Search and rescue in rural America can be especially challenging. In many operations, the teams need to communicate across large distances, maintain situational awareness as a unit, and send emergency…
Selection Efforts to begin the process of selecting a 4.9 GHz band manager are expected to start in January, after the members of a selection committee are chosen by the…
Key Takeaways: AT&T teams are preparing for Tropical Storm Nolo in Hawaii. The AT&T Weather Operations Center is monitoring conditions to help reduce possible impacts to our network, while prioritizing…
As wildfires threaten communities, AT&T is ready to help keep customers, first responders and communities connected. AT&T’s Network Disaster Recovery (NDR) program—the largest of its kind in the industry—prepares year-round…
In Gypsum, Colorado, wilderness meets civilization. Mountain peaks reach up to 12,000 feet around this part of northeast Colorado, where you can find the Colorado River, I-70, and the Vail…
A MACC911-led exercise with 60+ public safety professionals linked four radio systems across three states over broadband, demonstrating how agencies can gain greater capabilities at lower cost by treating resilient connectivity as the center of their network.
Time and again, I’ve heard first responders tell us about a stretch of highway where connectivity drops, a rural community that’s hard to reach, or a disaster-prone area where reliable…
The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) announced today that it is investing in 220 new cell sites for FirstNet, the nationwide public safety broadband network. Meeting today in Boston, the FirstNet…
During the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, first responders faced a number of problems. One of the most significant was a communications system that did not allow emergency workers…
On Massachusetts’s northern shore, the Marblehead Harbormaster Department’s team of 12 employees, led by Harbormaster Mark Souza, patrol an expansive stretch of coastline — the North Shore region of Massachusetts. When there…
Disasters are no stranger to Marion County, Illinois, and its residents this year. This resilient rural community has faced a vicious tornado season. Historically, Illinois could expect just 50 tornadoes…
FirstNet Authority board members unanimously approved a $1.2 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year, including almost $1.1 billion earmarked for investments to enhance the coverage and capabilities of the…
Pennington County is one of South Dakota’s most geographically and operationally complex counties. While largely rural, the county is also home to Rapid City — the state’s second largest city…
Geographic information systems (GIS) has transformed the map, a tool public safety organizations have used for over a century. Instead of simply knowing where to go, we understand the how, what, and why about every place. Esri has been at the forefront of that transformation since the company was founded in 1969. Today, thousands of local, state, and federal safety agencies across the United States use Esri’s ArcGIS technology to respond with situational awareness powered by location intelligence.
FirstNet Authority plans to invest money into satellite-direct-to-device technology in cooperation with FirstNet contractor AT&T–a service that is designed to address most outdoor coverage gaps in the nationwide public-safety broadband…