Canton Township FD (Stark County)
Per a letter sent from Chief Smith to neighboring departments, Canton Township FD will switch back to the 453.5250 repeater for all operations beginning 9/12/2014. While the letter does not give a reason, I am told they are unhappy with the fact that they cannot communicate with any neighboring departments on MARCS-IP. While I do not like seeing any department regress in technology, I can see their piont. The only other Stark County FD on MARCS-IP is North Canton and they share no borders with Canton Township. Canton Township FD is the seccond Stark County FD to abandon 800 Mhz after switching; Louisville FD left the Canton/Stark TRS last year.
Per a letter sent from Chief Smith to neighboring departments, Canton Township FD will switch back to the 453.5250 repeater for all operations beginning 9/12/2014. While the letter does not give a reason, I am told they are unhappy with the fact that they cannot communicate with any neighboring departments on MARCS-IP. While I do not like seeing any department regress in technology, I can see their piont. The only other Stark County FD on MARCS-IP is North Canton and they share no borders with Canton Township. Canton Township FD is the seccond Stark County FD to abandon 800 Mhz after switching; Louisville FD left the Canton/Stark TRS last year.