Lake County (IL)
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Municipalities & Districts
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
So 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
- 5605 Assigned to RACES/ARES (not used on EDACS TRS)
- 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
Miscellaneous
JBC Funds PN 464.5750 RMF WQKN275 JBC Funds Parkway North: Sec/Eng/Ops (Deerfield)