New FirstNet Cell Site Launches in Monterey to Support Public Safety
New Infrastructure Will Help Advance Public Safety, Improve Connectivity for Area Residents and Visitors MONTEREY, Mass., June 10, 2020 Monterey’s first responders are getting a…
New FirstNet Cell Site Launches in Monterey to Support Public Safety
Public Safety Advocate: LMR and FirstNet Attributes
I recently received an email from someone in the industry I know and have worked with on several occasions. He asked if I had ever…
Enhanced Civil Disturbance Monitoring and Control Strategies: Using Multimedia Interoperability to Achieve Tactical Advantage
By Col. (Ret.) George Battle, CT State Police; Col.; (Ret.) Rick Fuentes, NJ State Police; Col. (Ret.) Frank Milstead, AZ Department of Public Safety, State…
Priority Dispatch and PulsePoint Partner to Help 911 Dispatchers Guide Callers to Closest Lifesaving AED
June 23 Webinar to Highlight Best Practices in Dispatching Citizen Response to Sudden Cardiac Arrest June 9, 2020 PRESS RELEASE SALT LAKE CITY, Utah—Emergency medical…
WATCH: AT&T’s Stacy Schwartz Talks FirstNet’s Purpose During COVID-19 and Beyond
Senior reporter Amanda Ziadeh is joined by Stacy Schwartz, vice president of federal public safety and FirstNet for AT&T Global Public Sector, who discusses the…
SPOTLIGHT: Richard W. Stanek
(Continuation of a series focusing on those who have made FirstNet a reality for Public Safety) By ATFN Staff As board member for the First…
FirstNet expands footprint to Pacific Territories
FirstNet is America’s public safety network. That means first responders in all 50 states, five territories, and the District of Columbia are gaining access to…
Public Safety Advocate: Off-Network Communications
Welcome to June! May is in the books and now we are looking forward to what June might have in store for us. Public-safety agencies…
Active hurricane season forecast, coronavirus adds new twist to disaster response for AT&T
While a global pandemic has shifted millions of Americans to work from home, the prospect of an intense Atlantic hurricane season has emergency managers retooling disaster plans to take into account the…
Fire Technology: FirstNet 2020
Charles Werner’s update of the state of FirstNet is positive and encouraging. SOURCE: Firehouse.com DATE: June 1, 2020 FirstNet is a public-private partnership and the…
Gainesville prepares to use FirstNet during hurricane season
A new emergency response system will be used in Gainesville in preparation for the hurricane season. SOURCE: wcjb.com DATE: May 28, 2020 Hurricane season starts…
FirstNet Helps Tennessee Public Safety Respond to Tornado Damage
By Billy Freeman, FirstNet Authority Senior Public Safety Advisor, and Gerald Risner, FirstNet Authority Senior Public Safety Advisor Throughout the night on March 2-3, 2020,…
Public Safety Advocate: Lack of Broadband PTT Interoperability, T-Mobile, Ligado
Recently, there has been a flurry of articles in the press, on Twitter, and on LinkedIn touting the advantages of Push-To-Talk over Broadband (PTT over…
Hurricane Season Gets A Little More Complicated With Coronavirus
FirstNet, an alternative wireless network with a unique spectrum for first responders. One key function of this network is a fleet of trucks with self-contained generators and antennae that act…
FirstNet in the NEWS – May 21, 2020
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