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NWI FIRE Public Safety
0     Online
Addison Consolidated Fire Dispatch - North Public Safety
0     Online
Addison Consolidated Fire Dispatch - South Public Safety
0     Online
Algonquin Lake in the Hills Fire - Digital Public Safety
0     Online
Algonquin/Lake in the Hills Fire Public Safety
0     Online
Allstar Link Node 52318 KD9NSC Amateur Radio
0   Online
Alsip Fire Public Safety
0     Online
Beach Park Fire Public Safety
0     Online
Berkeley Fire Public Safety
0     Online
BNSF Chicago Sub

BNSF Chicago Sub 161.100 MHz
Rail
0   Online
Bolingbrook ARS Repeater System

Right Channel 147.33 / 443.525 linked, Left Channel 222.540
Public Safety
0   Online
Brookfield Fire Dispatch

Brookfield Fire Dispatch has switched frequencies. Currently this feed is for Lyons Fire Dispatch. I am working on reprogramming the radio to the new frequency.
Public Safety
0   Online
Calumet City Fire Department Public Safety
0   Online
Calumet Park Fire Public Safety
1     Online
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
0     Online
 Chicago Area Railroads

Monitoring Chicago-area railroad transmissions; included are BNSF, CN, Metra & UP. Cook & DuPage counties. Updated FEB25.
Rail
0   Online
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
42     Online
Chicago Police Citywide Dispatch Channels Public Safety
6   Online
Chicago Police Department Zone 01 Public Safety
 
61   Online
Chicago Police Department Zone 02 Public Safety
 
55   Online
Chicago Police Department Zone 03 Public Safety
 
33   Online
Chicago Police Department Zone 04 Public Safety
 
35   Online
Chicago Police Department Zone 06 Public Safety
 
39   Online
Chicago Police Department Zone 07 Public Safety
 
37   Online
Chicago Police Department Zone 08 Public Safety
 
138   Online
Chicago Police Department Zone 09 Public Safety
 
23   Online
Chicago Police Department Zone 10 Public Safety
 
47   Online
Chicago Police Department Zone 11 Public Safety
 
50   Online
Chicago Police Department Zone 12 Public Safety
 
19   Online
Chicago Police Department Zone 13 Public Safety
 
10   Online
Chicago Ridge Fire Public Safety
1     Online
 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
4     Online
 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
5     Online
CN Rail in Northern Illinois Rail
1   Online
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, County Club Hills, & Glenwood Fire Departments.
Public Safety
3   Online
Countryside Fire Protection District Public Safety
0     Online
CPKC C&M and Elgin Subs

CPKC C&M Sub - 160.770 MHz, CPKC Elgin Sub - 161.520 MHz. Chicago, IL
Rail
0   Online
Crystal Lake Fire - Digital Public Safety
0     Online
 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
0     Online
Crystal Lake Fire Rescue Public Safety
0     Online
 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
2     Online
Dalton Fire Public Safety
0     Online
 Dekalb & Southern Kane County Public Safety.

This Feed Is Broadcasting Police & Fire Dispatch for DeKalb & Southern Kane County (IL)
Public Safety
11   Online
Downers Grove and Westmont Police/Fire

This feed monitors Downers Grove & Westmont Police/Fire. Additional channels included. More info under feed notes.
Public Safety
4   Online
 DU-Comm Glen Ellyn, Wheaton, COD Police Public Safety
1   Online
DuComm Fire - East Public Safety
2     Online
DuComm Fire - North Public Safety
2     Online
DuComm Fire - South Public Safety
1     Online
DuComm Fire - West Public Safety
0     Online
 DuComm Fire Dispatch and Ops (All) Public Safety
1   Online
 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
8     Online
DuPage County DUCOMM Police 1S, 3S, 7S

*1 South: Darien, Lisle and Woodridge *3 South: Burr Ridge, Clarendon Hills, Hinsdale, Oak Brook, and Willowbrook *7 South: Downers Grove Police *ACDC 1: Westmont and DuPage County Forest Preserve
Public Safety
2   Online
 DuPage County Police Dispatch 1 - West

Police 1 West Trunk 2609 Carol Stream and Bartlett Police for DuComm 1 North.
Public Safety
4   Online
 DuPage County Sheriff

DU Sheriff Trunk 2619 and Glendale Heights / Bloomingdale Trunk 2744
Public Safety
1   Online
Dupage Fireground Blue Public Safety
0     Online
DuPage Radio Club W9DUP

Left Channel 145.43 / 224.68 linked Right Channel 442.550
Amateur Radio
2   Online
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
20   Online
Evanston Fire Public Safety
0   Online
Evergreen Park Fire Public Safety
0     Online
Fire East Dispatch - Cary, Fox River Grove, McHenry and Nunda Public Safety
7   Online
 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
7     Online
 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
7     Online
 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
12     Online
 Grundy and Will Counties Public Safety Public Safety
9   Online
Gurnee and Newport Township Fire Departments

Live audio now includes Beach Park Fire, Zion Fire. Winthrop Harbor Fire.
Public Safety
0   Online
Hillside Fire Public Safety
0     Online
 Hobart Area Public Safety Public Safety
4   Online
Huntley Fire Public Safety
0     Online
Huntley Fire - Digital Public Safety
0     Online
IFERN, Red, White, & Blue Fireground Tac Public Safety
0   Online
 Illinois State Police Troops 1,2,3,4,5

This feed monitor's ISP Troops 1,2,3,4,5
Public Safety
17   Online
 Kendall County Public Safety

This Feed Is Broadcasting Kendall County (IL) Fire Dispatch Channel
Public Safety
2   Online
Kenosha City Fire Dispatch Public Safety
1     Online
Kenosha County Public Safety

City Fire, County Fire, Pleasant Prairie Police, and County Sheriff
Public Safety
46   Online
Kenosha County Sheriff, Silver and Twin Lakes Police

Kenosha County Channel 1 Racine County Sheriff Ch 1
Public Safety
0   Online
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
4   Online
Lake County Fire West Public Safety
1   Online
 Lake County Indiana Public Safety - Schererville, Lowell and Cedar Lake - Police & Fire Dispatch

Schererville, Lowell and Cedar Lake Police and Fire Dispatch Updated to SDR Trunk v0.6.1
Public Safety
1   Online
 Lake County Public Safety

Fire and Police Dispatch - Radio - Uniden SDS200
Public Safety
71     Online
Lake County Quad 1 Fire Departments

Beach Park, Gurnee, Newport Township, Winthrop Harbor & Zion Fire Departments.
Public Safety
 
3   Online
 Lake County South Fire Dispatch Public Safety
0   Online
Lake Forest Fire Public Safety
0     Online
Lansing (IL) Fire Dispatch Public Safety
0   Online
Laraway 911 Public Safety
0     Online
 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
0   Online
Lemont Fire Protection District Public Safety
1   Online
Lemont Public Safety Public Safety
0   Online
MABAS 27

MABAS 27 Fireground Red IFERN
Public Safety
1   Online
MABAS 5 Public Safety
1     Online
MABAS Division 24 Public Safety
0   Online
Maywood Fire Public Safety
0     Online
 McHenry County Sheriff

Includes Algonquin, Lake In The Hills, Huntley and Crystal Lake Public Safety
Public Safety
0   Offline
McHenry County Sheriff Dispatch Public Safety
14   Online
Midlothian Fire Public Safety
0     Online
NOAA Weather Radio Lockport (KZZ81) Public Safety
0   Online
North Chicago Fire Public Safety
1     Online
North Palos Fire Dispatch Public Safety
0     Online
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
1   Online
Northern Illinois Railroads

* Left = CPKC / CN * * Right = UP / BNSF * (Stereo Feed)
Rail
9     Online
 Northwest Central Dispatch (NWCD) - FD1 and Firegrounds

NO DISPATCH for FD1, dispatch is encrypted. Palatine, Inverness FPD, Barrington Countryside, Barrington Village, Rolling Meadows fireground only.

Status: NO DISPATCH AUDIO, NWCD has encrypted dispatch, so you will only hear fireground traffic.
Public Safety
1   Online
 Northwest Central Dispatch (NWCD) - FD2 and Firegrounds

NO DISPATCH TRAFFIC due to encryption. Agency tactical channel Arlington Heights, Buffalo Grove, Mt. Prospect

Status: NO DISPATCH AUDIO, NWCD has encrypted dispatch, so you will only hear fireground traffic.
Public Safety
2   Online
 Northwest Central Dispatch (NWCD) - FD3 and Firegrounds

NO DISPATCH Audio due to encryption. associated Agency tactical channel Elk Grove Village, Schaumburg, Hoffman Estates, Streamwood.

Status: NO DISPATCH AUDIO, NWCD has encrypted dispatch, so you will only hear fireground traffic.
Public Safety
0   Online
Norwood Park Fire Public Safety
0     Offline
NWI Area NOAA Weather Radio (WNG689)

This broadcast originates from Hebron, IN and serves the following counties in Northwest Indiana: Lake, Porter, Newton, Jasper, LaPorte, Starke, and Pulaski.

Status: Feed offline or silent due to severe storm causing internet and transmitter outage. Several lines down. No ETR at this time.
Other
0   Online
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
3   Online
Orland Fire District Public Safety
6   Online
Palos Heights and Orland Park Police, Fire / EMS

Covering Palos Heights, Palos Park and Orland Park, IL. 11/29, weather conditions causing spurious outlying signals to interfere with main feed. Signals not usually heard.
Public Safety
4   Online
Porter County Public Safety Public Safety
39   Online
QuadCom Fire Departments

Carpentersville, East Dundee, West Dundee, and Rutland Dundee Fire Departments

Status: *** Issue repaired - scanner is working, will monitor for audio quality and other issues. Please submit a Feed Problem notice if you experience issues. *** (Initial issue 9/15/25, repaired 9/23/25)
Public Safety
5   Online
Racine and Kenosha Counties Fire Working Incidents Public Safety
0     Not Active
Red Center Dispatch Public Safety
6   Online
Robbins Fire Public Safety
0     Online
Roberts Park Fire Protection District Public Safety
0   Online
 Southeast DuPage County Police and Fire

This feed monitors Southeast DuPage County Police and Fire Agencies. More info under feed notes.
Public Safety
0   Online
Tinley Park Fire/EMS Public Safety
3   Online
 Tri-Com Fire Departments

Audio migrated to DeKalb & Southern Kane County Public Safety
Public Safety
0   Offline
Union Fire FPD Main Public Safety
0     Online
Union Pacific Railroad - Chicago, IL Area

UP: Geneva, Harvard, Kenosha, Milwaukee, and Villa Grove Subs; as heard from the north side of Chicago, IL.
Rail
1   Online
Waukegan Fire Public Safety
1     Online
WESCOM Fire - North Public Safety
0     Online
WESCOM Fire IFERN Public Safety
0     Online
WESCOM Fire Three Public Safety
0     Online
Westcom Fire Dispatch Public Safety
0   Online
Western Springs Fire Public Safety
0     Online
Westmont EMA Repeater 145.490 mhz Amateur Radio
0   Online
 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
11     Online
Windy City Amateur Radio Society - Digital Voice Network Audio Feed

Digital Net meets every Sunday at 7:00pm Central
Amateur Radio
1   Online