Sangamon County (IL)
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Sangamon County is a large county by Illinois standards having a total area of 877 square miles and a population of 188,951. Springfield the capitol city, is also the county seat of Sangamon County. Southern View, Grandview, Jerome, Leland Grove and Sherman are suburbs of Springfield.
Other Municipalities in Sangamon County include Williamsville, Riverton, Dawson, Lanesville, Buffalo, Illiopolis, Mechanicsburg, Rochester, Pawnee, Divernon, Auburn, Thayer, Chatham, Lowder, New Berlin, Loami, Pleasant Plains, Cantrall and New City. Most of the municipalities have their own Police Departments which the Sangamon County Sheriff's Office works with and closely supports.
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Springfield, City of
Sangamon, County of
Sangamon County Sheriff's Office
- 155.535R has input receive sites at Auburn, New Berlin, Illiopolis, downtown Hilton, County Building, I-55/Toronto Road (@ Cool 101.9 tower). Probably connected by Fiber optic/phone lines.
- MDT tower locations: 1) ISP Tower @ D9 2) Buffalo 3) 911 Tower-Spfld 4) New Berlin 5) Hilton
- Juvenile Facility license - [wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/ApplicationSearch/applFreqSum.jsp?applID=542059 FCC Link] Dismissed by FCC, never licensed. (Still in use 12/08)
- 453.02500 D146190 RM Juvenile Facility (Jail 9th Street) [Dismissed by FCC; never heard in use]
- 4/22/05 - 74 deptuties. 74 is considered a full force.
- Jail-200 South 9th, County Bldg
- Juvenile Division-501 Livingston
- Detectives Bureau - 200 South 9th, County Bldg
- Animal Control - 2801 North 5th Street
OPERATIONS DIVISION
- Consists of the Patrol Section,Court Security and special units.
PATROL
- Cconsists of three (3) Lieutenants, six (6) Sergeants and forty-seven (47)? sworn officers. The section is divided into three (3) standard shifts and one (1) power shift.??
COURT SECURITY
- Consists of 12 full time officers including one (1) Lieutenants and two (2) Sergeants. These Officers provide security for the Sangamon County Court Complex. They are responsible for maintaining security at the entrance doors by utilizing x-ray equipment, providing security during court proceedings, protecting the Judges and employees of the Court Complex and providing escorts to?the jail after court hearings.
- SPECIAL UNITS - DUI UNIT
- Consists of one (1) sworn officers that are assigned to the Power Shift. There were 184 DUI arrests in 1997.
K-9 UNIT
- Consists of two (2) sworn officers that are assigned to the Power Shift.
T.R.U. UNIT
- The Tactical Response Unit consists of 22 sworn officers and 4 paramedics. 19 from Sheriff?s Office & 3 from other Sang. Co. Police agencies. 1997--13 call-outs: 2 search warrant (drugs), 1 hostage situation,2 search for fugitive and six high-risk arrest warrants, 3 barricaded suspects.
JAIL
- The Detention Facility opened Oct 1991 after 4 years of planning/construction. It is a state of the art facility utilizing a podular indirect supervision design, with the capability of direct supervision in four of the major cellblocks. Can house up to 313 inmates. Inmates are housed, based on security level, from a dormitory type area for work release and trustees to single cells for maximum-security inmates.?? Ave Daily Pop. is 250 inmates, 10% female.?Staff of 72 correctional officers and 27 control room operators.
- J8 - He/She (transvestite)
Sangamon County Office of Emergency Management OEM
2 Full-Time, 45 Volunteers, 18 Search & Rescue K-9s, Dive Team, Weather Spotters. Responds to traffic accidents and water emergencies when needed to search for a missing boater. Also assists county fire depts by filling air tanks and providing emergency medical care at large fires.
Sangamon County ETSD/911
- 12/9/08 - CD-2, 158.745 is now using a 225.7 PL tone, at least on dispatch, if mobiles are not using it yet, will probably be programmed in the future.
- 158.82: Dispatches all Fire/EMS agencies in Sangamon County except the city of Springfield. (Many can be dispatched locally PD too.)
- New bases added on 158.82. Identifies as "OEM" --- 800 N Rutledge-SIUE School of Medicine, 2801 N Fifth-Springfield City Building/OEM, 2020 Shale Road-911 Tower, 2020 Shale Road-OEM Bldg, I-55 & Toronto Road-backup tower Also added 156.225 BM at 2020 Shale Road All Springfield Fire is dispatched on TRS.
- All 3 EMS agencies dispatched on C-MED, 155.22. All Springfield City dispatchers are in the same center as the county.
- 10/1/07 - Heard on 158.82 "All units use ESDA Ch. 2 on this call"
- 2 Ambulances from all 3 companies cover all of Sangamon County
- Riverton FD has ALS non-transport, everyone else in county is ILS or BLS
Fire/EMS: Pawnee, Auburn, Chatham -- Page their own fire departments.
MABAS Primary Division 52 (tower located at Sangamon County 911/EMA-- 2020 Shale Road-Springfield) CHTM Chatham Fire Protection District LOAM Loami Fire Protection District WMSV Williamsville Fire Protection District BUFF Buffalo Fire Protection District MECH Mechanicsburg Fire Department RAFP Riverton Area Fire Protection District VDFD Dawson Fire Department SHRM Sherman Fire Protection District DIVY Divernon Fire Department District PAWN Pawnee Fire Protection District NBIG New Berlin - Island Grove Fire Protection District RFPD Rochester Fire Protection District SPFD Springfield Fire Department Riverton Fire and EMS
9/18/07 - Mutual Aid Agreements between the Springfield-based 183rd Fighter Wing's firefighters and the departments of Athens, Pleasant Plains, Springfield and Sherman. The agreements took effect in late June. The community fire agencies are still called first.
EMS Agencies/Ambulance Companies
C-MED - Central Medical Emergency Dispatch
- Dispatches 911 calls (non-private) for all 3 Springfield companies.
- Responds to Springfield and surrounding cities (including New Berlin, Riverton, Rochester, Divernon, Glenarm, Pleasant Plains). Also ALS transports for other communities (Virden)
EMS-CMED Codes
- 10-88 In service, in house, call by telephone for a call
- Signal 1 - Emergency: lights and siren
- Signal 2 - Emergency: No lights or siren
- Signal 3 - Non Emergency, no lights or no sirens (small cuts, etc.)
(In the city of Springfield, if you are running lights, you must also use sirens)
All vehicles have Automatic Vehicle Locater/GPS and MDC's. Some units may be heard on Spfld TRS TG 00496 as needed.
America Ambulance
- Units: 3F8 3F9 3F10 3F11 3F12
Lifestar EMS
- Units: 3F16 3F17 3F18 3F21 3F22 3F23
| Site | Name | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 (1) | Springfield | 01 N/A | 02 N/A | 03 N/A | 04 N/A | 05 N/A | 06 N/A | 07 N/A |
| 08 N/A | 09 N/A | 10 860.012500 | 11 N/A | 12 N/A | 13 N/A | 14 859.012500 | ||
| 15 N/A | 16 N/A | 17 N/A | 18 858.012500 |
| Description |
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- Provides ALS transport service as well as hospital to hospital and hospital to nursing home transports. 3 ambulances are on regular rotation on a daily basis.
- Provides an ambulance (3F22) for St. Johns Children's Hospital which provides transports from hospital to hospital statewide for pediatric emergencies.
Springfield Area Ambulance (DBA Medics First Inc.)
2008-Operates 5 ambulances with 43 employee
- Station 1: 3219 E. Carpenter St
- Station 2: 15th & Ash streets (24 hrs w/ living quarters)
- Units: 3F90 3F91 3F92 3F93 3F94 3F95
OLD 155.2950R/150.775 WPCA368 156.7 PL Dispatch: Old (No longer in use?) [Expired]
EMS Agencies & Hospitals
EMS
Hospitals
Doctors Hospital
- Closed, is becoming Kindred, listed below. Old licenses
155.22000 WPLP652 B MERCI-2 Springfield C-MED 155.34000 WPLP652 B MERCI-1 Ambulance to Hospital Comms 463.17500 KBA560 MED [(Expired] 464.82500 469.82500 WNVI988 RM Business Use 464.97500 469.97500 WNVI988 RM Business Use
Kindred Hospital Springfield
- 8/08 - Hospital approved by the state LINK
- 12/07 - Won't be completed until late 2009 or early 2010 due to issues with underground sewer line and construction costs.
- 10/06 - Construction still pending, to be a childrens psychiatric hospital now.
- 9/23/05 - Kindred, based in Louisville, Ky., plans to begin construction in a few months. The two-story $15.6 million long-term acute-care hospital could open by April 2007. It will have 50 beds and employ 100 to 150 people.
Memorial Medical Center
- 12/22/07 - Securitas Security Services USA took over security services at the hospital and its other Springfield properties.
- 450-bed hospital.
St. John's Hospital (Sisters of the Third ORS)
- 11/08 - ARCH Helicopter has added a base at St Johns Hospital "Saints Flight" SJR Article Helicopter Pic
Motherhouse of the Hospital Sisters of the 3rd Order of St. Francis St. Francis Convent -- 4849 Laverna Road
Municipalities & Districts
Fire/EMS
Auburn Fire Protection District / Emergency Squad
FPD & Emergency Squad will merge on Jan 1, 2007; serves 50 square miles & 4317 people.
FPD
Rescue Squad
Chatham Fire Protection District
Website Serves 15,500 people in 75 sq mi.; 18 volunteer and 13 FT fighfighters providing fire, rescue and medical services. (1104 calls in 2007, 70% medical)
Riverton Area Fire Protection District
Riverton provides ALS (Paramedic) Non-transport services 24/7 as well as fire suppression and rescue services including water rescue and recovery.
Rochester Area Fire Protection District
Base Stations @ Rochester & Barry; serves over 100 Square miles.
Sangamon County Rescue Squad
Illiopolis
453.45000 KNCE959 RM IlliopolisTS Police: Old [Expired] 453.41250 WQIZ719 F Illiop WDD 2 Water Distribution Data [IG] 458.41250 KB28046 M Illiop WDD 1 Water Distribution Data [Expired]
Leland Grove, Village of
460.47500 WNAK400 RM Police: Old Repeater (F-1) [Expired] 460.50000 WNAK400 M Old Car-to-Car (F-2) [Expired]
Public Works
Chatham
- Units: C4,C14,C15
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