Champaign County METCAD MDICE
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MDICE - METCAD DIGITAL INTEROPERABLE COMMUNICATIONS ENVIRONMENT
All public safety agencies in Champaign County are using the MDICE system as of September 28, 2008.
- Most of the police talkgroups (excepting the UIPD/UPD/Sheriff Dispatch talkgroup, Champaign PD Dispatch, Rantoul PD Dispatch, Parkland PD Dispatch, Courthouse Security and some of the event talkgroups) are 100% encrypted.
METCAD Public Safety agencies migrated from VHF/UHF to a state-of-the-art Project 25 TRS simulcast system in late 2007 and early 2008. For more information about this system:
- Radioreference.com MDICE TRS webpage
- Radioreference Forum CURRENT Thread about the MDICE TRS
- Radioreference Forum OLD Thread about the MDICE TRS
- Map of MDICE tower sites
- City of Champaign - August 2007 Press Release about MDICE
Implementation Timeline
- March 23, 2007 - new 285' tower is erected at METCAD
- March 27, 2007 - METCAD granted FCC license for the new MDCIE system WQGQ800
- May 23, 2007 - System begins transmitting and first transmissions are heard on TG: 21002
- June 2007 - Testing continues daily on TG 21002
- June 18, 2007 - METCAD posts the public safety talkgroup layout on its website
- August 21, 2007 - Sheriff's Department is now using MDICE radios ('Patrol 2' - TG 21501) which is cross-patched with 453.900/453.150.
- August 26, 2007 - Nearly all the Urbana PD and U of I PD officers are using MDICE radios, but their TG is still simulcast over 453.900/453.150. There is currently one full-time patch between UHF and MDICE, and two others as needed:
- 453.150/453.900 = PATROL 2 (21501) {full-time}
- 453.975 = INCIDENT 3 (22503) {as-necessary}
- 453.250 = INCIDENT 4 (22504) {as-necessary}
- September 24, 2007 - Champaign PD is now using MDICE exclusively with dispatch on PATROL 1 TG 21500. 453.400 is now silent.
- October 23, 2007 - 453.150 is no longer simulcasting MDICE. Unsure of exactly when this quit, however, 453.900 still simulcasts Patrol 2 from MDICE.
- November 14, 2007 - It's been noted that the 453.900/PATROL 2 simulcast is no longer active. 453.900 is now silent.
- November 29, 2007 - TG 21532 "COURT SECURITY" is now being used by the deputies covering the courthouse.
- December 17, 2007 - Parkland College PD now uses MDICE TG 21505.
- January 29, 2008 - Urbana and Champaign Fire moved operations to MDICE this morning. Paging still occurs on 154.070 which isn't simulcast on MDICE. Fire responses have been on TG 22000 FIRE OPS 1.
- January 30, 2008 - 154.070 is being simulcast onto TG 22012 FIRE DISPATCH
- Spring 2008 - Weather spotters are now using MDICE TG 21204 WEATHER for storm spotting reports
- August/September 2008 - Testing is ongoing on TG 22006 FIREGROUND 5 with rural fire departments trying out their new radios.
- August 31, 2008 - METCAD has updated some of their talkgroup listing at their scanner information page
- September 9, 2008 - Rantoul PD moved to MDICE TG 21504.
- September 28, 2008 - Rural Fire Departments began using MDICE, all Public Safety agencies across Champaign County are now using MDICE (Source: METCAD)
- September 28, 2008 - Rantoul FD is now using MDICE
- September 29, 2008 - Urbana Public Works, who formerly used the 453.525 repeater, began using MDICE TG 22705
- October 7, 2008 - Urbana Parking Enforcement Division, who formerly used the 453.525 repeater, began using MDICE TG 22714
- October 15, 2008 - Champaign and Urbana Public Works are scheduled to join MDICE by this date.
- May 8, 2009 - Pro Ambulance using MDICE TG 22018 for its operations
- May 13, 2009 - METCAD was rebanded -15 MHz. Outputs are now 851-854 MHz rather than 866-869 MHz.
- August 7, 2009 All Fire Paging for whole county including Champaign and Urbana on 154.250.
- Winter 2009-2010 - Champaign County Highway Department is using MDICE for it's operations.
System Frequencies and Talkgroups
Frequencies:
| Site | Name | Freqs | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 (1) | Simulcast | 851.062500 | 851.550000 | 851.800000 | 852.100000 | 852.562500a | 853.137500a | 853.525000a | 853.825000c |
Identified Talkgroups:
| DEC | HEX | Mode | Alpha Tag | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21001 | 5209 | D | METCAD 1 | Operations 1 [Admin] |
| 21002 | 520a | D | METCAD 2 | Operations 2 [MET OPS 1] |
| 21003 | 520b | D | METCAD 3 | Operations 3 |
| 21004 | 520c | D | METCAD 4 | Operations 4 [Systems] |
| 21005 | 520d | D | METCAD EOC | County EOC Net |
| 21006 | 520e | D | 911 Emergency | Systemwide Emergency Comms w/ METCAD [9-1-1] |
| 21007 | 520f | D | Radio Service | Radio Service Technicians [RADIOSRV] |
| 21101 | 526d | D | Motorola Techs | Motorola System Technicians [MOTOROLA] |
| 21200 | 52d0 | D | EMA Admin | Administration [EMA Admin] |
| 21201 | 52d1 | D | EMA Ops 1 | Operations [EMA Ops 1] |
| 21202 | 52d2 | D | EMA Ops 2 | Coordination [EMA Ops 2] |
| 21203 | 52d3 | D | EMA Region 7 | Region 7 Net [EMA RGN7] |
| 21204 | 52d4 | D | EMA Weather | Weather Spotter Operations [WEATHER] |
| 21205 | 52d5 | D | EMA PIO | Public Information Officer [EMA PIO] |
| 21250 | 5302 | D | EMA Ops 6 Wx | Weather Spotter Operations [EMA OPS6] |
| 21251 | 5303 | D | AN CTRL | Law - Animal Control (no longer in use, see Patrol2) |
| 21252 | 5304 | D | COURTSRV | Law - Court Services |
| 21253 | 5305 | D | FEDERAL | Law - Federal Interoperability |
| 21500 | 53fc | D | PATROL 1 | Law - Patrol 1 (Champaign Police) |
| 21501 | 53fd | D | PATROL 2 | Law - Patrol 2 (Sheriff, Rantoul Police, Rural Police, Animal Control) |
| 21502 | 53fe | D | PATROL 3 | Law - Patrol 3 (UPD, UIPD) |
| 21503 | 53ff | D | PATROL 4 | Law - Patrol 4 (Reserved) |
| 21504 | 5400 | D | PATROL 5 | Law - Patrol 5 (Reserved) |
| 21505 | 5401 | D | PATROL 6 | Law - Patrol 6 (Parkland College Police) |
| 21506 | 5402 | D | PTL OPS1 | Law - Ops 1 (Champaign Police) |
| 21507 | 5403 | D | PTL OPS2 | Law - Ops 2 (CCSO, Rantoul Police, Rural Police) |
| 21508 | 5404 | D | PTL OPS3 | Law - Ops 3 (UPD, UIPD) |
| 21509 | 5405 | D | PTL OPS4 | Law - Ops 4 (Reserved) |
| 21510 | 5406 | D | PTL OPS5 | Law - Ops 5 (Reserved) |
| 21511 | 5407 | D | PTL OPS6 | Law - Ops 6 (Parkland College Police) |
| 21512 | 5408 | D | SP TEAMS1 | Law - Special Teams 1 |
| 21513 | 5409 | D | SP TEAMS2 | Law - Special Teams 2 |
| 21514 | 540a | D | SP TEAMS3 | Law - Special Teams 3 |
| 21515 | 540b | D | SP TEAMS4 | Law - Special Teams 4 |
| 21516 | 540c | D | SP TEAMS5 | Law - Special Teams 5 |
| 21517 | 540d | D | SP TEAMS6 | Law - Special Teams 6 |
| 21518 | 540e | D | LAW OP17 | Law - Unidentified Operations |
| 21525 | 5415 | D | LAW OP24 | Law - Unidentified Operations |
| 21526 | 5416 | D | ALL LAW | Law - Countywide Mutual Aid |
| 21527 | 5417 | D | LAW OP26 | Law - Unidentified Operations |
| 21528 | 5418 | D | LAW OP27 | Law - Unidentified Operations |
| 21529 | 5419 | D | Metro 1 SWAT | Law - Metro SWAT [METRO 1] |
| 21530 | 541a | D | Metro 2 SWAT | Law - Metro SWAT [METRO 2] |
| 21531 | 541b | D | LAW OP30 | Law - Unidentified Operations |
| 21532 | 541c | D | COURTSEC | Law - Court Security |
| 21536 | 5420 | D | LAW INV1 | Law - Investigations 1 |
| 21537 | 5421 | D | LAW INV2 | Law - Investigations 2 |
| 21538 | 5422 | D | LAW INV3 | Law - Investigations 3 |
| 21539 | 5423 | D | LAW INV4 | Law - Investigations 4 |
| 21540 | 5424 | D | LAW INV5 | Law - Investigations 5 |
| 21541 | 5425 | D | LAW INV6 | Law - Investigations 6 |
| 21542 | 5426 | D | InvestigatorsAll | Law - Investigators - All |
| 22000 | 55f0 | D | FIRE OP1 | Fire - Operations 1 (CFD/UFD Responses) |
| 22002 | 55f2 | D | FIRE GD1 | Fireground 1 (Working Fires) |
| 22003 | 55f3 | D | FIRE GD2 | Fireground 2 (Working Fires) |
| 22004 | 55f4 | D | FIRE GD3 | Fireground 3 (Training) |
| 22005 | 55f5 | D | FIRE GD4 | Fireground 4 |
| 22006 | 55f6 | D | FIRE GD5 | Fireground 5 (County Fire Responses) |
| 22010 | 55fa | D | FIRE HAZ | Fire - Hazmat Operations |
| 22011 | 55fb | D | FIRE RES | Fire - Technical Rescue Operations |
| 22012 | 55fc | D | FIREDISP | Fire - Countywide Dispatch |
| 22013 | 55fd | D | FIRECMD1 | Fire - Command 1 |
| 22014 | 55fe | D | FIRECMD2 | Fire - Command 2 |
| 22015 | 55ff | D | EMS MUT AID | EMS - Mutual Aid |
| 22016 | 5600 | D | ARROW OPS1 | Arrow EMS Ops 1 - Dispatch |
| 22017 | 5601 | D | ARROW OPS2 | Arrow EMS Ops 2 - Operations |
| 22018 | 5602 | D | PRO OPS1 | Pro EMS Ops 1 - Dispatch |
| 22019 | 5603 | D | PRO OPS2 | Pro EMS Ops 2 - Operations |
| 22020 | 5604 | D | ARROW CMD | Arrow EMS - Command |
| 22021 | 5605 | D | PRO CMD | Pro EMS - Command |
| 22500 | 57e4 | D | Incident 1 | Incident 1 [INC 1] |
| 22501 | 57e5 | D | Incident 2 | Incident 2 [INC 2] |
| 22502 | 57e6 | D | Incident 3 | Incident 3 [INC 3] |
| 22503 | 57e7 | D | Incident 4 | Incident 4 [INC 4] |
| 22504 | 57e8 | D | Incident 5 | Incident 5 [INC 5] |
| 22505 | 57e9 | D | Incident 6 | Incident 6 [INC 6] |
| 22506 | 57ea | D | Incident 7 | Incident 7 [INC 7] |
| 22507 | 57eb | D | Incident 8 | Incident 8 [INC 8] |
| 22701 | 58ad | D | PW OPS1 | Public Works 1 - Champaign - Ops/Snow Plows |
| 22702 | 58ae | D | PW OPS2 | Public Works 2 - Champaign - Building Services |
| 22703 | 58af | D | PW OPS3 | Public Works 3 - Champaign - Engineering |
| 22704 | 58b0 | D | PW OPS4 | Public Works 4 - Champaign - Supervisors |
| 22705 | 58b1 | D | PW OPS5 | Public Works 5 - Urbana - Ops/Snow Plows |
| 22706 | 58b2 | D | PW OPS6 | Public Works 6 - Urbana - Operations |
| 22707 | 58b3 | D | PW OPS7 | Public Works 7 - Urbana - Operations |
| 22708 | 58b4 | D | PW OPS8 | Public Works 8 - County Highway - Operations 1 |
| 22709 | 58b5 | D | PW OPS9 | Public Works 9 - County Highway - Operations 2 |
| 22710 | 58b6 | D | PW OPS10 | Public Works 10 - County Public Works - Operations 1 |
| 22711 | 58b7 | D | PW OPS11 | Public Works 11 - County Public Works - Operations 1 |
| 22712 | 58b8 | D | ALL PW | Public Works 12 - Countywide Mutual Aid |
| 22713 | 58b9 | D | PW OPS13 | Public Works 13 - Champaign Parking Enforcement |
| 22714 | 58ba | D | Urbana Services | Public Works 14 - Urbana Services/Parking Enforcement |
| 22715 | 58bb | D | ILEAS Academy | ILEAS Academy |
| 22716 | 58bc | D | C-U PHD 1 | Champaign Urbana Public Health District |
| 22717 | 58bd | D | Illini EMS | Illini Emergency Medical Services |
| 22718 | 58be | D | WillardMaint | Willard Airport - Maintenance (Snow Removal) |
| 22719 | 58bf | D | UI H/L Sec | Housing and Library: Security / Student Patrol |
| 22900 | 5974 | D | UI Utility 1 | Utilities Operations 1 [UTIL1] |
| 22901 | 5975 | D | UI Utility 2 | Utilities Operations 2 [UTIL2] |
| 24975 | 618f | D | All Talkgroup | Systemwide Alerts (w/ Weather) [ALL ATG] |
Unidentified Talkgroups:
P25/Non-Encrypted talkgroups
- 22706 P25 transmissions logged from and Urbana PW radios. Probably PW OPS 6.
Encrypted talkgroups
- 21205 unidentified, encrypted
- 21250 used by weather spotters radios; only encrypted transmissions logged
- 21511 used completely by Parkland College PD ; probably "PATROL OPS 6"
- 21512 Referred to as “Special Teams 1” by CPD units before switching to this TG, encrypted
- 21513 unit on TG 21501 told another unit "switch over to my channel" and they went to 21513
- 21515 used completely by county sheriff radios
- 21518 unidentified encrypted
- 21527 used completely by CPD radios
- 21528 used completely by CPD radios
- 21529 unid - encrypted (12/07) used by PATROL 2 department radios - SWAT/METRO team?
- 21530 used by UPD and UIPD radios - SWAT/METRO team?
- 21531 used completely by county sheriff radios
- 21539 always encrypted
- 21540 affiliation from RPD radio, encryption heard, possibly an investigations TG
- 21542 always encrypted
- 22019 logged as encrypted via Pro96com, a "Pro Ops 2" would fall in sequence here
- 22020 logged as encrypted via Pro96com
Affiliations only. No transmissions heard/logged
- 21005 formerly listed as "METCAD EOC Net - EOC communications" on METCAD's website, affiliations from METCAD radios
- 21101 affiliation from radio id 1; logged 5/2/2007 when the system was new--haven't seen affiliations since then on this TG
- 21253 affiliations from 4 CPD radios and 1 RPD radio
- 21502 affiliations from CPD, UPD, UIPD, County Sheriff, RPD radios
- 21503 affiliations from CPD, UPD, UIPD, County Sheriff, RPD radios
- 21508 affiliations from UPD, UIPD radios; no transmissions have been logged
- 21509 affiliations from UPD and UIPD and a 41000000 series radio
- 21511 logged as encrypted via Pro96com, probably "PATROL OPS 6"
- 21514 affiliations from two UIPD radios
- 21525 affiliations from CPD, UPD, and Parkland PD radios
- 21538 affiliations from UIPD radios
- 21539 affiliation from County Sheriff radio
- 22001 formerly listed as FIRE TACTICAL on METCAD's website, affiliation from a METCAD radio
- 22010 formerly listed as HAZMAT on METCAD's website, affiliations from rural fire radios and an Arrow Ambulance radio
- 22011 formerly listed as TECH RESCUE on METCAD's website, affiliations from a few fire radios and METCAD consoles; no transmissions have been logged
- 22707 affiliations from Urbana PW radios
Other:
- 21203 was formerly listed as "EMA Region 7 - communication with other EMA agencies in neighboring counties of Region 7" on METCAD's website. No affiliations or transmissions have been logged.
METCAD Radio ID sequences for Pro96com
-Updated 9/29/08-
- 4000000 METCAD radios
- 4001000 Champaign PD
- 4001100 Champaign PD
- 4001200 Urbana PD
- 4001300 Urbana PD
- 4001500 U of I PD
- 4001700 County Sheriff
- 4001800 County Sheriff
- 4002200 Rural PDs
- 4002300 Rural PDs
- 4002500 Parkland Police
- 4002600 Rantoul PD
- 4020000 Champaign Fire
- 4020100 Champaign Fire
- 4021000 Urbana Fire
- 4022000 Bondville Fire
- 4022200 Carroll Fire
- 4023400 Sadorus Fire
- 4022400 Edge-Scott Fire
- 4022500 Homer Fire
- 4022700 Longview Fire
- 4022800 Ogden-Royal Fire
- 4023100 Rantoul Fire
- 4023300 St. Joe Fire
- 4023600 Savoy Fire
- 4024000 Sidney Fire
- 4024300 Ludlow Fire
- 4024400 Thomasboro Fire
- 4024600 Cornbelt Fire
- 4090000 Arrow Ambulance
- 4090250 Pro Ambulance
- 4100200 Weather Spotters
- 4200500 Urbana PW
- 4200600 Champaign PW
- 4500000 U of I Utilities units
- 4900000 METCAD Dispatch Console