[Scan-DC] Emergency Communications Equipment Grant

[Ed Tobias]

Correct "GSP" to "GPS," please.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Tobias" <edtobias at comcast.net>
To: <oldsdoug at hotmail.com>; <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 8:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Emergency Communications Equipment Grant


> The original system, as ordered from Motorola, was supposed to have 
> included GSP locators for all units.  It NEVER worked and the county just 
> gave up on it.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <oldsdoug at hotmail.com>
> To: <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 6:20 PM
> Subject: [Scan-DC] Emergency Communications Equipment Grant
>
>
>
> They just spent a jillion dollars on the 800-digital radio system (which, 
> except for the MDTs, seems to work reasonably well)... I wonder what this 
> next round consists of.
>
> (Maybe they're gonna wire Ike Leggett's $65,000 bathroom... his security 
> people apparently fear for his welfare when he goes to 10-100.)
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/19/AR2008031903325.html
>
> :(
>
> DK
>
>
>> From: alan at henney.com
>> To: Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net
>> Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:25:02 -0400
>> CC:
>> Subject: [Scan-DC] Emergency Communications Equipment Grant
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
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