ILLINOIS REACT COUNCIL

                    1848 Camden Street  

                     Springfield, Illinois                    

"An Independent, Incorporated, Non-profit, Tax Exempt, Volunteer, Emergency Communications, Public Service Civic Organization"

Radio Emergency Associated Communications Teams are volunteers who are organized internationally and use Citizens Band (CB) radios to provide public service communications for travelers and their local communities. REACT Teams use their radios to monitor Citizens Band Radio Emergency Channel 9 in the interest of safety. REACT Teams also provide communications in response to emergencies and for community events. We utilize CB, UHF, VHF, Amateur, and other   radio services.

Most of Illinois REACT Council member teams in their local communities, work public service events and an untold number of small local emergencies ranging from single family house fires, multi-unit apartment fires, brush fires, chemical spills, train derailments, to assisting during shelter operations by the Red Cross, Salvation Army, ESDA, Search and Rescue and other agencies during floods, and of course our relentless monitoring of Emergency CB Channel 9.

Besides our use of CB-9 and Amateur Radio, many REACT Teams also use radios called General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS) and have access to local GMRS Repeaters, generally on the 462.675 MHz frequency. Some teams have more than one repeater, or may be on different frequencies.

REACT COOPERATION

Illinois  REACT Teams participate in their communities' disaster preparedness plans through cooperative agreements with the American National Red Cross, the Salvation Army, and the National Weather Service. Full text of these agreements are available for reading on REACT International's Web Site.

In addition, REACT International is a participating member of National VOAD, Volunteer Organizations Active in Disasters. Many of our State Council organizations and local Teams are also members of their State or sub-state chapters of VOAD.

                     FOR  MORE INFORMATION  CALL:

ILLINOIS  REACT  COUNCIL (217) 522-9747

Illinois State REACT Council - E-Mail

                      ILLINOIS  REACT  TEAMS

• West Suburbs REACT Team #3310/Oak Park
• Apollo VII REACT/Chicago (Deerfield, IL) or visit their team's web site
• Danville/Vermilion Co. REACT / Westville, IL
• Joliet Midwest REACT / Joliet, IL
• Champaign Co. REACT / Champaign, IL
• Peoria-Pekin Metro REACT / Peoria, IL
• Chillicothe Twin City REACT / Edelstein, IL
• Lincoln-Railsplitter REACT / Lincoln, IL
• Great River REACT / Waterloo, IL
• Unity REACT / Western Springs, IL or visit their team's home page
• Whiteside Co. REACT / Sterling, IL
• Sangamon Co. REACT / Springfield, IL team's home page
• Chicago Metro REACT / Wheeling, IL
• Kankakee Valley REACT / Kankakee, IL
• Tri-City REACT / Bourbonnais, IL  team's home page

             For other REACT  Information and Links

          Click here to go to  REACT INTERNATIONAL WEB SITE

        Page Designed and furnished by Illinois REACT Council President - Al Hansen

                                         Last Updated - June 18, 2000