[Scan-DC] WTOP: Montgomery County firefighters discover Metro radio trouble

[Jeff Krauss]

AP got it from the Washington Post, which got it (indirectly) from us.


At 12:28 PM 2/2/2015, Blair Thompson wrote:
>They got it from the Associated Press.
>
>http://wtop.com/maryland/2015/02/montgomery-county-firefighters-discover-metro-radio-trouble/
>
>By The Associated Press February 2, 2015 10:52 am
>
>ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — Fire officials in 
>Montgomery County say they’ve discovered trouble 
>using their radios in some portions of the Metro 
>system, an issue that follows similar problems 
>for District of Columbia firefighters.
>
>A memo sent Saturday by a fire official who 
>oversees emergency communications and technology 
>for the county says bi-monthly testing found 
>that portions of the Metro system’s red line had 
>“poor to non-existent” radio coverage.
>
>Battalion Chief Michael Baltrotsky wrote that 
>the problem is in “segments of the below grade” 
>red line system. He wrote that means 
>firefighters will have “little to no radio 
>coverage” in “tunnels and some below-grade stations.”
>
>Metro spokesman Dan Stessel said Monday that the 
>issue was isolated to some areas of the Wheaton 
>station. He said Metro is working to fix the problem.
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