BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- High voltage towers doing double duty as cellphone towers is not an uncommon sight to see. Only these are part of the FirstNet system, created by Congress to act as a dedicated ...

EAGLE COUNTY — Eagle County taxpayers spend about $500,000 a year on a first responder radio system, covering about 95 percent of the county. That’s not good enough for the federal government, which ...

DENVER — Colorado will join a nationwide first responder network, the governor announced Monday afternoon, Dec. 18. The First Responder Network Authority, or FirstNet, is supposed to give top priority ...

Congress will step up oversight of a wireless broadband network for emergency personnel that has been plagued by criticism, a key Republican promised this week. The FirstNet system is a wireless ...

While FirstNet’s core is priority access for first responders to a two-way communications network, APTS has argued for years that its member stations can augment that system by providing one-way data ...

DENVER — With possibly millions of dollars and the future of first responder communications at stake, a statewide governing body voted Thursday, Nov. 16, to study an alternative to a federal first ...

Chief Kim Zagaris, wildfire policy and technology adviser for the Western Fire Chiefs Association, tells Firehouse.com why the nationwide communication network is here to stay. Whether treating a ...

Organizations make a mistake when they think they can control what is being said about them or what they are doing. Especially in the social media age, it is just not possible. Therefore, to have more ...

DENVER — Colorado will join a nationwide first responder network, the governor announced Monday afternoon, Dec. 18. The First Responder Network Authority, or FirstNet, is supposed to give top priority ...