Will County (IL)

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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

=== Townships and Water Districts

• Will Township 453.05 Repeater (NFM) at Peotone WQYT72

New Lenox

• New Lenox Public Library District 462.75 paging/notification (digital) WRWS226

Schools and Colleges

• See the Education Wiki page

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

Related Wiki Pages

• Will County (IL) Education
• Will County (IL) Fire/Rescue
• Will County (IL) Law Enforcement
• Businesses and Media Will County (IL)
• Recreation and Attractions Will County (IL)
• Will County Public Safety EDACS TRS
• Will County (IL) Locks, Dams and Bridges