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Putnam County radio system online; additional towers and fail‑safe measures coming
Summary
County emergency communications staff reported that the new countywide trunked radio system is operational and in daily use across fire, law enforcement and EMS; three remaining towers and redundancy upgrades are scheduled to improve coverage and resilience.
Putnam County emergency‑communications staff told the Protective Services Committee on Sept. 18 that the new countywide trunked radio system is in everyday operation for fire, EMS and law‑enforcement agencies and that officials are installing additional towers and redundancy measures to improve coverage.
Director Lannon (Bureau of Emergency Services) said the system has about 4,470 radios registered and that peak use of the trunked channels had reached only 12 percent during the heaviest load periods, leaving significant capacity for incident traffic. “The peak that we've had of usage on our system is 12%,” he told the…
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