ChesCo Dep’t of Emergency Services switches voice alert system
The Chester County Commissioners announced that as of 8 a.m., Tuesday Oct. 16, the Chester County Department of Emergency Services switched fire and emergency medical services voice alert paging to a new system, to meet Federal Communications Commission requirements. The FCC order instructs radio communications devices in certain portions of the Very High Frequency (VHF) band to reduce channel bandwidth from 25 Kilohertz to 12.5…