By David Buchanan, Executive Director of Public Safety Advocacy, FirstNet Authority Recently, law enforcement and fire chiefs from around the country joined the First Responder…
By Tracy G. Trott, Colonel (Ret) I have to admit that when I was first exposed to D Block, or what would become the FirstNet…
By Margaret Gutierrez, National Tribal Government Liaison (Regions I-VIII) As of August 2019, more than 750,000 device connections are being used by nearly 9,000 public…
As many of you have seen, AT&T Senior Vice President Chris Sambar, who has been leading the “FirstNet Built with AT&T” effort, is moving to…
September is National Preparedness Month, FEMA’s annual campaign to promote disaster and emergency planning. This year’s campaign theme is Prepared Not Scared. By Lesia Dickson, FirstNet Authority…
By Kristi Wilde, Senior Public Safety Advisor The FirstNet Authority continues to engage public safety from every discipline to better understand what they need from…
By Brent Williams, Senior Advisor for EMS, First Responder Network Authority With the arrival of FirstNet, emergency physicians, paramedics and emergency medical technicians (EMTs) now have…
By Richard Mirgon I haven’t commented much in the past few months on Verizon’s efforts to maintain their presence in the public safety market and…
At least one law enforcement agency is using the devices as body cameras, and more could follow By Rich Duprey Calls for greater police accountability…
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…
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….
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…
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…
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…
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…