The $465,320 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) will be used to purchase new radios to replace equipment made obsolete by new Federal Communications Commission standards, ensuring the department's members can communicate effectively with each other and the dispatch center.

"What we do is build on what we've done before, and we're going to purchase more satphones and radios this year," he added, referring to satellite phones.

Each company says it expects to reach those subscriber goals within about two years, mostly through sales to new-car buyers who purchase satellite-enabled radios that automakers are now installing in thousands of their vehicles.

Later in the day, however, Jerome M. Hauer, who had served as director of the Office of Emergency Management for Mr. Giuliani, said the city had purchased radios to permit the two agencies to communicate, but had run into political problems.

Many residents purchased these as well as battery-powered radios and flashlights.

SY responded to the emerging threat by hiring over a hundred new agents and purchasing vehicles, radios, and other support equipment.

Instead of purchasing multiple expensive radios, a single generic radio is purchased which feeds signal processing software.

Assistance in Cash and Goods James U. Blanchard 3d, a Louisiana businessman, said he started providing assistance to Renamo in 1986 by purchasing medical supplies and radios for the rebel group.

Under the contract, the department is also set to purchase hand-held radios for the city's Emergency Medical Service, which is part of the Fire Department.

For the first time at a Winter Games, fans can purchase closed-circuit radios to follow figure skating.