Fred Scalera, AT&T’s director of government program management for FirstNet, highlights the permanent infrastructure and deployable assets that AT&T has put in place to support both first-responder and audience communications during this weekend’s Super Bowl in Los Angeles. During its two-year preparation for the event, AT&T has invested $2.7 billion to improve coverage and capacity in the area, including additional support for FirstNet and 5G services…
The city of Denver doesn’t have enough people to answer 911 calls. Dispatchers are leaving, in part, because of nasty callers.
DENVER — The city of Denver doesn’t have enough people to answer 911 calls.
The reasons for dispatchers leaving are layered, but the list includes callers becoming increasingly nasty on the phone.
Aimee Lurie has worked as an emergency communications technician in Denver for five years. At the beginning of the COVID pandemic when people were told to stay home, she said people started calling 911 about their neighbors who were out socially distanced chatting or letting their kids play out in the streets…
Feb. 12—CORRIGANVILLE, Md. — Beginning Sunday morning, ambulance service in the Corriganville area will be provided solely by the Allegany Department of Emergency Services.
The membership of the Corriganville Volunteer Fire Department has voted to no longer offer the service, and has entered into an agreement with the county to provide it. An ambulance and two EMT/paramedics will be based at the station.
“We simply just cannot recruit, train and maintain the volunteer clinicians to provide the level of service to our community that we have committed to do,” read a Friday Facebook post by the department membership…
Edward Parkinson this year is celebrating a full decade of work on what is today FirstNet. Roughly ten years ago he was a staffer for former Rep. Peter King of New York, working on the legislation that would eventually create FirstNet. He then joined the nascent agency in 2013 as its chief of government affairs – FirstNet’s third employee.
After serving as an acting CEO in 2018, Parkinson was named the organization’s permanent chief executive in May 2019.
“I’ve been very fortunate to have seen this program evolve from an idea to its passage, to the law,” he said…
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (7News) — Montgomery County Public Schools may soon begin clearing officer space for the police department, a new plan revealed Tuesday details.
A growing number of people have demanded the return of school resource officers amid a violent academic year, which peaked during the Magruder High School shooting on Friday, Jan. 21.
New data presented to the Montgomery County Council Wednesday showed Montgomery County Public Schools called the Emergency Communications Center 1,688 times during the first four months of the school year, from Aug. 31 – Dec. 31… READ MORE
NEW YORK (NEWS10) – The New York Power Authority (NYPA) has collaborated with AT&T to build and pilot FirstNet, the only nationwide, high-speed broadband communications platform dedicated to America’s first responders and the extended public safety community. NYPA’s private wireless technology pilot project aims to build a secure, robust, and reliable network to enhance the statewide utility’s readiness and operational capabilities…
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.
