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Oconee County fire advisory committee demands immediate audit of radio system after repeated outages
Summary
Committee members warned the county's unreliable analog and digital radio coverage poses safety risks, directed staff to check contracts and run diagnostics, and said the radio committee will continue vendor testing before any larger system replacement.
Chair (speaking as the meeting chair) told the committee the county's radio service had deteriorated and warned of the safety implications, saying, "We're gonna fool around, and we're gonna get somebody hurt." The comment followed reports of recent calls where radios were "useless" and a 2:30 a.m. incident in which a responder had to drive to get a signal.
Committee members described repeated problems on both analog and digital channels across the county, with particular complaints on the Seneca side and near…
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