Did Watchung's repeater die?

[W2SJW]

I've noticed major TRS traffic from Watchung PD on their Ch. 4 and some on their Ch. 2, starting about half-way through the structure fire in Readington on Thursday (quite a busy radio afternoon).

Did their main PD repeater go down? I heard them talking about radio repair being up at the site, but hey, it's Saturday already, and they're still using the county TRS...

 

[mikea7531]

From what i heard, they lost some major power lines going to their radio tower and the surrounding area - and thus the reason why they were using the TRS. It is unknown why they are still on the TRS.