Macoupin County (IL)

Macoupin County - Information

Macoupin County is one of the largest counties, by area, in the state of Illinois. It also comprises 2 area codes and is perhaps the only county in the United States that has 3 or more LATAs (Telephone Exchange Bounderies). The Enhanced 911 system in the county took over 10 years to get online.

Macoupin County ETSB/Enhanced 911

• Macoupin County Public Safety Unit Numbers
• Paging Tones & Codes

Mac911 ESN - Emergency Service Number - Provider Coverage

Information for the numbers will come soon.

9/08 --- 158.205 appears to be completely abandoned at this time. All 911 operations are on the 154.7475 narrowband repeater/remote towers. (Reported that: the reason the dispatch channel was changed was because 158.205 frequency was causing interference with another service. 911 Channel 2 became the Dispatch channel and at a future date a new channel frequency will be issued by the FCC which will become 911 Channel 2

Carlinville Tower (911/Sheriff/Local Government/Highway Department repeaters) The repeater has very good coverage (including portables), with remote receive & transmitter sites, into all surrounding counties and into the city of Springfield. This repeater system is a voting system, you may hear multiple responses (on the 46x MHz links) from mobiles on the receiving towers back to the 911 tower to be voted on to go out on 154.7475R.

Paging is done from the repeater site or one of the remote towers nearest the agency they are paging.: D131 Carlinville Fire, Dunns Ambulance [on repeater, not link] D155 PALMYRA - Northwestern Ambulance, Fire & Rescue [on 465.525} D754 BRIGHTON - Brighton Fire [on 458.7875 to 155.715 D703] D??? HETTICK - Scottville-Modesto Fire [on 469.1]

D125 PALMYRA - Not used? D223 VIRDEN - Girard Fire, Prairieland Ambulance, Virden Fire D343 BENLD - Benld Fire, Bunker Hill Fire, Bunker Hill Ambulance, Gillespie-Benld Ambulance, Gillespie Fire, Mt Olive All Call, Mt Olive Ambulance, Mt Olive Fire D413 DORCHESTER - Dorchester Fire, Wilsonville Fire D565 SHIPMAN - Medora Fire, Shipman Ambulance, Shipman Fire D631 STAUNTON - Staunton Ambulance, Staunton Fire

--911 to municipality dispatch is repeater-to-base. --All other dispatching/communications (non-paging) are done via the Carlinville repeater. --Test Page Sunday at 5:30pm of all agencies. --Back-Up dispatch center is now in Jacksonville, Morgan county, although no license adjustments have been made.

Macoupin County Sheriff's Department

Dispatches for PDs: Bunker Hill, Girard, Nilwood, Palmyra, Medora, Shipman, Modesto, Royal Lakes, Wilsonville, Mt. Clare PD's (154.785) Runs 10-28s for all PD's except Carlinville (154.785)

Dispatches for Brighton PD: Evenings/weekends (158.73R/154.83) 

158.835 D065 is a Simulcast of 154.785R, located in the southern Macoupin County, possibly to help provide better coverage for the Brighton area. 151.2125R/153.8 - NEW 1/16/09 - located at 911 tower, north of Carlinville. 460.55/465.55 - used in the 90s, Automated Voice; Recorders at Courthouse WNRC739 exp 4/00 461.125R - was licensed to Global Technical Systems @ Sheriff Tower Carlinville FB6 (may have been 250.3 PL)

Macoupin, County of

Macoupin County Fairgrounds

Located just north of Carlinville on Route 4 Website

Macoupin County Public Housing Authority Website

Macoupin County Highway Department

Located just north of Fairgrounds on Route 4) (911 Tower also at this location)

Hospitals & EMS

Ambulance Services

IDPH EMS Region 3L Dunn's Ambulance

Dunn's of Taylorville has taken over for Carlinville Area Hospital Ambulance Service and serves the Carlinville area. Also provides ALS intecepts from neighboring agencies. (See Carlinville page for more info)

Prairieland Ambulance (Virden)

Serves Virden, Girard & Nilwood. ALS intercepts units from Auburn and Springfield.

Northwestern Area Ambulance

Provides service to the whole NW area of the county.

Area Ambulance Service

Provides service to the west central area of the county. (Shipman, Medora, Piasa)

Alton Memorial Hospital Ambulance

Serves the Brighton area and backup to southern Macoupin Countyu.

Gillespie Benld Ambulance Service Serves its surrounding area. (Gillespie, Benld, Sawyerville, Wilsonville, Royal Lakes)

Mt. Olive and Staunton have their own ambulance service. (Staunton also serves portions of Bond and Madison County-New Douglas/Williamson)

7/07 UPDATE - Bunker Hill Ambulance recently stopped operating. Currently served by Alton Memorial Hospital Ambulance from Bethalto area.

• Most parts of the Brighton area, and north of town are covered by Alton Memorial Hospital Ambulance (Madison County)

Fire Departments

• Parts of areas west of Medora are covered by Greenfield Fire (Greene County)
• A very small part of the area east of Staunton is covered by New Douglas Fire (Madison County)
• Parts of the area east of Gillespie on IL-16 is covered by Litchfield Ambulance (Montgomery County)
• Parts of the area north/east of Mt Olive around I-55 is coverd by Litchfield Ambulance (Montgomery County)

Municipalities & Districts

Townships & Water Districts

      [99] Atwater, Village of            

'"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-00000000-QINU`"'

      [99] Benld, City of            

'"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-00000001-QINU`"'

      [99] Brighton, Village of            

'"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-00000002-QINU`"'

      [99] Brighton-Betsey Ann Fire Protection District            

'"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-00000003-QINU`"'

      [99] Bunker Hill Fire Protection District            

'"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-00000004-QINU`"'

      [99] Bunker Hill Police Department            

'"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-00000005-QINU`"'

      [99] Carlinville, City of            

'"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-00000006-QINU`"'

      [99] Chesterfield, Village of            

'"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-00000007-QINU`"'

      [99] Dorchester, Village of            

'"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-00000008-QINU`"'

      [99] East Gillespie, Village of            

'"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-00000009-QINU`"'

      [99] Gillespie Community Unit 7 Fire Protection District            

'"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-0000000A-QINU`"'

      [99] Gillespie, City of            

'"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-0000000B-QINU`"'

      [99] Girard Fire Protection District            

'"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-0000000C-QINU`"'

      [99] Girard, City of            

'"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-0000000D-QINU`"'

      [99] Hagamon            

'"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-0000000E-QINU`"'

      [99] Hettick, Village of            

'"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-0000000F-QINU`"'

      [99] Lake Catatoga            

'"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-00000010-QINU`"'

      [99] Medora, Village of            

'"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-00000011-QINU`"'

      [99] Modesto, Village of            

'"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-00000012-QINU`"'

      [99] Mount Clare, Village of            

'"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-00000013-QINU`"'

      [99] Mt. Olive Fire Protection District            

'"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-00000014-QINU`"'

      [99] Mt. Olive, City of            

'"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-00000015-QINU`"'

      [99] Nilwood, Village of            

'"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-00000016-QINU`"'

      [99] NorthWestern Area Ambulance & Fire            

'"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-00000017-QINU`"'

      [99] Palmyra, Village of            

'"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-00000018-QINU`"'

      [99] Piasa, Village of            

'"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-00000019-QINU`"'

      [99] Royal Lakes, Village of            

'"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-0000001A-QINU`"'

      [99] Sawyerville, Village of            

'"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-0000001B-QINU`"'

      [99] Scottville, Village of            

'"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-0000001C-QINU`"'

      [99] Scottville-Modesto Fire Protection District            

'"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-0000001D-QINU`"'

      [99] Shipman Fire Protection District            

'"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-0000001E-QINU`"'

      [99] Standard City, Village of            

'"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-0000001F-QINU`"'

      [99] Staunton Fire Protection District            

'"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-00000020-QINU`"'

      [99] Staunton Police Department            

'"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-00000021-QINU`"'

      [99] Virden, City of            

'"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-00000022-QINU`"'

      [99] White City, Village of            

'"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-00000023-QINU`"'

      [99] Wilsonville, Village of            

'"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-00000024-QINU`"'

Schools & Colleges

Bunker Hill Community Unit School District #8 '"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-00000025-QINU`"'

Carlinville Community Unit School District #1 '"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-00000026-QINU`"'

Gillespie Community Unit School District #7 '"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-00000027-QINU`"'

Mt. Olive School District #? '"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-00000028-QINU`"'

Northwestern Unit School District (Palmyra) '"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-00000029-QINU`"'

ROE 40 Adult Learning Center '"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-0000002A-QINU`"'

Southwestern Community Unit School District #9 '"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-0000002B-QINU`"'

Staunton Community Unit School District #6 '"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-0000002C-QINU`"'

Girard School District '"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-0000002D-QINU`"'

Virden Community Unit School District #4 '"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-0000002E-QINU`"'

Blackburn College (Carlinville) '"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-0000002F-QINU`"'

==Airports== | Zelmer Memorial Airport (Palmyra) '"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-00000030-QINU`"'

Litchfield Municipal Airport '"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-00000031-QINU`"'

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