[Scan-DC] Emergency Communications Equipment Grant

[Alan Henney]

Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service
An Internationally Accredited Public Safety Agency

Tom Carr, Fire Chief   Pete Piringer, Public Information Officer
Executive Office Building, 101 Monroe Street, 12th Floor, Rockville,
Maryland, 20850
    Media Hotline – 240.777.2442


Montgomery County Fire Chief Tom Carr
and Executive Ike Leggett to join
U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski and other elected officials

In announcing Assistance to Firefighters Federal Grant
for Emergency Communications Equipment

Thursday, March 20, 2008
11 a.m.

Rockville Volunteer Fire Department
(Montgomery County Fire Station #23)
121 Rollins Avenue, Rockville, MD 20850


Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett, County Fire Chief Tom Carr
and U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski will announce a $1.3 million federal
grant to the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service.  The
Assistance to Firefighters grant award will fund critical emergency
communications equipment to enhance firefighter safety and operational
accountability, in addition to improve direct dispatch capabilities
and first responder communications across jurisdictions in the
Washington Metropolitan area.

The Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service will provide static
displays of radio equipment, pagers and the associated components
similar to those to be funded by the grant.