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"FirstNet Financial Report Fiscal Year 2019”; a law enforcement officer speaks into a cell phone; a firefighter fights a wildfire; a telecommunications professional looks at computer monitors; an ambulance sits parked in front of trees; background image of a cell tower in a field
For the seventh consecutive year, the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) has earned an unmodified, or “clean,” audit opinion on its financial statements.
Firefighters and fire truck respond to an emergency; FirstNet Authority employee and volunteer firefighter/emergency medical technician Zach Smith in uniform
More than half of U.S. firefighters are volunteers—individuals who share a common objective of helping those in need. In this blog, a FirstNet Authority staff member and volunteer firefighter/EMT explains what it means to serve his community.
Miami-Dade dispatchers take calls and discuss issues inside of their center surrounded by information on various screens

Emergency communications professionals across the country utilize FirstNet to support innovative approaches to 9-1-1 and dispatch. FirstNet’s secure, reliable broadband connection helps telecommunicators deliver accurate, robust information to on the scene responders. FirstNet, and the technology ecosystem that has built up around it, is especially helpful for dispatchers placed in uncommon situations. 

FirstNet Core icon and computer servers

The FirstNet Core serves as the brain and the nervous system of a network, enabling critical network functions like priority, preemption, and future mission critical services. In this blog, FirstNet Authority core experts discuss how the FirstNet Core was originally designed to meet public safety’s needs and how it will continue to evolve through the FirstNet Authority Roadmap priorities and initiatives.

Dispatcher wearing a headset monitors a series of screens while typing, group of dispatchers prepares to receive calls at a mobile command center using FirstNet device backups, dispatcher takes calls, dispatcher speaks over headset while looking at a map, two dispatchers consult each other while reviewing screens showing maps and other data
During National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, the First Responder Network recognizes the critical role telecommunicators play in keeping our communities safe and secure.