MSV Brings CUSEC Earthquake Comm Relief

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) has joined with the Central United States Earthquake Consortium (CUSEC) to form a new satellite mutual aid radio talkgroup (SMART) dedicated to the preparation for and response to earthquakes throughout the central United States. CUSEC is a partnership of the federal government and eight states most affected by earthquakes in the central U.S. including Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee. The organization serves as the coordinating hub for the multi-state region and as a partnership of organizations to mediate disasters and save lives caused by earthquakes in the central U.S. Working with MSV, CUSEC will manage and approve talkgroup participation by federal, tribal, state and local public safety agencies, and appropriate private sector users with public safety missions. This new earthquake preparedness satellite talkgroup enables critical and interoperable communications at all levels of public safety agencies and facilities in the eight-state region. For those agencies already using MSV’s technology, these talkgroups represent a major step forward in having reliable and interoperable communications in the event of a natural disaster such as an earthquake where terrestrial networks are damaged or congested—Reston, Virginia