Nevada is the seventh largest state, home to nearly 20 Indian reservations and colonies, the bustling Las Vegas metropolis, and over 20 state parks. Nearly 80 percent of the state is federally-owned land. FirstNet is connecting Nevada’s public safety professionals – including volunteers in rural areas, federal partners, those protecting tribal areas, and those in the state’s gaming corridors.
The First Responder Network Authority team recognizes the unique communications challenges that Nevada first responders face. We have been working closely with Nevada public safety officials since 2014, capturing their feedback and translating it into the design of the FirstNet network. During the development of state deployment plans, our team worked hand-in-hand with Nevada leaders to ensure the plan was customized to address their needs.
Following this close collaboration, Nevada chose to adopt the plan and “opt in” to FirstNet. Today, we continue to meet regularly with state and local officials to discuss their public safety broadband needs. Engagements like these are crucial to the ongoing success of the network and the advancement of public safety communications across the state and the nation.
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FirstNet in Action in Nevada
- FirstNet provides first responders with reliable and secure communications. The Clark County Fire Department in Las Vegas, Nevada relies on FirstNet for routine service calls, as well as major events such as the Big Game, the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix, and the Electric Daisy Carnival.
- At the Electric Daisy Carnival music festival near Las Vegas, a combination of FirstNet, innovative technologies, and comprehensive planning kept EMS operational in a challenging environment. Cody Snow, president of Prevent Medical Solutions, a mobile medical system that specializes in event staffing, talked about solutions they use to support communications during these events.
- In 2018, the Life is Beautiful Music and Art Festival attracted 180,000 visitors from around the globe to an 18-block radius in Las Vegas, Nevada. To assist, 30 FirstNet Ready™ mobile devices were distributed to the Las Vegas Fire and Rescue team, including firefighters, EMS, and bomb squad personnel.
