The Boulder FirstNet Lab is where we demonstrate state-of-the-art technology designed for public safety’s needs. Visitors can see a demonstration of FirstNet’s quality of service, priority and preemption; learn more about deployable cell sites; test the network in simulated congested environments; and get a sample of what the next 5-20 years will bring for public safety communications technology.

The Public Safety Immersive Test Center is a state-of-the-art facility designed to provide responders, researchers, and developers a virtual environment to develop, test, and evaluate public safety technologies. FirstNet Authority Chief Network Technology Officer Jeff Bratcher and Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) Division Chief Dereck Orr discuss the launch of the Test Center and the history of partnership between the FirstNet Authority and PSCR.