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Situational Awareness Apps and Services One of the most important dues of an emergency manager is to turn data into acon- able informaon so that all response enes are able to maintain situaonal awareness. FirstNet supports these efforts in many ways: FirstNet Apps Catalog containing mission-crical apps tailored for emergency management High-volume data streaming to and from the Emergency Operaons Center (EOC) and the field Improved tracking of vehicles, equipment, personnel, evacuees, etc. 72 FirstNet dedicated deployables available at no cost, and access to hundreds more AT&T deployables — for both planned acvies and disaster response/recovery Integraon with NG-911 and Smart Cies applicaons Quality of Service, Priority and Preemption FirstNet is a naonwide communicaons plaorm that provides a reliable, resilient, highly available wireless connecon for emergency response. Priority and preempon capabilies are always on, not externally acvated. This ensures first responders stay connected during large emergencies when commercial networks can become overloaded. FirstNet’s priority capabilies have been bale-tested by public safety during natural disasters, emergency incidents, and pre-planned events. Local Control of Users and Applications Through an easy-to-use dashboard, FirstNet primary agencies have the unique ability to “upliſt” all users, including extended primary users, to a higher priority status during planned events and disaster incidents. Emergency managers oſten work closely with extended primary organizaons such as ulies, NGOs, and Volunteer Organizaons Acve in Disaster (VOAD) groups, and thus will benefit greatly from this capability. For use cases and tesmonials, visit FirstNet.gov/FirstNenAcon Want to get involved? Learn more about the First Responder Network Authority’s programs at FirstNet.gov or call 571-665-6100. For informaon on FirstNet products and services visit FirstNet.com The FirstNet network will enable: Mission crical applicaons • Incident Management/WebEOC • Geographic Informaon System (GIS)/mapping • Weather/traffic • Video streaming and resource tracking in real me • Mission Crical Push-to-talk (MCPTT) • Identy, Credenaling, Access Management (ICAM) plaorm Administrave applicaons • Email/text/calendar • Office tools (PDF, Word) • Records management • Reporng • Database access • Medical references Secure connecvity • Strong user and device authencaon • Applicaon VPN • Secure mobile gateway • Mobile Device Management (MDM) policy controls • End-to-end encrypon “The ability to have our own dedicated broadband capability is a long me coming…the more that we’re able to integrate and work things faster, the beer we are able to provide safety and security.” Alicia Tate-Nadeau, Chicago Execuve Director of Office of Emergency Management and Communicaons FirstNet and Emergency Management ®
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Situational Awareness Apps and ServicesOne of the most important duties of an emergency manager is to turn data into action-able information so that all response entities are able to maintain situational awareness. FirstNet supports these efforts in many ways:
� FirstNet Apps Catalog containing mission-critical apps tailored for emergency management
� High-volume data streaming to and from the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and the field
� Improved tracking of vehicles, equipment, personnel, evacuees, etc.
� 72 FirstNet dedicated deployables available at no cost, and access to hundreds more AT&T deployables — for both planned activities and disaster response/recovery
� Integration with NG-911 and Smart Cities applications
Quality of Service, Priority and PreemptionFirstNet is a nationwide communications platform that provides a reliable, resilient,highly available wireless connection for emergency response. Priority and preemption capabilities are always on, not externally activated. This ensures first responders stay connected during large emergencies when commercial networks can become overloaded. FirstNet’s priority capabilities have been battle-tested by public safety during natural disasters, emergency incidents, and pre-planned events.
Local Control of Users and ApplicationsThrough an easy-to-use dashboard, FirstNet primary agencies have the unique ability to “uplift” all users, including extended primary users, to a higher priority status during planned events and disaster incidents. Emergency managers often work closely with extended primary organizations such as utilities, NGOs, and
Volunteer Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD) groups, and thus will benefit greatly from this capability.
For use cases and testimonials, visit FirstNet.gov/FirstNetinAction
Want to get involved? Learn more about the First Responder Network Authority’s programs at FirstNet.gov or call 571-665-6100. For information on FirstNet products and services visit FirstNet.com
The FirstNet network will enable:Mission critical applications
• Incident Management/WebEOC• Geographic Information System
(GIS)/mapping • Weather/traffic • Video streaming and resource
tracking in real time• Mission Critical Push-to-talk
(MCPTT)• Identity, Credentialing, Access
Management (ICAM) platform
Administrative applications• Email/text/calendar • Office tools (PDF, Word) • Records management • Reporting • Database access • Medical references
Secure connectivity• Strong user and device
authentication • Application VPN• Secure mobile gateway• Mobile Device Management
(MDM) policy controls• End-to-end encryption
“The ability to have our own dedicated broadband
capability is a long time coming…the more that we’re able to integrate and work things faster,
the better we are able to provide safety and security.”
Alicia Tate-Nadeau, Chicago Executive Director of
Office of Emergency Management and Communications
FirstNet and Emergency Management
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