At 2:30 p.m. Dec. 22, switches were flipped to turn on a new 100-foot radio tower for public safety communications.  A project 10 years in the making, the 800 MHz radio tower at Bothell Fire Station #45 will provide improved radio communications for Bothell fire and police services and others; and it was fully funded by the Eastside Public Safety Communications Agency (EPSCA). Doing the honors of flipping the tower switches were Bothell Fire Chief Bob VanHorne, Bothell Police Support Services Manager Micki Singer and former Bothell Police Chief Forrest Conover.

“I want to thank EPSCA for their continued commitment to improving communications for public safety,” said Conover. “I’d also like to thank the City Council for their support of this project.”  He added that Singer and Capt. Bob Woolverton were especially instrumental in seeing this project to fruition.

Public safety radio communications had been deteriorating in certain areas of Bothell. The new radio tower will not only provide better communications within the current Bothell city limits, but also in Bothell’s potential annexation areas.

Photo: Pictured with VanHorne, Conover, Woolverton, Singer and Deputy Fire Chief Jim Roepke are other public safety staff members.