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Will County 911: Police/Fire

• 3 PSAPS - WESCOM, Joliet (JPD, JFD), Laraway Communications Center
• Repeaters on 853.250 and 853.600 (WPJZ269, WPMQ851) from the old EDACS trunked system will be repurposed as conventional repeaters. NFM and P25 emission codes have been added to the licenses. Possible STARCOM21 back-up repeaters? The remaining EDACS repeater frequencies will be added to the Will County P25 trunked system (1/2021)

EMS Agencies

Ability Transportation (Channahon)

• Emergency Medical Services/Ambulance Service
• 20-50W mobiles on 155.34, 155.4, 155.16 (NFM)

AMR EMS New Lenox

• Former Kurtz Ambulance (No Longer in service 12/22)
• 1900 Garnet Ct. WQQR404
• 2-G-??? AMR New Lenox 7 31 019 Ford Box (6/22)
• 2-G-??? AMR New Lenox 7 31 014 Sprinter (6/22)

Hospitals

Edward - Elmhurst Health Center (Plainfield)

• 452.225, 461.4375 repeaters (DMR/NFM) WRCW746
• 465.0 paging WRDR315

Provena Mercy Center

• 155.22 Mobiles (NFM Aurora) KJ5715
• 155.22 Mobiles (NFM Joliet) KQY609

Silver Cross Hospital (Joliet)

• Uses CarePoint Radio system for Patient Reports [See General-devices.com]
  • Can control the MERCI Radios and telemetry phone lines

Central Dispatch Agencies

Laraway Communications Center (Joliet)

• Dispatches 32 police and fire agencies.

Fire

Fire East - 154.2350 (97.4 PL), multicast on Will County P25 Trunked System Talkgroup 20111:

Beecher FPD (Stations 44, 45), Crete FD (Stations 77, 78), Crete Township FPD (Stations 42, 43), Custer Township FPD (Station 29), Monee FPD (Stations 55, 56), South Chicago Heights FD (Station 67), Steger FD (Stations 37, 38), Steger Estates FPD (Station 35), University Park FD (Stations 96, 97)

Fire West - 151.1825 (123.0 PL), multicast on Romeoville FD 159.2325 (107.2) repeater and Will County P25 Trunked System Talkgroup 20101:

East Joliet (Stations 51-53), Frankfort FPD (Stations 71-75), Manhattan (Stations 81-84), Mokena (Stations 91-93), New Lenox FPD (Stations 61-64), Romeoville FD (Stations 21-23) Peotone FPD (Consolidated with Manhattan stations 83-84)

Police

   Beecher Police
   Braidwood Police
   Crete Police
   Forest Preserve District of Will County Police
   Frankfort Police
   Manhattan Police
   Mokena Police
   Monee Police
   New Lenox Police
   Peotone Police
   Romeoville Police
   Rockdale Police
   South Chicago Heights Police
   Steger Police
   University Park Police
   Will County Sheriff Police

WESCOM

Fire

MABAS Division 15 Dispatch

• For Plainfield, Troy, Channahan, Lockport, Northwest Homer, Rockdale, Wilmington, Minooka
• 155.3550 Paging Bases at:
  • Plainfield, Shorewood, Channahon, Lockport, Homer Glen, Rockdale WQAG716
  • Lockport, Wilmington, Plainfield, Seward Township (Kendall), Braidwood (Will), Minooka (Grundy) WQAG719
  • Shorewood (Will) WPWL581
  • Lockport (Will) (Lockport Twp. primarily dispatched on 154.8525), Elwood, and Custer Park. FCC application to add site at the water tower on Taylor road in Romeoville WQJD352

• Trunked repeaters on 854.8875, 855.6125, 858.6625, 858.8125 and 859.3625 at Gardner (Grundy Co.) and Wilmington (P25) WQZT877
• Same as WQZT877 above, but at Plainfield, Bolingbrook, Lockport, Shorewood and Channahon. WQZT878

EASTCOM - Eastern Will County Communications Network

• Closed, agencies being dispatched by Laraway Communications Center (12/17)

Lincolnway Communication Center (Frankfort)

• Closed, agencies being dispatched by Laraway Communications Center (12/17)

Municipalities and Districts

	[1] Townships and Water Districts	
     	[99] Beecher	
     	[99] Bolingbrook	
     	[99] Braidwood	
     	[99] Channahon	
     	[99] Crest Hill	
     	[99] Crete	
     	[99] Crete Township Fire Protection District	
     	[99] Custer Township Fire Protection District	
     	[99] East Joliet	
     	[99] Elwood	
     	[99] Frankfort	
     	[99] Homer Glen	
     	[99] Homer Township Fire Protection District	
     	[99] Joliet	
     	[99] Lockport	
     	[99] Lockport Township Fire Protection District	
     	[99] Manhattan	
     	[99] Minooka	
     	[99] Mokena	
     	[99] Monee	
     	[99] Naperville	
     	[99] New Lenox	
     	[99] Northwest Homer Fire and Ambulance Protection District (Lockport)	
     	[99] Orland Park	
     	[99] Peotone	
     	[99] Plainfield	
     	[99] Rockdale	
     	[99] Romeoville	
     	[99] Shorewood	
     	[99] Steger	
     	[99] Steger Estates Fire Protection District	
     	[99] Tinley Park	
     	[99] Troy Fire Protection District	
     	[99] University Park	
     	[99] Wilmington

New Lenox Public Library District

• 462.750 paging/notification (digital) WRWS226

Schools - Public

Crete-Monee School District 201U

• Serving area - Crete, Monee, Park Forest, University Park)
• 463.700, 463.900 (D412), 464.625 repeaters (Crete-Monee High School); 464.325, 464.825, 467.7625, 467.8125, 467.850, 469.2625, 469.500, 469.550 portables (NFM) WRWQ988
• 461.700, 463.4125 repeaters (Early Learning Center, Crete); 452.225, 463.4125 repeaters (Crete Elementary School, Crete); 461.125, 463.4125 repeaters (Coretta Scott King Magnet School, University Park); 452.275, 463.4125 repeaters (Monee Education Center, Monee); 452.150, 463.4125 repeaters (Monee Elementary School, Monee); 461.200, 463.4125 repeaters (Talala Elementary School, Park Forest); 451.1875, 451.2875, 451.3375, 451.3625, 451.3875, 451.5125, 451.5375, 451.6375, 451.7375, 452.0875, 452.1375, 452.1625, 452.2875, 452.3125, 452.5125, 452.6875, 452.7125, 452.7875, 452.8125, 452.9875 portables (all DMR); 160.1925 mobiles (NFM) WQJZ736
• 461.6875, 463.4125 repeaters (Balmoral Elementary School, Crete); 461.350, 463.4125 repeaters (Crete-Monee Middle School, University Park); 451.975, 463.4125 repeaters (Crete-Monee Sixth Grade Center, Crete); 451.925, 463.4125 repeaters (Crete-Monee High School) - all DMR WQJZ737
• 452.6375, 457.6375, 466.4375, 466.6625, 452.2625 portables (NFM) WQON393

Homer Community Consolidated School District 33C (Homer Glen)

• 451.450 (CC7) repeater (buses, etc.), 452.1625 repeater (Goodings Grove School), 451.5125 repeater (Butler School), 452.2875 and 452.4125 repeaters (Hadley Middle School and Homer Junior High School), 452.8875 CC7? repeater (Schilling School and Young School). All DMR. WQYY719
• 152.4125 (repeats 157.6725), possibly food service ops w/DPL274? (2/20) WPPH536

Joliet School District 86

• 462.25 repeater (NFM) - Hufford Junior High School WROM741

Joliet Township High School District 204

• 464.6375 repeater (NFM) WRFE836

Laraway C.C.S.D. #70C (Joliet)

• 159.735 base/mobiles (Oak Valley Staff Center, NFM), 151.9175 - repeats 159.660 (transportation? - Laraway School, NFM/DMR), 159.585 base/mobiles (Laraway School, NFM) 152.875 Repeater with 159.66 input (NFM/DMR) WQQZ903

Lincoln-Way Area Special Education

• Lincoln-Way Special Education transportation - 463.6875 repeater, license expired 2017-June-2, still in use, transmitters at Posen and Joliet, operated at Pioneer Grove Education Center WQGZ499
• 463.6875 repeater (Joliet); 466.4875, 466.5875 portables (NFM) WQGK884

Lincoln-Way Community High School District 210 (Frankfort, New Lenox, Mokena)

• Central High School (New Lenox) - 451.4357 20wt Repeater (NFM) WRWH917 New 2/23
• East High School (Frankfort) - 451.7625 20wt Repeater (NFM) WRWH917 New 2/23
• Grainery Tower (Frankfort) - 464.425 50wt Repeater (400 40wt mobiles) for Buses? (NFM) WRWH917 New 2/23
• East High School - 463.650, 464.425(167.9 PL) repeaters (NFM) WZH838
• East High School - 464.1875 repeater (NFM) WRMD766
• 462.300, 464.975 NFM repeaters (Frankfort) on Frankfort Grainery - buses? district maintenance ops? WQQP204
• 462.350 repeater (Mokena), 461.875 repeater (New Lenox) WQJT836

Mokena Public School District 159

• 463.9875 repeater; 451.4875, 452.1375, 465.3125, 456.4875, 457.1375 portables - Mokena Elementary (DMR) WQIY398

Oswego Community Unit School District #308

• Website
• Other unidentified frequencies listed in the Will County wiki page
• 452.15 Repeater (DRM) (New 2/23) [1] at Bednarcik Junior High School in Aurora (WILL) FCC Application 0010407629

Plainfield CUSD 202

• 464.4 repeater - Plainfield North High School (NFM) WRDA568

Reed Custer School District 255U

• 451.300 Repeater 110.9 PL at 195 Overton Rd, Diamond for Buses WPOX272 (may be shared repeater FB6)
• 6/23 - add 452.55 Repeater at 255 Comet Dr, Braidwood (NFM) (near High School, Middle School, Bus Barn area) WPOX272

Troy Community CSD 30-C (Shorewood)

• 464.575 repeater (Troy Cronin Elementary School and Troy FPD Station 1), 467.2125 portables (NFM) WPXL518

Valley View School District 365-U

• 463.6875 repeater (Wood View Elementary School); 451.3875, 451.6625, 451.6875, 452.4875, 452.6375, 456.3875, 456.6625, 456.6875, 457.4875, 467.6375 portables (all NFM/DMR) WQZZ670
• 462.025 Repeater at Brooks Middle School, 463.9 Repeater at Kenneth L Hermansen Elementary WQWI980

Federal

Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie (Wilmington)

• 164.1250 and 164.8250 have been reported as possibly in use at this location.
• The Midewin Interagency Hotshot Crew (IHC) is based here. They are a national resource that responds to wildfires, prescribed fire/fuel reduction support and all-risk incidents. Learn more at https://www.fs.usda.gov/main/midewin/fire.

Utilities

Joliet Utilities

• Water Data, deleteing 452.5125, 452.6125, 452.575, changing to 452.0125 WQEL588

Joliet Township

Naperville (City) Utilities

• 928.54375, 952.54375 11K for Meter Data? WNTN487
• 928.54375, 952.54375 11K for Meter Data? WNTP990

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