Voices from the frontlines: FirstNet provides flexibility and interoperability for emergency management during pandemic

By Bruce Fitzgerald, FirstNet Authority Senior Public Safety Advisor

First responders have worked tirelessly to keep our country safe, and even more so during the COVID-19 pandemic. For law enforcement, firefighters, EMS, and other response groups who are called on to deliver a unified response, their missions largely depend on effective and efficient communication.

As the federal agency charged by Congress to oversee FirstNet(link is external), the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) is working to ensure that FirstNet offers reliable and adaptive mobile broadband solutions to first responders as they continue to be on the frontlines of COVID-19 response.

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