Emergency crews ‘use mobiles in radio black spots’ - MLA claims

By The Newsroom
Published 30th Aug 2012, 10:35 BST
EMERGENCY crews are responding to calls on personal mobile phones because of blind spots in a new radio network, it has been claimed.

Sinn Fein MLA Oliver McMullan called for a resolution to network failure in the Glens and part of the Coast Road.

The PSNI shares its digital Barracuda radio system with the other emergency services and Mr McMullan has urged for an upgrade. He said: “This is a digital system, very like modern mobile phones, that all emergency services and the forestry service are using. While it is secure, it has been found to lose signal in certain parts of the Glens and along the coast.

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