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Commissioners approve seven handheld radios for Anderson Volunteer Fire Department
Summary
Grimes County Commissioners Court approved adding seven handheld radios to the Anderson Volunteer Fire Department’s radio inventory, increasing its total radios to 24 on the county 708100 account, county emergency management staff said.
Grimes County Commissioners Court approved the addition of seven handheld radios to the county 708100 radio account for the Anderson Volunteer Fire Department, the court said during its regular meeting.
David Lilly, Grimes County Emergency Management Services Coordinator, told commissioners the request would increase Anderson VFD’s radios from 11 mobile and six handheld units to a total of 24 radios by adding seven handhelds to equip firefighters who did not already have individual handheld units.
“We’re requesting to approve the addition of 7 new handhelds for the Anderson Fire Department… so that’ll bring them up to 24 total radios,” Lilly said in the meeting.
Commissioner David Tullis moved the approval, and Commissioner Chad Mallett seconded. The court approved the motion by voice vote; no roll-call tally was recorded in the transcript.
Lilly said the county is updating its radio inventory and expected annual inventory figures from Thomas Gilbert and Chief Deputy Smith to validate counts for the sheriff’s office and Navasota departments within about a week. He noted that larger system radio counts can reduce per-unit pricing.
Why it matters: Radios are essential equipment for volunteer firefighters and first responders. Adding handhelds ensures individual access to county radio communications for Anderson VFD members who lacked personal handheld units.
Details: The purchase will be charged to the Grimes County 708100 radio account, per the motion language recorded in the transcript. The transcript does not list the per-unit price or total expenditure for the seven handheld radios, nor does it specify delivery or deployment timelines.
