Lyndeboro NH - fd dispatch and radio changes - 2023

In 2023 we started looking into fire dispatching options, our current
provider was not servicing the LFD to the standards they we expected.
We had brought to their attention multiple issues that we were having,
and felt things were not changing. During our research we found out
the Wilton Fire Department had their own radio frequency radio channel
and radio tower, serviced by MACC Base. We had contacted the Wilton
Fire Chief and advised him the situation the LFD is in, he advised
there could be a chance that the Town of Wilton may allow the LFD to
use their radio channel. Our next step was to verify that the radio
tower would provide the Town of Lyndeborough the radio coverage that
the LFD is looking for. We spend multiple Tuesday nights going around
town testing all locations we felt or know we have had issues in the
past. The radio testing went very well, our next step was to see what
type of dispatching infrastructure that MACC Base has and if it meets
LFD needs. The last step was to work out the logistics/ cost with MACC
Base and the yearly rental cost for the use of Wilton's radio
equipment. On December 4th, 2023, we went live using Wilton radio
equipment and having our dispatching done through MACC Base. We had
some upfront costs, reprogramming of radios and pagers which is a
onetime fee, but on a yearly basis we are budgeting a savings of
approx. $13,000. Would like to give a special thanks to Devin McEntee
for taking lead on this project, there was a lot of leg work put in to
see this project to completion.

from 2023 lyndeborough annual town report at
https://www.town.lyndeborough.nh.us/sites/g/files/vyhlif4641/f/uploads/2023_lyndeborough_town_report_-_website.pdf

possibly swnh had been dispatching lyndeborough fd previously

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also from the 2023 town report

4220-01-390 Dispatching 23,793 24,000 14,500 14,500 14,500

FD dispatching costs dropped from 24k to 14k per year

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lyndeborough fd might be on 151.4975 PL 88.5 now - trying to confirm
over the air tonight