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Events

WEBINAR
 
February 11, 2021

PSBTA FirstNet Virtual Regional Forum ID, MT, WY

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WEBINAR
 
February 18, 2021

PSBTA FirstNet Virtual Regional Forum – CO

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WEBINAR
 
February 25, 2021

PSBTA FirstNet Virtual Regional Forum - WA, OR

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WEBINAR
 
March 25, 2021

NEMA Emergency Management Virtual Learning Lab

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VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
 
March 31-April 1, 2021

Division Mid-Year - International Association Chiefs of Police

 

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April 8, 2021

Mission Critical Communications Webinar List

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What first responders are saying

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Southern Indiana Sheriff’s Department Stays Connected with FirstNet

How Dubois County Personnel Leverage the Network’s Reliable Connectivity

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Modern Technology and Priority Connectivity Improves Indiana Public Safety Response

Full-Service Police Department Makes the Move to FirstNet.

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When Seconds Count: A Story of FirstNet Impact

"FirstNet is not only connectivity but also capacity and what that does is give us capability."

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Chief Mike Duyck, Fire Chief, Tualatin Valley Oregon Fire & Rescue

One of the most important things FirstNet does for us, is give us capacity. We're glad the day has finally come and we can work unthrottled - on our own network

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Newsroom

NEWS ARTICLE

FirstNet & 5G: An experience unlike anything else for America’s first responders

April 1, 2021

Bringing public safety the only nationwide network with comprehensive, tower-to-core encryption; AT&T launches FirstNet Health & Wellness Coalition.

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Making first responder health and wellness a top priority 

April 1, 2021

Nothing is more important than the lives of first responders and the people they serve day in, and day out. These are the men and women who run toward emergencies.

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NEWS ARTICLE

FirstNet Messaging – Your new dedicated messaging service

March 22, 2021

Starting April 1,  2021, FirstNet® customers have access to a new and exclusive messaging app dedicated to public safety.

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COVID Webinars: Learn how FirstNet Verified™ and FirstNet Certified™ apps are helping test, treat and trace COVID-19

March 22, 2021

Your agency has faced one new challenge after another in response to the pandemic COVID-19 testing. 

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NEWS ARTICLE

FirstNet® supports vaccine distribution efforts across the U.S.

March 18, 2021

Public safety agencies, local and state governments, and healthcare organizations using FirstNet are helping to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine efficiently and effectively.

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NEWS ARTICLE

Finding balance: How women first responders manage stressors of work, family and career

March 18, 2021

All first responders experience a mental burden from the work they do in public safety.

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Behind the scenes: How new mission-driven solutions for FirstNet® came together

March 12, 2021

We have a job that’s focused on developing technology that matters – technology that can potentially help save lives. And when you have a job like that – that you truly enjoy – it’s no longer a job.

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NEWSLETTER

Newsletter February 2021

February 2021

FirstNet® expands coverage; plus Ironton, OH, police share why they use FirstNet 

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FirstNet surpasses 2.71 million square miles supporting more than 2 million connections

February 22, 2021

FirstNet®, America’s public safety network, now covers more than 2.71 million square miles.

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NEWS ARTICLE

The importance of the chief’s health

February 16, 2021

Those in high-stress careers have a lower life expectancy than the general population.

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Addressing school safety needs with FirstNet-approved applications

February 15, 2021

As attendance in our nation’s public schools starts to rebound, demands for school safety are gaining traction.

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NEWS ARTICLE

Creating your FirstNet profile gives you access to so much more

February 15, 2021

Setting up your FirstNet® device is easy – juice it up, put in your FirstNet SIM, and start your shift.

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NEWS ARTICLE

FirstNet: Making the big plays to support public safety

February 4, 2021

It’s a little-known secret within the first responder community that pro football’s big game each year is actually a massive public safety event.

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From the Blog

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Band 14 test sets the stage for Vail and Eagle County, Colorado, to join FirstNet

The biggest benefit for the Vail police department and really for the entire county is our ability to communicate with each other. Reliable communication is critically important to us.

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Helping Ironton Police keep community safe, combat an opioid crisis

When FirstNet came out, I personally got it on my phone when I became chief three years ago. I loved the service. I said, “This is what we need for my department.”

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Improved connectivity and customer service helping Portsmouth, Ohio

The first official thing I did as chief was to switch to FirstNet because I believed in the product so much that I wanted our department to have it.

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Using technology to keep City of Las Vegas community safe

While you see the lights and the shows and the action – behind the scenes is a vast technology network that helps drive the city.

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Link to first responders is critical for security firm

When communications fail, the first thing that we see is usually someone doesn't get the help that they need. It could risk a life. It could risk property.

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FirstNet Helping Madison County Coroner’s Office stay connected

Reliable communication is very important when it comes to the coroner's office.

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Using FirstNet to integrate technology, increase officer safety

Prior to going to FirstNet, we had no reliable way to communicate. We looked into different options – a lot were expensive and unattainable for our agency.

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Infrastructure, access to deployables provide incentive to join FirstNet

“We put our chips on FirstNet because we believe the infrastructure is going to be there...”

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Oglala Sioux Tribe Police Chief: FirstNet is critical in life-safety issues in Indian Country

One of the challenges we had as a department was improving communication – especially when it came to officer safety and safety of the public.

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FirstNet allows us to have virtually seamless communication

When Hurricane Harvey hit the Gulf Coast in 2017, it knocked out everything – the repeating towers, the electricity. We couldn’t communicate.

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Media

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Communication Critical in SWAT Situation

When a SWAT situation occurred in Anderson, Indiana, police used a FirstNet Ready™ device in an innovative way to work toward a peaceful resolution. Hear what they did.

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Private Security Supporting First Responders

Hear what one security company has to say about its use of FirstNet.

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Small Town, Cutting Edge Communications

With more than 11,000 residents living in 3.4 square miles, Leon Valley, TX, is a small town. Watch to learn how FirstNet brought the town up to date with its communications.

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Del Oro Water, a Wildfire Crisis

Del Oro uses internet in many forms, from cellular phones to data collecting devices, to SCADA, which allows for field automation with pumps, tanks allowing them to control those assets in the field without physically being on site.

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Helping Utilities Support First Responders

With SCADA, California Water is able to keep their field staff safe. In a catastrophic event ,they can remote control various assets in the field to deliver the water to the locations that need to have the water.

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