Vision 2023 Summit Returns to Las Vegas Sept. 25-28
FirstNet® Users Conference Brings Public Safety Together NEWS / PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 6, 2023 Las Vegas, NV — Vision 2023: the FirstNet Users Summit is coming back…
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Patriot Siren leadership series: Inspiration for our way forward
At the First Responder Network Authority, or FirstNet Authority, we have a critical mission to steward the nationwide public safety broadband network for America’s first responders. As Executive Director and…
FirstNet Authority Board member Mayor Billy Hewes prioritizes real-time communication for public safety
In Gulfport, Mississippi, Mayor Billy Hewes is focused on ways to keep the second-largest city in the state prepared for any emergency. Hewes works across government, public safety, and industry to make…
Coordinated response: How citywide FirstNet deployments benefit law enforcement
By Harry Markley, Senior Public Safety Advisor, First Responder Network Authority Citywide deployments of FirstNet make operations more efficient by creating seamless communication and data transfer among all response partners. Three…
FirstNet Authority Board Approves FY24 Budget for Operations, Network Investments
August 23, 2023 NEWS / PRESS RELEASE (Tacoma, WA) – The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) Board today approved a $451 million budget package to fund operations in Fiscal…
FirstNet is a critical tool for public safety
By Bill Partridge For many investigators, experience at crime scenes and the wisdom developed through interactionswith witnesses and suspects alike helps to cultivate important tools – whether those are newinvestigative…
Connecting firefighters at the network’s edge with HPUE
Today’s firefighters must maintain connectivity, whether the mission takes them into remote wilderness areas or dense urban buildings. These places can be at the edges of where networks reach. By…
FirstNet levels the playing field for volunteer EMS
The volunteer EMS community is a vital part of our nation’s public safety efforts, especially in rural areas. They need strong communications capabilities and coverage that they can rely on….
FirstNet, Built with AT&T | Connecting First Responders for Maui Wildfires
Dedicated FirstNet Assets in Hawai‘i Kākou. While the literal translation is simply “us,” the kaona (or hidden meaning) underpins that we are in this together. It is also a principle embodied…
LMR and FirstNet: Getting the Most from Both
By James Careless Before the advent of FirstNet over AT&T’s dedicated broadband cellular network, land mobile radio (LMR) was the go-to communications system for first responder agencies. Now that FirstNet…
Vision 2023 Promises to be Another FirstNet Success
By James Careless Last year’s Vision 2022 conference and trade show brought together the FirstNet user community for three days in the Las Vegas sun. It was such a success…
AT&T and FirstNet Introduce New Tool to Keep Students, Teachers Safer at School
Safety Shield provides a “wearable panic button” for schoolteachers and administrators that instantly alerts 9-1-1 while simultaneously sounding a campuswide silent alarm to school personnel. School shootings and crime have…
Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office Transforms First Responder Communications with FirstNet
OSHKOSH, Wis., July 19, 2023 — Winnebago County is connecting its Sheriff’s Office and all county departments to FirstNet®, Built with AT&T – the only nationwide, high-speed broadband communications platform dedicated to and…
FirstNet: Elevating Public Safety Communications and Keeping Communities Safe
By Jim Bugel – President – FirstNet America’s public safety relies on FirstNet during daily operations and in emergency situations – whether a natural disaster or a medical emergency. The ability…
AT&T says FirstNet adoption surpasses 5 million connections, 26,000 agencies
FirstNet’s nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) provides more than 5 million connections to U.S. first-responder and supports more than 26,000 agencies, according to FirstNet Authority contractor and carrier AT&T. SOURCE:…