Alabama

The FirstNet Authority’s Public Safety Advocacy team proactively reaches out to public safety to discuss FirstNet and elicit feedback and insight regarding their communication needs for public safety broadband and innovative technologies. In the East region, the team includes seven public safety advisors covering a geographically diverse region of 19 states.

Whether managing the 100,000+ college football fans across Alabama each fall or preparing for hurricanes along the state’s 600 miles of tidal Gulf Coast waterways, Alabama’s public safety officials

A tornado struck Carbon Hill, Alabama in March 2020, causing significant damage to the community. The city lost all of the radio repeater equipment used by the Carbon Hill Police Department, but they were ready with FirstNet as a backup. 

FirstNet continues to gain rapid momentum with 600,000+ device connections being used by more than 7,250 public safety agencies.

The age of FirstNet stands to deliver situational awareness and data for Emergency Operation Centers (EOCs), whether for emergency managers in rural or metro areas in the US. When police needed to search a 300-acre wooded property in rural Alabama, they used a mix of traditional police work and cutting-edge technology to try to find evidence that could provide a long-sought break in a missing persons case.

Montgomery, Ala., Oct. 10, 2017 – Alabama is bringing modernized communications technology to first responders. Today, Governor Kay Ivey announced her decision to accept the FirstNet and AT&T* plan to deliver a wireless broadband network to the state’s public safety community. The FirstNet network will bring advanced tools to help Alabama’s first responders save lives and protect communities.