Emergency Management (EMA/ESDA)
ARES/RACES

ESDA-Emergency Services & Disaster Agency    EMA-Emergency Management Agency   CD-Civil Defense
REACT    SKYWARN    Flood Control (US Army Corps of Engineers)  Oil Spill Recovery    Train Derailment

 

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Frequencies


Districts

Illinois Emergency Services Management Association  Link
Illinois EMA Coordinators  LINK

Click HERE for IEMA frequencies

Links

HAZMAT - 2000 Emergency Response Guidebook (.pdf)
"Disaster Response: Principles of Preparation and Coordination"
HAZMAT - 2000 Emergency Response Guidebook (.pdf)  

IEMA - Illinois Emergency Management Agency - J V MYERS II  -  P:(217)782-4602 F:(217)782-2589 

2.3274
2.4154
2.5704
2.8054
5.1364
5.1414
5.1834
7.4814
7.8034
7.9334
7.9364

tx@110 E Adams

PW

WPJY574  

1-1000wt
1-1000wt
1-1000wt
1-1000wt
1-1000wt
1-1000wt
1-1000wt
1-1000wt
1-1000wt
1-1000wt
1-1000wt

 

 

 

2/21/04

90.17A - APPLICANT IS A STATE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY. RADIO WILL BE USED FOR BACK-UP VOICE AND DATA COMMUNICATIONS FOR DISASTER RESPONSE/RECOVERY OEPRATIONS, LOCAL, INTRA-STATE AND INTER-STATE. 
2.3274 5.1934 DAY AND NIGHT, INTERSTATE COORDINATION ONLY. 2.4154 2.5704 7.9334 DAY AND NIGHT. 2.8054 5.1364 7.4814 DAY AND NIGHT, ALTERNATE. 5.1414 DAY AND NIGHT, ALTERNATE, INTERSTATE COORDINATION ONLY. 7.8034 7.9364 DAY ONLY. 

SIRT - State Interagency Response Teams (Illinois)

3 Teams in IL, Northern, Central and Southern -- made up of people from ISP, IL National Guard, IEMA, IL Dept of Public Works, IL Dept of Radiological Safety

Search/Recovery Teams

Alton Volunteer Emergency Corps  Website    See Madison County
Twin Rivers Search & Rescue  Website (East Alton) See Madison County

American Red Cross

The American Red Cross Missouri-Illinois Blood Services Region ranks as the 4th largest blood collection in the American Red Cross system and employs 650 highly trained service-oriented staff.  The cover from Kansas City to the Indiana border.  The region serves 130 hospitals in 120 counties and conducts about 20 blood drives per day.

Springfield IL Red Cross  Website

National Rapid Response Corps.  -  Provides emergency assistance to victims & communites affected by disaster and increases preparedness in areas of greatest need. 

12/4/02  Red Cross to place mobile kitchen in city   By SARAH ANTONACCI    STAFF WRITER
Springfield soon will serve as home base to the American Red Cross' only large, mobile kitchen.
She said a local volunteer is headed to Georgia soon to pick up "Henry's Kitchen," a self-contained, 53-foot trailer designed to produce up to 10,000 hot meals daily in areas that have been hit hard by a disaster.   The trailer was custom-designed in 2000, and volunteers have used it to prepare more than 1 million meals for those in need. It is named in memory of Henry Fenn, a longtime Red Cross volunteer who died in 1999 while on a relief operation in New Jersey.
The unit contains water and wastewater-disposal tanks, two propane tanks, a generator, three tilt skillets, a steam kettle, convection ovens, a hot-water heater, hot plates, sinks, a walk-in refrigerator and freezer, pressure washer and other items.  The national organization chose Springfield for one important reason, Ogle said.    "They try to strategically place their vehicles, and since we are in the heartland, we can respond to anywhere in the country," she said.
"And we're a capital city, and we'll be as prepared as we can be should anything happen."   The vehicle is emblazoned with the Red Cross logo and is expected in Springfield the week of Dec. 16. It will be housed in an Illinois Department of Transportation facility.

St. Louis MO Red Cross   Website

American Red Cross

460.05
(465.*)
47.46

[]
(input to 460.05)
[]

PW

PL2 7/3/03
0001372238

-
-
1-200wt

100-100wt
(100-100wt)
100-100wt

FB2-150wt
192.8pL

460.05 FB2T-35w
47.46
10-100wt FBT

314-516-2252
460/5-24kmra
47.46-8kmra
20K0F3E
(Heard pl 7 call 3/23/04)

8/19/03
3/24/04

tx@10195 Corporate Square-St. Louis

47.46

[]

PW

PL2 7/3/03
0001372238

1-200wt

8/19/03

tx@7701 Forsythe Blvd-Clayton

460.05
460.05
(465.05)

Tx@Corp Squ - CreveCoeur
Tx@St. Louis

PW

WPDM879
FU:
Exp: 10/02

 

-
-100wt
(-100wt)

FB2-200wt
FB2-200wt

24kmra
Allowed to EXPIRE

10/14/02

47.46
47.5
47.58
47.62
47.54
47.42
47.46
460.06
466.7875
466.96 

Misc. Frequencies used throughout the US

 

KNIN245
KB90142

 

 

 

 

 

47.46
47.66

(Nationwide use)

 

WPCS803

 

 

 

 

 

45.96

 

 

WNWF924

 

 

 

all US itinerant

 

47.06
47.12
47.42

St. Louis

 

 

 

 

 

IL/MO

 

47.46

 

 

KNIN245

 

 

 

MO (St Louis)

 

151.625 

(explorers???)

 

WPEQ240

 

 

 

US

 

Civil Air Patrol (Link)

Hulcher Emergency Services (Train Wreck Recovery and more)

Hulcher Emergency Services is as the name states "Emergency Services" The Company Headquarters is in Denton, Texas with a nice office complex offLoop 288 in east Denton.  They have a high tech dispatching center thatis staffed 24hrs, much like a 911 emergency center.  They have GPSlocators on most of their equipment so they know where everything is atall times. Equipment is strategically located to cover a response areawithin a specified amount of time.  During a large derailment, more thanone location can be dispatched for extra tractors and personnel. I amtold Mr. Hulcher started out in Virden, Illinois in the pipe linebusiness. The story I have been told is that one day a small trainderailment occurred close to where he had a side boom Caterpillar workinginstalling a pipeline.  He was asked or offered to assist in cleaning upthe derailment with his equipment.  The side boom caterpillars worked sowell and were able to get places big hooks could not, the railroad wasextremely impressed.  A new business was created for side boomCaterpillars.  Over the years Mr. Hulcher purchased a Horse Ranch nearDenton.  He decided to move to Denton and bring his firm with him. TheCompany also maintains a Cessna Citation corporate Jet and another twinengine aircraft at the Denton airport to quickly fly supervisors andHazardous chemical specialist to derailment sites.  The company also isin the construction business both for the railroads and other types. During the Florida forest fires a year or so ago, Hulcher had over 100pieces of equipment assisting the Forest Service in controlling theForest Fires. They charge premium rates for their service, but when timeis money to the railroads, it is worth getting the track back in service.   Bob TicknerDenton, TXmailto:btickner@juno.com
Unit scene: 01-357 truck (I-55 2003)

43.04
43.44
43.32

Denton, Texas
(Formerly out of Virden IL)

IG

KCT466

1-110wt

900-110wt

 

all itinerant-nationwide

 

Dome Railway Services (Railroad maintenance, provide cleanup & accidents and towing)

462.05
462.15
464.175

2850 S Broadway
St. Louis MO
(Mobile Madison County)

IG

WPOB781
FU: 

 

40wt

 

32 KMRA

6/6/02

Littleton Storm and Timber of Virginia, Ill.,

A ccompany that specializes in cleaning up after severe ice storms and hurricanes from the East Coast to the South. He has worked with the company for only six months, and Hurricane Katrina was his first deployment to a disaster scene.

Pettit Environmental       340 Byrne Avenue Louisville    KY            40209

Callsign: WPXT302 Radio Service: IG-Conventional Industrial/Business Pool
APPLICANT WILL USE RADIOS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP Action:       ISSUED 6/03
  1  MOBILE KY  0.0 Statewide    
  2  MOBILE IL  0.0 Statewide    
  3  MOBILE IN  0.0 Statewide    
  4  MOBILE TN  0.0 Statewide    
  5  MOBILE OH  0.0 Statewide    
  1        MO           461.52500      004    A
  1        MO           461.92500      004    A
  2        MO           461.52500      004    A
  2        MO           461.92500      004    A
  3        MO           461.52500      004    A
  3        MO           461.92500      004    A
  4        MO           461.52500      004    A
  4        MO           461.92500      004    A
  5        MO           461.52500      004    A
  5        MO           461.92500      004    A

RJ Corman Railroad Co. LLC

Derailment Division (Kentucky plates on truck) our first division in Columbus, Ohio.  Today, we have 11 emergency response  divisions, and continue  to grow. We are in Nicholasville, KY; Columbus, Toledo, Huntington, Pittsburgh, Memphis, Shreveport, Houston, Atlanta, St. Louis and Newburgh, NY.  R. J. Corman has been in the derailment service business since 1983 when we opened our first division in Columbus, Ohio.    We provide emergency response to handle rerailing/clearing of freight cars and locomotives on main lines, in rail yards and industry track. We also provide post derailment cleanup.  We have relationships with highly qualified hazardous materials incident command firms like Specialized Response Solutions, WEG Engineering and Young Environmental Systems for providing emergency response and remediation of haz-mat incidents.
Granite City, IL   (have seen truck out of Granite City on 270 in Illinois)

St. Louis - (618) 875-7940
Guthrie: 147 East First Street, 42234, 504-483-2573

452.9325

Shortline Railroad
Guthrie KY

IG

WPRK989

 

1.05w

 

 

 

161.235

Shortline Railroads
Guthrie, KY; Bardstown, KY

IG

WNIY756
Iss: 11//87

 

50 70wt
50 70wt

2 FX1-30wt

(probably input for repeater on 160.845)

 

160.845

Shortline Railroads: 
Guthrie, KY; Bardstown, KY

IG

WNIY756

 

50 70wt
50 70wt

FB2C-75w

repeater

 

161.385

Shortline Railroad: Celina, OH

IG

WPBF410
Iss: 12/92

 

18 30wt

FX1-30wt

input for 160.455 repeater

 

160.455

Shortline Railroad: Celina, OH

IG

WPBF410

 

18 30wt

FB2-75w

repeater

 

151.625

Nationwide interant freq.
Nicholasville, KY

IG

WPQD619
FU: 6/00

 

200-75w MOI

 

 

 

Oil Mop Spill Response (seen vehicles in Illinois)    3815 Commercial Drive, New Iberia, LA 70560   318-364-5373

454.000

Oil Mop Spill Response
(nationwide license)

IG

WPFT997
Iss: 10/94

 

 

FB2T 10wt

itinerant repeater

 

454.000
(459.000)

(same as above)

IG

WPFT997

 

25 2wt

 

(input)

 

EnviroVac    Jacksonville, Illinois (Morgan County)   Could not find any frequencies for them.

REACT Environmental Engineers (Seen trucks on I-55 in IL 4/03)

National Guard Terrorism Response Teams (10)

Fort Leonard Wood, MO
5th Civil Support Team (Greater Peoria Airport) (Illinois)
California
Colorado
Georgia
Massachusetts
New York
Pennsylvania
Texas
Washington
17 more are planned

DTE Rail Service Inc.

2000 Second Ave. M/S #1032 GO Detroit       MI            48226-1279
Callsign: WPMS966 Radio Service: IG-Conventional Industrial/Business Pool 
Applicant provides rail service throught out the Midwest Action:       MODIFIED 8/04
  1  FIXED 405455.0N 098283.2W GRAND ISLAND  HALL  NE     
  2  MOBILE HALL  NE  16.0 KMRA around a centerpoint    
  3  MOBILE 16.0 KMRA around site    
  4  MOBILE State wide operation in NE, IA, IL and IN.   
  1  FB    150.89000   030  030       1       0    A
  2  MO    153.06500   025    -      20       0    A
  3  MO    150.89000   025    -      20       0    A
  4  MO    150.89000   025  025      20       0    A
  4  MO    153.06500   025  025      20       0    A

US Army Corps of Engineers     St. Louis District  Website       Rock Island Water Management Center   Website

National Hurricane Watch Network   14.325 mhz

Misc

http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/destruction/Rhem.html

Every team consists of 22 volunteer full-time Army or Air National Guard experts in 14 occupational specialties. The teams are divided into six sections - command and control, operations, reconnaissance, logistics and administration, communications, and medical. All have been given state-of-the- art equipment that can make them a tremendous asset to on-scene commanders. 

The first 10 teams have completed training and are in the final stages of earning DoD certification that they're ready to react to emergencies. They're located
in each of the Federal Emergency Management Agency regions: Natick, Mass.; Scotia, N.Y.; Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa.; Marietta, Ga.; Peoria, Ill.; Austin, Texas;
Fort Leonard Wood; Aurora, Colo.; Los Alamitos, Calif.; and Tacoma, Wash. 

The bloc of 17 is scheduled to be ready for action by mid-2001. They will be based in Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Virginia. Though teams "belong to" their respective state National
Guards and not every one has a team, interstate agreements will allow teams to respond across state
lines. 

http://www.fema.gov/pte/csepp3.htm

After the initial alert tone, warning systems will tell you what to do or instruct you to turn to your local Emergency Alert System radio and television stations for further information. For your health and safety, and that of your family, you should follow the instructions given. 

In communities near this country's eight stockpiles of obsolete chemical munitions, local officials have developed emergency preparedness plans that address
rapid alert and notification. If a stockpile accident or other emergency threatens your community, your local officials will warn you that an accident has
occurred and tell you what protective measures you should take.

Depending upon where you live or work, you may be alerted in a variety of ways:

SIRENS, with voice capability, alert those close to the Army installation. Engineering studies determine where sirens are installed to ensure that everyone
close to the stockpile will be able to hear the emergency warning and instructions. 

Listen to a typical siren tone, (329Kb wav)  http://www.fema.gov/pte/sirtone.wav

Local officials use sirens provided by CSEPP to warn the public about tornados or other emergencies in addition to warning of an emergency at the chemical
stockpile site. Your community may use different tones to warn you about different emergencies.

Some communities use TONE ALERT RADIOS (TARs), also sometimes called INDOOR ALERT SYSTEMS (IAS), to deliver warning messages indoors in the area close to the stockpile. Local officials use engineering studies to determine if TARs are the best way to warn citizens in their communities. If needed, TARs are installed in homes, hospitals, nursing homes, schools, and other special facilities close to the Army installation. 

THE EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM (formerly the EMERGENCY BROADCAST SYSTEM) warns and informs a wider audience.  Emergency managers use this system to broadcast  messages on protective or precautionary actions to protect you, your family, and your neighbors over radio and TV stations.

http://www.fcc.gov/eb/eas/

ROUTE ALERTING procedures, such as loud speakers in shopping centers or on moving vehicles, may be used -- particularly in areas not equipped with outdoor sirens and indoor tone alert radios.


I-WARN - Illinois Weather Alert Radio Network