Welcome to the last Advocate for the month of April 2022. This month’s FirstNet (Built with AT&T) statistics as of the 22nd show two significant milestones have been reached: There are now 3.3M FirstNet connections and 20.5K+ agency subscribers.
The first topic that warrants a discussion this week is the FCC release of a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) for Receiver specifications. As you may know, there have been FCC rules for transmitters used in Land Mobile Radio (LMR) for many years. The purpose of these rules is to assure transmitters stay on their assigned channel and do not put out spurious emissions. Spurious emissions occur when the transmitted signal drifts from its licensed channel and spews out noise on either side of the channel…
First Responders Network Authority CEO Edward Parkinson is leaving his role in two weeks, for a position in the private sector.
The FirstNet Authority said that its deputy CEO, Lisa Casias, will step into the position of acting CEO as of May 10. FirstNet will conduct a search to select its next CEO.
“It has been an honor and a privilege to serve the public safety community and deliver the communications network they’ve needed for so long,” said Parkinson…
DALLAS, April 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A new suite of telecommunicator CPR (T-CPR) training and education programs designed for the first first responders in a sudden cardiac arrest emergency is now available from RQI Partners, the partnership between the American Heart Association® (Association) and Laerdal Medical (Laerdal), to help improve cardiac arrest survival rates in communities nationwide. RQI® Telecommunicator CPR (RQI T-CPR) has expanded to three program and learning tiers, marking a first-ever milestone, and offering emergency communications centers and telecommunicators access to more tailored and cost-effective solutions… READ MORE
The question isn’t whether City Councilor Louie Sanchez calls 911 too much. It’s whether police are responding in time to prevent serious crimes and save lives. But you wouldn’t know that based on the recent dismissive tone of the Albuquerque Police Department.
Sanchez, who served 25 years with APD before taking office in January, has been pressing city officials about why officers weren’t dispatched after a recent 911 call in which Sanchez reported a man at a gas station hitting another man with the butt of a gun and pointing the gun.
Rather than immediately dispatching officers, the 911 operator said she was setting up a “be on the look out.” Meanwhile, the report of a man pointing and striking another man with a gun got no response for about 50 minutes… READ MORE
It was supposed to be a day full of hope for what the New Year would bring, but it began with a cry for help so guttural it carried throughout the Deerfield Beach house. Keishawn Johnson Jr., not even 3 months old, was turning blue. His mother, full of terror, screamed: “My baby! My baby!”
Cory McNeil, one of many adults staying at the house that included a bed full of sleeping children, grabbed a phone and frantically pounded the numbers 9-1-1. The phone rang and rang and rang — and rang some more — as Darrol “Molly” Glasco continued to scream for someone to help her baby boy…
Warren Mickensjoined the FirstNet Authority Board(link is external) in October 2021, when he was appointed to a three-year term by Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo. Mr. Mickens has had an extensive career leading technology and manufacturing companies. He retired as Vice President of CenturyLink Communications and was a former Vice President at Nokia/Alcatel-Lucent. Read his full bio to learn more about his experience.
We sat down with Mr. Mickens to get his perspectives on FirstNet and the FirstNet Authority’s mission.
Learn about current efforts to continue to protect the 4.9 GHz Band for public safety as well as recent filings, key decisions impacting these efforts, and how you can support PSSA’s initiative to protect the 4.9 GHz band for public safety.
