FirstNet is a Reality: What’s Next?
Recently, I spoke with a retired Assistant Chief from a major metropolitan Police Department who had some great insights about FirstNet that I believe are worth sharing. My friend worked…
Insights
For Police, First Responder Communications Network Is Much Needed Good News
By Thomas Manger This week, the Major Cities Chiefs Association, comprised of the sheriffs and police chiefs of the 69 largest law enforcement agencies in the United States and Canada,…
FirstNet and ESInet Commingled, Maybe Not Such a Good Idea
We have written in the past about how communications centers operate within this new world of FirstNet in FirstNet And The Public Safety Communications Center. There are those in our profession who think that the NG ESInet should be integrated into the FirstNet network or more specifically want to use their state ESInet networks as part of FirstNet. In our view this may not be such a good thing, for many reasons.
Former Philadelphia Police Commissioner: Pennsylvania Needs FirstNet
By, Charles Ramsey In my nearly 50 years as a law enforcement professional, including my time as Philadelphia’s police commissioner and as the chief of the Metropolitan Police Department in…
EMT Leader: FirstNet’s “Legacy” Will be Serving Rural Communities
By Melvin Musulin, Assistant Director Assistant Director for Pennsylvania’s Valley Ambulance Authority, says he sees FirstNet as a legacy for emergency first responders in rural communities. For over forty years,…
Wildland Fire and FirstNet: What’s In It For Us?
Simply put, FirstNet will be a game changer for wildland fire. It will allow us to make huge improvements in firefighter health and safety and it will provide incident managers…
Fire Chief Speaks Out in Washington State
From time to time we will become aware of information that we think is important enough to issue a special edition, this is one of those times. One of our…
Dispelling More FirstNet Rumors
One of the many things we want to do here at All Things FirstNet is to help cut through the fiction, gossip and rumors. We have talked about having a…
How FirstNet Will Transform Corrections Technology
By Neil A. Miller The corrections field is the toughest beat in the nation. The public expects wardens and correctional officers – in both local and state facilities – to…
Fire Service Must Offer Input to FirstNet State Plans
By Eric Tade Why is this important to the fire service? Because Colorado and other states have unique wildland, rural and urban response challenges and considerations, and the fire service…
Verizon. It’s Not the Solution. It’s the Problem. (Part 2)
Part two is intended to focus on other issues related to Verizon and their recent announcement on their desire to move forward with public safety. They made this easy this last week with two news items.
FirstNet Is Delivering More Than We Imagined
By Anna M. Gomez As Deputy Administrator at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), I was privileged to work with tremendously talented people in the Obama administration and…
Verizon. It’s Not the Solution It’s the Problem. (Part 1)
By Richard Mirgon, Public Safety Consultant As a Verizon 911 customer for many years in the late 90’s and early 2000 they provided very good service. That ended when…
FirstNet Crucial to Georgia’s Public Safety
Opting in would put advanced tools into the hands of Georgia’s public safety community, allowing it to be better prepared for any event, whether small or large. By Ed Davis, former…
‘I Love It When a Plan Comes Together’
“I love it when a plan comes together” — kind of like what the folks at AT&T Wireless are probably thinking these days. By Lawrence R. Krevor Some of us…