Piatt County (IL)

Piatt County WEB

A small county in Central Illinois consisting of approximately 440 square miles and a population of 16,700.

Piatt County Public Safety Building

Is the home of the Piatt County Sheriff’s Office and the Piatt County Jail. Opened in 2004 at a cost of approximately $7.3 million, replacing the 110 year old building.. The state-of-the-art facility contains the Sheriff’s personal office, as well as offices for the Chief Deputy, Investigations, Sergeants and patrol deputies. The Piatt County Jail is contained inside the Public Safety Building. The Piatt County Jail has the capability of housing 76 inmates.

Home of the Piatt County Emergency 911 system (PSAP – Public Service Answering Point) and the Emergency 911 Director. Consists of 3 terminals capable of receiving emergency and non-emergency calls, radio transmissions with area law enforcement agencies, fire departments and emergency medical services (EMS). The PSAP provides backup services for DeWitt and Ford Counties. In the event there is a major interruption of services in DeWitt or Ford County, the Piatt County PSAP has the ability to receive their 911 emergency calls, communicate with their law enforcement officers via radio and dispatch/page/communicate with their fire departments and EMS.

News

Efforts are underway by 18 fire districts and departments in Macon, DeWitt and Piatt counties to obtain a $600,000 grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for new digital radios and pagers.

2/09 - Area fire departments receive FEMA grants NIANTIC - The Niantic Fire Protection District has received a $503,397 Assistance to Firefighters Grant which will be used to upgrade communications equipment among 24 fire departments in DeWitt, Macon, Moultrie and Piatt counties. The funds come from the U.S Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency. For more of this story, see: LINK

Piatt County Sheriff WEB FB

Sheriff patrols: Cisco, Deland, Hammond, Ivesdale* (*also patrolled by Champaign County Sheriff)
Agencies dispatched by Sheriff - Cerro Gordo, Bement, Monticello Police
Consists of a Patrols and Investigations Division, a K-9 unit, a Court Security Division and a Corrections Division that operates a jail with a capacity of seventy-six inmates.

Deputies can use Dewitt Co Sheriff 155.685R when needed.
Sheriff 151.1975 is NXDN4800, in the clear (not encrypted), using no TG and appears to be simulcast across all 3 towers (11/19)

3/24 modification to KCO839, adding: 151.4675R (100W) at Bement, Monticello, Mansfield, with 158.8275 32-60W mobiles (P25 only) (assumed new countywide simulcast for Sheriff)
3/24 New Application 0010976104 WSBW799 for 151.4675R (100W) at Cerro Gordo, Cisco, White Heath with 158.8275 32-60W mobiles (P25 only)
3/23 Modification to WRAF921, adding NFM (Simulcast?) towers on 151.1975 at Cerro Gordo, Cisco and White Heath

72.9 RF Links (Bement, Cerro Gordo, Cisco, Deland, Hammond, Mansfield) [Expired 9/05]
72.9 F Remote Receive Links to 155.595R (see notes) WPQF692
154.785 M Sheriff: Car-to-Car FM KCO839
151.82 BM Sheriff: (Reported in use) MURS

155.595 NXDN RIDs

1000 [CONTROL]
1006 [T APPERS...]
1111 [74-11]
2001 [C20]
2750

Emergency Management FB

All storm sirens are owned and maintained by the City, Village or Municipality. They are set off by 911.
173.2626 mobile extenders (P25/NFM) WRAP729

Piatt County 911 FB

3/23 Modification to WRAF921, adding NFM (Simulcast?) towers on 151.1975 at Cerro Gordo, Cisco and White Heath

Engine 174 - attack pumper-tanker, Truck 178 - small field and structure fires, Engine 179 - rescue pumper.

Arrow Ambulance

Operated by District EMT volunteers.
Provides ILS EMS Services and Fire protection to 650 people in 40 sq.mi area extending 10 miles from the Monticello Road to the south Champaign County line.
Automatic joint response with the Ivesdale FPD and mutual aid with fire districts/dept's in Champaign and Piatt Counties.

Municipalities and Districts

Townships

151.055 BM Unity Township Road District (Hammond): Road Maintenance KXX889 [Expired 4/04]
151.055 Repeater/159.0 Blue Ridge Township: Road Maintenance KNCS333
156.225 BM Monticello Township Road District: Highway Maintenance KLA532

154.725 D023, D251, D217 all heard in area (4/13); 154.725 and 158.88 D411 heard Roads in Farmer City (full scale) (7/13); 154.725 DCS023 snow plows mentioned Farmer City rds (12/13); 154.725 D271 snow plows heard from Urbana (12/13)
154.725 D023 - heard in Logan County, hard-to-hear repeater (12/18/13)
154.725 D031 - Repeater, heard in use (roads) in Cerro Gordo/Argenta area (8/13) Monticello area (10/13); snow plows heard from Urbana (12/13) heard roads (Farmer City 6/14); heard 2/16

Cerro Gordo Township

154.725 D271 - snow plows heard in use in Monticello, saying at "Sangamon Park" which is in Mansfield (in Blue Ridge Township) (also heard Full Scale mobiles? in Cisco) (1/14)
151.3775 Base/Mobile (NFM) for Roads WQVP684

Atwood

173.3625 mobile extenders (P25) for Police WQYA901

Bement (Village)

151.79 M Auxillary Police (handhelds) WQDD873

Cerro Gordo

Cerro Gordo Fire Protection District]]]

154.4 BM 103.5 PL Fire/EMS: Dispatch [Expired 7/05] KWO669
154.98 BM Fireground [Expired 7/05] KYN237

Deland

Deland Fire Protection District

154.4 BM 103.5 PL Fire/EMS: Dispatch [Expired 2/06] WNFJ551
154.31 M Fireground [Expired 2/06] WNFJ551

Mansfield (Village)

155.805 BM Public Works KNHK411

Mid-Piatt Fire Protection District FB

EMS Fire Rescue; established 1946
Fire Station 1 - 1220 East Old Route 47, White Heath
Fire Station 2 - 1201 Raymond Road, Monticello

Monticello (City)

158.73 BM Police: (may not be in use) WNLE410
453.375 BM Water Department KRM878
451.3875 F Water Distribution Data Telm WPWK708

Northern Piatt County Fire Protection District 1 WEB FB

Mansfield
fire, medical, and rescue assistance to parts of Piatt, Dewitt, Champaign, and McLean Counties.

Unit IDs and Pager Tones

Public Safety Units

Law Enforcement

4513 Bement Police unit
7400s units are Sheriff units
7436 unid unit on Piatt 911 (2021)
CG units are Cerro Gordo Police
Paul units are Monticello Police

Fire/EMS

Pager Tones

Agency	Freq.	Tone A	Tone B


Kirby EMS/Mattoon Rescue (2021)	151.1975 D143	1034.7	Long

Schools

155.22 Base/Mobile (Birch, Donald): School Buses WPHZ698
152.345 Repeater/157.605 RM Mont Schools Monticello Community Unit School District #25: School Ops WQFM606

Cerro Gordo Community Unit District 100

~~154.54 M Operations KD24973 [Expired 3/13] FMN Deprecated 1/1/25~~

Deland-Weldon Schools

Airports

Piatt County Airport (Monticello) [2K0] DB

132.85 for Champaign Approach/Departure

Related Pages

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