By Kalyn Sims Municipalities are investing in technology to help them better protect their residents, infrastructure and reputations. There’s been tremendous growth in the number of drones, audio-recording devices and…
Increased bandwidth, low latencies enable advanced tech and better agency coordination with public safety communications in 5G, according to interviews with Telit. By Randall D. Larson As cellular technology advances…
From 5G networks to specially equipped communications trucks and drones, the nation’s first responders have a growing arsenal of tech tools that keep them communicating during the worst kinds of…
By Estee Woods Fire and police departments have been leveraging LTE to increase their response times, improve interdepartmental communications, and provide connections to FirstNet and other national public safety broadband networks….
Obtain these three rights to implement FirstNet into your emergency response communications system By Tim Nowak One of the challenges observed after 9/11 concerned emergency response communications … particularly in…
By Dean Prochaska, Senior Director of Standards The June quarterly Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) meetings in Newport Beach, CA addressed standards in several areas relevant to the evolution of…
FirstNet Built with AT&T, is pitching in too By Christopher Vondracek Hoods For Heroes (HFH), a national nonprofit organization headquartered in Northeast Florida,was launched to bring new chemical-resistant protective hooding…
By Claude Cummings – Guest contributor As one of the most devastating storms to ever hit Texas, Hurricane Harvey taught us many lessons. One of the clearest is that we…
By Paul R. Patrick Over the last 50 years, major U.S. industries—aerospace, automobile, energy, consumer electronics and more—have implemented significant technological changes to adapt to the shifting and growing demands…
By Lesia Dickson, Northcentral Area Director The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) continued its collaboration with the Region VII states — Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, and Missouri — when we…
By Lori Stone, FirstNet Authority Region III Lead Public safety agencies from the Commonwealth of Virginia and the State of Maryland recently conducted search and rescue exercises in Gore, VA…
By First Responder Network Authority Senator Capito and First Responder Network Authority Join Ground Breaking; New Infrastructure Will Help Advance Public Safety, Improve Connectivity for Area Residents KINGWOOD, W. Va., May…
By Edward Parkinson, FirstNet Authority Acting CEO In our latest Annual Report to Congress, the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) outlines the significant progress made in fiscal year (FY) 2018…
By Dave Buchanan, FirstNet Authority Executive Director of Public Safety Advocacy Recently, the Public Safety Advisory Committee’s (PSAC) Tribal Working Group (TWG) met in Nashville, Tennessee for its semi-annual in-person meeting. The…
By Brigadier General Welton Chase, Jr. (US Army, Ret.), FirstNet Board Member When your job is to protect our communities, nothing is more important than being connected, protected and situationally…