McDonough County (IL)

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McDonough County Government

McDonough County Sheriff

• Website: https://www.mcdonoughcountysheriff.com/
• FB: https://www.facebook.com/mcdonoughcountysheriff
• KD45054 - 460.2875/465.2875 - possible Mobile Extender to 154.755/155.97
• 5/13 add 453.15 Base/Mobile at Courthouse (NFM) ?? - Sheriff has Dive Operations Functional Group.
• Former - 155.64 151.175 WQFK649 RM 624 DPL Sheriff: Dispatch - Secondary FMN Law Dispatch
• OLD - All Sheriff portables operate on UHF. Different PLs are used on 453.15 to the extenders in squad cars.
• 453.15000 KA59257 F 023 DPL McD Shrf MXC Sheriff: Mobile Extenders
• 453.15000 KA59257 F 103.5 PL McD Shrf MXB Sheriff: Mobile Extenders to 154.755
• 453.15000 KA59257 F 206.5 PL McD Shrf MXA Sheriff: Mobile Extenders
• 458.15000 KA59257 M 167.9 PL McD Shrf MXF Sheriff: Mobile Extenders
• 458.15000 KA59257 M 265 DPL McD Shrf MXG Sheriff: Mobile Extenders d
• 458.15000 KA59257 M CSQ McD Shrf MXD Sheriff: Mobile Extenders (Carrier / Beeps)
• 460.25000 WQCR623 BM 210.7 PL McD Shrf MXE Sheriff: Mobile Extenders to 154.755

Sheriff NXDN Radio IDs

• 1086 Central Dispatcher
• 1135 MC-13 (sheriff unit)

Municipalities and Districts

Adair (Unincorporated)

New Salem Fire Protection District

Bushnell (City)

Bushnell Fire Protection District

• Facebook

Colchester (City)

Colchester Fire Protection District

• Website
• Facebook
• Serves 50 sq miles primary (and 600 sq miles secondary)

Good Hope (Village)

Good Hope-Sciota Fire Protection District

• FB: https://www.facebook.com/GoodHopeFire

Industry (Village)

Industry Fire

• FB: https://www.facebook.com/Industry-Fire-Department-416045640486

Macomb (City/County Seat)

• Website: https://cityofmacomb.com/
• WPND548 956.44375 for 12K Meter Data

Macomb/WIU Public Safety DMR usage notes

• 2000 Macomb PD Dispatch 453.2500 TIME SLOT 1
• 2001 Secondary Opts 460.1875 TIME SLOT 1
• 2002 Unknown-Pending further investigation, exits but what purpose is unknown
• 2003 Unknown-Pending further investigation, exist but what purpose is unknown
• 2004 WIU OPS Dispatch 460.1875 TIME SLOT 1
• 2005 WEMS Dispatch 460.1875 TIME SLOT 2
• 2006 Unknown-Testing on 453.250 TS2 5/10/17, some encryption
• 2009 Sheriff Dispatch w/ Bushnell & Colchester PDs 453.4375 TS 1

Ops and City Police can be on each others channels, however the mou/i is to coordinate activities through dispatch. Sheriffs office has access to TRBO as well as they advised they copy direct.

Macomb NXDN Radio IDs

• 1013 = HAMILTON
• 1022
• 1024 = JOHNSON,C
• 1039
• 1047,
• 1072 = CAR 2
• 1086
• 2002 = .....ON,B
• 2026 = HUM V
• 10000 = CONTROL

Macomb Fire

• FB: https://www.facebook.com/macombILfire
• FB: https://www.facebook.com/Macombfire/
• Established 1884

Emmett-Chalmers (Township) Fire Protection District

• Website: https://www.ecfpd.org/
• FB: https://www.facebook.com/EmmetChalmersFire/
• Serves the area west of Macomb near the Interstate

• New 2/23 - 151.07 Repeater with 158.9025 input at Macomb KMK743

• 154.25000 KMK743 BM 100.0 PL MCCD FD Grp1 Fire: Group 1 Dispatch - Indusrty, Adair, Litteleton, ECFPD, New Salem Fire [Ch ]
• 154.07000 M 100.0 PL MCCD FD Grp2 Fire: Group 2 Dispatch - Bushnell, Macomb, Colchester, Prarie City Fire [Ch 2]
• 154.38500 M 127.3 PL MCCD FD Blnd {Link to} Blandinsviille Fire [Ch 3]
• 153.77000 KQW544 M 100.0 PL MCCD FD GHS {Link to} Good Hope-Sciota Fire [Ch 4]
• 155.34000 M 100.0 PL MERCI-1 1000 Ambulance-to-Hospital Comms [Ch 5]
• 155.05500 M CSQ I-REACH Statewide Interagency Mutual Aid [Ch 6]
• 154.75500 M 136.5 PL McD SD OLD {Link to} McDonough Sheriff [OLD] (RX Only) [Ch 7]
• 147.06000 147.76000 RM CSQ LEAR VHF {Link to} Macomb Amateur Radio Repeater [Ch 8]
• 154.26500 M IFERN Fire: Statewide Mutual Aid/Training [Ch 9]
• 159.04500 KMK743 BM CSQ ECFPD MX2 Fire: Mobile Extenders (Ch. 2) (to 154.25) [Ch 10]

EMS Agencies and Hospitals

McDonough District Hospital (MDH)

• FB: https://www.facebook.com/McDonough.District.Hospital

By direction of OSF St Francis out of Peroria, IL)

• EMS Units: 1W11, 1W12, 1W13, 1W17
• EMS Ambulance service was transitioned to private company, Midwest Medical Transport in 2017.
• WQET463 License for 72 MHz Wireless Clocks

• Serves as the base hospital for the MDH EMS System, with 185 EMTs/Paramedics.

AMR Lifeguard EMS (Macomb)

• FB: https://www.facebook.com/lifeguardambulanceserviceillinois

Law Enforcement Unit Numbers

• MC# - McDonough County Sheriff (MC-1 Sheriff, MC2-19 Deputies)
  
• BV# - Blandinsville Police
  
• CO# - Colchester Police
  
• 14-# - State Police units. ISP troopers have direct access to MCSO frequencies

EMS Unit Numbers

AMR Lifeguard EMS

• 411 - white/red box Ambulance
• 501 - white/red box Ambulance
• 551 - white/red box Ambulance
• 552 - white/red box Ambulance (at Colchester Firehouse?)
• 553 - white/red box Ambulance
• 915 - white/red box Ambulance (stationed at Macomb Fire)
• 2 578 01? EMS unit

Fire Unit Numbers

• MABAS Division 55

Bushnell Fire

• #3 - old whi/blu Ambulance Box M 25 719?
• #9 - Tender
• #? - older Chevy/GMC? Brush truck

Colchester Fire Protection District

• Engine 1 - 2014 Spartan Pumper, 1500gpm, 1000gal, Black/Red
• Engine 2 - 1992 GMC Pumper, 1250gpm, Cascade/SCBA system
• Rescue 1 - 2015 Ford/AEV Trauma Hawk - BLS Box - Black/Red (Responds to all medical calls)
• Squad 1 - 2018 Ford 550 Rescue type truck / Brush Mini-Pumper, 100gpm, 250gal
• Tanker 1 - 1995 Peterbuilt 377 Tender/Water Truck, 1250gpm, 4000gal
• Brush 1 - 2004 Chevy 2500 250gal, trailer for Polaris, white
• UTV - 2007 Polaris Ranger - 50gal
• Lifeguard EMS 552 unit located at firehouse ?

Emmett-Chalmers Fire Protection District

• Engine 6 - older International
• Tender 7
• Brush 8
• Engine 10
• Brush 11
• Squad 12 - Ford 4dr Pickup M 200 704
• MABAS Division 55 - Light Trailer/Air Trailer

Good Hope-Sciota Fire Protection District

• 1 - Engine
• 5 - Polaris Ranger 4x4 Black Mini Pumper

Industry Fire

• Chevy TopKick Engine (1980s)
• #4 Engine - older International

Macomb Fire Department

• 202 Lieutenant
• 303 Captain
• E1 - Engine 1 - E-One
• E3 - Engine 3 - E-One
• L1 - Ladder 1 - E-One 1996 100f Aerial
•  ?? - Rescue 1 - unit Ford
•  ?? - Chief - Ford Explorer, Red/Black
•  ??? Quest H6 Engine
• E25 #22 Old Engine?
• 1935 International Fire Engine (Parade Vehicle, made in Galesburg IL)

New Salem Fire Protection District

• Brush - Chevy 3500 ext-cab pickup truck M 177 061

Schools and Colleges

Beck Bus Transportation

• 151.5575 DMR CC=1 TG=1 RID=1 (seen on every unit)
• RID=1 [S-85-1] seen on RID 11/13/17

Western Illinois University (Macomb)

WIU Concert Safety Corps use CP200s and are looking into upgrading their radios and possibility of getting a repeater for special events.

Western IL University Police have the ability to monitor McDonough Co. Sheriff, Local Government, Macomb Fire, etc with bordering municipalities in their car's and at their dispatch center.

Go West! (campus bus service) was taken over by First Student services in 5/07. Genral assumption is that they will remain on the same channel layout the exists already.

• WQUH221 - 460.1875 DMR - Talkgroups:
  • 2004 - Security/Police Dispatch [(RIDs 1064 (unit 111), 1045, 1046 (dispatch?), 1039 (unit 101), 1045, 1050, 1064, 1065]
  • 2005 - WEMS (Western EMS) [RIDs 1064, 1068 (unit 88) (on Slot 2)]

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