[Scan-DC] Emergency Communications Equipment Grant

[oldsdoug at hotmail.com]

Thanks, Ed, yeah, I forgot about that... wonder if money was refunded to them about that under the original contract... the GPS for the police side never worked either, did it?

I've heard war stories about the past and present fire radio systems, the gist of which is that the county did the engineering (rather than the vendor), and that a lot of the engineering and applications were sort of piecemeal, rather than an integrated system, etc, etc... which is supposed to be why things don't work the way they should... my own theory is that there's probably some truth to this, and some other stuff involved, and that nobody really knows the whole story.

Speaking of radios, back to the scanners - two boop boxes going ("Boop-boop-boop-boop-boop, Box 29-23 being sounded for...") a couple of locals, a bunch of up-county rescues, and some PD activity here in da homie-hood...

DK

> From: edtobias at comcast.net
> To: oldsdoug at hotmail.com; scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Emergency Communications Equipment Grant
> Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:26:28 -0400
>
> 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.
>
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> 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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