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County consultants outline school radio limitations; recommend in‑building amplifiers and added sites for public‑safety capacity
Summary
Mission Critical Partners told commissioners Collier County Public Schools operate 38 campus radio sites but each site has limited talk‑path capacity; the county’s wide‑area public safety system has higher capacity. Consultants recommended bidirectional amplifiers (in‑building DAS), adding radio sites and targeted coverage testing so first responders have adequate talk paths inside schools.
Mission Critical Partners and county telecommunications staff briefed the Board of County Commissioners on Aug. 27 about challenges and options for ensuring reliable public‑safety radio communications inside Collier County schools.
Nick Falgiatore summarized technical constraints: the school radio system is built from many campus‑based sites (38 sites) with small antennas and a limited number of concurrent talk paths (typically 2–6 per school site). By contrast, the county wide‑area public‑safety radio system uses roughly 12 primary radio sites (plus four additional eastern sites) and…
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