Mobile Satellite Ventures LP (MSV) has publicized the Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council for Trauma (STRAC) is expanding their deployment of MSV satellite-based communications services to facilitate the organization’s emergency response capability across its 26,000 square-mile, 22-county area of operations. STRAC recently purchased additional MSV satellite equipment and services that support a wide range of point-to-point and point-to-multipoint communications solutions. The service enables region-wide push-to-talk, push-to-track and telephony services that address the needs and demands of STRAC’s public safety and emergency medical response personnel.
STRAC oversees EMS/Trauma response in 22 counties throughout southwest Texas. This includes rural emergency medical services (EMS) and hospitals, and having interoperable communications with state agencies such as the Governor’s Division of Emergency Management, the Texas Forest Service and the Texas Task Force-1, the state’s urban search and rescue team. STRAC also oversees more than 70 EMS agencies and over 53 hospitals, including three Level 1 trauma centers—Reston, Virginia
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