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Larimer County emergency management buys portable kits to speed disaster call centers
Summary
Larimer County emergency management said it purchased compact, wheeled call-center kits using low-cost PC "sticks" and foldable monitors after lessons learned during the Alexander Mountain Fire to reduce activation time and cost and to support regional partners.
Larimer County emergency management officials said they have purchased compact, portable call-center kits intended to speed activation of disaster call centers and reduce costs after testing the approach during the Alexander Mountain Fire.
County emergency management staff said the new kits pack foldable monitors, Bluetooth keyboards and mice, and pocket-size PC "sticks" that plug into monitors and run off local power and Wi-Fi. Staff member 2, an emergency management official for Larimer County, said the county purchased the devices with its budget and that cost savings were a major factor: "Big component of going with something smaller and more compact was the cost…
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