Vision 2023 Summit Returns to Las Vegas Sept. 25-28
FirstNet® Users Conference Brings Public Safety Together NEWS / PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 6, 2023 Las Vegas, NV — Vision 2023: the FirstNet Users Summit is coming back…
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Coordinated response: How citywide FirstNet deployments benefit law enforcement
By Harry Markley, Senior Public Safety Advisor, First Responder Network Authority Citywide deployments of FirstNet make operations more efficient by creating seamless communication and data transfer among all response partners. Three…
FirstNet Authority Board Approves FY24 Budget for Operations, Network Investments
August 23, 2023 NEWS / PRESS RELEASE (Tacoma, WA) – The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) Board today approved a $451 million budget package to fund operations in Fiscal…
FirstNet, Built with AT&T | Connecting First Responders for Maui Wildfires
Dedicated FirstNet Assets in Hawai‘i Kākou. While the literal translation is simply “us,” the kaona (or hidden meaning) underpins that we are in this together. It is also a principle embodied…
LMR and FirstNet: Getting the Most from Both
By James Careless Before the advent of FirstNet over AT&T’s dedicated broadband cellular network, land mobile radio (LMR) was the go-to communications system for first responder agencies. Now that FirstNet…
Vision 2023 Promises to be Another FirstNet Success
By James Careless Last year’s Vision 2022 conference and trade show brought together the FirstNet user community for three days in the Las Vegas sun. It was such a success…
AT&T and FirstNet Introduce New Tool to Keep Students, Teachers Safer at School
Safety Shield provides a “wearable panic button” for schoolteachers and administrators that instantly alerts 9-1-1 while simultaneously sounding a campuswide silent alarm to school personnel. School shootings and crime have…
Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office Transforms First Responder Communications with FirstNet
OSHKOSH, Wis., July 19, 2023 — Winnebago County is connecting its Sheriff’s Office and all county departments to FirstNet®, Built with AT&T – the only nationwide, high-speed broadband communications platform dedicated to and…
FirstNet: Elevating Public Safety Communications and Keeping Communities Safe
By Jim Bugel – President – FirstNet America’s public safety relies on FirstNet during daily operations and in emergency situations – whether a natural disaster or a medical emergency. The ability…
AT&T says FirstNet adoption surpasses 5 million connections, 26,000 agencies
FirstNet’s nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) provides more than 5 million connections to U.S. first-responder and supports more than 26,000 agencies, according to FirstNet Authority contractor and carrier AT&T. SOURCE:…
‘FirstNet and Family’ | Simplifying Public Safety’s Lives while Maintaining Exclusivity on their Network
It’s been nearly a year since we launched ‘FirstNet® and Family’ and I am thrilled by how much it has enabled more individual first responders to access their network. Members of public safety organizations…
FirstNet public safety network can help keep Alaskans safe
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – The parking lot of the State Crime Lab in Anchorage was the site of a recent behind-the-scenes look at some of the technology first responders are…
100 Days at the FirstNet Authority: reflections, observations and discoveries
This is the first in a 2-part series by Joe Wassel, First Responder Network Authority Executive Director and CEO, on his thoughts, insights, and vision for the future of public safety…
Baltimore Campus Taps FirstNet for Critical Communications
As a public institution, the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) operates its own police department and Office of Emergency Management. Those have their own public safety functions within the urban campus, which sits within the city of Baltimore but without a real defined boundary.
Former state, federal tech executive Teri Takai receives distinguished award for leadership in public safety communications
San Diego, Calif.– Teri Takai has been awarded the prestigious Chief Harlin R. McEwen Public Safety Broadband Communications Award for her remarkable leadership and significant contributions to the advancement of broadband communications for…