Keith County advances multi-year radio upgrade, opts for DMR and FirstNet fallback

Feb 11, 2026

County staff reported progress on a multi-year radio modernization funded by ARPA and other sources, describing a move to a DMR paging system, over-the-air programming for about 200 radios, and AT&T FirstNet cellular fallback for EMS interoperability and resilience.

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County emergency management and communications staff updated commissioners Feb. 11 on a long-running radio modernization project that they said has become materially less expensive than early estimates.

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