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The Blair County commissioners said Tuesday they are poised to join a statewide effort to upgrade the 911 emergency call system, which locally has been in use for 25 years.
Blair County Public Safety Director Mark Taylor told Commissioners Bruce R. Erb, Laura Burke and Amy Webster that the project known as Next Generation 911 is something the county could not afford to do on its own.
He presented the county board with a Letter of Engagement that will go to the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, the organization that has oversight of efforts to replace existing systems where the equipment is near the end of its life expectancy.