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Emergency management seeks $50,000 radio maintenance fund as volunteer fire call volumes grow
Summary
Lubbock County emergency management presented increases for contracted volunteer fire services and asked the court to approve routine and emergency maintenance funding for the county VHF/public‑safety simulcast radio system after a year of rising calls and recent timing/clock failures.
Clinton Tetrick, Lubbock County Emergency Management coordinator, told the Commissioners Court that volunteer fire calls in some parts of the county have risen and that the county’s annual contracted support for volunteer fire and rescue services will increase by $41,945 this year, driven primarily by growth in the Woodrow Volunteer Fire Department’s call volume.
Tetrick said department allocations are calculated using a five‑year average of past activity and that the emergency management office and several chiefs reviewed the numbers before submission. He urged the court to consider additional maintenance funding for the county’s VHF simulcast public‑safety radio system, which is roughly seven years old and has begun to experience equipment…
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