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SHORT GAMMA-RAY BURSTS (SGRBS) ARE OF INCREASED INTEREST AS THEY LIKELY ORIGINATE FROM NEUTRON STAR I NEUTRON STAR OR NEUTRON STAR I BLACK HOLE MERGERS EVENTS WHICH CAN ALSO PRODUCE GRAVITATIONAL WAVES DETECTABLE BY LIGO AND VIRGO. THE FERMI GAMMA-RAY BURST MONITOR IS AN EXCELLENT INSTRUMENT FOR SGRBS DUE TO WIDE ITS WIDE FIELD OF VIEW HIGH UPTIME AND ENERGY RANGE. WE HAVE DEVELOPED A BLIND SEARCH OF THE GBM CONTINUOUS TIME TAGGED EVENT (CTTE) DATA THAT IS FINDING: 80 LIKELY SGRBS PER YEAR IN ADDITION TO THE :40 ON-BOARD SGRB TRIGGERS. THIS SEARCH RUNS AUTOMATICALLY SHORTLY AFTER THE GBM DATA BECOMES AVAILABLE. WE PROPOSE TO IMPROVE THIS SEARCH TO TEST FOR SIGNALS IN MULTIPLE GBM DETECTORS INCLUDING THE BGO DETECTORS TO FURTHER ENHANCE THE GBM SGRB DETECTION RATE. THE RESULTS WILL BE DISSEMINATED AS GCN NOTICES ENABLING MULTI-WAVELENGTH I MULTI-MESSENGER FOLLOWUPS.

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