A 190-Foot Emergency Communications Tower Is Coming to Hazelwood
The need for the tower was recognized after communication failures during 9-11, Hazelwood fire officials say.
There will be a skyscraper of sorts living in the City of Hazelwood very soon. The St. Louis County Emergency Communications Network (ECN) has selected Hazelwood as one of 25 areas to get a new 190-foot emergency communications tower. History Behind the Towers Hazelwood Fire Chief Dave Radel said city staff has been in communication with the ECN director David Barney, in order to ascertain the necessity of installation and to come up with an agreement to the least obstructive location as possible. This would be a location that still reaches the ECN's operational mission. The tower is the result of Proposition E-911, which was passed in November 2009. The $100 million bond issue will replace individual police, fire and EMS communications …
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Ashley Nevilles
11:21 am on Friday, February 22, 2013
Not feeling having such a tall structure in the area. Also, how do we know that aren't any effects from having the transmission. How so you know calls won't start being heard on other lines, or too much radiation won't be put out on the air. There is already enough radiation and other waste rooted in NoCo. See the coldwater creek and other EPA Superfund sites. more ›