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County says radio upgrade on track for July 2025; EMS staffing and jail medical assisted-treatment program moving forward
Summary
Officials reported the county's radio replacement to meet the state's TDMA migration is on schedule for the July 1, 2025 cutoff; EMS staffing has improved and two EMS bases will be renovated. The county also described jail repairs and a new MAT program now operational as of Feb. 1.
County emergency-services staff briefed commissioners that a state-driven radio upgrade is nearly complete and the county expects to meet the July 1, 2025 transition date.
Communications staff explained the state's migration from FDMA to TDMA requires equipment upgrades to allow more users per tower; counties without upgradeable radios had to replace them. The county's radios were replaced and distributed, but base-station radios at the 9-1-1 center still need vendor programming and installation. Staff said the statewide "go-live" date is July 1, 2025 and that radios not TDMA-compliant…
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