This blog is a repost from the GPS Innovation Alliance.
The FCC updated its location accuracy requirements in 2015, recognizing that technologies such as “Assisted GPS” offered...
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FirstNet-AT&T Public Safety Broadband Network Presentation
July 18th, 2018 1:30pm - 4:00pm
Law Enforcement Summit
Little America Hotel
Flagstaff, AZ
FirstNet-AT&T Public Safety Broadband Network Regional Meetings
February 8, 2018 - Phoenix (Technology Focus) AGENDA
February 9, 2018 - Phoenix (Stakeholder Focus) AGENDA
FirstNet-AT&T Public Safety Broadband Regional Forum
November 7, 2017 - Tucson
November 29, 2017 - Flagstaff
December 13, 2017 - Chandler (Tribal)
December 14, 2017 - Phoenix
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September 5, 2018 (Reston, VA) Today, the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) and the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA...
Nicknamed “Family City USA”, the Mayor’s recent efforts to bolster economic development and security for Orem’s 88,000+ residents have helped the city live up to its name. Recently one of these...
This blog is the fourth in a series highlighting the 5 Early Benefits of FirstNet for public safety. FirstNet is the nationwide public safety communications platform dedicated to America’s first...
No community is immune to emergencies or disasters. In every state, county, and municipality—across all levels of government and branches of public service—there are dedicated men and women...
AZPSBN Monthly Working Group Meetings
December 2018
November 2018 - CANCELLED
July 2018 - CANCELLED
March 2018 - CANCELLED
AZPSBN Working Group Monthly Update occurs the first Thursday of each month. Please contact Karen Ziegler at [email protected] or Scott Neal at [email protected] for more information about particpating on the Working Group.
A mock disaster drill was conducted on Wednesday Sept. 14, 2016 at the West Rim of the Grand Canyon. The drill, hosted by Grand Canyon West and the Hualapai Tribe, simulated a tour helicopter failing to gain altitude and hitting a bus filled with visitors. The accident resulted in numerous injuries, fatalities and a massive debris field. Multiple emergency preparedness agencies from the State of Arizona, the federal government and tribal and municipal first responders participated in the drill, along with private sector vendors (see complete list below).
The overarching exercise objective was to test the nationwide public safety broadband network and the applications which could run across it in response to the incident. The mock drill was conducted because there is concern, especially among many Tribal nations, that some rural areas may not be receiving adequate coverage from FirstNet. The exercise proceeded as scheduled and was executed successfully. Participants were fully debriefed afterward on their experience with the technology. A great deal of valuable feedback was received and is in the process of being compiled into an after action report.
