevin stated we have reached the time the microwave radios on the towers need to be replaced. The radios are 12-13 years old. Nokia reached out to STARS explaining the age of the radios and their replacement being needed. In mid- late November 2023, Madison and St. Clair Counties signed to replace their microwave radios. Seven radios in Monroe County need to be replaced at a cost of approximately $288,000.00 Kevin had a meeting with the ISP 911 Director and learned it is allowed for the 911 board to fund the new radios. Kevin stated he has met with Sheriff Rohlfing and Chief Donjon about replacing the radios. The radio towers are the responsibility of those departments. The quote from Nokia to replace the radios was $288,486.67. Of that total, $86,078.00 is the maintenance contract that the 911 board pays.

The remaining balance would be $202,407.85. Kevin recommended the 911 board pay 60% of that amount, which totaled $121,444.00. The remaining balance would be split between MCSD and CPD, with MCSD paying 2/3 and CPD paying 1/3. Lynden Prange stated the replacement radios were needed because the microwave radios are the backbone of the STARCOM21 radio system. Lynden said in 2012, when the current radios were installed, the 911 board paid 70% and MCSD/CPD paid 30%. Lynden asked the 911 board if it should be handled at 70% as it had in the past. Discussion over paying 60 or 70% was held between board members. After discussion, a motion was made by Jeff Prosise for the 911 board to pay 70% of the new Nokia radios. Second to the motion was Marty Seitz.

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Monroe County Emergency Management (MCEMA) ^{WEB [ FB]}

• 857.0625 (812.0625) Repeater "GE" Wideband (issued 2017) WQZP905

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Monroe County Health Department ^{WEB [ FB]}

• Formerly known as the Randolph/Monroe Bi-County Health Department, was established on July 1, 2009

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EMS Agencies and Hospitals

Monroe County EMS ^{WEB FB History}

• Dispatched by Monroe County Sheriff's Dispatch
• 901 Illinois Avenue, Ste C, Waterloo, IL 62298-1518, (618) 939-6175
• Units: ALS 4E18, 4E19 (Under the medical direction of Belleville Memorial Hospital) History
• Provides Advanced Life Support service with 2 ambulances continually on call. Serving most of Monroe County, 339 sq.m. including Waterloo, Valmeyer, Red Bud, Hecker, Maeystown, and Prairie Du Rocher.
• Monroe County EMS is under the medical direction of Belleville Memorial Hospital.

MedStar Ambulance (of Sparta) ^{[WEB] [ FB]}

• Provides secondary Ambulance Service to Monroe County, see xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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Municipalities and Districts

• County Road Districts

Columbia (City) ^{WEB FB}

Maintains its own 911 center, which operates in conjunction with the Monroe County 911 service and serves as a backup for the county's 911 center

• 159.21R/153.785 RM 110.9 PL Police: Dispatch (Patch to SC21 TG 7995) WNZA787 heard in use 7/15/18, Repeater, key-ups, voice, data

8/5/25 - Columbia City Council has authorizing the purchase, for $6.9 million, of a modern (2020) 35,000 sq. ft. facility at 11800 Old Bluff Road to serve as the City’s new Municipal Complex. A planned $8.5 million additional investment will transform the site into a centralized hub for essential government operations, bringing together functions currently housed at City Hall (208 S. Rapp Avenue) and the Public Safety Complex (1020 N. Main Street). The City will fund this project without raising taxes. The project will include a purpose-built addition to house the Columbia Police Department, replacing the Department’s current station, which was retrofitted from an industrial building acquired in the early 1990s and no longer meets modern standards for law enforcement. In addition, the City will construct a new building on-site to serve as the permanent home of Columbia Emergency Medical Services (CEMS), replacing severely outdated quarters. When completed, the new Municipal Complex will allow the City to house all major administrative, public safety, and emergency services in one location, improving coordination, efficiency, and service delivery to residents. (Fire Station will remain at it's current location) FB Post

Columbia EMS ^{WEB FB}

• A division of CPD. 3 ambulances in service manned by 3 person crew (at least 1 paramedic)
• Formerly? Paged on 155.82 (Public Works) (may be old info 6/22) WPIR599
• ALS units providing 911 calls only, no transfers
• 5-110W mobiles on 155.16, 155.22, 155.34, MED channels, 2-1W on 458.025, 458.075, 458.125, 458.175 KY5363

Columbia Fire Protection District ^{WEB FB}

• Serves: Northern Monroe County and Southern St. Clair County. 9 trucks reported. 42 members.

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Hecker

Hecker Volunteer Fire District ^{WEB FB}

• Serves parts of Monroe and St. Clair Counties. Founded in 1933, 28 firefighters

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Maeystown (Village) ^WEB

Maeystown Rural Fire Protection District ^FB

• Serves Maeystown and the surrounding area.

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Prairie Du Rocher

• In Randolph County

Prairie Du Rocher Fire Department ^FB

• Serves Southern Monroe County including Renault and surrounding area; and parts of Randolph County.

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Red Bud (City) ^{WEB FB}

Red Bud Police Department ^{WEB FB}

• 6 full-time police officers. There are also 2 crossing guards and 1 animal control officer.

Red Bud Fire Department ^{[No WEB] FB}

• Serves: Red Bud (3000 residents) and 2000 rural residents in southern/eastern Monroe County; northern/western parts of Randolph County

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Renault (Unincorporated)

• Fire provided by Prairie Du Rocher (Randolph County)

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Valmeyer (Village)^{[No WEB] FB}

Valmeyer Fire Protection District ^{Old FB}

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Waterloo (City) ^{WEB FB}

• City provides it's own water, sewer, and gas services. ( have the capability of providing their own electricity.)
• Contracted with Reliable Sanitation to provide curbside trash pickup

Waterloo Police Department ^{WEB FB}

• 15 full-time police officers and within their ranks is the Chief of Police, Deputy Chief of Police, a Lieutenant, a Sergeant and a Detective. There are also 5 crossing guards.

Waterloo Fire Department ^FB

• Units: 5900s; Serves Central Monroe County and part of St. Clair County.
• Served by Monroe County EMS

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Schools ^{Districts (GIS) MAPS}

Durham School Services

• 461.4375 Repeater; 463.2875, 463.4875 Mobile (NFM at Waterloo) WQGQ609

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Regional Office of Education, Monroe/Randolph Counties ^{ROE45 WEB FB}

• Listing of schools WEB

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Career Center of Southern Illinois (Red Bud) ^{WEB FB}

• 15-5W portables on 152.87, 159.54, 159.57, 159.735 (NFM) for Educations/Security Staff WQWF341

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Columbia Community Unit School District 4 ^{WEB FB}

• Mobiles on 458.575, 458.8825 (NFM) WPWZ313

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Prairie du Rocher CCSD 134 ^{WEB FB}

• Rural school district In Randolph County

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Valmeyer Community Unit School District 3 ^{WEB FB}

• Valmeyer Elementary School (PK-5); Valmeyer Junior High School (6–8), Valmeyer High School (9–12)

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Waterloo Community Unit School District 5 ^{WEB FB}

• Zachnow Elementary School WEB
• Rogers Elementary School WEB
• Waterloo Jr. High School WEB
• Waterloo High School WEB

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Private/Parochial Schools

Gibault Catholic High School (Waterloo) ^{WEB FB}

• 261 students (2013)

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SS Peter and Paul Grade School WEB

• Saints Peter and Paul Parochial Grade School WEB [ COLLINSVILLE ???????

• Immaculate Conception Parochial Grade School WEB FB

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Codes, Unit Designators, and Pager Tone-Outs

Monroe County (IL) Unit Designators

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Fire/EMS Pager Tone-Outs

Note: It is unknown if any of these are still in use, with operations on STARCOM21

Agency	Freq.	Tones	Type
Columbia Fire (7/22)	154.19	1092.4 / 288.5	QCII
Waterloo Fire	154.19 C167.9	2334.6 / 1185.2	GE
unknown EMS	154.19?	long 1180.0 ?	QCI
unknown Fire (10/21)	453.3875 D343	617.4	903.2

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