Rockland breaks ground on backup communications center

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NEW CITY — A ceremony Monday morning marked the beginning of a construction project for Rockland County's new backup radio communication room.

The backup radio room means if a natural or man-made disaster knocks the primary radio room in Pomona out of service, the system can still function, according to County Executive Ed Day, who was at Monday's groundbreaking ceremony.

 

http://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/rockland/2017/08/14/rockland-breaks-ground-communications-center/564674001/

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How old is the current communications center? It seems odd they would build a brand-new backup center and just have it sit there. Is the old center bigger and perhaps this will be just a scaled down center to use in an emergency? $3 million doesn't seem like a lot of money, so my guess is it doesn't have all the bells and whistles like a break room, kitchen, showers, or even a spot to pull out bunks. But the idea is a solid idea no matter what the set-up. Many places don't have a solid back up plan.