HONOLULU — Fire departments across the state are reevaluating their emergency communication capabilities after the Maui wildfires, when the vulnerability of the island’s cellular network — and a lack ...

AT&T has strengthened its FirstNet emergency response in Alaska and Hawaii after expanding its fleet of deployable assets in the two states. FirstNet operates a network for first responders, which is ...

Bob Morrow is a senior business development strategist for CDW•G, focused on the insertion of IT solutions into key practice areas within the public safety market. The First Responder Network ...

The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) is moving fast toward its goal of a dedicated nationwide public safety communications network. On May 13, the federal agency published an updated map ...

Mobile carriers have been working over the weekend to restore cell sites in Maui, Hawaii, following damage caused during the recent wildfires. The wildfires, which have so far claimed the lives of 96 ...

The attacks of 9/11 revealed the incompatible and balkanized state of emergency and public safety communications in America, with police unable to communicate by radio with firefighters. When ...

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) says Congress should consider reauthorizing the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) before 2027 to ensure network continuity. The FirstNet authority ...

Wildland fires continue to burn at all-time highs. From January to July 2021, more than 2.6 million acres were burned nationwide, including the massive, yet-to-be-contained Bootleg Fire in Oregon. In ...

FirstNet is run by AT&T and was affected by last week's outage. When FirstNet, the emergency communications network, went out of service last Thursday morning, some law enforcement officials who spoke ...

With 1,500 public safety agencies (and rising) adopting FirstNet, it's understandable for there to be questions regarding the relatively new concept. I wrote to AT&T with in hopes they'd help clarify ...

In today’s increasingly complex world, the ability of first responders to communicate effectively during emergencies isn’t just desirable, it’s imperative. As President of AT&T Indiana, I’ve witnessed ...