FEMA Approves Grant For N.C. State Highway Patrol
Release Date: January 14, 2002
Release Number: R4-02-12
Atlanta, GA -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved a grant of $690,000 to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol to expand its radio communication system as a key element in safely evacuating coastal North Carolina during hurricanes.
"It is critical that state and local law enforcement agencies be able to communicate with each other during natural disasters," said FEMA Region IV Director Kenneth O. Burris, Jr. "This expanded radio system will help in moving evacuees away from the coast well in advance of any approaching hurricane and will minimize the potential for loss of life."
"The system will support radio communications from Brunswick County north to the Carteret County beaches and inland along the I-40 corridor to I-95," according to N.C. Highway Patrol Commander Colonel R. W. Holden. "This is the area of North Carolina that hurricanes have hit most often during the past 10 years and where seamless voice communications system for state and local partners is absolutely vital."
Last Modified: Wednesday, 27-Aug-2003 12:07:24