Grant sought to upgrade emergency radios
Photo credit: Patrick E. McCarthy | Sen. Charles Schumer talks about having the Department of Home Land Security pay for new mandated radio communications equipment in Floral Park. (Jan. 30, 2012)
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Fire and ambulance departments across Nassau County are seeking help to comply with a federal requirement to upgrade their radio systems.
The county's 77 volunteer fire departments and ambulance companies have joined to apply for a $661,000 grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, following a Federal Communications Commission mandate that all jurisdictions' radios more efficiently...
