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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

Honoring our nation’s public safety telecommunicators

During National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, the First Responder Network recognizes the critical role telecommunicators play in keeping our communities safe and secure.

A Washington County law enforcement officer holds a FirstNet enabled device near several other devices being charged

Improving connectivity in Rural Oregon

The Washington County Sheriff’s Office in Oregon uses FirstNet on cell phones and mobile data computers to better protect a community of 600,000 people spread out in mostly rural areas.

Emergency managers monitor computers during Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl Parade; large screen projects live camera streams in emergency operations center in Kansas City, Missouri.

Four Ways Emergency Managers Are Using FirstNet

Emergency Management professionals across the country are using FirstNet for many aspects of emergency planning and response, including in emergency operation centers, for incident management teams, in exercises and drills, and with deployables.

FirstNet Authority staff engaging public safety at a variety of events across the country

Three years of public-private partnership for public safety’s network

This week marks some major milestones in the history of public safety’s nationwide broadband network.

Members of the FirstNet Authority and the Public Safety Advisory Committee sit at table with slides projected behind; “December 2019 PSAC Meeting”

FirstNet Authority Board, PSAC Executive Committee, Usher in New Era for the PSAC

At the March 2020 FirstNet Authority Board and Committee Meeting, updates were made to the Public Safety Advisory Committee’s (PSAC) charter to improve the PSAC’s operations in order to best support the FirstNet network and the first responder community.