Working with national, state and local public safety agencies, MSV has already helped establish SMART(TM) talkgroups serving 42 states across the U.S., the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. This new southeastern regional talkgroup enables critical and interoperable communications at all levels of public safety agencies and facilities in this 12-state region and the District of Columbia. For those agencies already using MSV's technology, these talkgroups represent a major step forward in public safety interoperability, particularly when terrestrial networks are damaged or congested.
In coordination with MSV, the Fairfax County OEM and DPCS will manage, provide 24x7 monitoring, and approve participation in SE-SMART by federal, state, tribal, and local public safety agencies, and appropriate private sector users with a public safety mission, located in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia.
SE-SMART is the latest in a rapidly growing group of nationwide and regionally-focused talkgroups, provided by MSV but managed and controlled by the organizing federal, tribal, state or local agency. These include nationwide public safety and national security/emergency preparedness talkgroups managed by the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security's National Communications System (NCS).
All public safety organizations operating throughout the southeastern United States with active accounts on the MSV network are eligible and encouraged to join SE-SMART at no charge by way of application to the Fairfax County OEM and DPCS. A copy of the Standard Operating Procedures and application to join SE-SMART are available from: [email protected] or by calling Ed Gerow at 703-280-0681.