Everyone is aware of the time and commitment the local police, fire, and EMS departments put into each day. But without the support of the dispatchers, their job would be tremendously more difficult. An often underappreciated job, dispatchers are the initial contact with a person(s) experiencing an emergency situation, a calming voice for the caller, and the liaison between that person(s) and the emergency crews… READ MORE
AT&T executives say that their lowband 850MHz 5G footprint now covers 50 million people in the US, as the operator plans to expand that nationwide to fully 200 million people by mid-year 2020.
[…] AT&T reported that it has completed 75% of its nationwide FirstNet network build, and expects to reach the 80% mark by the middle of 2020. The operator’s FirstNet build is tied into 4G and 5G updates for AT&T, as the operator can update sites with 5G as it rolls out the 4G FirstNet emergency workers’ network… READ MORE
[…]Cities nationwide struggle to keep cheap motels from turning into crime centers. But while others have fought back with lawsuits and other tools to make owners accountable, Raleigh has not.
In a two-month investigation, The News & Observer found eight motels that have averaged more than one 911 call a day since 2015.
[…] The torrent of motel crime takes a financial and social toll on Raleigh. The Raleigh-Wake Emergency Communications Center estimates it costs $7.39 just to answer and dispatch a 911 call…
Here’s a short video outlining FirstNet’s different kinds of deployable solutions, provided at no cost to FirstNet subscribers.
FirstNet can call on a fleet of 72 wheeled deployables plus three flying cells on wheels and one aerostat.
So far, the deployables have supported 450 operations including fires, floods, search and rescue, hurricanes and large crowd events…READ MORE
A new statistical surveying study titled “Global Satellite Broadband Communication in Public Safety Market“ investigates a few critical features identified with Satellite Broadband Communication in Public Safety Market covering industry condition, division examination, and focused scene. Down to earth ideas of the market are referenced in a straightforward and unassuming way in this report. A far-reaching and exhaustive essential investigation report features various actualities, for example, improvement factors, business upgrade systems, measurable…
By David Cook, Senior Public Safety Advisor, First Responder Network Authority
The last decade has brought about rapid advances in technology that have changed our daily lives. The first smartphones hit the streets in 2007, and today nearly every American has at least one in their pocket.
Police chiefs nationwide have also steadily increased their departments’ use of mobile broadband technology over the last ten years to help capture and share information and coordinate responses during both routine and emergency situations. But with the rise of consumer’s use of data via smartphones, commercial networks have become heavily congested and law enforcement often has to compete for a connection. This might be why your phone has four bars and you still cannot make a call, your local cell site might be at capacity.
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