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Technology helps ambulance crews battle construction, traffic

The newer system takes traffic and all of those ever-changing factors into account before recommending a route for a call

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FORT WORTH, Texas — A new computer-based GPS and traffic modeling system is helping local ambulance crews navigate the ever-changing terrain of Tarrant County roads.

The MARVLIS system is starting to be used by MedStar crews in the field.

Right now, a handful of supervisor units use the system to help direct ambulance crews around construction delays, and also roads which may have bad traffic.

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