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BELMONT - All first responders in Allegany County will communicate via digital high-band radio by 2010 with the aid of a state grant of $1.7 million accepted by Allegany County legislators on Monday.
On Monday, the Allegany County Board of Legislators accepted the grant while also taking on a $423,118 local match, which must be paid with non-Federal dollars so the grant can be implemented.
Last week, the Allegany County Board of Legislators held a joint Public Safety and Ways and Means meeting to hold the discussion, hearing insight from emergency workers and 911 Coordinator Russ Hall, who applied for the grant.
Mr. Hall said that each department will receive a new digital radio base, new digital radios for each department vehicle, and three portable radios for administrators. He hopes to have the transition made by 2010.
The grant will allow the county’s police, EMTS, and firefighters - many who currently operate with low-band equipment - to take advantage of the clarity and power of digital high-band.
http://www.oleantimesherald.com/articles/2008/08/27/news/doc48b4035702412637532384.txt
On Monday, the Allegany County Board of Legislators accepted the grant while also taking on a $423,118 local match, which must be paid with non-Federal dollars so the grant can be implemented.
Last week, the Allegany County Board of Legislators held a joint Public Safety and Ways and Means meeting to hold the discussion, hearing insight from emergency workers and 911 Coordinator Russ Hall, who applied for the grant.
Mr. Hall said that each department will receive a new digital radio base, new digital radios for each department vehicle, and three portable radios for administrators. He hopes to have the transition made by 2010.
The grant will allow the county’s police, EMTS, and firefighters - many who currently operate with low-band equipment - to take advantage of the clarity and power of digital high-band.
http://www.oleantimesherald.com/articles/2008/08/27/news/doc48b4035702412637532384.txt