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Regional dispatch and radio backbone pitched as a route to cost savings; Middlesex gives county administrator green light to pursue interest letters
Summary
Chief Greg Hunter briefed supervisors on regional radio interoperability and a potential regional 9-1-1 dispatch consolidation; board indicated preliminary support and asked the county administrator to pursue letters of interest and funding avenues including a PSAP consolidation grant with a June 30 deadline.
Chief Greg Hunter, manager of the Middle Peninsula–Northern Neck Regional Radio System and fire/rescue chief for King and Queen County Emergency Services, presented a conceptual plan to expand regional radio interoperability and explore consolidation or shared regional 9-1-1 dispatch services.
Hunter told the board the regional radio backbone already built for the Middle Peninsula and Northern Neck offers operational interoperability and cost-sharing advantages; the radio network he described replaced a patchwork of incompatible systems and cost the region significantly less…
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