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Emergency management requests funds for radio maintenance and keeps options open for state migration
Summary
Emergency management director Russ Grimes outlined investments in Alertus/Everbridge, EOC tools and a conservative one‑year radio maintenance request while the town analyzes whether to migrate to the state radio system, a change that would carry significant capital costs.
Russ Grimes, New Canaan’s emergency management director, told the Board of Finance subcommittee that the town has improved regional interoperability and now operates a permanent Emergency Operations Center co‑located with the police department. Grimes described recent work including a multi‑jurisdictional communications drill and CERT deployments, and said the town is using Everbridge for mass notifications and Alertus for in‑building alerts.
"Everbridge is the notification…
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