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Dispatch center to expand radio network to five towers for countywide coverage
Summary
Officials discussed replacing dispatch-center consoles and adding four towers (from one to five) to bring handheld radio coverage countywide and meet a 95% reliability target; shelters, generators and fuel sources will be installed at each site for redundancy. A completion timeline was not provided.
An unidentified speaker at a recent commission meeting said the dispatch center's radio consoles are being replaced and that the county's radio network will expand from one tower at the 9-1-1 center to five towers to improve coverage. "The new system will incorporate 5 towers," the speaker said, adding the change is intended so "these handheld radios…
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