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| NWI FIRE | Public Safety
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1 | Online | |||
| Addison Consolidated Fire Dispatch - North | Public Safety
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1 | Online | |||
| Addison Consolidated Fire Dispatch - South | Public Safety
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1 | Online | |||
| Algonquin Lake in the Hills Fire - Digital | Public Safety
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0 | Online | |||
| Algonquin/Lake in the Hills Fire | Public Safety
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1 | Online | |||
| Allstar Link Node 52318 KD9NSC | Amateur Radio
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0 | Offline | |||
| Alsip Fire | Public Safety
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2 | Online | |||
| Beach Park Fire | Public Safety
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0 | Online | |||
| Berkeley Fire | Public Safety
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2 | Online | |||
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Brookfield Fire Dispatch 154.250 CSQ Simplex Testing audio levels. Other channels are temporarly being used to help adjust since not much FD traffic. They will be removed after testing is completed. Status: Weather knocked out internet |
Public Safety
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0 | Offline | |||
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Buffalo Grove Fire Dispatch Status: Had some issues with the Pi that runs the feed and had to rework some things. Everything appears to be all good now. Enjoy! |
Public Safety
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8 | Online | |||
| Calumet City Fire Department | Public Safety
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1 | Online | |||
| Calumet Park Fire | Public Safety
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2 | Online | |||
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Central Indiana Skywarn Repeater Net W9ICE 146.9700 MHz This Is A Live Audio Feed Of The 39 County Central Indiana Skywarn Active Severe Weather Nets ONLY!! (Audio can be delayed by as much as 40 seconds). There will be NO AUDIO if there is no net in progress !!! |
Amateur Radio
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0 | Online | |||
| Chicago Area NOAA Weather Radio KWO39 | Public Safety
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3 | Online | |||
 Chicago Area RailroadsMonitoring Chicago-area railroad transmissions; included are CN, Metra & UP. Cook & DuPage counties. Updated AUG24. |
Rail
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0 | Online | |||
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Chicago Fire - Digital C.F.D. LIVE radio on the 800 Mhz. Digital Trunking System, Phase 2. MAIN-North, ENGLEWOOD-South, Fire Alarm Offices, w/ Citywide Fire in UHF Phase 1. |
Public Safety
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53 | Online | |||
| Chicago Police Citywide Dispatch Channels | Public Safety
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13 | Online | |||
| Chicago Police Department Zone 01 | Public Safety
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49 | Online | |||
| Chicago Police Department Zone 02 | Public Safety
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20 | Online | |||
| Chicago Police Department Zone 03 | Public Safety
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54 | Online | |||
| Chicago Police Department Zone 04 | Public Safety
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82 | Online | |||
| Chicago Police Department Zone 05 | Public Safety
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56 | Online | |||
| Chicago Police Department Zone 06 | Public Safety
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65 | Online | |||
| Chicago Police Department Zone 07 | Public Safety
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27 | Online | |||
| Chicago Police Department Zone 08 | Public Safety
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267 | Online | |||
| Chicago Police Department Zone 09 | Public Safety
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28 | Online | |||
| Chicago Police Department Zone 10 | Public Safety
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82 | Online | |||
| Chicago Police Department Zone 11 | Public Safety
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34 | Online | |||
| Chicago Police Department Zone 12 | Public Safety
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38 | Online | |||
| Chicago Police Department Zone 13 | Public Safety
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61 | Online | |||
| Chicago Ridge Fire | Public Safety
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0 | Online | |||
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Chicago Suburban Fire Departments, MABAS and IFERN Including M.A.B.A.S. RED Center MABAS Division 3 & 4 and Firegrounds. Northern and Western Cook County Fire, Lake Co. Fire. Starcom Statewide Talk Groups MABAS, IEMA, ITTF, IESMA & ILEAS |
Public Safety
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8 | Online | |||
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Chicago Suburbs South/SW Crest Hill PD/FD Frankfort PD/FD ISPERN/IFERN Lemont PD/FD Lockport PD/FD Manhattan PD Mokena PD/FD New Lenox PD/FD Plainfield PD/FD Romeoville PD/FD Tinley Park PD/FD Will County Sheriff |
Public Safety
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8 | Online | |||
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Cook County ECom Fire Dispatch This feed covers ECOM frequency 151.430 which cover's dispatches for East Hazel Crest, Thornton, Hazel Crest, Homewood, Riverdale, South Holland, Flossmoor, & Glenwood Fire Departments. |
Public Safety
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5 | Online | |||
| Countryside Fire Protection District | Public Safety
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2 | Online | |||
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CP, METRA, CN, UP Rail Around Rondout, IL |
Rail
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0 | Online | |||
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CPKC/Metra Rail - Chicago Status: This feed will be offline for the next couple weeks due to computer issues. The computer powering this feed is needed for primary daily use. Thank you for your patience; we hope to be back soon! |
Rail
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0 | Online | |||
| Crystal Lake Fire - Digital | Public Safety
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0 | Online | |||
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Crystal Lake Fire Rescue Scanning and broadcasting Crystal Lake, IL Fire 24/7 from STARCOM21 (Digital) (Crystal Lake Police have moved to an encrypted channel and are no longer available) |
Public Safety
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3 | Online | |||
| Crystal Lake Fire Rescue | Public Safety
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1 | Online | |||
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CTA Rail Ops - Chicago Transit Authority Monitoring all CTA rail operations. Red, Blue, Pink, Green, Orange, Purple, and Yellow Lines, as well as Rail Emergency/Power Control. |
Rail
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4 | Online | |||
| Dalton Fire | Public Safety
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3 | Online | |||
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Dekalb and Kane County Fire Departments This broadcast covers all Dekalb and Kane county fire dispatch, tone-outs, radio traffic, Firegrounds, IFERN, and IREACH. |
Public Safety
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0 | Offline | |||
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Downers Grove and Westmont Police/Fire This feed monitors Downers Grove & Westmont Police/Fire. Additional channels included. More info under feed notes. |
Public Safety
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3 | Online | |||
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Downtown Chicago Freight Rail Channels Status: Problems with new equipment! Sorry, guys. We have to climb the tower again to fix it. Will take a couple of weeks before we can get back there. Expected resolution by end of September. |
Rail
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0 | Online | |||
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DU-Comm Glen Ellyn, Wheaton, COD Police |
Public Safety
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1 | Online | |||
| DuComm Fire - East | Public Safety
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2 | Online | |||
| DuComm Fire - North | Public Safety
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1 | Online | |||
| DuComm Fire - South | Public Safety
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1 | Online | |||
| DuComm Fire - West | Public Safety
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1 | Online | |||
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DuComm Fire Dispatch and Ops (All) |
Public Safety
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4 | Online | |||
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DuComm Police 1 East - Lombard, and Villa Park Monitoring Lombard and Villa Park Police Departments on DUCOMM Channel 1 East. Online since 2014. |
Public Safety
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11 | Online | |||
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DuPage County Fire and EMS Feed covers the DuComm and ACDC Fire Dispatch channels, the DuComm UHF IFERN patch, and the MABAS fire ground channels from Lombard, IL. Status: Added new ACDC Fire 3 repeater (155.010 91.5) (Not sure if it's in use yet or what it's purpose is yet. Also added Addison's P25 Conventional repeater (Ch 8). |
Public Safety
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3 | Online | |||
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DuPage County Police Dispatch 1 - West Police 1 West Trunk 2609 Carol Stream and Bartlett Police for DuComm 1 North. |
Public Safety
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4 | Online | |||
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DuPage County Sheriff DU Sheriff Trunk 2619 and Glendale Heights / Bloomingdale Trunk 2744 |
Public Safety
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1 | Online | |||
| Dupage Fireground Blue | Public Safety
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0 | Online | |||
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DuPage Radio Club W9DUP Left Channel 145.43 / 224.68 linked Right Channel 442.550 |
Amateur Radio
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0 | Online | |||
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Elgin Fire Broadcasting Elgin, IL Fire Dispatch and Elgin Fire OPS channels (fireground). Also broadcasting Hampshire, Huntley, Pingree Grove Burlington, Fox River Fire dispatches. |
Public Safety
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24 | Online | |||
| Evanston Fire | Public Safety
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2 | Online | |||
| Evergreen Park Fire | Public Safety
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1 | Online | |||
| Fire East Dispatch - Cary, Fox River Grove, McHenry and Nunda | Public Safety
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4 | Online | |||
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Fire North Dispatch - Hebron, Richmond, Spring Grove, Wonder Lake Fire North Departments in McHenry County, IL dispatched by MCSO (County) include Hebron, Richmond, Spring Grive, and Wonder Lake. |
Public Safety
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3 | Online | |||
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Fire South Dispatch - Algonquin-LITH, Crystal Lake, Huntley Fire South Departments in McHenry County, IL dispatched by SEECOM include Huntley, Algonquin-LITH, Crystal Lake (Lakewood). |
Public Safety
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5 | Online | |||
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Fire West Dispatch - Harvard, Marengo, Woodstock, Union Fire West Departments in McHenry County, IL dispatched by NERCOM (McHenry) include Harvard, Marengo, Woodstock, and Union. |
Public Safety
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6 | Online | |||
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Grundy and Will Counties Public Safety |
Public Safety
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21 | Online | |||
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Gurnee and Newport Township Fire Departments Live audio now includes Beach Park Fire, Zion Fire. Winthrop Harbor Fire. |
Public Safety
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3 | Online | |||
| Harvard Fire Protection District | Public Safety
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3 | Online | |||
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Highland Park Fire Dispatch Frequency covers: Highland Park Fire (Includes Highwood), Lake Bluff Fire, Lake Forest Fire |
Public Safety
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3 | Online | |||
| Hillside Fire | Public Safety
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3 | Online | |||
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Hobart Area Public Safety |
Public Safety
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6 | Online | |||
| Huntley Fire | Public Safety
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1 | Online | |||
| Huntley Fire - Digital | Public Safety
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0 | Online | |||
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Illinois State Police Troops 1,2,3,4,5 This feed monitor's ISP Troops 1,2,3,4,5 |
Public Safety
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16 | Online | |||
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Indiana Lake Area Marine Lake Michigan Fishing Channels |
Marine
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0 | Online | |||
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Kendall County Public Safety This Feed Is Broadcasting Kendall County (IL) Police & Fire, King = Kendall County Sheriffs, Ocean = Oswego, Mary = Montgomery, Zebra = Yorkville, Paul = Plano. More Info In The Notes. |
Public Safety
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20 | Online | |||
| Kenosha City Fire Dispatch | Public Safety
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1 | Online | |||
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Kenosha County Public Safety City Fire, County Fire, Pleasant Prairie Police, and County Sheriff |
Public Safety
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69 | Online | |||
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Kenosha County Sheriff, Silver and Twin Lakes Police Kenosha County Channel 1 Racine County Sheriff Ch 1 |
Public Safety
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2 | Online | |||
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Lake and Kenosha Counties Fire Lake County Illinois Quads 1, 2, 3, & 4, M.A.B.A.S, Firegrounds Red, White, and Blue. Kenosha County WI for Salem, Wilmot, Bristol, Pleasant Prairie. |
Public Safety
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3 | Online | |||
| Lake County Fire Dispatch - South | Public Safety
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2 | Online | |||
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Lake County Indiana Public Safety - Schererville and Cedar Lake - Police & Fire Dispatch Schererville and Cedar Lake Police and Fire Dispatch |
Public Safety
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0 | Offline | |||
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Lake County Public Safety Fire and Police Dispatch - Radio - Uniden SDS200 |
Public Safety
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96 | Online | |||
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Lake County Quad 1 Fire Departments Beach Park, Gurnee, Newport Township, Winthrop Harbor & Zion Fire Departments. |
Public Safety
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5 | Online | |||
| Lake Forest Fire | Public Safety
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2 | Online | |||
| Lansing (IL) Fire Dispatch | Public Safety
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2 | Online | |||
| Laraway 911 | Public Safety
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0 | Online | |||
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Laraway Communications Center (LCC) - Fire East Fire: Dispatch - Beecher, Crete, Crete Twp, Custer Twp, Monee, Peotone, S Chicago Hts, Steger, Steger Estates, University Park |
Public Safety
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0 | Online | |||
| Lemont Fire Protection District | Public Safety
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3 | Online | |||
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MABAS 27 MABAS 27 Fireground Red IFERN |
Public Safety
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1 | Online | |||
| MABAS 5 | Public Safety
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2 | Online | |||
| MABAS Firegound Red, White, Blue | Public Safety
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0 | Online | |||
| Maywood Fire | Public Safety
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1 | Online | |||
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McHenry County Sheriff Includes Algonquin, Lake In The Hills, Huntley and Crystal Lake Public Safety |
Public Safety
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5 | Online | |||
| McHenry County Sheriff Dispatch | Public Safety
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14 | Online | |||
| Midlothian Fire | Public Safety
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1 | Online | |||
| North Chicago Fire | Public Safety
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2 | Online | |||
| North Palos Fire Dispatch | Public Safety
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4 | Online | |||
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Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin MABAS MABAS frequency called IFERN - Interagency Fire Emergency Radio Network. Broadcasts for Mutual Aid Box Alarm System (MABAS) activations for large scale Fire/EMS/Rescue incidents across N. Illinois and S.Wisconsin. 100' antenna near IL/WI border. |
Public Safety
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6 | Online | |||
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Northern Illinois Railroads * Left = CPKC / CN * * Right = UP / BNSF * (Stereo Feed) |
Rail
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12 | Online | |||
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Northwest Central Dispatch (NWCD) - FD1 and Firegrounds Monitoring NWCD FD1 and associated Agency tactical channel Palatine, Inverness FPD, Barrington Countryside, Barrington Village, Rolling Meadows. |
Public Safety
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3 | Online | |||
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Northwest Central Dispatch (NWCD) - FD2 and Firegrounds Monitoring NWCD FD2 and associated Agency tactical channel Arlington Heights, Buffalo Grove, Mt. Prospect |
Public Safety
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2 | Online | |||
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Northwest Central Dispatch (NWCD) - FD3 and Firegrounds Monitoring NWCD FD3 and associated Agency tactical channel Elk Grove Village, Schaumburg, Hoffman Estates, Streamwood. |
Public Safety
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3 | Online | |||
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Northwest Central Dispatch - FD1, FD2, and FD3 Northwest Central Dispatch Fire Dispatch TalkGroups 1, 2, and 3. Feed does not include FireGrounds. Status: ATTENTION: FEED MAY BE IMPACTED BY POWER AND INTERNET OUTAGES DUE TO WINTER STORM. I WILL TRY MY BEST TO KEEP IT RUNNING PROPERLY. Thanks for understanding! -01/12/2024 |
Public Safety
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4 | Online | |||
| Norwood Park Fire | Public Safety
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1 | Online | |||
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Oak Park, River Forest, Forest Park Fire Covers the fire departments of Oak Park, River Forest and Forest Park (all part of MABAS Division 11). Status: POLICE COMMS ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE. In June 2024 the police agencies transitioned to a new, encrypted, radio system. |
Public Safety
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2 | Online | |||
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Palos Heights and Orland Park Police, Fire / EMS Covering Palos Heights, Palos Park and Orland Park, IL. |
Public Safety
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3 | Online | |||
| Porter County Public Safety | Public Safety
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41 | Online | |||
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QuadCom Fire Departments Carpentersville, East Dundee, West Dundee, and Rutland Dundee Fire Departments |
Public Safety
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6 | Online | |||
| Racine and Kenosha Counties Fire Working Incidents | Public Safety
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0 | Not Active | |||
| Red Center Dispatch | Public Safety
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10 | Online | |||
| Robbins Fire | Public Safety
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2 | Online | |||
| Roberts Park Fire Protection District | Public Safety
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2 | Online | |||
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Round Lake Area Police and Fire Dispatch Providing scanner feeds for Lake County, Illinois - Quad 2 Fire Departments, and the Round Lake Area Police Departments. |
Public Safety
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3 | Online | |||
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Southeast DuPage County Police and Fire This feed monitors Southeast DuPage County Police and Fire Agencies. More info under feed notes. |
Public Safety
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1 | Online | |||
| St Charles Fire | Public Safety
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2 | Online | |||
| Stickney Fire | Public Safety
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0 | Online | |||
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Streamwood Fire Dispatch Streamwood / Hoffman Estates / Schaumburg, Fire Dispatch. |
Public Safety
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7 | Online | |||
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Streamwood Fireground Red Fireground Red. |
Public Safety
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0 | Online | |||
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Tinley Park and Orland Park Police, Fire / EMS Feed covers towns of Tinley Park, Orland Park, and the Illinois State Police Emergency Radio Network (ISPERN). |
Public Safety
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18 | Online | |||
| Tinley Park Fire/EMS | Public Safety
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2 | Online | |||
| Union Fire FPD Main | Public Safety
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1 | Online | |||
| Union Fire Protection District | Public Safety
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0 | Online | |||
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Union Pacific Railroad - Chicago UP: Geneva, Harvard, Kenosha, Milwaukee, and Villa Grove Subs |
Rail
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0 | Online | |||
| Waukegan Fire | Public Safety
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4 | Online | |||
| WB9UGX Westmont EMA Repeater | Amateur Radio
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0 | Offline | |||
| WESCOM Fire - North | Public Safety
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3 | Online | |||
| WESCOM Fire IFERN | Public Safety
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1 | Online | |||
| WESCOM Fire Three | Public Safety
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2 | Online | |||
| Westcom Fire Dispatch | Public Safety
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3 | Online | |||
| Western Springs Fire | Public Safety
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1 | Online | |||
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Will and DuPage Counties Police/Fire Addison PD/FD Bolingbrook FD Burr Ridge PD/FD Darien PD/FD Downers Grove PD/FD ISPERN/IFERN ISP District 15 Toll Hinsdale PD Lisle PD/FD Lombard PD/FD Oak Brook/ Terrace PD/FD Villa Park PD Warrenville PD/FD West Chicago PD Wheaton PD |
Public Safety
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12 | Online | |||
| WM9W - 220 Good Guys ARC - Chicago, IL - 224.520Mhz - Allstartlink 458800 | Amateur Radio
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0 | Offline |