Emergency Radio Coverage Gaps Impacting Monterey County Fire Agencies

The jury examines emergency radio coverage, equipment costs and coordination among fire agencies. Three findings and three recommendations address coverage-improvement planning, funding analysis and equipment assistance. The reported 42% digital and 18% analog gaps concern geographic area, not the proportion of residents without service; different technologies, service boundaries and coverage measures must not be treated as interchangeable. The court’s 22-page English report supplies the formal-item citations. Spanish and 28-page Board-attachment versions remain available unchanged, with their own pagination. A supplied Board order records that the June 16, 2026 item was continued. The proposed response is retained as draft context, not a verified final agency position or evidence of completed improvements.