As FirstNet continues to evolve, the legislative and regulatory oversight required by federal law has continued. The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) recent renewal of FirstNet’s Band 14 spectrum license is…
Commentary: By Ed Davis During and after the bombings at the 2013 Boston Marathon, a massive influx of calls and texts caused major communications challenges for public safety. First responders…
It’s been nearly a year since we launched ‘FirstNet® and Family’ and I am thrilled by how much it has enabled more individual first responders to access their network. Members of public safety organizations…
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – The parking lot of the State Crime Lab in Anchorage was the site of a recent behind-the-scenes look at some of the technology first responders are…
This is the first in a 2-part series by Joe Wassel, First Responder Network Authority Executive Director and CEO, on his thoughts, insights, and vision for the future of public safety…
By Richard Mirgon Here is a story most of you may have missed because, on its face, it doesn’t look like much, butit is significantly important to Public Safety/First Responders….
As a public institution, the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) operates its own police department and Office of Emergency Management. Those have their own public safety functions within the urban campus, which sits within the city of Baltimore but without a real defined boundary.
By First Responder Network Authority Here are a few San Diego highlights: DAY ONE 5×5 kicked off with a warm welcome from Dereck Orr, Division Chief of PSCR. He discussed…
By James Careless With its ability to interact with human beings and provide them with answers, artificialintelligence (AI) has a real place in law enforcement (LE) communications — and it…
San Diego, Calif.– Teri Takai has been awarded the prestigious Chief Harlin R. McEwen Public Safety Broadband Communications Award for her remarkable leadership and significant contributions to the advancement of broadband communications for…
By Joe Wassel The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) awarded its first-ever Patriot Award to Chief Peter Burke of the Hyannis Fire Department in Massachusetts. I was proud to…
By Jim Bugel, President – FirstNet, AT&T FirstNet®, Built with AT&T is America’s public safety network. That means AT&T has the obligation and honor to deliver communications that first responders in all…
Representatives from FirstNet and AT&T, as well as N.C. House Rep. Robert Reives II (D-Dist.54) and Gov. Roy Cooper attended FirstNet’s Five Year Anniversary Celebration at 2 p.m. on Thursday,…
Public safety is leveraging ever-increasing amounts of data when making emergency-response decisions, but such information is useful only if it can be shared via a dependable network—something the FirstNet Authority…
FirstNet Authority officials yesterday released the 2023 update to the organization’s Roadmap, which highlighted technological innovations associated with the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) but repeatedly referenced first responders’ need…