HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) – Ernie Blair walked into Huntsville-Madison County 911 in 1998 to find a communications system in disarray — agencies on separate radio networks, unable to reach one another during emergencies. He spent the next 28 and a half years fixing it.
Blair, the agency’s top technology leader, retired Friday after nearly three decades overseeing the infrastructure that links police, fire, and EMS across North Alabama.
When Blair arrived, the problem was fundamental…