Everbridge Notification System Notice:
The Piney Woods Regional Advisory Council will be discontinuing the Everbridge Mass Notification System on July 1, 2021. If your facility utilizes this system, please contact the RAC-G office for instructions on the use of a new system being implemented at this time.
For Immediate Release:
The Piney Woods Regional Advisory Council will be demobilizing the PPE distribution mission within the month of June and reverting back to the State of Texas Assistance Request (STAR) process.
- All PPE requests submitted prior to June 15th will be processed normally, following the current guidelines.
- Tuesday, June 15, 2021, Piney Woods RAC will shut down the PPE Request Web Portal and will no longer fulfill non- emergency PPE requests.
- After June 15th Emergency PPE requests can be submitted via the STAR process in WebEOC through your local Emergency Management Coordinator.
- Tuesday, June 15, 2021, Piney Woods RAC will shut down the PPE Request Web Portal and will no longer fulfill non- emergency PPE requests.
STAR Assistance
For all disaster need requests through the STAR (State of Texas Assistance Request) Program
Career Opportunity With The RAC
The Piney Woods Regional Advisory Council is currently looking to fill the position of Hospital Preparedness Program Manager within our organization.
About Us
Our service area includes the counties of Marion, Harrison, Panola, Rusk, Shelby, Trinity, Gregg, Upshur, Cherokee, Freestone, Houston, Rains, Franklin, Van Zandt, Anderson, Henderson, Smith, Wood and Camp.
RAC-G) operates as a not-for-profit entity to serve as a link between area hospitals, pre hospital providers and local, state and federal agencies in matters of trauma, healthcare and disaster preparedness and response.
RAC-G is here to serve our East Texas region in the following areas:
- Injury Prevention Programs
- Providing regional equipment and training opportunities upon requests and approval
- Mass Communication Systems such as IRIS, EMResource, WebEOC, Staffing Notifications, Disaster Alerts
- Offering Educational Opportunities both Clinical and Public with CEUs available
- Coordination of disaster resources through Emergency Medical Task Force-Region 4, both within our region and for state deployment
- Stroke and STEMI Registry development, collection and reporting
- Develop and maintain the Regional System Trauma Plan (Trauma/EMS/Acute Care/Hospital Plan, known to us as the TEACH PLAN)
EMTF 4
Emergency Medical Task Force Region 4
The Texas Emergency Medical Task Force (TX EMTF) is a series of components that are capable of activating resources on behalf of Texas on a state mission that provides a custom, scalable approach to medical disaster response. The key to the program is the ability to activate our members from EMS & fire departments, public and private healthcare organizations, regional coalitions, & state and local government who provide personnel & assets that activate during disasters.
Administrative Team
Meet our team behind the scenes
Sheryl Coffey
President/CEOsheryl@rac-g.org
Michael Johnson
Hospital Preparedness Program Managermichael@rac-g.org
Loretta Kuhn
Contract Compliance Administratorloretta@rac-g.org
Aaron Wells
Data Information Systems Administratoraaron@rac-g.org
Brandon Moore
Healthcare Coalition Coordinator Region - Fbrandon@rac-g.org
Hannah Cooper
Healthcare Coalition Coordinator Region - Ghannah@rac-g.org
Eric Bailey
EMTF-4 Coordinatoreric@rac-g.org
Stop the Bleed
Contact
Contact the RAC-G below
Location:
100 E. Ferguson St., Ste. 708, Tyler, TX. 75702
Email:
support@rac-g.org
Call:
903.593.4722