Actually, to clarify a bit... They don't share a team between themselves, Springfield has their own team, and Joplin has their own, which are both also HSRT's (Homeland Security Response Team's).
Each HSRT also has a law enforcement and an EMS Element, in fact... there is a third team with 800 capability that comes into play here also, Logan-Rogersville Fire (Eastern Greene County / Western Webster Co) also has an HSRT that plays in the Troop D Region as well.
Each team is supposed to back the other up on incidents, according to the last word I heard. (IE: Incident in Joplin, Spfld and/or LR are coming to assist).
Another thing that I heard from some of the Greene County people, there was talk about putting a tower somewhere near Mt Vernon (In Lawrence County) to allow some interop between the systems, don't know how far that has went, as that was about a year ago that I heard about that, and my source for that retired...
That said, the Greene County System can be heard WELL OUTSIDE the county. Have heard mobile units make it in from Lake of The Ozarks area, have personally heard the system on my truck radio just south of KC (Harrisonville area) and can hear it on my personal portable inside my residence in Lebanon. When I'm working in Springfield, I have only found one place that I cannot get portable coverage in, and thats because its in the middle of a hospital...
All in all, they did the Springfield system good for coverage, I can only hope that they do Joplin as good.
