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Updates
CREST Welcomes New Directors
Following the October 15 Municipal Elections, CREST welcomed the following new Directors: CREST wishes to acknowledge the following Directors who are no longer with CREST. Their dedication to public safety services in the Capital Region is greatly appreciated. Board Chair Tim Morrison (Esquimalt) and Vice Chair Karel Roessingh (Highlands) were re-elected to their current positions […]
Read articlePort Renfrew Emergency Response Agencies Welcome CREST Network.
Rogers Communications (Rogers) is extending their cellular network to the Pacific Rim along Highway 14 between Sooke and Port Renfrew, and the CREST network is joining them. CREST has entered into a co-location agreement with Rogers to place CREST equipment on a number of new towers. This means enhanced first responder network coverage along this […]
Read articleA CREST champion retires. Thank you, Mike Hicks
As the Juan de Fuca Electoral Area Director, Mike Hicks spearheaded support to bring CREST’s P25 digital network to the Pacific Rim, a rugged rural area that presented challenges for emergency response communications. Mike was hugely supportive and a public champion of CREST. We wish him well in his retirement. The new CREST digital network will soon […]
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