CA, LA County to spend $6.2 million to upgrade Fire Department communications

blantonl · #1 (**permalink**) 10-20-2009, 10:10 PM

Los Angeles County supervisors voted today to spend $6.2 million to upgrade the county Fire Department’s communication system.

The department’s chief deputy, Daryl Osby, said the move will allow their radio system to better link to other critical agencies -- including the L.A. County Sheriff's Department and the U.S. Forest Service -- during a fire.

L.A. County to spend $6.2 million to upgrade Fire Department communications | L.A. NOW | Los Angeles Times

airsquad9 · #2 (**permalink**) 10-22-2009, 08:41 AM

Anyone know what kind of system this will be? 800 or 900Mhz? Digital or trunked system?

Mickey
KLAS

N_Jay · #3 (**permalink**) 10-22-2009, 08:54 AM

"The decision to upgrade was driven by a 2013 deadline imposed by the Federal Communications Commission for public safety agencies to migrate to new radio frequencies."

Sounds like just narrowbanding as $6.2M is not near enough for any whole system change out.

Chauffeur6 · #4 (**permalink**) 10-22-2009, 08:58 AM

- 5 new VHF frequencies
- Infrastructure updates related to narrowbanding
- New dispatch equipment

Los Angeles Fire Department To Upgrade Radio Communications Systems With $6.2M - cbs2.com

jrholm · #5 (**permalink**) 10-22-2009, 06:13 PM

Just a quick upgrade to hold the line until LA-RICS gets rolled out.