Ogle County (IL)

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Illinois State Police Troop xx (former District 1)

Ogle County Government

7/11 FCC Modification for KDF47, adding 155.9025 B/M 11K for Road Maintenance

Ogle County 911

Process over 15,000 emergency calls a year and dispatches fire, police, and rescue for emergency calls for 36 different departments.
Uses Total Response 911 services LINK
Steward and Flag Center Fire both cover parts of Ogle and Lee Counties.

154.34 - Fire West - Forreston, Leaf River, Byron, Stillman Valley, Monroe Center, Lin-Scott-Rock (Lindenwood area/townships) (Simulcast sites connected via Microwave links)
154.16 - Fire East - Rochelle, Creston, Hillcrest, Flag Center, Steward
154.190 - This freq is Lee County's Fire dispatch, Ogle County has access to dispatch Franklin Grove and Amboy Fire Departments on Lee County's frequency

From a contributor

154.340 is simplex and almost everyone is using a 156.7 PL. Most radios are set to CSQ on RX only. Most agencies label this channel “Ogle” on their radios but any that I have helped with we label it “Ogle Fire.” Paging and regular traffic is all here, except for Rochelle, as described below.

154.385 is the fire ground channel. Most here are using MABAS Red, but will also use this frequency with no PL tone.
154.160 simplex with 156.7 PL is used by Rochelle and the surrounding departments already listed on RR.

(AFAIK) There are 4-5 tower sites being used for 154.340 and just one for 154.160. They seem to have the county broken in half East/West and page on the appropriate side of the county for that agency. I was told it’s simulcasted. Any MABAS incident is covered by all sites.

Side note: they will start a MABAS incident and if it only includes agencies within the division/county they will not page on IFERN, but instead keep it on 154.340 and use a single long tone group call tone.

Former Fire Frequencies

154.31 M 79.7 PL Fire/EMS: Orange WPKI712
154.385 M 146.2 PL Fire/EMS: Yellow WPKI712

Ogle County Sheriff's Office

453.6375 Repeater (Low Power 1NFM), assumed for Jail Operations WQOQ512

Former Use

154.830 KO8847 M (OLD) Sheriff: Tac [Expires 5/25] FMN Deprecated 1/24/25
453.550 M 192.8 PL (OLD) Sheriff: Simplex [No License] FMN Deprecated 1/24/25
460.125 465.125 WQCX306 M (OLD) Sheriff: Mobile Extenders [Expires 6/25] FMN Deprecated 1/24/25
154.0025 WQLE893 M (OLD) Sheriff: Mobile Extenders FMN Deprecated 1/24/25
453.925 WQLS953 M (OLD) Sheriff: Mobile Extenders FMN Deprecated 1/24/25
72.060 WNVK588 F (OLD) Sheriff: Remote Link - Forreston [Expires 2/21] FM Deprecated 1/24/25
156.000 WPJS873 M (OLD) Mobile (or alt input Control1?) [Expires 9/24] FMN Deprecated 1/24/25

Ogle County ESDA WEB

147.165R/147.765 146.2 PL N9ST/R
New Ogle County IL SKYWARN and ARES Freq as of 08/2006 (Net 21:00 every Tuesday)

Serves Lee, DeKalb, Whiteside, Winnebago, Carroll and Stephenson Counties in IL

Sirens in Ogle County are owned by Com Ed/Exelon as they are primarily for use due to the nuclear plant in our county, however, they give us permission to utilize them for storms.

Pager Tones

See this Spreadsheet

Hospitals

Rochelle Community Hospital WEB

- 462.825 150W Base/50 Pagers (NFM)WQBF725

Municipalities and Districts

Townships and Water Districts

Burlington Township - 10/14 add 458.4125 10-40wt mobiles (DMR) to 151.13 KNEN648
Hampshire Township - 10/14 add 458.825 10-40wt mobiles (DMR) KNFC511
Lynville Township -154.0325 Base/Mobile (NFM at Lincolnwood) WQSM406
Oregon-Nashua Townships - : 154.8075 Base/Mobile (NFM at Oregon) WQQG832

156.105 WQFN873 M White Township Road Maintenance (Kings) [Expired 6/18] FMN Deprecated 1/24/25
158.820 WNZF317 BM Pinerock Township Road Maintenance [Expired 4/22] FMN Deprecated 1/24/25

Byron

154.995 KNGG674 BM City Operations [Expired 8/11] FMN Deprecated 1/24/25

Byron Fire Protection District

Byron Forest Preserve District

151.220 KNEV539 BM Byron Forest Preserve District [Cancelled 6/11] FMN Deprecated 1/24/25

Creston

956.43125 Microwave/Data (at Chana) WQLH347

Creston Fire serves parts of Ogle County

Davis Junction (Village)

453.500 458.500 WQKQ554 RM Village Admin FMN Deprecated 1/24/25, not confirmed in use
453.1875 WQKQ554 M Village Admin FMN Deprecated 1/24/25, not confirmed in use
458.1875 WQKQ554 M Village Admin FMN Deprecated 1/24/25, not confirmed in use
956.39375 Invensys 12K Meter Data WPVU557

Forreston (Village) WEB

Forreston Police

460.2125 25W-Repeater with 5-5W portables and 10-24W mobiles. (NFM) WRZZ257

Forreston Fire Protection District 154.145 WPJS684 M Fire [Expired 10/21] FMN Deprecated

Kirkland (Village)

956.31875 Meter Data (at Davis Junction) WQPF770

Lynnville-Scott-White Rock Fire Protection District

Bases located at Davis Junction, Lindenwood (Ogle)

Monroe Township (Monroe Center)

Monroe Township Fire Protection District

154.070 KNIH271 BM Fire [Expired 9/24] FMN Deprecated 1/24/25

Mount Morris

216.525 WPMT790 F Water Distribution Data [Expired 12/13] Telm Deprecated 1/24/25

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Oregon

155.745 KWS469 BM Oregon Ambulance Service [Expired 2/23] FMN Deprecated 1/24/25

Polo

Former Frequencies

155.265 B 123.0 PL Polo ESDA Polo ESDA FMN WNQH456
154.190 BM Polo Fire Fire FMN Fire Dispatch KNFE678
155.160 BM 131.8 PL Polo EMS c2c Polo EMS: Car-to-Car FMN KSU388

Polo Fire Protection Ambulance Service District

Rochelle

153.35 M Police (in use???) FMN Deprecated 1/24/25

Rochelle Municipal Utilities

1 100W Repeaters on 461.475, 463.875 (50-40W mobiles/125-4W portables) WRYS564
3 100W Repeaters on 461.8, 464.1 (50-40W mobiles/125-4W portables) (NFM) WRYS564
11/23 Modification, changing 463.875 to 461.8

Flagg-Rochelle Community Park District

159.27 WZA791 B Ops [Expires 3/25] FMN Deprecated 1/24/25

Stillman Valley

Stillman Fire Protection District Website

2-50W mobiles on 155.34 MERCI-1 WSAL628 Issued 1/24

Public Safety Unit IDs

MABAS Division 8 & 18 Units

See the Illinois Fire Apparatus Database for updated information
First 2 numbers identify the agency
- Rochelle FD (Does NOT use the system)
- Rockford FD (Does NOT use the system)
- 01 - Belvidere FD
- 02 - Blackhawk FPD
- 03 - Boone County FPD District 2
- 04 - Byron FD
- 05 - Cherry Valley FPD
- 07 - Harlem Roscoe FPD
- 08 - North Park FD
- 09 - New Milford FPD
- 12 - Northwest FPD
- 17 - Stillman Valley FPD
- 21 - Boone County FPD District 3
- 22 - Boone County FPD District 1
- 24 - Leaf River FPD
- 26 - Monroe Center FPD
- 50 - Lynn - Scott - Rock FPD
- 51 - Ogle - Lee FPD
- 53 - Oregon FD
- 57 - Mount Morris FPD
- 58 - Polo FPD
- 59 - Forreston FPD

- (Unknown first 2 numbers: South Beloit, Win - Bur - Sew, Winnebago Co FPD D#1, Durand, Pecatonica)

The third number identifies the unit type
- 0 - Standard Pumper Engine
- 1 - Engine
- 2 - Engine
- 3 -
- 4 - Squads/Rescues
- 5 - Trucks/Ladders/Quints
- 6 - Brush Rigs
- 7 - Tenders/Tankers
- 8 - Specialty apparatus
- 9 - Chiefs/Officers

-- A list of fire apparatus can be found here

Schools

Byron Community Unit School District 226

157.635 Repeater with 152.375 input for Buses (NFM at 696 N Colfax) [NEW 12/21] WRPH874

Forrestville Valley School District #221

154.4775 Base/Mobile (multiple bases NFM) WQTG200
(NFM Voice Data at Forreston Jr-Sr HS, Forreston Grade School, German Valley Grade School)

Kings Consolidated School District 14

155.205 WQIV342 BM Buses [Expired 5/18] FMN Deprecated 1/24/25

Meridian CUSD 223 (Stillman Valley)

155.235 Base/Mobile; 155.175 Mobile (NFM) for School Buses WQPJ668
461.425 Repeater; 457.175 Mobile (NFM) Stillman High School WQHU369

Oregon Community Unit School District #220 WEB

155.235 WQCM987 BM Operations (w/155.175 M) [Expires 4/25] FMN Deprecated 1/25/25, not confirmed in use

Polo Community Unit School District 222

158.82 25W Repeater with 18-25W mobiles, 30-4W portables on 154.0775 (input) (DMR only) WSAK880
155.205 Base/Mobile (NFM) WNJV905
159.9 Base/Mobile (NFM) WPQI573

Rochelle Schools

Hiawatha CUSD 426

463.55 Repeater (NFM) WNUH964

Rochelle Township High School District 212

151.3775 Repeater with 154.7325 (NFM) WQSF690
155.175 KNJV906 BM Buses? [Expired 2/25] FMN Deprecated 1/25/25

Airports

Koritz Field [RPJ] (Rochelle)

Rochelle Municipal Airport

Ogle County Airport (Mount Morris) [C55]

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