Franklin County (IL)

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Franklin County Government

• An addition will be built on the Sheriff building for 911 Dispatch/EMA Headquarters and EOC.

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Franklin County 911 ETSB / FCJETSB

• Franklin County Joint ETSB (County, West City, Benton)

• 453.575 Fixed 67.0 PL, 79.7 PL Fire: Transmit Link - 911 to Remote Towers (Christopher) (Tone Carrier) WQJS205 May be have formerly been on license, but is no longer. NO LICENSE.

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Franklin County Sheriff

• Provides Sheriff Patrol to entire county (see below for codes and units)
• 453.4875 Repeater Sheriff: Jail/Prisoner Transport (Not in use 05/07) WQBC935

Former Use

• 154.995 Repeater w/153.86 input 186.2 PL Sheriff: Rural Dispatch - Buckner, Ewing, Orient, Thompsonville, Freeman Spur {callsign|WPTU427}}

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Franklin County Emergency Management ^Facebook

• Director Ryan Buckingham; Deputy Director Gary Little
• Operations Dive Team
• EMAT - Emergency Management Assistant Team (Trailer w/ tower)

Former Use

• 453.925 Repeater 85.4 PL EMA (System removed, no longer in use - Per EMA Director) WQGI325

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West Franklin County Central Dispatch

• Police: Christopher (Ida 1-15), Buckner, Royalton (R1-6), Sesser (S1-6), Ziegler (Z1-21) Valier (V1) 151.2275 D223
• Fire: Royalton, Ziegler, Christopher (520, 527, 536), Coello, Buckner, Valier, Sesser FPD.
• Uses ISP disposition codes

Former Use 154.815 Repeater with 153.965 input 103.5 PL Police: Dispatch - West Rural [Ch 1] - Old FMN WPVN396

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Southern Illinois Drug Task Force

The SIDTF is a multi-jurisdiction narcotics unit comprised of officers serving Franklin, Clinton, Saline, Washington and White Counties in Southern Illinois. Most narcotics operations are now conducted on the Starcom21 system, although the VHF frequencies listed below are still sometimes used for coordination and low-power car/car communications. • SIDTF Profile (437 kb .pdf)

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South Central Illinois Transit (SCT) (Breese)

• Shuttle transportation serving Clinton, Franklin, Jefferson, Marion, Perry, and Washington Counties

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Townships and Water Districts

Rend Lake Conservancy District Website

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Greenwood Creek Nation Water

• 451.0375 Fixed Water: Data (CSQ) Telm KB78428 [Expired]
• 151.665 Base/Mobile Ops FMN WPEC598 [Expired]

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Rend Lake Conservancy District

• 153.51500 B RLCD WDD Rend Lake Conservancy District FMN WQBL900 [Expired]
• 173.39625 F RLIWS WDD Rend Lake Intercity Water System Telm WPPU538 [Expired]

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Municipalities and Districts

• Hill City Water District, Plumfield Water District

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Akin

• PSAP - W Frankfort Police - First Responders: Thompsonville Fire
• 153.51500 B RLCD WDD Rend Lake Conservancy District FMN WQBL900
• 173.39625 F RLIWS WDD Rend Lake Intercity Water System Telm WPPU538 [Expired]

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Benton (City) ^{Street Map}

• Public Works - 159.27 Base/Mobile (NFM) WQQX382
• PSAP - Franklin Co Sheriff - First Responders: Benton Fire

Benton is home to the Franklin County Sheriff's Department, Courthouse, Jail and Juvenile Detention Center. Benton also serves as home to the Federal Courthouse and Federal Office Building serving the Southern District of Illinois.

• On license, no longer in use: 155.49 RM 158.895 192.8 PL; also 154.8 179.9 Old Simplex

Benton Fire Facebook

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Buckner (Village)

Buckner Police Department Dispatched by Central Dispatch

Buckner Volunteer Fire Department Dispatched by Central Dispatch

• Units 601-607

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Christopher

• PSAP - Central Dispatch - First Responders: None

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Coello / North City

• PSAP - Central Dispatch - First Responders - Coello Fire
• 155.775 Fire (not heard in use 5/07, removed from DB 11/20 KNDV951

Coello Fire Facebook Page

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Ewing Northern (Townships) Fire Protection District

• PSAP - Franklin Co Sheriff - First Responders: None
• Serves Ewing, Macedonia
• 154.235 131.8 (License Terminated) WPAM382

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Freeman Spur

Police patrol by Franklin and Williamson County Sheriff Fire by Williamson County FPD (154.37R/154.01 100.0)

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Logan

• PSAP - Franklin County Sheriff - First Responders: none

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Macedonia

• PSAP - Franklin County Sheriff - First Responders: Thompsonville Fire

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Mulkeytown

• PSAP - Franklin County Sheriff - First Responders: None; Fire by Ziegler Fire (AE35 from Marion)

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Orient

• PSAP - Franklin County Sheriff - First Responders: ???

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Rend City

• PSAP - Franklin County Sheriff - First Responders: None

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Royalton (Village)

• PSAP - Franklin County Sheriff - First Responders: Royalton Fire

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Royalton Police Department
Royalton Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department/ESDA

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Sesser

• PSAP - Central Dispatch - First Responders: Sesser Fire

Sesser Fire Protection District

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Thompsonville (Village)

• PSAP - West Frankfort Fire - First Responders: Thompsonville

Fire by Cave-Eastern FPD Police patrol by Franklin County Sheriff

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Urbain

• PSAP - West Frankfort Police - First Responders: None

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Valier

• PSAP - Central Dispatch - First Responders: None

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West City

• PSAP - Franklin County Sheriff - First Responders: West City Fire

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West Frankfort (City)

• PSAP - West Frankfort Police - First Responders: West Frankfort Fire (4 full time, 3 part time dispatchers)

West Frankfort Police

• Police - 13 full time, 12 auxiliary officers
• Dispatches for Cave Eastern FPD 154.16R/159.225

West Frankfort Fire ^Facebook

• Serves West Frankfort, Denning, Orient; 10 full time, 5 on-call
• EMS Service that transports to Herrin, Marion, Benton hospitals; AMR Abbott EMS provides back-up/mutual aid

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Whittington

• PSAP - Franklin County Sheriff - First Responders: None

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Zeigler (City)

• PSAP - Central Dispatch - First Responders: Ziegler
• Water by Rend Lake Conservancy District

• Fire/Street - Base/Mobile on 154.07, 154.265, 154.3025, 155.055, 151.2125 (NFM) WQSZ498

Zeigler Police Facebook

Zeigler Fire Facebook

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Hospitals and EMS Agencies

• Air Evac - 80 Perryville MO may respond to the area

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AMR Abbott Ambulance ^{AMR of Southern Illinois Facebook 1 Facebook 2}

• Provides 911 Emergency Response to the county. (Began in 2012) Provides Body Move transports for the coroner's office.
• Provides non-emergency transports to/from area nursing homes and hospitals in Southern Illinois
• Per EMA Director Ryan Buckingham: Abbott Ambulance Service will be temporarily using the Franklin County EMA's repeater frequency under the WQKS673 license until their own reliable communications system is established.

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Franklin Hospital (Benton) Facebook page

• 16-bed Critical Access Hospital, partnered with SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Mt. Vernon IL
• Provides patient transfer service through affiliation with Air Evac Lifeteam and ARCH Air Medical Services / ambulance service through Abbott EMS and the West Frankfort Fire Department.
• Also sends patients out to Deaconess Gateway and Deaconess Henderson for higher level of care

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Miners Memorial Health Center (West Frankfort)

• SIU Medicine https://prod-acp-www.siumed.org/buildings/miners-memorial-health-center Website]
• In 1914 the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) Hospital was opened in West Frankfort. With 99 beds, it served the residents of the West Frankfort until the year 2000.

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Schools and Colleges

Ewing Northern CCSD 15

• 158.1675 Base/Mobile (NFM/DMR new 2017) WQZS294

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Zeigler-Royalton Community Unit School District #188

• Zeigler Royalton Community High School, Zeigler Royalton Elementary School
• 152.315R/157.575 at Mulkeytown (Expired 11/05) WPRL667

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Federal Government

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Rend Lake

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineer Rangers control all operations at the Rend Lake Federal Forest Preserve in Franklin and Jefferson counties. Rangers provide maintenance, Law Enforcement, fee collections and campground patrols. Law Enforcement efforts are assisted by the Franklin County Sheriff's Department.

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Unit Numbers

Franklin County Unit IDs

Related Wiki Pages

• Franklin County Businesses

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Amateur Radio

• Official LEARS Website
• Benton Ham Repeater 146.805 -.6 mHz PL Tone 88.5
• Franklin Co. Operation 365 - In an emergency, transmit 146.805 simplex, with a DCS code of 365N.

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Links

• Return to Franklin County IL database page

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