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Communications between Dubuque County’s 911 communications staff and rural fire departments are experiencing some growing pains in what officials say otherwise has been a beneficial overhaul of emergency communications.
In September 2017, Dubuque County supervisors voted to bond for about $10 million to revamp the emergency communication system to meet the latest federal standards. The project included new radio towers, upgrades at the Dubuque 911 Emergency Communications Center and a system of digital pagers for the county’s many volunteer fire departments…
