| City of Rock Island, Illinois | |||
| Police | |||
| Police Channel 1 | 460.2500 | 192.8 | R Dispatch |
| Police Channel 2 | 460.2500 | 192.8 | s car to car |
| Police Channel 3 | 460.5500 | 192.8 | R TAC-10 |
| Police Channel 4 | 460.5500 | 192.8 | s car to car |
| 460.0250 | This frequency is on the latest license renewal. Unknown what use it will be put to. If it looks familiar is the old East Moline PD channel | ||
| "low band" | 155.6100 | this channel has been moved to the fire dept | |
| ISPERN | 155.4750 | . | BM |
| IREACH | 155.0550 | . | m |
| Quad-City Net | 155.3700 | . | Base |
| unit numbering | |||
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First number is shift 100 days, 200 evening, 300 night | ||
| see below for second and/or third numbers | |||
| An off duty officer may have a radio and will use their badge number to id when on the radio to dispatch. 800 series units are Senior Volunteer Patrol members. Civilians used for report taking and vacation checks. They drive a black Chevy caprice with an amber light bar | |||
| 1 | Downtown | ||
| 2 | Southwest | ||
| 3 | East | ||
| 4 | South | ||
| 10 | Shift Commander | ||
| map of Rock Island at Yahoo.com | |||
| Fire | |||
| Dispatch | 154.3400 | 107.2 | Repeater |
| Mutual Aid | 154.2650 | . | BM |
| Fireground | 155.610 | . | BM This channel can be linked to talkgroups for mutual aid operations with either the Rock Island Arsenal or the Fire Depts in Moline or East Moline. |
| Ambulance to Hospital | 155.3400 | . | BM ambulance & rescue only |
| As a member of MABAS Division 43 (Rock Island County) All RIFD radio ids are in the 300 series. So Engine 1 is now 301, Portables are 311, etc | |||
| Rock Island Fire Station Location and Apparatus | |||
| Central | 1313 5th Avenue | E1, R1, Command 1, Ambulance 1 (1J41) |
1J43 is the backup ambulance |
| 2 | 9010 Ridgewood road | E2 | |
| 3 | 1601 30th Street | E3, Ambulance 2 (1J42) | |
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closed in Nov. 1988 | ||
| 5 | 3101 9th Street | E5, Reserve Engine | |
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| E=Engine | Portable radios are as follows | ||
| R=Rescue | E1 is Fire 311 | ||
| 1J=ambulance | R1 is Fire 310 | ||
| Chief 1 is Chief of the Department | E2 is Fire 312 | ||
| Chief 2 is asst. Chief of Department | E3 is Fire 313 | ||
| Command 1 is Battalion Chief on duty | E5 is Fire 315 | ||
| Fire 3 is the Fire Marshal | |||
| Each piece of equipment is now equipped with Portable radios for each Firefighter. Radio designations have not been decided so as for now they are known as Company Portable 1,2, 3 etc. example" Engine 2, portable 1 or portable 2" These are tested each morning at 0700 hours after the station and vehicle radio checks. | |||
| Rock Island Volunteer Fire Dept. | RI VFD was reorganized in the late 1980s to supply service to the unincorporated areas along the north shore of the Rock River west of Rock Island/Moline border. A license was issued on 154.235. Last news concerning this is they are not in operation. | ||
| EMS | |||
| EMS is supplied by Paramedics of the RIFD | |||
| Medical Mutual Aid is from Moline FD or Trinity Ambulance Service | |||
| United Ambulance (out of business) at one time supplied service to the city. Illini Ambulance then supplied service for about two years. Since about 1988 RIFD has have paramedic-firefighters on staff | |||
| Other City Departments | |||
| Parks & Recreation Dept. | 151.2050 | BM(d203) | |
| Public Works | 150.9950 | R (107.2) | |
| Water Dept. | 158.7600 | BM | |
| Public Works | 453.9500 | newly licensed frequency | |
| Housing Authority | 460.500 | R (d754) | Do not confuse with the RI County Housing Authority on 453.825 |
| Rock Island-Milan School District | |||
| High School | 453.7125 | R | |
| 158.745 | BM | This channel has been mentioned as School District channel, Not heard | |
| Johannes Bus Svc | 452.650 | R | contract school bus operations |
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