County upgrades emergency communications: pagers, mobile command equipment and E‑Dispatch trials
Fillmore County used regional grant funds to add paging equipment for a mobile command center, opened competitive bids and later purchased 200 pagers. The county also trialed and then approved an E‑Dispatch system for countywide emergency notifications while considering broader radio/tower upgrades with Verizon.
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Fillmore County moved to modernize emergency notifications and field communications in 2012. Emergency Manager Donna Mainwaring reported the county had received $20,000 from the Southeast Region for radio and paging equipment to equip a mobile command center, and the county approved purchases to be made and reimbursed via grant procedures.
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