Coles County (IL)
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Coles County Government
Dial-A-Ride is the county's public transportation program "Coles County Council on Aging"
- 461.85 Repeater 662 DPL Coles Animal Coles County Animal Shelter [Expired] Still in use?? WNJX623
Coles County 911 - CECOM (Charleston) Facebook
- CECOM is the 911 dispatch center for all public safety agencies in Coles
- CECOM stands for Coles, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Oakland and Mattoon
- Agencies Dispatched: Mattoon Police & Fire*, Lincoln Fire, Mitchell-Jerden Ambulance, Cooks Mills Fire, Humboldt Fire, Wabash Fire, Hutton Fire, Seven-Hickory-Morgan Fire, Ashmore Fire, Oakland Fire/Ambulance, Mattoon ESDA, Charleston/Coles Co ESDA
- 11/08 - Mattoon Dispatchers now part of CECOM Article
Coles County Sheriff
- Coles County Crisis Response Team - have officers from County, Charleston, EIU PD, Mattoon and Lakeland. Negotiators (SWAT) to neutralize risky situations.
- Deputies have access to Lakeland College Police (155.79 RM 153.7550 151.4)
Possible unconfirmed/old frequencies
- 153.905 M Sheriff: Car-to-Car (Old? not 88.5 PL) KSC438
- 156.090 M Sheriff: Tactical (NOT 88.5 PL) (or 153.9050)
- 159.210 M Sheriff: Detectives "Private Call" (Old?)
Charleston-Coles County EMA Facebook
- Includes members from all over the county including Charleston and the former Mattoon ESDA (Rescue & Dive Team) Dive teams located in Charleston & Mattoon
146.6550 162.2 PL, 444.9250 SKYWARN Coles & Moultrie Counties (MARK)
- Charleston Receive link to 146.655 is 446.2 103.5 PL
Coles County Emergency Management Amateur Radio Club KC9KRA
EMS Agencies and Hospitals
Dunn's Ambulance (no longer in service)
Serving Mattoon -- Located at 1821 Marshall Avenue
- 5 Units in the shed: 3X52, 3X53, 3X58 van (5/08), now 3-I-55 heard locally (was Carlinville unit) (4/25/11)
News Article
AMR Abbott EMS
- 1-2 units serving Sarah Bush Hospital
3 trucks in county, including one based in Neoga>https://www.effinghamdailynews.com/news/local_news/abbott-ambulance-response-improving/article_cd30223c-81c6-11eb-a689-332315e01211.html News
Baker Ambulance Service
Took over ambulance service for Oakland Fire Protection district as of 11/2009; serves the Oakland, IL area. Operates 1 ambulance (3X20) Employs 2 full time Paramedics, 2 full time EMT- Basics and 4 part time EMT-Basics.
- Paging: uses CECOM county fire and ambulance dispatch 159.0900 88.5 PL; Ambulance to Hospital Comms: MERCI 155.3400 100.0 PL
Mitchell-Jerden Funeral Home/EMS (Mattoon)
- Units are 3X14, 3X15 & 3X16 (ALS)
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center (SBLHC Mattoon/Charleston)
- Area E-7 Hospital Association
Townships and Water Districts
Cooks Mills is in North Okaw Twp. Humboldt is in its own Twp. Mattoon Twp is just outside borders of Mattoon. Paradise Twp-southwest corner of county out of Mattoon that includes Lake Mattoon and the tiny Lake Paradise. Lafayette Twp is south and east rural Mattoon and west out of Charleston. Pleasant Grove Twp contains the Village of Lerna. Hutton TWP contains Hutton. Ashmore Twp contains Ashmore. Seven-Hickory and Morgan TWP (kind of combined) are east of Humboldt and North of Charleston and includes Fairgrange, Bushton, Rardin. East Oakland T contains Oakland.wp
- Oakland Township has been reported previously to use their 460.8500 R, but has been hear using the county frequency 1/10
- 151.0250 BM 67.0 PL East Oakland Township Road Maintenance [Exp. 1/06] WNED234
- 151.0250 BM 67.0 PL Humboldt Township Road Maintenance KNIF490
- 151.0250 156.165 RM 67.0 PL ColesTS Road Lafayette Township Road Maintenance (Charleston/Mattoon) KNCF617
Municipalities and Distrcts
Ashmore
Ashmore Fire Protection District & ESDA
Charleston (City)
- 155.955 Base/Mobile for Government, located at Water Tower WPCI708
- Uses ISPERN and I-REACH for alternate channels (old info)
- Uses MABAS Fireground: Black, Red and Gold -- Unit-to-Unit (Fireground/Hydrant Testing)
- 7-2wt mobile extenders, 65-2wt mobiles on 173.2875 (6K Narrow); 5-50w on 155.34 (NFM) KJU218
- 4-110W mobiles on 155.22, 155.34 (Expired 11/2001) KZ8844
- Charleston Fire Department is a full time 24/7/365 career agency that offers fire, rescue, and EMS service
- Is unique in that the members of each shift are not assigned to one particular apparatus. Instead, they float around to different rigs as needed. As such, dispatch will only call for "Charleston Fire" or "Charleston Ambulance". FFs will get on the air and advise dispatch of which rigs will respond to any given call.
- Charleston Fire is dispatched with an alternating "high/low" tone that plays for several seconds prior to the dispatcher reading off the call info. It appears that this tone stays the same, regardless of the call (11/23).
- Majority of traffic being transmitted by dispatch will be followed by a timestamp.
- In certain cases, such as a car crash with injuries, dispatcher may temporarily patch CPD and CFD together and the dispatch will be heard on both frequencies. Once the dispatch has been given, the patch will be stopped and both frequencies will be separate again.
Charleston Public Works
- 451.4375 Fixed - Water Data WQOZ964
Humboldt
Humboldt Fire Protection District
Lerna
Lincoln Rural Fire Protection District (Lerna) Website
- Lincoln FPD of Charleston, Mattoon, and Lerna; covers Lafayette, Pleasant Grove, and Charleston Twp.
- Listener is reporting that 158.9550 input is CSQ, as Flora Fire can be heard over repeater (Clay County)
Mattoon
- EMS by Mitchell-Jerden
Mattoon Police Department
- 42 sworn police officers and 13 support staff which includes dispatchers, clerks, and secretaries; patrols 8 sqm of corporate city limits, serving a population of 18,500.
- East Central Illinois Task Force leases much of the third floor of the Mattoon Police Station (renewed 2018 for five years) LINK
- Code 5 = Secure (4/21)
- 3/23 - New license for repeaters 154.1525, 154.7325 (inputs on 159.1275, 159.225) at 5 sites for Police/Fire WRWS922 [1 site is in Charleston near the Airport]
- 11/23 - 154.1525 is the repeater output for Mattoon Police dispatch. This frequency is digital (with a NAC of 167) although analog is being multicast on 154.815 and 453.3875. It's unknown for how long this analog patch will be in place.
- Mattoon Police is dispatched to incidents with an alternating "high/low" tone that plays for several seconds before the dispatcher reads the info
Mattoon Fire and Rescue Old Facebook
- Full-time career department with 38 members, 36 shift personnel working 24/48-hour shifts and two Command personnel. (OLD Info: 37 are EMTs providing non-transport Emergency Medical Services to the community. Of the 37 EMTs, 7 are Licensed Paramedics)
- Stations: Two within the City and 1 station located at the County Airport near Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center.
- Apparatus consists of: 3 front-line Engine Companies and one reserve Engine; one 100' Aerial; one Heavy Rescue Truck; one Light-duty Medical Response Unit; one Technical Rescue Support Vehicle; 2 Emergency Response Trailers; and 2 Command Vehicles.
- Operated an advanced life support ambulance service from 2010 to 2018
Mattoon Public Works Department
- Street, Sewer, Water, Parks and Cemetery
MOBILE RADIO LAYOUT-Motorola CM300-32 Channel
154.0100 WPIT504 M Matt FD MX Old Mobile Extenders [Deleted] 155.0850 KNNN227 BM 192.8 PL Matt FireTA2 Fireground 465.5500 WPIT504 M Matn FD RF Old Remote Link [Deleted] 154.4300 M CSQ 15443 FG CSQ Wabash Fire (Old "National Trails Fire Association"-"National Fire") 154.4300 M CSQ 15443 FG CSQ Humboldt Fire 154.4300 M 15443 FG CSQ Cooks Mills Fire 154.4300 M 154.43 FG ?? Windsor Fire 154.4300 M 154.43 FG ?? Effingham Fire 154.4300 M 154.43 FG ?? Toledo Fire 158.7750 M Cole A/P Ops Charleston Fireground ?? 158.9400 M 146.2 PL Tuscola Fire Tuscola Fire 154.8150 156.0300 KSA874 RM 167.9 PL Matn Police1 Mattoon Police: Dispatch 155.3400 KNNP400 M 100.0 PL MERCI-1 1000 Ambulance to Hospital Comms (to Sara Bush Lincoln)
PORTABLE RADIO LAYOUT-Motorola D1225 16 channel
154.3850 156.00000 WPIT504 RM 192.8 PL Mattoon Fire Mattoon Fire [F-1/3] 154.2650 M 210.7 PL IFERN Fire: Statewide Mutual Aid [F4 NIFERN] 154.8150 156.03000 KSA874 RM 167.9 PL Matn Police1 Mattoon Police (rpt) [F-6] 155.3400 M 100.0 PL MERCI-1 1000 Ambulance to Hospital Comms (to Sara Bush Lincoln) [F-7] 154.1000 KXT997 M 88.5 PL Coles ESDA Charleston-Coles County ESDA [F-9] 155.0550 KA5825 M CSQ I-REACH Statewide Interagency Mutual Aid [F-11] 155.6700 153.9050 KSC428 RM 88.5 PL Cole Sheriff Coles County Sheriff [F-12] 154.4300 M CSQ 15443 FG CSQ Humboldt Fire [F-13] 154.2350 158.95500 WQN849 RM 88.5 PL Lncln R Fire {Link to} Lincoln RFPD Fireground [F-14] 155.1450 KEE995 M Coles EMA F7 Mattoon ESDA [F-15] 154.1300 153.7700 WPKY417 RM 123.0 PL Arcola Fire Arcola Fire (Repeater) [F-16]
Wabash Fire Protection District
- 151.1225 Repeater with 156.0675 input; (Deleted 173.3125 mobile extenders) (P25/NFM) WQBS672
Oakland
Oakland Community Fire Protection District and Ambulance
- 151.1525 Repeater w/ 159.285 input (P25/NFM, new 2018) WRAW201
- Old 460.8500 WNIH213 RM 205 DPL Fire: Tactical/Fireground [Dague, Archie]
Seven Hickory-Morgan Fire Protection District (Bushton)
Schools
Mattoon Schools
Riddle Elementary School
- Mobiles on 151.7900, 151.9100, 159.6150, 159.7200, 159.7650 (NFM) WQOZ823
Mattoon Community Unit School District 2
- 463.925 Repeater, 60 portables on 456.2375, 456.3375, 456.3625, 456.4625, 456.5375, 456.7375, 456.7625, 457.0875, 457.1875, 457.4875, 457.6625, 463.925 WRDV936
All licenses below are expired
- 152.40500 WQGK871 BM MtnSD2 Bus Buses/Maintenance (in use) DMR
- 160.03500 WPPY881 M MSD MidSchOp Middle School: Admin/Maintenance FMN
- 159.82500 WPVI745 M Mttn Sch Op1 School Ops FMN
- 159.72000 WPVI745 M Mttn Sch Op2 School Ops FMN
- 159.76500 WPVI745 M Mttn Sch Op3 School Ops FMN
- 160.15500 WPVI745 M Mttn Sch Op4 School Ops FMN
- 160.20000 WPVI745 M Mttn Sch Op5 School Ops FMN
- 151.83500 WPIU430 BM Mttn HS Ops1 High School Ops FMN
- 153.57500 WPIU430 M Mttn HS Ops2 High School Ops FMN
- 151.74500 159.96000 WPEW923 RM 503 DPL 1Stdnt Chstn First Student: Buses (Charleston) [No longer in use] FMN
Oakland Community Unit School District 5
- 462.85, 465.0 Base with Pagers (NFM Data) WQYI601
Colleges
Eastern Illinois University - Charleston (EIU)
- 151.6850 -- heard "Base to xx, then 3 beeps
- EIU Police: Prefix "4" Units: Cars 40, 41, 42 & 43 C6,C12, L-13,17,20,23,27
- RAs (resident advisors) have access to 453.6500 and can contact PD on channel (Heard: EIU PD, Base 2, Carmen (residence Hall))
Lakeland Community College (Mattoon)
- Police Units: L4,56,9 ---heard 2/08 - 6L2, 6L3 on "Lakeland"
- Units access 155.67 Sheriff and 154.815 Mattoon Police, for answering area calls; only has a dispatcher on 155.79 during the day.
Codes, Unit Lists, Pager Tones
Law Enforcement All law enforcement unit radio calls begin with a prefix that indicates which agency they are a part of. The second part of this callsign is a letter that indicates the type of law enforcement unit. The third part of the callsign could be a car number or a badge number.
For example: 3-L-500 (not a real callsign) would indicate Charleston (3) patrol unit (L) officer 500.
See the key listed below for a list of each agency's prefix and the list of unit types.
Officers may not always use this full callsign when operating. They may only give the last portion.
KEY:
Unit types
Adam-Administrative, Charles-Command, David-Detectives, Frank-Forestry/investigators, Ida-ISP investigators, J-Jail Transport, Lincoln-Patrol units, K9-K-9 dog units, V-Victor unit (Auxillary-Volunteer "2V10")
Charleston Police
Unit numbers - Prefix "3" C60, C66, D82, L-72,74,82,83,88,89,92,96,97,99,100,101,102,103,109,111
Mattoon Police
Units: Prefix "2" C10, D5, D6, D9, S20, S22, L-9,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18
Oakland Police
Oakland Pd-"5" A1, L-2,3,4
Eastern Illinois University Police Department (EIUPD)
Units: Prefix "4" -
Lake Land College Department of Public Safety
Unites Prefix "6" - 6-Lincoln-2, 6-L-3, 6-L-4, 6-Charles-1, 6-C-2.
Non-lettered units-court units: 793 (public service van), 797
- 1-Ocean-1 Coroner
Sheriff Codes
Code 5 = Secure (Used when dispatch asks for status, means that units are OK/safe) (used by all LE agencies in Coles)
106 Traffic Stop (used by all LE agencies in Coles)
106-D Traffic Stop that is DUI Investigation(used by all LE agencies in Coles)
106-S Sitation
106-W Narcotics Search?
109-J Transporting Inmate
117 Probation Check
118 Paper Service
119 Warrant
213 Lunch Break
213-H1 Taking break at officer's own residence
213-P Lunch Break (on pager or portable)
EMS Units
- 3P17 Arrow Ambulance Champaign, and their private dispatch for Mattoon, rptr is 463.3 mhz.?
- #7and 32 #8 are Arrow-Carle Ambulance units, division of Carle Hospital in Urbana, 6-506-08 is 32, and I am unsure of 31's unit.?
- 3T12 Arthur Ambulance, Moultrie County.
- 3U12 Shrader Ambulance, ALS, in Arcola (Douglas Co)
- 3U20 #20 Arrow Ambulance, Villa Grove, IL, ILS (Northern Douglas Co)
- 3U21 Arcola Ambulance, ALS, 3U22 # 6is Arrow Ambulance, Tuscola, ALS, sometimes runs in Coles County as a backup unit. (Douglas Co)
- 3Z11 Neoga Ambulance, and 3Z12 is Neoga Also, both ALS. (Cumberland Co, south of Mattoon)
- 5B19 Effingham City/County Ambulance,?
- 5B91, 92, and 93 Effingham Advanced Ambulance Service units, 91 is BLS, 92, and 93 are ALS.?
- 3X14 Mitchell-Jerden Ambulance Service (ALS-Mattoon)
- 3X15 Mitchell-Jerden Ambulance Service (ALS-Mattoon)
- 3X16 Mitchell-Jerden Ambulance Service (ALS-Mattoon)
- 3X20 Oakland Ambulance
- 3X31
- 3X32
- 3X38 Charleston Fire Protection District Ambulance [new 4/07]
- 3X52 Dunn's Ambulance (Mattoon) <
- 3X58 Dunn's Ambulance (Mattoon) [new 5/08]
- 3X59 Dunn's Ambulance (Mattoon)
Fire Departments
- 3/23 - Many of these are very outdated
10s - Ashmore Fire
- Engine 11 2000 International/Smeal Pumper- red<
- Engine 12 Ford/FMC C-800 pumper-red
- Attack 13 1980's F-350 Brush Truck-red
- Tanker 14 1980s FMC/GMC Tanker (yellow)
- Tanker 15 196x Chevy Tanker (red)
- Engine 16 195x reserve pumper (red)
- Engine 17 Newer Kenworth Tanker - 3000 gallon (red)
- Support 18 197x Ford E-350 Box Van-Yellow(518?)
20s - Mattoon Fire and Rescue
- Car 2-Chief's Red Impala; Car 20 is Battalion Chief GMC Yukon, Car 26-Red GMC Yukon for Chief; 1973 Winnebago-Mobile Command Post
Station 1 (Prairie Ave.)
- Engine 21- 2000 Pierce Saber "Squirt"
- Ladder 24 2006 KME 95' platform
- Rescue 25- 1994 Darley/IHC heavy rescue
- Rescue 27- 1994 Chevy suburban (medical response, will be replaced by ambulance soon)
- Station 2 (Airport Road) CLOSED
- Engine 22-1992 Darley/Pemfab Pumper {reserve}, GMC Mini-pumper "Airport rescue", reserve 1970's IHC loadstar foam truck' (2 airpoirt units and the city pumper at station two)
- Station 3 (Marshall Ave.)
- Engine 23-1998 HME/Towers TeleSquirt (55' aerial/water tower)
- Annex (next to Station One):
- Engine 26-1987 Pierce Arrow Pumper (reserve)
- Support 210-haz-mat/reserve rescue truck (1978 GMC/Pierce)
- 2-S-8 & 2-S-9 Support trailers
- Radios: Portables- D1225 16 channel, Mobile: Motorola CM300-32 Channel
300s - Charleston Fire
- 301 Chief
- 302 Asst Chief
- 303-305 Unknown
- 306 1994 Pierce Dash Engine (Sta. 2)
- 307 2002 Pierce Saber Full-Cab Engine (NEW)(Sta. 1)
- 308 2001 Pierce/Kenworth Rescue Pumper (Sta. 1)
- 309 2004 Pierce 105ft Platform Aerial (Sta. 2)
- 310 ATV - Tactical Response Team<
- 312 2006 Ford F350 (pull trailer with 310)
- 3-X-11 ALS Ambulance (Station 2)
- 3-X-13 ALS Ambulance (Station 1)
- 3-X-18 ALS Ambulance (Station 2)
- 3-X-38 ALS Ambulance [New 4/07]
400s - Cooks Mill Fire
- 2006 Kenworth Pumper (red)
- older Ford F-800 Pumper/Tanker (red)
- 1991 red utility bucket truck
- military tanker (green)
- older ford L-9000 Red Tanker<
50s - Humbolt Fire Protection District
- Engine 51-199? Ford F-600 Pumper (Red)
- Engine 52-197? Ford L-9000 Pumper (Yellow)
- Engine 53-New Ford F-600 pumper (Red)
- Tanker 54-newer Sterling Tanker (white)
- 55 ??? possible medical response?
60s - Hutton Fire
- 1980's GMC/E-One Pumper (white)
- 1980's GMC pumper (red)
- 2004 F-350 Brush truck (red)
- 3 newer IHC Tankers (red)
70s - Lincoln Rural Fire Protection District (Lerna) Station 1 - Charleston
- Engine 71 Pierce/Kenworth Pumper
- Tanker 74 KW Tanker
- Support 77 1989 F-800/Towers Walk-in Support Truck
- Attack 710 1972 F-350 Brush Truck
- Engine 713 1985 F-800 Pumper (reserve)<
Station 2 - Lerna
- Engine 72 Pierce/Kenworth Pumper
- Tanker 75 1987 F-800/Towers 3000 gallon tanker
- Support 78 1990 F-800/Towers Walk-in Support Truck
- Attack 711 GMC Brush Truck
Station 3 - Mattoon (Old State Road)
- Engine 73 1998 Towers/Sterling pumper<
- Tanker 76 Pierce/Kenworth Tanker
- Support 79 1984 E-850 Support Truck (old moving truck)
- 72,73 Tankers 74,75,76 Support 77,78,79 Brush Attack 710,711, Tanker 712 Reserve Engine 713
80s - Oakland Fire
- 1996 IHC Pumper (red)
- Ford C-800 Pumper (red)
- Tanker ?
90s - Seven Hickory Morgan Fire Protection District
- 200x Pumper
- 196x Chevy Tanker (red)
- 196x Chevy Pumper (red)
Wabash Fire Protection District (Neoga/Mattoon)
- 197x GMS/FMC Pumper (red)
- 197x F-800/FMC Tanker (red)
- 2001 IHC Tanker (red)
- 2007 pumper
1000s - EMA/ESDA
- Coles County Units: "1-Edward-#", "2-Edward-#"
- 1001-1006
9400s - ???'
- 9463 engine 154.43 heard wheeler IL (2020)
Fire/EMS Pager Tones
Mattoon Police Department 154.8150 798.0 1502.0Mattoon Fire | 0.0 | 313.0 | 1092.4 | QCII |
Mitchell-Jerden Ambulance | 159.0900 R | 1092.4 | 1063.2 | QCII |
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