Board reallocates $280,000 to restore Primland tower equipment and switch to simulcast E‑911 system
The board approved a $280,000 reallocation from a planned ambulance purchase to fund Primland tower equipment and a countywide simulcast radio upgrade, aiming to eliminate dead zones and simplify public-safety communications.
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The Patrick County Board of Supervisors approved a motion on March 9 to reallocate $280,000 from the capital expense line for emergency service vehicles to a capital improvement fund to restore equipment at the Primland tower site and implement a simulcast radio system for Fire & Rescue. Emergency Management Coordinator Scottie Cassell described the Primland Memorandum of Understanding allowing the county to reinstall radio equipment at Primland's tower and argued the simulcast system would let responders operate on a single channel without manually switching between towers.
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