Effingham County (IL)

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Effingham County Government

Effingham County Sheriff's Office

Frequency	Input	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
154.86000	158.97000	KSH222	RM	179.9 PL	EffCo Sheriff BU	Sheriff: Old	FMN	Law Dispatch
155.89500		WPKA548	M		EffCo Shrf Ops	Sheriff: Operations [Expired 1/22]	FMN	Law Tac
154.78000			M	186.2 PL	Eff Co Explr	County Explorers	FMN	Law Talk
173.23750		KSH222	M	CSQ	EffCo Shrf MX	Sheriff: Mobile Extenders	FMN	Law Dispatch
158.97000		KSH222	F	C1A NAC	EffCo Shrf C	Sheriff: Encrytped ?	P25	Law Dispatch
154.88250	159.07500	WQNF489	RM	703 DPL	EffCo Jail A	Corrections / Courthouse	FMN	Corrections

STARCOM21 Digital System

Site	Name	Freqs
005 (5)	Effingham	851.637500	852.162500c	852.687500a	853.637500a	858.487500

DEC	HEX	Mode	Alpha Tag	Description
8151	1fd7	D	Effingham Police	Effingham Police: Dispatch
8152	1fd8	D	Eff Police 8152	Effingham Police: Operations
8153	1fd9	D	Eff Police 8153	Effingham Police: Operations
8154	1fda	D	Effingham Fire	Effingham Fire: Dispatch
8159	1fdf	D	Eff Police 8159	Effingham Police: Operations
8326	2086	D	Effingham Sherif	Sheriff: Dispatch
8327	2087	D	Eff Sheriff 8327	Sheriff: Tac?/ Travel?
8334	208e	D	EffCo Fire 8334	County Fire: Ops
8335	208f	D	EffinghamCo Fire	County Fire: Net
8336	2090	D	EffCo Fire 8336	County Fire: Ops
8338	2092	D	EffCo Fire 8338	County Fire: Ops

Effingham County 911 / EMA

• System has 5 towers, one in each corner of the county and one central tower. 911 has 2 PSAPs at Sheriff's Department and Effingham Police

FCC License - New County Fire Frequency

• 03/2011 - The following have been approved per the FCC reports

• Countywide Fire System - Callsign WQNL392
• 151.175 FB Montrose Fire Department 207 W. National Rd, Montrose
  
• 151.175 FB Edgewood Fire Department 306 N. Oak Street, Edgewood
  
• 151.175 FB Dieterich Fire Department 101 Zumbahlen Ave, Dieterich
  
• 151.175 FB Sigel (Shelby Co) 104 W. Washington St, Sigel
  
• 151.175 FB Altamont Fire Department 109 W. Jefferson, Altamont
  
• 151.175 FB Control Point #1 - 111 W. Main Street, Teutopolis
  
• 151.175 MO Countywide Mobile
  

• Countywide Fire System - Callsign WQNL394
• 151.175 FB Shumway Fire Department #2 14949 N. Park Rd, Effingham
  
• 151.175 FB Teutopolis Fire Department 215 W. Main St, Teutopolis
  
• 151.175 FB Shumway Fire Department #1 201 E. Market Street, Shumway
  
• 151.175 FB Beecher City Fire Department 101 E. Poplar, Beecher City
  
• 151.175 FB Effingham Fire Department 1300 W. Jaycee Ave, Effingham
  
• 151.175 FB Watson Fire Department 100 Monroe, Watson
  

Frequency	Input	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
154.43000		WPKG761	B	CSQ	EffCo Fire Page	Fire: Countywide Paging Only [Ch 1] (Except Eff City)	FMN	Fire Dispatch
155.22000		WRPV635	BM	371 DPL	EffCo EMS Disp	EMS	FMN	EMS Dispatch
464.07500	469.07500	WQXB725	RM	466 DPL	EffCoEMS UHF	unidentified Medical Transport Service	FMN	Transportation
151.17500		WQNL392	BM	465 DPL	EffCo Fire Resp	Fire/EMS: Countywide Response/Tac	FMN	Fire Dispatch
150.99500	153.91250	WQKV637	RM		EffCo EMA	EMA: Operations	FMN	Emergency Ops
155.22000		WRPV635	BM	192.8 PL	EffCo EMS Local	EMS: Local	FMN	EMS-Tac

(Former Use) 8/12 - All Effingham County Fire Departments (Altamont, Beecher City, Dieterich, Edgewood, Shumway, Teutopolis, Montrose, Watson) are being paged (toned-out) on 154.43 by Effingham County Sheriffs Department. They use 151.1750 as so called tac channel to communicate back and forth with dispatch. The rural fire departments use IFERN and colored fire ground channels for any working fires or large incidents.

• 154.430 - Countywide Fire Dispatch (Except Effingham City FD)
  
• 154.0625 - Effingham City Fire Department Dispatch
  
• 151.175 - Countywide Fire Dispatch (FUTURE DISPATCH)
  
• 151.1525 - Shumway Fire Department (Local/Operations)
  

Effingham County Government

Frequency	Input	License	Type	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
151.01750	153.97250	WQOK819	RM	EffCo Highwa	Highway Department [Expired 11/21]	FMN	Public Works
154.79250		WQCQ959	BM	EffCo Health	Public Health Department	FMN	Public Works
154.45625		WQLQ652	F	EJ WaterCorp	EJ Water Corporation: Data (CSQ)	Telm	Data

Old Motorola System, No Longer in use?

Site	Name	Freqs
015 (F)	Primary	856.487500	857.487500	858.487500c	859.487500c	860.487500c

DEC	HEX	Mode	Alpha Tag	Description
16	001	A	Sheriff Disp	Sheriff Dispatch
48	003	A	Sheriff Alt	Sheriff Secondary
80	005	A	Sheriff C/C	Sheriff Car-to-Car
144	009	A	Eff PD Disp	Effingham Police Dispatch (Dispatch now on Starcom21 TG 8151)
176	00b	A	Eff PD C/C	Effingham Police Car-to-Car
208	00d	A	Eff PD Tac 1	Effingham Police Tactical 1

Description

DEC	HEX	Mode	Alpha Tag	Description
816	033	A	Altamont EMS	Altamont EMS Dispatch
848	035	A	Advanced EMS	Advanced EMS Dispatch
880	037	A	Cty-Cnty EMS	City-County EMS Dispatch

Frequencies

154.860 - Effingham Co Sheriff Repeater(High Band/Backup)

173.2375 - Effingham Co Sheriff (Mobile Extenders)

155.895 - Effingham Co Sheriff's Dept (Operations)

154.8825 - Effingham Co Sheriff's Dept (Corrections/Courthouse 3/11)

154.780 - Effingham County Sheriff's Department Explorers

155.835 - Effingham Water Authority

Municipalities and Districts

Effingham Police Department

• 155.685 - Effingham Police Dispatch Repeater (Alternate to TRS)
  
• 155.730 - Effingham Police Department (Backup)
  

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EMS Agencies

Altamont Ambulance Service

• Website

Schools

Effingham (City) Schools

• 451.45 SL 1 CC 4 TG 201 Buses (Bus numbers match their RID)
  • RIDs: 3 Bus, 8 Bus, 9 Bus, 12 Bus, 14 Bus, 17 Bus, 25 Bus, 27 Bus, 28 Bus, 61 Radio Shack/Dispatch; 211? (Bus 11?)

Businesses

• ADM Grain 829 152.36 Base/Mobile (7/11K at Altamont) WQPI480
• Elmore Farms 152.975 Base/Mobile (Dieterich)
• Jansens Heating and AC 464.475 Repeater (NFM at Effingham) 11/12 App 0005492284
• KF Farms 151.55 Base/Mobile (Mason) KTC742
• Moundside Farms 152.945 Base/Mobile KNCT327
• Steffens HVAC 151.685 Base/Mobile (Effingham) KLF223

Attractions and Recreation

Country Clubs and Golf Courses

• WQNG468 Cardinal Golf Course: 452.4875, 457.4875, Mobiles 11K (Effingham)

Related Links

• Effingham County Fire Districts Map (PDF)
• P.E.C. Mobile Communications

Radio System Media Coverage:

• Effingham Daily News: "ETSB considers nixing radio system" 4/12/06
• Effingham Daily News: "Telephone system for 911 under review" 5/10/06

Additional References:

• Radioreference Effingham County Forum Thread with links