Morgan County (IL)

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Morgan County Government ^WEB

Morgan County Sheriff ^{WEB [No FB?]}

• 14 sworn deputies serving 35,000 residents
• (OLDER) 6/16 - Sheriff communications appear to all be NXDN now. Appears to be simulcast on multiple towers for Sheriff and Rural Law agencies.
• (OLDER) 159.21 repeater is also NXDN and appears to have the same traffic as Jacksonville Police UHF.

Units: "MG-##" Morgan County Animal Control 856.7625 and 855.4625 Mobile Data Terminal (MDT) Repeaters located at Jacksonville, Meredosia, Waverly

• Morgan, Scott and Cass Crime Stoppers ^{WEB FB}

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West Central Joint ETSB ^{WEB FB}

West Central Joint ETSB

• Morgan, Greene, Calhoun Counties; former Morgan County 911 / ETSB 911 Modification Plan 2021

Serves: MORGAN - Chapin, Concord, Franklin, Jacksonville, Literberry, Lynville, Murrayville, Meredosia, Nortonville, S. Jacksonville, Waverly, Woodson, Alexander, S. Jacksonville, Manchester, Waverly, Winchester, Woodson, Ashland, Arenzville, Modesto, Scottville

155.85 Repeaters (remote towers) located at: (with DPL tone on VHF input and UHF Remote Receive link listed)

• 743 DPL - Alexander: Alexander Fire
  • 743 DPL - S Jacksonville also simulcast on 154.04 D411
• 754 DPL - Franklin: Franklin Fire, Waverly Fire and Rescue
• 723 DPL - Woodson: Woodson Fire, Murrayville-Woodson EMS
• 703 DPL - Jacksonville FD: Jacksonville Fire, Lifestar Ambulance, American Ambulance, Morgan County Dive Team, Arenzville Fire and Rescue
• 734 DPL - Meredosia: Meredosia Fire (not confirmed)
• 732 DPL - Chapin: Chapin Fire, Chapin Rescue
• 731 DPL - ??? (458.5375, 153.9200 D703) (Fire/EMS: 153.9100 Receive Link (Franklin) )

• 453.3375 D732 - Passavant paging America Ambulance for call in Jacksonville (3/15)
• 458.1625 D743 - Passavant paging Lifestar Ambulance, Lifestar heard responding (3/15)
• 458.5357 D731 - heard Alexander Fire calling In, PSAP paging S Jacksonville, S Jacksonville Fire calling in (3/15)

Other agencies (like S Jacksonville are probably paged on their local frequency)

(possible?) Future Countywide Tait P25 VHF? System

• 4/23/24 - Article from WLDS-AM
• The current systems that several of the first responder agencies are on are not compatible, not upgradable to a digital signal, or are nearing their end of life. (Note: Can't be too near end-of -life. Is ALREADY digital, there is NO government mandate to go to P25)
• See the FORUM THREAD for more info and discussion

No additional discussion or board minutes found on this subject since.

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Municipalities and Districts

Alexander (Village)

Alexander Fire FB

• All volunteer serving the area
• Fire on 156.1125 Base/Mobile (NFM) WQQJ964

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Ashland

Ashland Fire Department

• Based out of Cass County, serves the northwest portions of Morgan County.

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Chapin (Village) WEB

Chapin Police WEB

• Part-time officers, serving 500 residents

Chapin Fire (CVFD) FB YT

• Volunteer serving Chapin and Concord.
• Comprised of a Chief, Assistant Chief, four Fire Captains, Training Officer and firefighters. The CVFD is a joint partner with the Chapin Rural Fire Association and together operate 2 Engine Companies, 2 Tender Companies and a brush truck.

Chapin Area Rescue Squad WEB FB

• Founded in 2007; BLS transport with field upgradable ALS to Chapin, Concord and surrounding areas
• 3-H-11,

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Concord (Village)

• Fire by Chapin Fire

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Franklin (Village)

• 158.835 BM Street Department [Canceled 12/12] WQCI890
• Served by Waverly Volunteer Fire and Rescue

Franklin Fire Protection District

• All volunteer serving Franklin and surrounding area

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Jacksonville ^WEB

Jacksonville Police Department ^{WEB FB}

• 40 sworn officers serving just under 20,000 residents.
• 453.2500 and 155.4975 are NXDN48 digital, not monitorable by scanners (appear to be simulcast). All communications are encrypted. System can be followed with DSD+, but is still encrypted. 453.05 is FCC licensed only for mobiles (no Repeater). No frequencies are FCC licensed for NXDN. [453.05 analog used during Morgan Co Fair 7/2/14]
• 158.8050 still in use, in the clear (heard unit with dispatch/10-27/28 5/16) (in use 12/8/16) (Car-to-Car 5/17)

• 173.25 D245 Mobile Extenders (heard repeating Police Dispatch (NXDN system in the clear) and some Fire/EMS) (6/15/15)
• 153.74 M Cemetery Operations [Terminated, not 67.0?] FMN WQDZ390

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Jacksonville Fire Department ^{[1] FB}

• 27 full-time firefighters, about 3000 calls per year, serving 12 sq.mil of Jacksonville (and providing mutual aid to Morgan County)

EMS provided by Lifestar-Jacksonville Division and America Ambulance (dispatched by Passavant Area Hospital)

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Parks and Lakes Department

• Workers carry portables, heard "Parks 1, Parks 2" - unknown band/freq

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Meredosia (VIllage)

Meredosia Police

• Part time officers serving around 900 residents
• 158.85 BM Police: Talk Around (Canceled 2/18) WPMB859

Meredosia Fire

• Volunteer, serves the village and surrounding rural area

Meredosia-Bluffs Volunteer Rescue Squad

• All-volunteer service that provides ALS (EMS) service for the Village of Meredosia and Bluffs as well as the surrounding rural area.

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Murrayville Fire station

Murrayville (Village)

• 154.965 BM Public Works ? KNBE271 [Expired]

Murrayville Woodson Police Department

• Part time officers and provides police services for two towns within one mile of each other with a total population of 1,700 residents

Murrayville Fire Department

• All-volunteer, serving Murrayville and surrounding rural area.

Murrayville Woodson EMS

• All-volunteer service that provides BLS (EMS) for Murrayville and Woodson as well as the surrounding rural area.

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South Jacksonville (Village) WEB WEB

South Jacksonville Police WEB

• Full and part-time officers, serving around 3,000 residents

South Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Squad^{WEB FB}

• Volunteer Fire, ALS Rescue Squad, and ALS Ambulance. (1810 Sequoia Dr) serving the village and surrounding area
• Rural Fire Protection Fees (not a district?)

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Waverly (City) ^WEB

• 453.925 Repeater Public Works: Water Department [Expired 7/12] WPKU799
• Provides Natural Gas

Waverly Police WEB [ FB]

• Full time chief and part time officers, serving around 1300 residents

Waverly Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad WEB FB

• Serves Waverly and surrounding area, including Franklin
• EMS Unit: 3-Henry-17

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Woodson (Village)

Woodson Fire Protection District ^FB

• - 40-100W 155.7675 (NFM) assumed for fireground ops (new 1/23) WRVT818

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EMS Agencies

• Memorial Hospital EMS System [ 2016 Protocol]

Former Use

• 155.34 BM 162.2 PL MERCI1 162.2 911 to Lifestar EMS (confirming pages on 155.85) KJR231

America Ambulance - Jacksonville Division

• 4/18 - America has announced they are leaving Jacksonville by 7/18
• 452.8, licensed to Global Technical Systems, voice is decode-able with DSD. (5/19/14) 462.275 may not be in use. For Radio IDs (see Sangamon County)
• was formerly using Diga-Talk NXDN NEXEDGE 4800
• 452.8 Repeater WPPV541 RM 48 RAN EMS: Dispatch - Jacksonville
• 462.275 Repeater KJT824 RM EMS: Dispatch

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ECHO Response EMS (Jacksonville)

• Based in the 948 N. Main St. building that formerly housed America Ambulance Service, ECHO has been handling patient transfers for Jacksonville Memorial Hospital since August 2023.2/24 Article 4/24 Article 2/24 Article w/Lifestar

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LifeStar Ambulance (Jacksonville) ^{WEB FB}

• 152.4575 DMR - units 100, 24, 29, 44(?) (on SL 1 TG 1000 11/17)
• Mobile Extenders on 154.9725 WROC956

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Hospitals

Jacksonville Memorial Hospital (Jacksonville)^{WEB FB}

• Former Passavant Area Hospital WEB
• A critical access hospital that has provided healthcare services to the residents of Morgan, Cass, Scott, Greene and Brown counties since 1875
• ALS transport (will transport from NW Macoupin County) Units: 3H25 and 3H29 NO LONGER HAS AN EMS

Old

• 457.55  M Operations (multiple frequencies)  KD47802
• 155.295 BM EMS: Dispatch (not in use) KJR231
• 460.5875 Mobiles Medical Staff WPJP267 Expired

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Medical Helicopters

Air Evac Lifeteam 27 ^{WEB FB}

• Uses 151.505 D331, which is listed on our statewide MedEvac page

Pager Tones

Pager Tone-Out

MCERN - 155.8500 D703 Pager Tones (Sunday Test page)
Franklin 1466.4
Lifestar Ambulance 1636.2 (previously reported as 1598.0)
Morgan County Dive Team 337.5/322.7
South Jacksonville 553.5
Waverly 1317.5
**Passavant is back-up PSAP

Agency	Freq.	Tone A	Tone B
Jacksonville Rescue/Lifestar (9/21)	155.1825	903.2 (long)

Public Safety Unit Designators

Jacksonville / Morgan County Law - NEXEDGE Radio IDs (RIDs)

• 1001 Jacksonville Police officer
• 1002 Jacksonville Police officer
• 1004 Jacksonville Police officer
• 1007 Jacksonville Police officer
• 1011 Jacksonville Police officer
• 1012 Jacksonville Police officer
• 1013 Jacksonville Police officer
• 1020 Jacksonville Police officer
• 1012 Jacksonville Police officer
• 1014 Jacksonville Police officer
• 1016 Jacksonville Police officer
• 1017 Jacksonville Police officer
• 1019 Jacksonville Police officer
• 1020 Jacksonville Police officer
• 1021 Jacksonville Police officer
• 1022 Jacksonville Police officer
• 1025 Jacksonville Police officer
• 1026 Jacksonville Police officer
• 1028 Jacksonville Police officer
• 1030 Jacksonville Police officer
• 1031 Jacksonville Police officer
• 1032 Jacksonville Police officer
• 1034 Jacksonville Police officer
• 1036 Jacksonville Police officer
• 1038 Jacksonville Police officer
• 1039 Jacksonville Police officer
• 1045 Jacksonville Police officer
• 1068 Jacksonville Police - SRT 3
• 1072 Jacksonville Police - CAR 2
• 1073 Jacksonville Police - CAR 3
• 1079 Jacksonville Police - CAR 9
• 1081 Jacksonville Police - CAR 11
• 1082 Jacksonville Police - CAR 12
• 1083 Jacksonville Police - CAR 14
• 1085 Jacksonville Police - CAR 17
• 1086 Jacksonville Police - CAR 16
• 2002 Jacksonville Police officer
• 2011 Jacksonville Police officer
• 2021 S Jacksonville Police - SJ CAR 2
• 2022 S Jacksonville Police - SJ CAR 3
• 2023 S Jacksonville Police - SJ CAR 3
• 2025 S Jacksonville Police - SJ CAR 6
• 3000 S Jacksonville Police officer
• 5002 Morgan County Sheriff officer [MORGAN CAR 2]
• 5003 Morgan County Sheriff officer [MORGAN CAR 3]
• 5006 Morgan County Sheriff officer [MORGAN CAR 6]
• 5008 Morgan County Sheriff - Car 8 [MORGAN CAR 8]
• 5009 Morgan County Sheriff - Car 9 [MORGAN CAR 9] (9/21)
• 5105 Morgan County Sheriff officer
• 5106 (unit on 15.2275 RAN41 ENC)
• 5112 Morgan County Sheriff officer (unit on 15.2275 RAN41 ENC)
• 5113 ??? [JOHN]
• 5162 Murrayville Police [MUR PD CAR1] (6/22)
• 5170 Waverly Police [WAVERLY CAR 1] (3/18)
• 5171 Waverly Police [WAVERLY CAR]
• 5181 ???
• 5182 Meredosia Police [MRDSIA CAR x]
• 5183 Meredosia Police [MRDSIA CAR 2]
• 10000 S Jacksonville Police - CONTROL
• 10001 MCSO PSAP (151.1675)
• 10002 Dispatcher
• 10005 Sheriff/PSAP (Dispatching on Greene County NXDN Law) (3/5/18)

Jacksonville Fire Department

• Engine-1
• Engine-2
• Engine-3
• Engine-4
• Rescue-1
• Tanker-1
• Ladder-1
• Truck-7

Meredosia Fire/Rescue

• units 16, 21, 23, 24 (1/15)
• 315, 321 (12/13)

America Ambulance Service (Jacksonville Division)

Chapin Area Rescue Squad

• 3-H-11 BLS Transport
• 3-H-99 BLS Transport

Lifestar Ambulance (Jacksonville Division)

• 3H14, 3H15, 3H20 and 3H24

Passavant Area Hospital (Jacksonville)

• No longer in service 3/18
• Units: 3H25 and 3H29

County Units

Jacksonville Fire Department

• 6 older Chevy Tender red silver
• 1300 Rescue // Ford 4dr 4x4 red/black pickup truck with camper shell
• 1322 (9/21)
• 1351 Rescue // Ford 4dr 4x4 red/black pickup truck with camper shell
• 1362 Pumper/Tender // International? large red// Midwest Fire, new 12/16; 3000 gal, PTO 1000gpm (non-hydrant areas, reserve)
• 1371 Rescue // Ford 4 dr 4x4 red/black pickup truck/brush

Waverly Fire

• 3-H-17 3 424 0x whi/blue Ford Ambulance box (older)
• 3-H-23 3 424 01 whi/blue Chevy Ambulance box

• 1402 Assistant Chief
• 1411 Engine (whi/red) Dash
• 1413 Engine (2022)
• 1451 Chevy Suburban white 4 dr (was Ford white "First Responder" former ambulance "Rescue Squad", not transport)

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Schools

Jacksonville Community Unit School District 117 ^{WEB [ FB]}

Eisenhower Elementary School

• 153.1025 25W-Repeater with 160.0725 10-25W mobiles (NFM/DMR) WRZT613 Issued 12/23

Middle School NXDN 152.2775

• Group Call, some encryption, RIDs: 60001, 60002, 60005, 60007, 60008, 60009, 60016, 60020 (10/16/17)
• 451.425 Repeater Ops [Canceled] FMN WPNR559

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Jacksonville - Routt Catholic High School District

• 451.825 Repeater Security / Maintenance [No License?]

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Waverly School District #6

• 100-4W 456.6875, 457.1625 (NFM) WRCJ215

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Colleges

MacMurray College (Jacksonville)

• Unknown communications. [Old 464.675 Base/mobile Expired 2005 WSU322 ]

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Illinois College

• 457.5375 MILC Ops WNWQ575 [Expired 2011]

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Illinois State

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Jacksonville Correctional Center [K-17] ^WEB

• Opened 1984, Operational Capacity: 1628, Minimum Security Adult Male
• Population: Jacksonville Correctional Center: 460; Greene Co. Work Camp: 0; Pittsfield Work Camp: 91 (Total Population: 551)

RIDs on 453.3 NXDN (Encrypted)

• 5 [K17-BASE]
• 17 [DAVID-2] (Need to reconfirm)
• 23 [K17-7]
• 24 [K17-8]
• 31 [K17-15]
• 32 [K17-16]
• 46 [K17-30]
• 47 [K17-31]
• 50 [K17-34]
• 56 [K17-40]
• 60 [K17-44]
• 63 [K17-47]
• 64 [K17-48]
• 65 [K17-49]
• 69 [K17-53]
• 91 [K17-75]
• 95 [K17-79]
• 101 [K17-85]
• 111 [K17-...]
• 116 [K17-100]
• 117 [K17-101]
• 140 [K17-124]
• 143 [K17-127]

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Related Wiki Pages

• Businesses, Attractions and Recreation Morgan County (IL)

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Related Links

• K9JX Repeater Club

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