By Zach Smith, Emergency Management Specialist, First Responder Network Authority I am a volunteer firefighter for my community. My firehouse is a group of teachers, accountants, program managers, computer developers,…
By Jason Porter, senior vice president, FirstNet Program at AT&T While the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is nationwide, its effects are being acutely felt right now in New York City. So,…
By Charles Murph, Senior Public Safety Advisor and Emergency Management Subject Matter Expert, FirstNet Authority Emergency Management professionals across the country are using FirstNet for many aspects of emergency planning…
By ATFN Staff Theron Rutyna from the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa said when he first climbed the 300-foot tower cellphone tower on his reservation and looked out…
By Edward Parkinson, CEO, FirstNet Authority This week marks some major milestones in the history of public safety’s nationwide broadband network. It was three years ago that we, the First…
By Richard Mirgon Public Safety Consultant We have all seen the articles about the data surge resulting in people staying home during this COVID-19 outbreak. Between the adults working from…
By Jason Porter, senior vice president, FirstNet Program at AT&T The events of Sept. 11, 2001 changed the world as we knew it. Lives were lost, major economic and societal…
By Thomas Randall, Senior Public Safety Advisor, FirstNet Authority For the past five years, the Texas A&M University’s Internet 2 Technology Evaluation Center (ITEC) has brought together public safety officials and industry…
By Jennifer Harder, Senior Director, Product Team After working with the U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program during graduate school, I knew I wanted to work with service animals in my career. I…
By Gary McCarraher, Senior Public Safety Advisor, First Responder Network Authority Approximately 15 miles south of Boston, Massachusetts sits Canton – a small community of 21,000 people. Chief Charles Doody…
By Kyle Richardson, Senior Public Safety Advisor, First Responder Network Authority Hamilton County is located in the southwest corner of Ohio and is home to approximately 800,000 residents. Spanning over…
Written by John Contestabile So, I have heard this expression before, but what does it really mean? Holy Grail: something that you want very much but that is very hard…
Incident management, rural communications among most cited use cases. Almost 30% of public safety professionals surveyed by the International Wireless Communications Expo reported they are currently using drones in their operations. The…
By Brent Williams, Senior EMS Advisor, First Responder Network Authority Junction City Fire Department’s EMS services a rural, Midwest community in Kansas, which presents some communication challenges. To address these…
By Al Gillespie, Fire Chief (Ret) What do you call it when someone tells you one thing but continues to do something that isn’t exactly inline with what they’ve said?…