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Officials debate fire radio upgrades and fire-rated lapel mics as part of equipment review
Summary
County radio tech and chiefs outlined operational trade-offs and costs of upgrading from XL200 radios to XL400 with fire-rated lapel microphones; staff estimated about $1,800 per radio to move to a fire-rated platform, and commissioners asked for a plan and current quotes.
Hood County officials spent a significant portion of their March 31 special meeting probing the technical and budget trade-offs of replacing aging radios and fitting fire-rated lapel microphones.
Travis Watkins, the county radio technician, told the court that fire-rated lapel mics include extra hardware to shed water and withstand heat and are substantially more expensive than the county’s existing lapel mics. "The cost of a 400 fire rated radio over an XL200 is roughly $1,800 per radio," Watkins…
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