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New communication channels to replace analog methods described as outdated, failing

PHOTO COURTESY: AMR - American Medical Response paramedics bring a patient to Good Samaritan Medical Center's emergency room in Portland.Clackamas County is gearing up to modernize emergency communication channels used by first responders, pivoting away from its decades-old analog radio system in favor of a more efficient digital system.

On Tuesday, Jan. 11, the county began the switch from its existing analog radio system which has become “outdated and at risk of failure” since it was built in 2000, according to a press release from the Clackamas 800 Radio Group, which oversees the communication channels used by most medical, fire and law enforcement agencies countywide…