Coastal Bend Radio Coalition and LCRA

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Surprised that it looks like no-one else caught this on the local news a couple weeks ago - - from KRIS TV news site, it wont let me post a link to the news story for some reason
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"The Coastal Bend Public Radio Coalition, which is an alliance of South Texas first responders, is teaming up with the Lower Colorado River Authority's (LCRA) radio system to improve emergency communications. This will allow first responders to maintain continuous radio coverage during hurricane evacuations and other emergencies outside the Coastal Bend.

“Well this is critical because the more coverage that we can have on our radio system, and interconnect with other radio systems, gives us a better coverage throughout the state," Collins said. " According to the LCRA press release, the coalition, which includes first responders from six counties, will be one of the largest public safety emergency communication networks in the state of Texas. When fully operational, the expanded radio system will enable emergency responders to use their radios in more than 57 counties, or about a fifth of Texas."

 

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New team-up improves safety along Coastal Bend evacuation routes

Everyone loves a good team-up, but this recent partnership could prove to be beneficial to emergency first responders across South and Central Texas.

www.kristv.com

Surprised that it looks like no-one else caught this on the local news a couple weeks ago - - from KRIS TV news site, it wont let me post a link to the news story for some reason
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"The Coastal Bend Public Radio Coalition, which is an alliance of South Texas first responders, is teaming up with the Lower Colorado River Authority's (LCRA) radio system to improve emergency communications. This will allow first responders to maintain continuous radio coverage during hurricane evacuations and other emergencies outside the Coastal Bend.

“Well this is critical because the more coverage that we can have on our radio system, and interconnect with other radio systems, gives us a better coverage throughout the state," Collins said. " According to the LCRA press release, the coalition, which includes first responders from six counties, will be one of the largest public safety emergency communication networks in the state of Texas. When fully operational, the expanded radio system will enable emergency responders to use their radios in more than 57 counties, or about a fifth of Texas."

 

[Echo4Thirty]

I would say that most if not all Harris systems in TX are connected via ISSI. Even the HISD system here in Houston has a connection to LCRA and others. I would not be surprised if the coastal bend system is not connected to LCRA and thus all of the other systems LCRA is connected to.

EDIT: They also can connect to Motorola systems, but I am not sure the roaming would be quite as seamless going from a Harris system to another vendor's FNE.