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NORTHVILLE
NORTHVILLE

School emergency radio system is upgraded

An upgrade of emergency New radio systems were Policing Services (COPS), com-
radio equipment has ensured installed at Northville High ” pleted the enhancement system
that Northville students are safer School, Meads Mill Middle This is a huge accomplishment before school began this fall.
in their classrooms. School, Moraine Elementary and In one stairwell at Northville
The upgrades, a partnership Ridge Wood Elementary in for our department, for the High School alone, the upgrade
between the Northville Public Northville Township along with school district and for the community at large. showed a radio signal with 5,000
Schools and the Northville Thornton Creek Elementary in times more powerful of a signal,
Township Fire Department, Novi and Hillside Middle School officials said. .
were installed in seven and Old Village School in the City “This is a huge accomplish-
Northville school buildings. The of Northville. The other school glass), topography, obstructions buildings, the Fire Marshal ment for our department, for the
upgrades improved the hard- buildings were field tested by fire and below grade structures. In works with responding crews to school district and for the com-
ware inside the school buildings officials and found to be within response, district officials com- address known radio failures munity at large,” Township Fire
that allows communication emergency radio signal guide- missioned testing for all school and works to coordinate testing, Chief Brent Siegel said.
between emergency radios, the lines. buildings and installed a tempo- and if necessary, enhancement, Communications are the number
key tool used by fire, medical and The failure of the radio sys- rary solution at the high school officials said. one failure identified during
policy emergency teams. The tem to meet required specifica- until the permanent improve- District officials worked with active shooter events and
enhancements were made to the tions was first reported by fire ment was installed. the Northville Township Fire National Institute for
Emergency Responder Radio officials in 2018. Factors impact- Northville Township requires Marshal on the project and uti- Occupational Safety and Health
Communication Systems ing the efficiency of the radios testing of the radio system at lized funding from a grant from Line of Duty Death reports.
(ERRC), according to school offi- included building construction every new building as part of the the U.S. Department of Justice's “This is a big win for the com-
cials. (concrete, metal, energy-efficient plan review process. For existing Office of Community Oriented munity,” Siegel said.

Welcome home

Northville native and Miss Michigan 2021 Vivian Zhong visited the township board of trustees meeting last week to
accept a resolution congratulating her on her success while simultaneously attending medical school and supporting
pediatric cancer research. The Northville High School graduate also received special tributes from Sen. Dayna
Polehanki, Rep. Matt Koleszar and Wayne County Commissioner Terry Marecki. Zhong will compete in the Miss
American pageant in December.

Hospital action, we are one step closer to making
that a reality.”
The Township acquired the property in
FROM PAGE 1 2009 after a millage election. It included 20
buildings, a water tower, a power plant,
our community,” concluded Trustee Mindy and other infrastructure. The first build-
Herrmann. “For years we have wanted to ings were demolished in 2012. The signa-
provide our residents with the opportunity ture nine-story, 252,174-square-foot psychi-
to utilize this property. By taking this atric hospital came down in 2018.

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