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| 1 | | | Agenda Item | COWLITZ COUNTY RADIO SYSTEM
COUNCIL STRATEGIC INITIATIVE ADDRESSED:
Enhance public safety and emergency response
CITY ATTORNEY REVIEW: REQUIRED
SUMMARY STATEMENT:
Over the last eighteen months, Cowlitz County Fire District #5 (Kalama) has pursued improvements in radio communications within the jurisdictional territory of CCFD #5 and CCFD #1 (Rural Woodland). During their exploration for a solution they evaluated the current backbone of Cowlitz County’s radio system and discovered a number of previously unknown infrastructure problems. As a result of these identified problems, a solution was developed that included securing grant funding from FEMA’s Port Security Grant Program.
CCFD #5 and #1 funded the grant’s 25% required match of $450,000. The grant provided funding to develop improvements to the backbone system, which ended up being a NXDN 6.25 Digital Radio System. While it was not part of the initial focus of these improvements, the City of Longview ended up with excellent digital radio system coverage.
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