The Newsday article doesn't specifically mention the equipment purchase.
Newsday, I mean looseday is a R A G and rarely prints stories that actually contain all the details.
I heard thru the grape vine that Charles Schumer will be at Floral Park Fire House at 9 am to make a news conference..
"The money will help the departments meet a federal mandate that requires all emergency radio equipment to operate on a new frequency that the departments' communications systems do not currently support,"
A new freq? Just one? What freq is this?
"The cost of the new equipment breaks down to about $8,000 per ambulance, he said."
Is this just for ambulance's, or are fire trucks getting radios also?
And on fios
http://fios1news.com/longisland/node/11295