Whiteside County (IL)

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Whiteside County Government WEB

911 / ETSB WEB

Oversees the 911 System's two PSAPs (Public Safety Answering Points in Whiteside County)

Whiteside County Sheriff's Office, Morrison (see below)
Twin City Communication Center, Sterling (Sterling, Rock Falls Police & Fire, CGH Ambulance) (see below)

E911 has been in place in Whiteside County since December 1992, serving 38 different public safety agencies

Whiteside County Sheriff Dispatch FB

Rural Patrol: Coleta, Deer Grove

Twin Cities Communication Center (TwinCom)

Takes all calls for Sterling and Rock Falls Police, Sterling and Rock Falls Fire, and CGH Ambulance.
Heard: Dispatch test pages for several Whiteside County fire departments, including Sterling, Rock Falls, Coleta, and Tampico, all on 154.19 (CSQ) and using a callsign of WWA349 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<. This comes back to CGH Medical Center in Sterling

EMS Agencies and Hospitals

CGH Medical Center / EMS (Rock Falls) WEB

(Community General Hospital) Owned by the city of Sterling
72.24 Fixed GPS Based Clock System WQIC916
Mobiles on 159.915 (NFM) for "At Scene" comms on Ambulance personnel WQPH335

Morrison Community Hospital WEB FB

Critical Access Hospital providing immediate life improving medical services.
Mobiles 153.41, 153.545, 153.5, 158.265, 158.65 (NFM) WQND509

OSF LifeFlight FB

Emergency Helicopter Service Peoria, Peru Bloomington, Galesburg and Rock falls, Illinois

Article from 4/24 LINK

An OSF St. Anthony Airbus helicopter, along with its crew, moved into the new hangar at the Whiteside County Airport, 10950 Hoover Road in Rock Falls, on April 6, 2024. “Being in this area allows us to respond to hospitals in Sterling and Dixon within a few minutes, the Quad Cities in about 15 minutes, Morrison, Freeport, Geneseo, and many others in 12-25 mins,” OSF Life Flight said on its Facebook page

OSF opened a Life Flight base in a new hangar at Central Illinois Regional Airport in Bloomington in September 2021, which OSF Aviation bought, and in a new hangar at Galesburg Municipal Airport in June, which OSF built on land it owns, to be more accessible to northern and central Illinois residents.

(?? Rock Falls Life Flight crew was stationed at Illinois Valley Regional Airport in Peru, which also is an OSF Life Flight base.)

Northwest Rescue EMS WEB MAP

<<<This will needs its own section on the statewide EMS page >>>>
Serving the Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin Region, Northwest Rescue is a transport agency transporting emergency and non-emergency patients.
Helicopter - Based at the Whiteside County Airport-Rock Falls

Municipalities and Districts

Townships and Water Districts

Prophetstown Township

151.265 Base/Mobile (NFM) WQRK587

151.175 KNGE617 BM Coloma Township: Parks [Expired 6/23] FMN Deprecated 1/18/25
151.415 WQKZ375 BM Coloma Township: Roads and Bridges (Rock Falls) FMN Deprecated 1/18/25
156.195 KR8810 BM Sterling Township: Road Maintenance FMN Deprecated 1/18/25
45.760 KNAN807 BM Union Grove Township: Roads FM Deprecated 1/18/25
154.040 WPMG919 BM Ustick Township: Roads FMN Deprecated 1/18/25

Albany

151.3025 Mobile Extenders (NFM) WQVL549

Fulton

EMS Units: 1G19

Morrison

160.005 Mobile for Water Department (NFM Voice/Data) WQPQ299

Prophetstown

Prophetstown Fire Protection District

Serves Lyndon and Hoopole
10/22 add mobile extenders on 159.33 (NFM) WQWB646

Rock Falls (City)

173.3375 WNYX877 F Water Distribution Data [Expired 3/12] Telm Deprecated 1/18/25
159.570 WQCE412 M Water / Sewer Monitoring FMN Deprecated 1/18/25
159.660 WQCE412 M Water / Sewer Monitoring FMN Deprecated 1/18/25

Sterling (City) WEB

155.100 KTR761 F 103.5 PL Outdoor Warning Siren System FMN (removed from listing to avoid duplication, but listed on Township Roads)

Sterling Police

Now using STARCOM21, encrypted, with rock falls

154.800 KSA930 M Ster Police3 Police: Car-to-Car FMN Deprecated 1/18/25 154.725 WQFM774 M Ster Police4 Police: Car-to-Car FMN Deprecated 153.7625 WQFM774 M Ster Police5 Police FMN Deprecated 1/18/25 153.9425 WQFM774 M Ster Police6 Police FMN Deprecated 1/18/25 153.9725 WQFM774 M Ster Police7 Police FMN Deprecated 1/18/25 154.8225 WQFM774 M Ster Police8 Police FMN Deprecated 1/18/25 154.8675 WQFM774 M Ster Police9 Police FMN Deprecated 1/18/25

Sterling Fire Department

Reported dispatching on their 154.355 fireground channel (5/23)
6/14 replace 154.7475 Mobile Extenders with 173.3125 (NFM) WQFM774
460.575 465.575 M Fire: Mobile Extenders WPDB704 [Expired 9/23] FMN Deprecated 1/18/25

Sterling Park District WEB

Tampico

Tampico Rural Fire Protection District

Serves Deer Grove

Schools

Parochial Schools

Newman Central Catholic High School (Sterling)

1101 W St Mary's St; 152.36 25-50W mobiles (DMR) WSEG377 ~~152.36 Repeater with 157.625 input (NFM) WQOI404 [Expired 5/21]~~

Unity Christian School 47.660 WPKZ323 BM Buses (Fulton) [Expired 10/22] FM Deprecated 1/18/25

East Colona School District 12

452.05 Base/Mobile (Rock Falls) WPPA270

Erie Community Unit School District 1

Montmorency CCDD 145

452.675 WPPC230 BM FMN Schools

Morrison Community Unit School District 6

461.850 WPQJ387 BM Operations [Expired 8/15] FMN Deprecated 1/18/25
462.525 WPQJ387 BM Operations [Expired 8/15] FMN Deprecated 1/18/25
463.750 WPQJ387 BM Operations [Expired 8/15] FMN Deprecated 1/18/25
463.875 WPQJ387 BM Operations [Expired 8/15] FMN Deprecated 1/18/25

Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico School District 3

154.515 WPFZ257 BM Ops [Expired 11/14] FMN Deprecated 1/18/25

Riverbend Community Unit School District 2 (Fulton)

Mobiles on 155.16 (NFM) at Fulton for Buses {WQQJ949

Rock Falls School District 13

155.295 WPQB833 BM First Student: Buses (Rock Falls) [Expires 5/25] FMN Deprecated
452.800 WPPE801 BM District 13 School [Expired 11/14] FMN Deprecated
451.525 WPPE801 BM District 13 School [Expired 11/14] FMN Deprecated
452.325 WPPE801 BM District 13 School [Expired 11/14] FMN Deprecated
452.450 WPPE801 BM District 13 School [Expired 11/14] FMN Deprecated
452.625 WPPE801 BM District 13 School [Expired 11/14] FMN Deprecated

School District 301

452.650 457.650 WPPD361 RM District 301 School [Expired 10/14] FMN Deprecated

Riverdale School District 14

452.875 WPQI515 BM [Expired 7/15] FMN Deprecated

Sterling Community Unit School District 5

Using a TRS for Buses/Security/Maintenance (maintained by EF Johnson) https://www.radioreference.com/db/sid/7280

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