New York City is nearing completion of a $75 million public safety radio network.

Emergency teams – for instance fire, police and the Coast Guard – will be able to talk to each other with a simple push of a button. In the past, they’ve had to carry three separate radios and other equipment.

Staten Island fire dispatchers will no longer share a frequency with the Bronx. That often caused confusion and slower response times.

The radios are part of a larger effort to transform public safety into a high-tech and efficient operation.

The project is being overseen by Associate Commissioner Stephen Harte, of the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications.