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The Escambia County Board of Education recently approved a measure that will allow the county’s volunteer fire departments to make use of the communications towers located at several county schools.
The memorandum of aid (MOA) between the BOE and the Escambia County Alabama Association of Volunteer Fire Departments will allow volunteers to remain in contact with other public safety agencies when emergency responders are dispatched to the county’s most remote areas, including its rural schools.
The towers, which are not being used by the school system, are located at Huxford Elementary School, Escambia Career Readiness Center in Brewton, W.S. Neal Middle School, Flomaton High School and Pollard-McCall Junior High School.
Most, but not all, of the county’s volunteer agencies will benefit from use of the enhanced communications…
