Woman’s Club donates BIG to EmComm fund
With a projected expenditure amount of around $300,000, the Island EOC Emergency Communications and Interoperability Working Group gratefully accepted a $75,000 contribution from the Boca Grande Woman’s Club this week. Others who have contributed so far are the Boca Grande Disaster Relief Fund ($50,000) and $1,500 from Boca Grande Charities (for 10 Btech radios for BGFD volunteers).
The need for an island communications system became apparent after Hurricane Ian, and even before that with Hurricane Irma. This new system would ensure that, in the event of a hurricane or massive communications and power failure, emergency communications are still possible. The proposed three-repeater network would have each site powered by its own generator and failure of any one installation would not bring the entire backup Auxiliary Communications system down.
The new plan will include numerous handheld radios for multiple island entities, an EOC system just for the island at the fire station, repeaters, masts and more.
Look for more on this next week.
