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City of Bettendorf, IOWA




Police
460.4500  d261 R F1 Dispatch 
460.4500
d261
simuclast of Law Operations 1 Talkgroup
460.1500  156.7 R F2 Davenport PD F2 
460.4250  156.7 R F3 secondary 
460.4500 d261 s F4 car to car
460.3750 156.7 old F1/F4 Dispatch, use?
155.3700 a B Quad-City Net (point to point)
155.4750 a BM Mutual Aid
155.2500 a BM old Police Dispatch, now car to car shared with Fire Dept.
Except for selected  frequencies used by the Police and Fire Departments, all other radio usage is on the Racom Network Trunked Radio System.
They do simucast the Dispatch talkgroups for Police & Fire on the old channels of 460.450 & 155.805. The police department does use MDCs and both departments can use digital talkgroups that can not be heard in the clear by scanners. From time to time Bettendorf Police Officers or Dispatchers may use a Scott County Sheriff talkgroup to talk to the Sheriff Department.

Bettendorf Police unit numbering system:
500 series are beat cars. Second digit is the shift with the third as the beat area.
1st seems to be downtown below the hill.
2nd is on top of the hill.
3th westside
4th north.
5th beat area is planned but not funded at this time.
100 series seems to be adminstrative units.
200 series may be investigative,
300 or 400 units have not been heard.

Bettendorf talkgroups on Racom Network
09-061 (1201) Law Ops 1 
09-047 (1191)
Public Works
09-062 (1202) Law Ops 2
09-050 (1192)
Public Works
09-066 (1206) Fire Dispatch 
09-051 (1193)
Public Works
09-055 (1197)
Transit
09-052 (1194)
Public Works
09-046 (1190)
Public Works 1
09-053 (1195)
Public Works
09-072 (1210)
EVENT 1

09-073 (1211)
EVENT 2
Area  Talkgrounds used by Bettendorf for Fire Mutual Aid
11-035 (1437)
800 MABAS Red

11-037 (1439)
800 MABAS Blue
11-036 (1438)
800 MABAS White

11-041 (1441)
Quad-City Fire




Fire-Rescue
engine 623 155.8050  179.9  R F1 Dispatch 
155.8050
179.9
Simuclast of Fire Operations Talkgroup
155.2500  0.0 m F2 secondary 
154.2200 0.0 BM rural fire
867.0125 . <> The Fire department is believed to use
this channel for on-scene communications
BFD covers the City of Bettendorf and part of Scott County Benefitted Fire District #1. See above for department talkgroups on the RACOM Network.

The department now refers to the apparatus according to use and station.

Bettendorf Fire belongs to MABAS Region #43 which is a group of Fire Departments in Rock Island and Scott Counties.  When more manpower or specialized equipment is needed at a fire or rescue scene they can request a MABAS box assignment. Generally an incident in Bettendorf needing aid from other department(s) will be on the 800 MABAS Blue talkgroup.

Bettendorf Fire Station Location and Apparatus
Station 610 - 1609 State Street  E1 (613)
R1 (615)
a
Station 620 - 1933 Spruce Hills Drive E2 (623) 
Q2 (628)
R2 (625)
(Main Station)
Station 630 - 24495 Valley Drive (Pleasant Valley) T3 (633)
E3 (643)
former Pleasant Valley Volunteer Fire Dept.
Station 640 - 5002 Crow Creek Road E4 (643)
R4 (645)
T4 (646)
a
     E=Engine, R=Rescue, T=Tanker




EMS
MEDIC RACOM
155.805 
155.340
. Davenport Hospitals Ambulance Corporation aka MEDIC Ambulance supplies contract paramedic level ambulance in Bettendorf and all of Scott County Benefitted Fire District #1




Misc. departments
Public Works 453.1000 d365 see above for new talkgroups
a 155.9250
BM older Public Works channel.

464.5500
67.0
reported Engineering Office HTs
Transit  453.4750 162.2 R - seven buses runs on three routes with a hub at Duck Creek Mall. There a link to MetroLink in Moline (see above for new talkgroup.)




Other agencies or venues
Bettendorf Community School District 453.7750 186.2 R- Buses
Trinity at Terrance Park Medical Center
461.6500
123.0
R - Maint. / Security / Operations
Isle of Capri
461.8750
d331
R - Security / Operations
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