By Bruce Fitzgerald, Senior Public Safety Advisor, Emergency Management, First Responder Network Authority September is National Preparedness Month(link is external), an important reminder for Americans to prepare for disasters and emergencies….
By Bruce Fitzgerald, Senior Public Safety Advisor, Emergency Management, First Responder Network Authority With increasing numbers of emergency management agencies and other public safety agencies and partners using FirstNet, the…
By Edward Parkinson, CEO First Responder Network Authority Soon after the planes hit the World Trade Center towers on September 11, 2001, Brad Morrell deployed from Utah to New York City as…
By Harry Markley, Senior Law Enforcement Advisor, First Responder Network Authority Many of us know exactly where we were and what we were doing when the 9/11 attacks happened. I…
How the Nation’s Most Important Wireless Network was Born “First responders from other states headed to New York and Washington, D.C. While their assistance was welcomed, their presence further complicated…
Kenzie Capece, Senior Public Safety Advisor, First Responder Network Authority On August 26, the First Responder Network Authority’s (FirstNet Authority) Public Safety Advisory Committee (PSAC) held a business meeting to report…
Fire Chief Marc Bashoor speaks with Division Chief Martha Ellis, executive director for the Public Safety Broadband Technology Association. Chief Ellis unpacks all things fireground communications, interoperability and FirstNet. She…
By Christiano Lima Lawmakers and regulators say they want answers from T-Mobile about a data breach that exposed the personal information of more than 40 million people to hackers, the…
A West Virginia county takes a whole-community approach to implementing broadband By Lori Stone Matthew Gregg has served in his volunteer fire department in Mason County, West Virginia, for 20…
By Billy Freeman, Senior Public Safety Advisor, First Responder Network Authority Wildland fires continue to burn at all-time highs. From January to July 2021, more than 2.6 million acres were burned(link…
by William McCormick ExecutiveBiz recently had a chance to sit down with Jason Porter, president of AT&T’s public sector and FirstNet, for its latest Executive Spotlight interview discussing his recent transition into the role as…
How to make sound decisions about emergency communications systems in an ever-changing field By Martha Ellis Decision-making. We all have our methods, but how can you be sure you’re not…
By Karl Wilmes, Chief (ret) I remember as a newly promoted Sergeant meeting with my shift of officers outside in the parking lot of a bar fight. The incident was…
By Michael Varney, Director of Stakeholder Collaboration, First Responder Network Authority Natural disasters and other incidents, large or small, magnify the importance of secure, reliable communications. Network congestion, infrastructure damage,…
By Randy Kerr, Situational Awareness Roadmap Domain Lead, First Responder Network Authority As the only nationwide broadband network dedicated to public safety, FirstNet gives first responders access to unique features…