Eddy Co-Regional Interop Network

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News Organization:
Carlsbad Current-Argus


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Emergency Services

Date Submitted: December 26, 2008 - 00:29 The completed installation of a multi-million dollar regional interoperable communication network will let public safety agencies in the county talk with each other and other emergency agencies in the region, a county official said. The emergency manager for the Eddy County, New Mexico, Office of Emergency Management said the sheriff’s department is now switched to the new system and the county volunteer fire departments will be next. Eddy County awarded the $3.36 million contract for the communications system to Motorola in October 2006 and spent an additional $1.2 million on communications tower structure construction. The County Office of Emergency Management also secured $2 million in Homeland Security grant funding that provided police and fire agencies with system compatible interoperable radios. The county conducted an engineering study and determined that Motorola’s system infrastructure and implementation solutions were ideal for this project. The Eddy County sheriff praised the county’s effort in moving forward with the expanded communications system, saying it has been a constant concern for his department when an officer is called to respond to a volatile situation in a location where there is a dead spot out in the county and the officer cannot call in for backup or for an ambulance. In the past, the information and call for assistance would have to be relayed.

What are the details on this new regional interoperable communications network? Who are the participants? Frequencies? Talk Groups? Even Radio Shack says they don't know yet ...