FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 1, 2020 LAS VEGAS, Nev.—The Public Safety Spectrum Alliance (PSSA), a coalition to protect public safety’s use of 4.9 GHz spectrum commends…
By David Buchanan, Executive Director of Public Safety Advocacy, FirstNet Authority Last year saw the release of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) Roadmap, the launch…
In stepped FirstNet SOURCE: politico.com DATE: September 30, 2020 TRIAL BY FIRE: When the coronavirus pandemic arrived, medical professionals scrambled to set up outdoor testing centers,…
Georgia School District Uses FirstNet-Powered App to Launch Resource Delivery Program Amid Pandemic SOURCE: stonline.com DATE: October 1, 2020 With school re-opening plans varying from…
Welcome to October! This has been a tough year for everyone, especially for the public-safety community. However, there continues to be good news on the…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 30, 2020 LAS VEGAS, Nev.—The Public Safety Spectrum Alliance (PSSA), a coalition to protect public safety’s use of mission-critical spectrum, including…
By Richard Mirgon, Public Safety Consultant In their FCC filing this week https://ecfsapi.fcc.gov/file/109232757302914/4.9%20Ex%20Parte.pdf they stated “I reiterated Verizon’s opposition to late-filed proposals by some parties…
FirstNet One, recently completed its first real deployment providing public-safety communications, as the tethered the aerostat that acts as an LTE tower in the sky…
SOURCE: sdpb.org DATE: September 24, 2020 The Pennington County Sheriff’s Office was looking for a missing man last fall in a remote, high-elevation part of…
“Our biggest challenge is gaining access to sites” SOURCE: insidetowers.com DATE: September 25, 2020 FirstNet is not only helping first responders communicate in regular disasters,…
Mississippi’s first responders are getting a major boost in their wireless communications with the addition of new, purpose-built FirstNet(link is external) cell sites as well as the…
The United Kingdom press and some in the United States announced this week that the UK LTE broadband network for public safety that was to…
By Tiffany Perry, Senior Public Safety Advisor, First Responder Network Authority One of our nation’s oldest military branches and the nation’s premier maritime first responder,…
FirstNet is the only nationwide network for public safety. The following article explains how FirstNet can help keep first responders connected during large storms and hurricanes, facilitating…
By Lori Stone, Senior Public Safety Advisor, First Responder Network Authority When the COVID-19 pandemic struck our Nation, first responders began to face a new…