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Lavaca County officials back radio upgrades, discuss combined EMS/EOC/dispatch facility and endorse state aid for rural EMS
Summary
Commissioners heard a telecommunications committee update, approved the county radio system expansion, discussed a proposed combined EMS/emergency operations/dispatch facility to address space and staffing shortages, and approved a resolution supporting Senate Bill 1377 and House Bill 3000 to fund rural EMS.
Lavaca County commissioners on Tuesday approved an update from the county telecommunications committee that puts the county's radio system into a final phase and endorsed a resolution urging state lawmakers to provide targeted funding for rural emergency medical services.
The committee report, delivered by EMS Director and telecommunications committee chair Michael Firth, said the county's radio system will add a fourth talk channel and is on track for completion by June. "The radio project is entering its last phase. It will be completed by June with adding of the fourth talk channel in the system," Firth said during the meeting. Commissioners voted to accept the telecommunications update (motion by Precinct 3, second by Precinct 4; motion passed unanimously).
Why it matters: county emergency responders rely on the shared radio system for interoperability among law enforcement, fire and EMS. Firth said better interoperability includes programming and…
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