Lake County (IL)

Municipalities and Districts

Grayslake

956.39375  WQLD220  Microwave   Multiple Address System/Data

Wauconda

• Wauconda Fire Website

Schools

Warren Township High School District #121

Aug 2008: WTHS has upgraded to the MotoTRBO (TDMA digital) system, frequencies are the same but emissions have changed. This system can NO LONGER be monitored by any current scanner.

Old Tones/Information:

464.67500  469.67500  WPLD897  RM  051 DPL  WTHS BusesF1  Buses; Repeater [F-1]  FM  
464.67500     WPLD897  M  051 DPL  WTHS BusesF1  Buses, Simplex [F-2]  FM  Schools  
466.06250     WPLD897  M  051 DPL  WTHS S/E/M 3  Security after 4pm / Special Events / Maintenance (portables) [F-3]  FM  
466.68750     WPLD897  M  051 DPL  WTHS 4666875  no current use (open frequency) (portables) [F-4]  
461.80000  466.80000  WPLD897  RM  051 DPL  WTHS OP SDNR  O'Plaine Campus - Security/Deans/Nurse/Receptionist [F-5]  
461.80000     WPLD897  M  051 DPL  WTHS OP SDNR  O'Plaine Campus - Security/Deans/Nurse/Receptionist (simplex) [F-6]  
462.17500  467.17500  WPLD897  RM  051 DPL  WTHS AC M/S  Almond Campus - Maintenance/Security after 4pm (portables) [F-7]  
462.17500     WPLD897  M  051 DPL  WTHS AC M/S  Almond Campus - Maintenance/Security after 4pm (portables) [F-8]  FM  
463.40000  468.40000  WPLD897  RM  051 DPL  WTHS SADNR  Deans/Admin/Nurse/Receptionist/Daytime Security [F-9]  FM  
463.40000     WPLD897  M  051 DPL  WTHS SADNR  Deans/Admin/Nurse/Receptionist/Daytime Security (simplex) [F-10]  FM  

The bus simplex is used when the buses go out of area, such as field trips. The F1 & F5 repeaters are at the O'Plaine campus. The F-7 & F9 are at the Almond campus. C= Campus Usage. Key: A= Almond Campus Usage O= O'plaine Campus Usage. B= Both campus

Usage UPDATE -- Summer 2007 - Some repeaters are to be moved and housed on the Gurnee Police Radio Communications Tower.

Radios Used: Kenwood TK-3160 and TK-3101, Motorola P1225 and Visar. Mobile Radios Used: Motorola Radius CM300, Motorola Maxtrac and GM300, Motorola Radius M1225 Repeaters are GR300 (F5), GR1225 (F7/F9) and Radius R100 (F1).

Codes & Unit Lists

Fire Unit IDs

• 1 - Quad 1
  
• 12 - Dept. 2 (Beach Park)
  
• 1200 - Chief of Department
  

1200 would be the Bonnie Brook Chief. In Lake County, FD radio identifiers are generally based on the following numbers:

• 00-09 = Chief, then officers in descending rank
  
• 10-19 = Primary Engines
  
• 20-29 = Secondary Engines
  
• 30-39 = Aerial Devices
  
• 40-49 = Ambulances
  
• 50-59 = Squads (heavy rescues)
  
• 60-69 = Tankers
  
• 70-79 = Brush Trucks
  
• 80-89 = Inspectors
  
• 90-99 = Pool Vehicles ("Buggies" ie Chief's cars, and pickup trucks, inspector's vans, etc.)

In Quad 1, the departments are: (followed by MABAS ID's)

• 1 = Abbott Labs Fire Brigade (ABBT) - Sep. Freq.- not true MABAS members due to being private company, used for hazmat techs and foam.
  
• 2 = Beach Park (formerly Bonnie Brook) (BBFD or BPFD)
  
• 3 = Gurnee (GFD)
  
• 4 = Newport (NWPT)
  
• 5 = North Chicago (NCHI)
  
• 6 = Waukegan (WAUK)- Sep. Freq.
  
• 7 = Winthrop Harbor (WHFD)
  
• 8 = Zion (ZION)
  
• 9 = Great Lakes F.D. (NTCN) - Sep. Freq.
  

(Great Lakes used to use GLFD, but after they were mistakenly dispatched instead of a tanker from Grayslake (GFPD) to a fire on Christmas in Vernon Hills back in 1993, the county chiefs changed the ID's. Now Grayslake is GRLK)
Quad 4

• 2 = Lake Forest (LKFR)
  
• 3 = Countryside (CTYD)
  
• 4 = Knollwood (KNWD)
  
• 5 = Lake Bluff (LKBL)
  
• 6 = Libertyville (LBVL)
  
• 7 = Deerfield (and Bannockburn)(DEER) - Sep. Freq.
  
• 8 = Mundelein (MUND)
  
• 9 = Lincolshire-Riverwoods (LRFD)(formerely Vernon FPD - VERN)- Sep. Freq.
  

• Fox Lake 22xx
  
• Round Lake 26xx
  
• Lake Villa 24xx
  
• Antioch 21xx
  

Unit Designators & Codes

IDs The second digit identifies the Shift assignment:

• 5000s Administrative Units
  
• 5100s Midnight Shift Patrol
  
• 5200s Day Shift Patrol
  
• 5300s Afternoon Shift Patrol
  
• 5400s Forest Preserve Units
  
• 5500s Investigations
  
• 5600s Specialty Units (EMA Reserve Deputies)
  
  • 5605 Assigned to RACES/ARES (not used on EDACS TRS)
    
  • 5691, 5693 possibly transport vans
    
• 5700s Special Details, Court personnel etc.
  
• 5800s Special Details, Court personnel etc.
  
• 5900s Coroner, Crime Prevention, Warrants, Marine Patrol
  

For 5100 thru 5300 units the third digit identifies the Patrol District:

• 5x1x Northeast 5x5x Central
  
• 5x2x Southeast 5x61-3 Long Grove contract cars
  
• 5x3x Southwest 5x71-3 Lake Barrington, N Barrington contract cars
  
• 5x4x Northwest 5x75-7 Beach Park contract cars
  
• 8100?s Wauconda PD 8300?s Port Barrington PD
  
• 8200?s Island Lake PD 8400?s Tower Lake PD
  

EDACS System - Radio ID's

• 00101-00105 Dispatch Consoles
  
• 00159 Patch (ISPERN)
  
• 12300-12330 Sheriff
  
• 12346-12446 PW
  
• 12448-12596 Transportation
  
• 12601-12623 Health Department
  
• 12626-12666 Permits
  
• 12677-12704 Animal Control
  
• 12713-12727 Coroner
  
• 12734-12920 Forest Preserve District
  
• 12960-12999 Building Maint? (345, 346)
  
• 13000-13360 Sheriff
  
• 13361-13384 Specialty units
  
• 13385-13659 Sheriff (Jail)
  
• 13660-13870 Sheriff
  
• 13873-12879 Park City PD
  
• 14050-14077 Island Lake area units
  

Lake County Sheriff?s Office 11 Codes

• 11-00 Unruly Prisoner, Send Help 11-34 Trouble at Station
  
• 11-01 Bringing in Prisoner 11-39 Alarm
  
• 11-03 11-40 servicing Squad
  
• 11-05 11-44 Open Garage Door
  
• 11-06 11-58 Youths gathering
  
• 11-08 11-69 Missing person info
  
• 11-11 Prisoner, Visitor, official Present 11-78 Report Number
  
• 11-16 Pick up ____ at _____ 11-93 Burglary Report
  
• 11-27 Registration on tag 11-98 Suicide investigation
  
• 11-31 Chasing Car 11-99 Abandoned vehicle
  
• 11-32 Switch to channel ___
  
• ?County 1? is the Babcox Center (Jail and HQ) ?County 2? is the Libertyville Substation
  

Municipal Police

• 1xx Libertyville
  
• 6xx Lincolnshire
  
• 61xx Antioch
  
• 62xx Lake Villa
  
• 67xx Fox Lake
  
• 7xx Riverwoods
  
• 9xx Grayslake
  
• 9xx Vernon Hills
  
• 2xxx Mundelein
  

Businesses

• RC Electronics (Chicago)
• Businesses, Railroads & Media

Miscellaneous

JBC Funds PN  464.5750  RMF   WQKN275  JBC Funds Parkway North: Sec/Eng/Ops (Deerfield)