Cook County / Consolidated Dispatch Centers
Subcategory: Northwest Central Dispatch System (NWCDS)
| Unique DB ID: | 21741 |
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Handles Police and Fire dispatch for Arlington Heights, Barrington, Barrington Countryside FPD, Buffalo Grove, Elk Grove Village, Hoffman Estates, Inverness Police, Inverness Fire Protection District (formerly Palatine Rural FPD), Mount Prospect, Palatine, Mt. Prospect, Prospect Heights Police, Rolling Meadows, Schaumburg and Streamwood.
Wheeling Police and Fire dispatch will reportedly move to NWCD on January 1st, 2025 (1/17/23)
Ops are on STARCOM21, police ops are mostly encrypted, fire ops are not. Traffic is mostly TDMA on STARCOM21 Site 149.
See wiki page for additional information.
| STARCOM21 Statewide Illinois Project 25 Phase II | Police ops are mostly encrypted, fire ops are not. All are mostly TDMA (Phase II) on Site 149. |
Subcategory Location Data
| Latitude: | 41.87774 | Longitude: | -87.76428 | Range: | 31.05 | Type: | Defined Coverage |
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Frequencies
| Frequency | License | Type | Tone | Alpha Tag | Description | Mode | Tag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 154.235 | WQVV442 | BM | 127.3 PL | NWCD Fire N | Fire Dispatch: North (STARCOM21 back-up) | FMN | Fire Dispatch |
| 154.205 | WQVV442 | BM | 131.8 PL | NWCD Fire South | Fire Dispatch: South (STARCOM21 back-up) | FMN | Fire Dispatch |
| 154.235 | WQVV442 | RM | NWCD Sirens | Siren Activation DTMF (Shaumburg?) | Telm | Emergency Ops | |
| 155.025 | RM | NWCD ESMARN | ESMARN: Siren Activation DTMF | Telm | Emergency Ops | ||
| 858.7125 | KNHJ415 | RM | NWCD MDTs | Mobile Data Terminals | Telm | Data |