Frequencies
Common/Shared
Interoperability (All Agencies)
Tacs can be used in CTCSS/PL or P25 (Digital Mode), 293 NAC. Radios will be used to coordinate emergency communications between state and local public safety entities for interoperability use. See the
Nationwide Public Safety Interop for more info.
IREACH, 155.055 D156 should be used on transmit. For more info, see the Illinois Radio Emergency Assistance CHannel (IL) WIKI (which has all the info from the former website.
| STARCOM21 Statewide Illinois Project 25 Phase II | May be used by some agencies for interop. |
| Frequency | License | Type | Tone | Alpha Tag | Description | Mode | Tag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 155.055 | KA5825 | M | CSQ | IREACH | Illinois Radio Emergency Assistance Channel (Statewide Interagency Mutual Aid) | FMN | Interop |
| 155.055 | KA5825 | M | 156 DPL | IREACH D156 | Illinois Radio Emergency Assistance Channel (Narrowband) | FMN | Interop |
| 769.00625 | WQOF260 | RM | 156.7 PL | 7FTAC1/7FTAC1D | Fire: Tactical (Repeat/Direct) [DuPage Fireground Orange] | FMN | Fire-Tac |
| 774.93125 | WQMH855 | RM | 156.7 PL | 7FTAC 2/7FTAC2D | Fire: Tactical (Repeat/Direct) | FMN | Fire-Tac |
| 769.04375 | WQOF260 | RM | 156.7 PL | 7FTAC3/7FTAC3D | Fire: Tactical (Repeat/Direct) | FMN | Fire-Tac |
| 769.03125 | WQMH855 | RM | 156.7 PL | 7GTAC4/7GTAC4D | General Government Tactical (Repeat/Direct) | FMN | Multi-Tac |
| 774.95625 | WQOF260 | RM | 156.7 PL | 7GTAC5/7GTAC5D | General Government Tactical (Repeat/Direct) | FMN | Multi-Tac |
| 769.01875 | WQMH855 | RM | 156.7 PL | 7LTAC6/7LTAC6D | Law: Tactical (Repeat/Direct) | FMN | Law Tac |
| 774.94375 | WQOF260 | RM | 156.7 PL | 7LTAC7/7LTAC7D | Law: Tactical (Repeat/Direct) | FMN | Law Tac |
| 774.98125 | WQMH855 | RM | 156.7 PL | 7LTAC8/7LTAC8D | Law: Tactical (Repeat/Direct) | FMN | Law Tac |
| 774.96875 | WQOF260 | RM | 156.7 PL | 7MTAC9/7MTAC9D | Medical: Tactical (Repeat/Direct) | FMN | EMS-Tac |
Law Enforcement
ILEAS: See the ISP WIKI for more info and frequencies
| Frequency | License | Type | Tone | Alpha Tag | Description | Mode | Tag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 155.475 | KN3600 | M | CSQ | ISPERN | Illinois State Police Emergency Radio Network (HF-1) | FMN | Fire Dispatch |
| 155.475 | KN3600 | B | 67.0 PL | ISPERN 67.0 | Illinois State Police Emergency Radio Network (HF-1) | FMN | Law Dispatch |
| 155.475 | KN3600 | M | 156 DPL | ISPERN D156 | Illinois State Police Emergency Radio Network (HF-1) | FMN | Law Dispatch |
| 155.370 | B | CSQ | ISP S/W P2P | Statewide Point-to-Point (HF-5/Future Abandoned) | FMN | Fire Dispatch |
MABAS - Mutual Aid Box Alert System (Statewide Fire Mutual Aid)
Interagency/Illinois Fire Emergency Radio Network (IFERN) MABAS Basics (PDF)
MABAS Alerts (2 Tone Paging) are 1.5sec/3.5sec 1082.0/701.0
MABAS Fireground Alert Tone - 1500 hz (3-5 seconds long) --to be used for Evacuation/Dangerous Situations/Personnell Accounting/Emergency Traffic
| 769.00625 | M | 156.7 PL | FG Orange | Fireground: Orange (DuPage County) |
| Frequency | License | Type | Tone | Alpha Tag | Description | Mode | Tag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 154.265 | WQAG579 | BM | 210.7 PL | F2 IFERN-1 | Base/Mobile Interoperability | FMN | Fire-Tac |
| 154.3025 | WQAG579 | BM | 67.0 PL | IFERN-2 | Base/Mobile Interoperability 2 | FMN | Fire-Tac |
| 154.2875 | WQAG579 | M | 136.5 PL | F11 FG-GRAY | Fireground Gray (Logistics/Support) | FMN | Fire-Tac |
| 154.2725 | WQAG579 | M | 94.8 PL | F12 FG-BLACK | Fireground Black (HazMat Ops) | FMN | Fire-Tac |
| 153.8375 | WQAG579 | M | 91.5 PL | F13 FG-GOLD | Fireground Gold (SRT Entry Teams) | FMN | Fire-Tac |
| 154.295 | WQAG579 | M | 85.4 PL | F14 FG-BLUE | Fireground Blue (EMS, Water Supply, Boat Ops) | FMN | Fire-Tac |
| 154.280 | WQAG579 | M | 74.4 PL | F15 FG-WHITE | Fireground White (Logistics, Support, SRT Ops) | FMN | Fire-Tac |
| 153.830 | WQAG579 | M | 69.3 PL | F16 FG-RED | Fireground Red (Main-Fire Ops/Accountability) | FMN | Fire-Tac |
Search and Rescue Teams
Search And Rescue Mutual Aid (SARMA)
Used by various agencies (152.285/157.545 Weather, SAR Teams in IL, IN and MO) Formerly used by Illinois Weather Alert Radio Network (I-WARN)
155.205 is only licensed in IL and parts of St Louis/St Charles Counties,. 155.205 D331 FERMA can be used by IL Fire, EMS or Rescue agencies for Tac, Training or Local Events For more info, see WIKI
| Frequency | License | Type | Tone | Alpha Tag | Description | Mode | Tag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 155.205 | WQCI585 | BM | 331 DPL | FERMA V1 | Fire, EMS, Rescue Mutual Aid / Events [Ch 1] | FMN | Emergency Ops |
| 151.760 | M | 156 DPL | SARMA V2 | Operations [Ch 2] | FMN | Emergency Ops | |
| 157.545 | WQBB433 | M | 432 DPL | SARMA V3 | Search and Rescue [Ch 3] | FMN | Emergency Ops |
| 152.285 | WQBB433 | BM | 205 DPL | SARMA V4 | Search and Rescue/Weather [Ch 4] | FMN | Emergency Ops |
| 152.285 | WQBB433 | RM | 205 DPL | SARMA V5R | Search and Rescue/Weather/Disaster [Ch 5-Deployable Repeater] | FMN | Emergency Ops |
| 155.205 | WQCI585 | M | 205 DPL | SARMA MX/CBR | Mobile Extender/Cross-Band Repeater | FMN | Emergency Ops |
| 152.285 | WQBB433 | BM | 88.5 PL | I-WARN Ch 1 | (Legacy) Weather Spotters / Search and Rescue | FMN | Emergency Ops |