Radio system could cost $65M
By: PETER HALL
The Intelligencer
The FCC requires Bucks to replace its radio systems before 2013. The county might have to pay for it with a bond issue.
Bucks County faces a tight timeline and a price tag estimated at $65 million to replace its emergency radio network and comply with a federal mandate to use the airwaves more efficiently, county officials told a gathering of municipal leaders this week.
Under a Federal Communications Commission deadline for the project, the county has until Jan. 1, 2013, to replace four radio systems county police, firefighters and emergency medical services use to communicate with dispatchers and transmit data between vehicles, hospitals and law enforcement databases, Emergency Management Director John D. Dougherty Jr. said.
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By: PETER HALL
The Intelligencer
The FCC requires Bucks to replace its radio systems before 2013. The county might have to pay for it with a bond issue.
Bucks County faces a tight timeline and a price tag estimated at $65 million to replace its emergency radio network and comply with a federal mandate to use the airwaves more efficiently, county officials told a gathering of municipal leaders this week.
Under a Federal Communications Commission deadline for the project, the county has until Jan. 1, 2013, to replace four radio systems county police, firefighters and emergency medical services use to communicate with dispatchers and transmit data between vehicles, hospitals and law enforcement databases, Emergency Management Director John D. Dougherty Jr. said.
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PhillyBurbs.com: *Radio system could cost $65M