Public Safety Advocate: Looking Back and Looking Forward
As we enter the 21st month of the 25-year contract between FirstNet the Authority and FirstNet (Built with AT&T), the last three of this year’s Public…
Public Safety Advocate: Looking Back and Looking Forward
FNA Denver Forum, It’s a Wrap
By Christopher Vondracek The FirstNet Association held its Second Regional Forum in Denver, Colorado, earlier this month, drawing public safety professionals to understand issues ranging…
Fire Technology: Smart Cities & the Fire Service
The smart city concept offers the possibility of more effective fire detection, notification and extinguishment systems. By Charles Werner SOURCE: Firehouse.com DATE: December 1, 2018…
FirstNet listed as one of Popular Science Greatest Security Innovations of 2018
Congratulations FirstNet. DATE: Movember 27, 2018 For those of you who haven’t seen it, FirstNet has been listed in Popular Science as one of “The…
Public Safety Advocate: Presentations and Awards
On Tuesday the week before Thanksgiving, I flew to Denver to speak at a FirstNet Association (FNA) event and on Wednesday I flew home. Then…
PoC can replace LMR under certain circumstances, but not for mission-critical voice, speakers say
Push-to-talk-over-cellular (PoC) technology can allow enterprises to halt investment in LMR systems for non-mission-critical users today, but PoC solutions and broadband networks need to evolve…
DHS Partners with Industry for Operational Experimentation in Houston, Texas
“Today’s first responders must have advanced technology to communicate and provide situational awareness as they face dangerous and evolving threats,” said William N. Bryan, Senior…
MetroAtlanta Ambulance Service Transforms First Responder Communications with FirstNet
New Technologies Expand Our Capabilities to Better Serve Patients PRESS RELEASE ATLANTA, Nov. 9, 2018 – MetroAtlanta Ambulance Service (MAAS) has implemented a technology upgrade…
Todd Early appointed as new chair of FirstNet’s Public Safety Advisory Committee (PSAC)
Longtime public-safety-broadband proponent Todd Early of Texas is the new chair for the Public Safety Advisory Committee (PSAC), FirstNet Authority Chair Ed Horowitz announced today….
Communications Workers of America Launches Informational Webinars on FirstNet
This builds on the recent launch by CWA of FirstResponderVoice.org, an educational website that increases the availability of online information about FirstNet for first responders…
Rural GA Emergency Services Agency Recently Switched to FirstNet
“I was a Verizon person, but I’ve since walked over to AT&T and FirstNet,” said Cofty. “During a bad disaster, you just trust in that…
AT&T says fully compliant MCPTT offering will be available next year
AT&T announced plans to make emergency calling and other features of the LTE mission-critical-push-to-talk (MCPTT) standard available next month and deliver a fully MCPTT-compliant offering…
Smart Community Resiliency: How Reliable Broadband Helps Communities Prepare for and Respond to Disasters
By Edward Parkinson, Acting Chief Executive Officer, First Responder Network Authority Emergencies and disasters can strike any community. From the recent devastation of Hurricane Michael…
Public Safety Advocate: Critical LTE Communications Forum and More
This week’s Advocate is late since I attended and took part in the International Wireless Communications Expo (IWCE) Critical LTE Communications Forum. There were about 200…
Samsung Delivers Public Safety’s First Computer Aided Dispatch Solutions for Wearables
Collaboration with top companies offers first responders the mission critical connectivity they require, in a form factor that suits the job PRESS RELEASE …