Public Safety Radio Tower to Serve as Back Up

A Public Safety Radio Tower set for construction next year on Bishop Walsh Road will serve as a backup tower for emergency communications for the Cumberland area.  If the area’s primary tower at the Allegany County Public Safety building were to lose communication, Jennifer Zambito Director of Maryland First at the Department of Information Technology says the one on Bishop Walsh Road would take over…

“Losing that tower has a significant impact on radio coverage within the City of Cumberland.  So, we wanted to make sure that there was redundancy for first responders within Cumberland should something happen to that tower.”