Klickitat County Emergency Management says its Satus Pass Public Safety Radio Site became fully operational this week as part of the County’s existing Public Safety Radio System.  The Satus Pass Radio Site’s primary coverage area is along Highway 97 from Jenkins Creek Rd, north to the Klickitat County line and the Box Canyon Road area.  Additionally, there is new coverage on Bickleton Highway in the Rock Creek drainage area and along most of Rock Creek Road from the Bickleton Hwy to State Route 14.  This new radio system coverage will benefit responders and public safety in all of these areas by providing public safety radio coverage to areas that had limited or no radio system coverage until now.  Field testing on Monday demonstrated that mobile radio coverage in the Satus Pass site coverage area was very good and portable radio coverage was loud and clear at locations that had no radio system coverage previously.  The system coverage is expected to greatly increase their ability to provide for public and personnel safety as they respond to these areas for motor vehicle collisions, wildfires, medical emergencies, criminal activity of all kinds, and plowing and maintenance of County roads.