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M E M 0 RAN DU H !CABARRUSCOUNI~] NOST~ CA~OLINA to: from: subject: date: John Day Ben Mabrey, Sr. 800 MHZ Portable Radio October 23, 1995 The 800 MHZ portable radios requested in the budgets for emergency management and the fire marshal were frozen and subsequently removed from the budget. It now appears that both Concord City and Kannapolis City emergency departments are going to be operating on the 800 MHZ radio frequencies. Emergency Management responds to all incidents in Cabarrus County including the cities. We need the capability of communicating with all these departments. A list of recent occurrences follows: (1) August 18, 1995 - flooding of David Drye's apartments on Highway. 73W, City of Concord. (2) August 27, 1995 - flooding and evacuation of the Kannapolis Village Long Term Care Center. Coordination of Kannapolis Police, Kannapolis Fire, Red Cross, Cabarms Rescue Squad and Enochville Fire & Rescue. (3) August 27, 1995 - flooding and evacuation of several sections of the City of Concord. Concord Fire and other Concord emergency personnel. (4) September 27, 1995 - diesel fuel spill along Highway 601 Bypass from Highway 49 to Poplar Tent Road. Concord Fire Department. We are responsible for response to these and many other incidents. The ability to communicate with theses groups is essential. We depend on these people to do most of the work during a response but we have to be able to communicate our needs. There is currently a patch between the county VHF frequency and the 800 MHZ systems for dispatch. This is to permit mutual aid with Concord Fire. This patch will be removed no later than July 1, 1996. Concord Fire is using the 800 MHZ channels for emergency scene operations now. For this reason, we ask that funding for these two radios be reconsidered. BHM, Sr./gn :'." · -'.: -;.~ :.4;! · 7AX 70~ 788 883!