Wayne County (IL)

Wayne County Government

Wayne County: Communication System Details Fairfield City Police, Fairfield Ambulance, Wayne County Highway Dept, North Wayne Ambulance, & Fairfield City Service are standard conventional repeaters. Each of these repeaters are located in Fairfield, IL. Except for N. Wayne Ambulance (whose repeater is located on their own tower in Cisne)

The Sheriff's repeater has a voting system. The repeater's transmitter is on the county's tower next to the courthouse in Fairfield. Remote receivers are located in Wayne City, Orchardville, and Mt. Erie. They are linked to the Fairfield site via 450mhz links. The links transmit a sample tone 24/7.

Fire department communications take place on simplex using 154.43, and a PL of 77.0. All fire dept's are toned by the new 911 center located inside the Fairfield City Police Department. There is a remote base located 2 miles north of Fairfield on Enterprise Road. Dispatch uses a 450mhz link to use the remote base. Pager Tests are done at 6pm every night.

Informational Note: EMA and City Police have started buying Icom NXDN radios. Fairfield Police is licensed for 6.25 digital and Wide and Narrowband Analog. EMA is still only licensed for Analog Wideband

154.43 77.0 PL Agencies Dispatched: Fairfield City Fire, Fairfield Rural Fire, Gelf Fire, Orchardsville Fire, Cisne Fire, Wayne City Fire, Wayne City Ambulance,

Dispatched on ? Litton Ambulance??, Xenia Fire, Wayne County Ambulance Service, North Wayne County Ambulance Service

Wayne County Sheriff

NEW NXDN System in use. Dispatch is in the clear, mobiles are encrypted.

Formerly used, please advise if in use

151.430 156.2025 RM CC 7 TG 5000 SL 1 Sheriff/Law: Dispatch (Johnsonville) DMRE WRHT739
155.535 153.800 RM 131.8 PL (OLD) Sheriff: Dispatch [Ch 1] FMN WSL593
458.2625 F CSQ (OLD) Sheriff: Remote Link - Mt Erie FMN WRCA326
458.3375 F (OLD) Sheriff: Remote Link - Wayne City FMN WRCA326
458.475 F CSQ (OLD) Sheriff: Remote Link - Fairfield FMN WRCA326
458.8375 F CSQ (OLD) Sheriff: Remote Link - Johnsonville FMN WRCA326
154.860 BM 85.4 PL (OLD) Sheriff: Operations [Ch 2] FMN KNIK563

Old Frequencies, appear to no longer be in use

155.31 Repeater/155.64 162.2 PL Sheriff: Old Repeater (was licensed on WSL593, reported in use) WSL593
155.64 M 77.0 PL Sheriff: reported in use (was licensed) WSL593
156.00 M unknown use KA47994 [Expired]
154.43 BM 151.4 PL Fire/EMS: Countywide Dispatch [Ch 1] KDX393

Wayne County Emergency Management

EMA uses simplex, 156.18 131.8 PL; a simplex repeater is available on this frequency.
EMA is dispatched from their own Operations Center in Fairfield.
2-Tone paging is used on this ham repeater 442.625 to alert Skywarn and ARES members to emergency situations. These tones are: 2073 hz. - 1 second/ 731 hz. - 3 seconds

North Wayne Ambulance

Dispatched by Fairfield Police on 154.19, use 155.22 Clay Co Hosp. / 155.34 Fairfield

Municipalities and Districts

Townships and Water Districts

Western Wayne Water District

956.43125 for Intersys Meter Data 12K WPWD868
159.84 Water Data (NFM at Wayne City, Zenia, Johnsonville) WQVI453

Cisne (Village)

158.835 BM Government Services FMN KNDH480 [Expired 8/12]
Fire uses N Wayne Ambulance 154.19 Repeater for Paging / Dispatch / Ops (5/15)

Bedford Township Fire Protection District (Cisne)

Fairfield (City)

155.925 BM City Services FMN KRV924 [Expired]

Fairfield Police

151.415 Repeater/158.97 162 DPL Police: Dispatch (was D261, D732) FMN Deprecated WQCG936

Fairfield City Fire Fairfield Rural Fire Protection District

Geff (Village) / Lamard Township

Lamard Township Fire Protection District (Geff)

Golden Gate (Village)

Johnsonville (Village)

Keenes (Village)

Orchardville

Orchardville Fire Protection District

Dispatched CSQ by Salem PD/Marion County. ESDA - uses 155.025, ID's are 16-xx, 16R-xx is a youth member in reserves.

Heard on 154.430 calling their chief then changed it to 2700, I am assuming this to be their MABAS number. Near Wayne/Marion County line.

Mt Erie (Village)

Sims (Village)

Wayne City (Village)

Wayne City Ambulance Wayne City Fire Department Wayne Fire Protection District #1

Xenia

Located in Clay County, but some of the Rural Fire Protection District (which used to be part of the Orchardsville FPD is in Northern Wayne County)

EMS Agencies and Hospitals

Fairfield Memorial Hospital

460.3125, 466.3125 Mobiles for Maintenance FMN WPKT216 (Expired )

North Wayne County Ambulance Service

Serves: Zenith, Johnsonville, Orchardville, Cisne and Rinard. Units: 5J14 Under medical direction from Fairfield Memorial Hospital.
North Wayne Ambulance Shutting Down To Restructure May 2023 Link
While in restructuring phase, Wayne County Ambulance, Carle, Wayne City and Clay County will be covering North Wayne Ambulance Service area.

Wayne County Ambulance Service (Fairfield) Facebook

North Wayne EMS is toned out on 155.805 and dispatched on 155.220; Wayne City EMS is toned out and dispatched on 154.43.

154.190 - N Wayne Ambulance
154.430 - Wayne City Ambulance
151.370 - Wayne County Ambulance
155.340 - Fairfield Memorial Hospital MERCI
159.940 - Fairfield Memorial Hospital Operations
460.3125 - Fairfield Memorial Hospital Maintenance
155.3925 - Wayne County Health Department (Base/Mobile)
154.1675 - Wayne County Health Department (Mobile)

Unit Numbers

Units: "WC" (heard WC-3); Fairfeld C-3

WC-1 Wayne City Police (DB: Wayne Co Sheriff 155.535)
96-1 Sheriff (DB: Wayne Co Sheriff 155.535)
96-2 Chief Deputy
96-3 thru 96-12 Sheriff's Deputies
96-9 - K9 Unit
C-1 Fairfield Police Chief (DB Fairfield PD 151.415 NEXEDGE)
C-2 - C-13 Fairfield Police units
1601 - 1630 Wayne County EMA Officers (156.180)
786 - EMA Tan Ford Pickup
787- EMA Red Jeep Cheerokee

EMS Units

5J10 Wayne City Ambulance stationed at Wayne City Firehouse
5J13 Wayne City Ambulance stationed at Wayne City Firehouse
5J14 North Wayne Ambulance at Cisne
5J15 Wayne Co. Ambulances (at Fairfield)
5J16 Wayne Co. Ambulances (at Fairfield)
5J17 Wayne Co. Ambulances (at Fairfield)
5J18 Wayne Co. Ambulances (at Fairfield)

EMS Units: 5J10, 5J13, 5J14, 5J16, 5J17, Litton 3

Fire Units

Cisne (Bedford Twp Fire)

Orchardville Fire is 154.430

Fairfield Rural Fire Department

Wayne City Fire

Wayne Fire Protection District #1

24T1 Tanker 1 - New 2022

Fire/EMS Pager Tones

Fairfield Ambulance      834 hz. - 1 second/ 747 hz. - 3 seconds
Wayne City Ambulance     539 hz. - 3 seconds/ 1131 hz. - 1 second
Wayne City Fire          539 hz. - 3 seconds/ 1037 hz. - 1 second
N. Wayne Ambulance       779 hz. - 1 second/ 739 hz. - 2 seconds
Fairfield Rural Fire     321 hz. - 1 second/ 340 hz. - 3 seconds
Fairfield City Fire      2073 hz. - 1 second/ 731 hz. - 3 seconds
Geff Fire                554 hz. - 1 second/ 617 hz. - 3 seconds<
Orchardville Fire        1433 hz. - 1 second/ 379 hz. - 3 seconds
Cisne Fire               1404 hz. - 2.5 seconds/ 1180 hz. - 0.1 second

Wayne Co. EMA            539 hz. - 1 second/ 349 hz. - 2 seconds
Wayne Co. Skywarn/ARES   2073 hz. - 1 second/ 731 hz. - 3 seconds

Police/Sheriff/EMA

155.565 - Wayne Co Sheriff
151.415 - Fairfield Police (Icom IDAS Digital, 100% Encrypted)
156.180 - Wayne Co Emergency Management Agency

Fire Departments

154.430 - Bedford Township Fire (Cisne)
154.430 - Fairfield City/Rural Fire
154.385 - Fairfield City/Rural Fire Operations
154.430 - Geff (Lamard Township) Fire
154.430 - Orchardville Fire (Salem PD/ Centralia PD can dispatch also)
154.430 - Wayne City Fire / Ambulance, Wayne Fire Dist #1
154.010 - Wayne City Fire / Ambulance, Wayne Fire Dist #1 Operations

Roads

153.740 - Keith Township Road
155.145 - Orchard Township Road

Utilities / Public Works

153.635 - Wayne-White Electric Coop
155.835 - Fairfield Public Works
158.835 - Cisne Public Works/Govt Services
158.745 - Wayne City Utilities

Schools and Colleges

Businesses

Fairfield

Atwood Farms 152.405 Repeater with 157.665 input (Fairfield) 5/23 Application 0010539079 Dismissed 5/3/23
Atwood Farms 153.485 Repeater with 158.43 input (Fairfield) New 6/23 WRMA628
Weaver Farms 153.3275 Repeater with 158.3775 input (NFM at Fairfield) WQNV411
Matthews and Sons Contracting 153.185 Base/Mobile (NFM at Fairfield) WQPD712

Rinard

Brandon Warren Farms 153.455 50W Base with 5-50W Mobiles (DMR/NFM) WSBR811

Wayne City

Harrell Farms 151.865 Base/Mobile (Wayne City) WPZU500

Related Wiki Pages

Fairfield Municipal Airport (FWC) Wayne County (IL)

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