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Lake County

Lake County Fire Departments

Fire Departments and their Dispatch Offices in Lake County IL are divided into four quadrants (Quads). The division lines being IL 45 and IL 120 for east/west. The quad numbers start in the NE and work counter-clockwise, the quad # starts your vehicle ID #, followed by the FD #, then the vehicle type.

Lake County Fire Departments Specialized Response Teams (HAZMAT)

  • WQKS403 License for Bomb Disposal Robot, using frequencies of 2460.0 & 458.4875

Lake County Fire Chiefs Association

Lake County

  • 451.27500 WPPA360 BM Highway Department - Surveying Data (Low Power Temporary)
  • 451.30000 WPPA360 BM Highway Department - Surveying Data (Low Power Temporary)
  • 453.21250 WNSD311 M Water Distribution Data (Libertyville)

EMS Agencies and Hospitals

Hospitals - Info

  • Helo LZ (Landing Zone) ops are on Fireground Green 150.79 CSQ
  • McHenry and southern Lake county are assigned MED channels as follows:
  • PRIMARY: 7
  • TERTIARY: 6
  • SECONDARY: 5
  • ITINERANT OR COMMON: 8

Condell Medical Center (Libertyville)

  • Advocate Health Care
  • WQDW445 158.46000 BP Hospital Paging System [expired 2015]

Good Shephard Hospital (Barrington)

  • Advocate Health Care
  • WQAH293 464.3375, 464.6875 repeaters (MotoTRBO Capacity Plus System?), 464.9625 portables (NFM/DMR)
  • WQGY919 72.18, 72.32, 72.40 GPS clock system

Highland Park Hospital (Northshore University Health System)

  • Site 3 of a MotoTRBO Capacity Plus trunked system, linked with other Northshore hospitals (Evanston, Glenbrook and Skokie). Other licensed freqs are 451.500 and 451.925 (1/18)

Lake Forest Hospital

  • WQLF544, add 461.2750 Repeater (NFM and DMR) at Grayslake Campus.

Vista Medical Center East (Waukegan)

  • WQMJ498 462.3125, 462,2625 Repeaters for Hospital Ops (11K)
  • WNQJ303 Med Channels; *KWE856 Bases on 155.2800, 155.3400, 155.4000

Vista Surgery and Treatment Center (Lindenhurst)

  • WQOK245 for 157.7400 Base/Pagers (Data)

Consolidated Dispatch Centers

Antioch Dispatch Center

Lake Villa

  • 453.3250 WPKN413 BM Wastewater Lift Stations (Digital)
  • 956.28125 WQFW554 F LkVilla MW1 Microwave Link [Canceled 3/08]
  • 957.33175 WQGX384 F LkVilla MW2 Microwave Link [Canceled 3/08]
  • Police dispatached by Antioch on 470.5875 97.4; Fire on Quad 2 154.4000 127.3 PL
  • WQNL611 453.85 RM 11K - Public Works (1/11)

Lindenhurst

CenCom (Round Lake Beach)

  • Joint dispatch center that handles Police & Fire communications in Round Lake & Barrington areas. Also is MABAS Division 4 HQ Dispatch.

Barrington

  • Website
  • Police - Tac with Cook County Law - 470.7375 R 97.4 PL

FoxComm Central Dispatch

Fox Lake

  • Police dispatched STARCOM (encrypted?); also use 460.0250 127.3 PL (???).
  • Fire dispatch on 154.400 127.3 PL Quad-2; also 153.8900 127.3 PL Quad-3, 154.3700 127.3 PL Quad-2A F-3 FG/Admin

Grayslake Fire Protection District

  • Website
  • Dispatched by FoxComm on 154.4000 127.3 PL; unit numbers 271 and 272.

CenCom (Round Lake Beach)

  • Joint dispatch center that handles Police & Fire communications in Round Lake & Barrington areas. Also is MABAS Division 4 HQ Dispatch.

Greater Round Lake Fire Protection District

  • Website
  • Serves 47,000 in: Hainesville, Round Lake, Round Lake Beach, Round Lake Heights, Grayslake and unicorporated Lake Co.
  • WQNX481 11K remote links at: 458.8125 (Antioch), 458.4875 (Antioch), 458.4375 (Lindenhurst), 458.5375 (Wauconda), 458.0875 (RL Beach), 458.1375 (RL Beach). associated call signs of WPEV790 and KSG520
  • WPEV790 add 453.5375 FXO (Fox Lake), 458.1625 FXO (Antioch), 453.5875 FXO (Grayslake) - Remote Links (11K)
  • Reported use of 155.8800 127.3 PL and 153.8900 127.3 (Aid with Wauconda)

Hainesville

  • Police shared department with Round Lake park; Fire by Grayslake FPD; Dispatched by CENCOM

Round Lake

NIPSCOM

  • Northern Illinois Public Safety Communications is an association of PDs in the Waukegan area. They own each infrastracture, but each town provides its own dispatch services.

North Chicago

Waukegan

  • Public Works uses Motorola MaxTracs radios on 155.9400 (127.3).

Police Portable Radio Layout

Police:  All tones PL97.4 unless noted otherwise
Repeat = +3MHz, ie F1 input is 473.3125

F1 470.3125 (Repeat)  KVG211    Dispatch
F2 470.3125 (Simplex) KVG211   T/A Direct
F3 470.4625 (Repeat)  WIK831    North Chi PD
F4 470.5125 (Repeat)  WQFY277 Zion PD
F5 470.9125 (Repeat)  KVG211    WPD Tac repeater
F6 470.9125 (Simplex) KVG211   Tac T/A Direct
F7 453.2125 (Simplex) Interop    UCALL
F8 453.4625 (Simplex) Interop    UTAC-1
F9 453.7125 (Simplex) Interop    UTAC-2
10 453.8625 (Simplex) Interop    UTAC-3
11 471.1250 (Simplex) D114   PD Explorers
12-Blank
13-Blank
14-Blank
15-Blank
16-470.5625 (Simplex) D152 SWAT/ERT  
(Emergency Response Team) 

Winthrop Harbor

Zion

  • Website
  • WQNQ255, 456.0500 7500-Fixed unit for 1wt Water Data (11K); WQOW560 173.2375 Fixed (6K Water Data)

RED Center

  • Regional Emergency Dispatch Center
  • WPUR736 also in Cook Co for 153.2150 R Northbrook, 154.1600 Evanston, 159.6600 R Winnetka

Municipalities and District

Beach Park

  • Police patrol by Sheriff's Department; Fire on 154.3250 127.3 PL
  • WQNK229 - F 173.3625 6K Digital - Meter Reading

Buffalo Grove (NWCD)

  • Police, Fire & Local Government - See Northwest Central Dispatch
  • 151.5425 R (159.4950 in) RM BufGrov EMA EMA: Operations [0003863709 Dismissed]

Chicago Regional Search & Rescue LTD (Mundelein)

Countryside Fire Protection District

  • Station 1 in Mundelein & Station 2 in Vernon Hills.
  • Serves most of Vernon Hills, portions of Long Grove, Indian Creek & unincorporated Lake Co. Dispatched on 154.430 as District 41.

Countryside Fire Protection District (Mundelein/Vernon Hills)

  • Serves Vernon Hills and parts of unicorporated Mundelein

Deer Park

Served by Kildeer Police (7400s) and Lake Zurich Fire/Rescue

Deerfield

  • Police dispatched by Highland Park on 155.7300 127.3 PL
  • Deerfield-Bonnockburn FPD dispatched on 159.6600 D031

Deerfield-Bannockburn Fire Protection District

Fox Lake (Village)

  • WQPC314 956.30625 Meter Data (at Ingleside)

Grayslake

  • WQNJ517 173.2875 Water Data (1/12 add 157.6800 Mobiles 6K Data)
  • 956.39375 WQLD220 Microwave Multiple Address System/Data

Grayslake Fire Protection District

  • See FoxComm

Gurnee

Gurnee Police Department

  • Website
  • now using APCO-25 Digital. Radio Techs heard experimenting on 9/6/06 at around 2050. Not sure when a final move to astro will be, but people in the Gurnee area should be ready for a possibly un-announced switch-over to astro. For the time being, analog is still being used, with some astro comm's heard mixed in.

Gurnee Fire Department

  • 9/10 - currently on Lake County Fire Quad I (154.3250 (127.3) (158.7975 input)), reportedly going to their own frequency. More details as we get them. (From CARMA)
  • New Repeater 151.325 R 159.435 input WPWW203 (corrected 12/11/10)

Hawthorn Woods

Highland Park

Island Lake

Nov 2011 - Island Lake PD reportedly using digital mode on the Lake County EDACS TRS and cannot be decoded with a scanner.

Johnsburg (Village)

  • WQPL435 956.29375 SENSUS Water Data

Kildeer

Knollwood

Lake Bluff

Lake Forest

  • Website
  • Uses 154.265 CSQ as Landing Zone (LZ) for helicopter EMS

Lake Zurich

  • Fire Department uses District 32 unit numbers

Lakemoor

Libertyville

  • 4/12 - Moving dispatching to Vernon Hills News Article
  • Fire: Serves Green Oaks

Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire-Riverwoods Fire Protection District

Long Grove

Long Grove Fire Protection District

  • Identifier Station 55 units (near Cook County)

Mundelein

Mundelein Fire/EMS (ALS)

  • Website
  • Fire on 154.43 with Lake Forest, Knollwood, Libertyville and Vernon Hills. Police dispatch is 470.8625
  • WQPA760 451.375 Mobiles for SCADA Water Data

Newport Township Fire Protection District (Wadsworth/Russell)

  • Serves Wadsworth, Russell, Old Mill Creek, Unincorp Zion, and part of Beach Park
  • Website

Riverwoods

Tower Lakes

Vernon Hills

Wadsworth

Wauconda

  • Wauconda Fire Website
  • WQOW557 154.47875 6K Data Fixed for Automatic Meter Reading
  • Wauconda signed an agreement May 3 (year?) w/ Tower Lakes to provide SC21 dispatch services.
  • 12/1/2011 - Lakemoor Police dispatch is now handled by Wauconda Police.
  • Police unit numbers: 8100s-Wauconda Police, 8400s-Tower Lakes Police, 8500s-Lakemoor Police.
  • Wauconda Fire uses District 34 numbers.

Winthrop Harbor

Bus Companies

Durham School Services

  • WQBJ560 - 160.125 Base/Mobile (11K at Grayslake)
  • WPVY996 - 159.765 Base/Mobile (11K at Grayslake)
  • WPRL258 - 152.8775, 158.3925 Mobile (11K at Beach Park)

Cook Illinois Corporation

First Student

It appears that some operations are actualy in Cook County, due to the height of the repeater antennas and coverage that they serve. Different repeaters appear to be used for different areas. 462.200 heard buses calling "Base 8". Radios are Motorolas using MDC ID's, with apparent integration towards Kenwood equiptment. (Heard some FleetSync)

Jones Schools Buses (Grayslake)

Based at Rt. 83 & 137 in Grayslake

Schools

Special Education District of Lake County (Gages Lake)

Antioch Schools

  • Emmons District 33 transportation provided by Durham School Services in Antioch on 151.5725 Color Code 5, TG 16777184, Slot 1 (2/20/2019).

Community High School District 117 (Antioch)

  • WQOF434 - Mobile/pagers on 467.2125 for Building & Grounds

Grass Lake School District 36

Bannockburn Schools

Buffalo Grove Schools

Twin Groves Middle School

  • WQQB775 - Maintenance/Security - Mobiles on 451.5875, 452.6625, 456.2875, 457.8125, 462.4875 (11K)

Community School District 95 (Lake Zurich)

  • WQNP951 - Mobiles on 461.3875, 466.3875, 461.6625, 466.6625, 462.0125, 467.0125, 463.6625, 468.6625 11K
  • WQNP951 - add 463.8625 Repeater (11K, 7K) (Lake Zurich High School)
  • WPII358 - add mobiles on 467.2125, 466.9625, 466.025, 466.05, 466.075 (11K)
  •  ? - School bus (GPS?) DMR data on 464.300.

Illinois Central School Bus (Lake Zurich)

  • WQMG699, adding 464.0375 Repeater (11K)

Community School District 187 (North Chicago)

  • WQSU282 463.225 repeater, 451.1875, 451.3375, 451.4375, 451.5375, 451.6375 portables (North Chicago Community High School, NFM/DMR); 451.7625, 452.0875, 452.6625, 456.7675 portables (NFM)

Deerfield Schools

Fox Lake Schools

Talkgroups for Grant High School 462.5125 DMR Repeater

  • TG 100 - Commons/Cafeteria
  • TG 101 - Facilities
  • TG 102 - Unknown Operation
  • TG 103 - Unknown Operation
  • TG 104 - Unknown Operation
  • TG 105 - Buses
  • TG 106 - Unknown Operation
  • TG 108 - Nurse
  • TG 109 - Kitchen

Freemont School District #79 (Mundelein)

Grayslake Community Unit School District #127

Gurnee School District #56

Bus operations that were formerly on 155.205 (110.9) are now on Warren Twp High School's MotoTRBO repeater 464.675

Hawthorn CCSD #73

  • 3/14 Application 0006194485 for 456.45, 456.9375, 466.65, 466.7875, 468.6275 for 100-4wt (NFM at Vernon Hills)

Lake Forest Country Day School

  • WRBX918 - 451.2875, 452.5125, 456.2875, 457.5125, 462.4625 Portables (NFM, DMR)

Lake Villa Schools

Libertyville School District 128

Lincolnshire - Prairie View School District 103

Long Grove Schools

Woodlawn Middle School / Country Meadows Elementary School

  • Website
  • WQPL421 - Mobiles on 151.955, 152.87, 158.34, 158.385, 151.6475

Milburn Community Consolidated School District 24 (Wadsworth)

Mundelein Schools

Mundelein School District 75

  • WQNF706 466.025, 466.05, 466.075, 466.1, 466.125 mobiles 11K Security / Engineering / Support

Mundelein High School

  • WQNW215 - Mobiles/Pagers - 11K voice/data

Round Lake Area School District 116

Stevenson High School (Lincolnshire)

Township High School District 113 (HPHS)

Highland Park High School

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.

Old Tones/Information:

Frequency Input License Type Tone Out Tone In Alpha Tag Description Mode Tag
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).

Wauconda School District 118

  • WRCJ875 461.475 Wauconda High School, 463.900 Wauconda Middle School, 463.650 Matthews Middle School, 461.625 Wauconda Grade School, 463.225 Robert Crown School, 463.850 Cotton Creek School (all DMR repeaters)
  • WQGW320 151.925 base, mobiles (buses), 152.885 5 watt(?) repeater at Wauconda High School (with 160.110 input); portables on 153.0575, 153.0875, 153.1025, 153.1175, 153.1475 (NFM)

Waukegan Public School District 60

  • WPYL979 High School GPS Based Clock System
  • WQKM551 add Washington Campus - 461.825 Repeater (11K)

Woodland School District 50

  • WQQJ239 - 464.4375 Repeater, Mobiles on 462.2875, 467.2875, 462.3375, 467.3375, 467.2375 (DMR/NFM at Woodlawn Middle School)

Zion Schools

Zion Elementary School District #16

  • 12/14 FCC Application 0006584388 for 461.4375 Repeater, Mobiles on 451.6875, 456.6875, 457.2375, 457.4875 (NFM)

Zion-Benton Township High School District 126

  • WPSY645 also mobiles 457.8375, 457.8625, 456.7375, 456.5625, 457.8125, 457.6675 (same location as repeaters)
  • WPWC493 High School (Zion) 464.325 repeater (Canceled 9/12)
  • WRCE274 467.2125 wireless clock system at both schools(NFM)

Colleges

College of American Pathologists (Northfield)

College of Lake County (Grayslake)

  • Police Website
  • 6/11 FCC Modification adding 453.1 Repeater, 458.2875, 458.725 mobiles 11K/7K to KXH677
  • KXH677 - 1/13 add 453.3625 Repeater (NFM)
  • WPSZ762 - 6/14 add:
    • Vernon Hills: 464.2875 Repeater, Waukegan 462.1625 Repeater (NFM/TRBO)

Lake County Area Vocational System

Lake Forest College

  • WRCK500 - 159.885, 159.915, 159.975, 160.110, 160.125 mobiles (DMR)
  • WQAV847 - 462.15 Repeater (NFM)

Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Sciens (N Chicago)

  • KNFQ349 - 451.675, 464.975 Repeaters (NFM/TRBO)

Trinity International University (Deerfield)

University of Chicago

Codes, Unit Lists, Pager Tones

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 and 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

    Fire/EMS Pager Tones

    Lake Zurich Fire Tone Out/Pager Code 155.835 - Tone 1 (582.1) Tone 2 (881.0)

    Businesses

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

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