The Riverside County Board of Supervisors authorized the county Emergency Management Department to apply for a $60,000 state grant that would enable the agency to purchase high-frequency communications gear intended to improve coordination with federal and state agencies during crises in its Tuesday, Feb. 1, meeting.In a 4-0 vote without comment, and with Supervisor Manuel Perez absent, the board cleared the way for the EMD to compete with other agencies statewide for the California Office of Emergency Services High Frequency Communications Program funding.“EMD would use the funds to purchase interoperable HF communications equipment that would allow EMD to communicate with CalOES and federal agencies without the need for an amateur (radio) license,” according to an agency stat
