AT&T and the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) joined Fort Benning leaders, first responders, public safety officials and community leaders at Fort Benning to highlight how FirstNet® Built with AT&T – the only…
Southern Utah is known for its dramatic beauty — red rock canyons, national forests, and small towns surrounded by wide-open terrain. But for first responders, that beauty has historically come…
Learn how FirstNet is funded through user fees and a public-private partnership, not ongoing taxpayer dollars, and why that model supports long-term public safety innovation.
What makes FirstNet such a functional and irreplaceable system is not only its technological capacity but also the institutional knowledge built over more than a decade. The Response Operations Group…
Learn how FirstNet tribal coverage supports public safety on tribal lands. Explore how FirstNet builds dedicated connectivity for tribal first responders.
For decades, public safety connectivity was largely restricted to radios that linked responders in the field to dispatchers who often had limited visibility of the scene. Today, a growing ecosystem…
Learn how FirstNet supports interoperability communications by connecting agencies, systems, and responders with real-time data sharing during emergencies.
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Florida first responders need a dedicated network that never fails. For more than 30 years, I served in law enforcement in North Florida. Over that time, one lesson stood out…
The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) was created by Congress in 2012 as an independent authority to build, operate, and sustain the Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network (NPSBN). An…
Late last month, the California Fire Chiefs Association reversed its position of supportfor NextNav, withdrawing that support in a letter to the FCC. This prompted a statementfrom NextNav’s Vice President…
Back in 2015, during one of the early FirstNet hearings on Capitol Hill, the Chair of FirstNet, Sue Swenson, briefed our nation’s elected officials on FirstNet, its progress, and the…
I’m writing this as a local fire chief in mid-Missouri and representing NAEMT on the Public Safety Advisory Committee to the FirstNet Authority. Those two roles are not separate. What…
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Why Public Safety Must Stand Firm Behind FirstNet’s Credibility in the Face of Commercial Carrier Interference By John Paul Jones, Executive Director PSBTA, Public Safety Broadband Technology Association Why Public…