You will probably find more mentions of this in the York County, PA section of the Forums, but the premise is definitely not unfounded. The southwest corner of the county basically became the radio system stepchild......recently fire companies in that part of the county watched as Maryland companies rolled past their doors for incidents unbeknownst to them because of the radio failure.
Here is a link to the original article which may be a little easier to read...TMC's web site is a formatting mess in places...
Radio issues reported nationwide - Evening Sun