Newsroom :: Press Releases House Funds New Public Safety Communications System for Mendocino Co.
August 3, 2007
North Coast Congressman Mike Thompson (D-CA) secured $300,000 from the FY08 “Commerce, Justice, Science” spending bill for a new public safety microwave system for Mendocino County.
The system will help law enforcement, fire protection and emergency medical services communicate with one another during emergencies. It will also increase access to broadband Internet and phone communications, which is much-needed in many of our rural communities.
“Effective and fast communication between first responders is a critical way to keep people safe during an emergency,” said Thompson. “This funding will go toward helping Mendocino Co.'s first responders obtain the state-of-the-art communications equipment they need to alert each other and local residents when a crisis strikes.”
The current communications system in Mendocino County will be obsolete in a few years, making this funding imperative. This new system will be capable of handling Mendocino County's secure high-speed data transmission needs, such as mobile data terminals, secure video conferencing, biometric identification, infrastructure security applications and other sources of digital traffic. Apart from the above capabilities, it will fill the requirement standards established by the Department of Homeland Security for secure data transmissions.
CONTACT: Anne Warden at (202) 225- 331, (703) 338-4480 or anne.warden@mail.house.gov.
The system will help law enforcement, fire protection and emergency medical services communicate with one another during emergencies. It will also increase access to broadband Internet and phone communications, which is much-needed in many of our rural communities.
“Effective and fast communication between first responders is a critical way to keep people safe during an emergency,” said Thompson. “This funding will go toward helping Mendocino Co.'s first responders obtain the state-of-the-art communications equipment they need to alert each other and local residents when a crisis strikes.”
The current communications system in Mendocino County will be obsolete in a few years, making this funding imperative. This new system will be capable of handling Mendocino County's secure high-speed data transmission needs, such as mobile data terminals, secure video conferencing, biometric identification, infrastructure security applications and other sources of digital traffic. Apart from the above capabilities, it will fill the requirement standards established by the Department of Homeland Security for secure data transmissions.
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CONTACT: Anne Warden at (202) 225- 331, (703) 338-4480 or anne.warden@mail.house.gov.