Podcast: Catching Wildfire Special Edition
During the 2025 Vision Summit, the Catching Wildfire podcast hosted the leaders representing the FirstNet public/private partnership. Chief Kim Zagari…
Author: PSBTA Team
The mission of the Public Safety Broadband Technology Association is to empower the first responder community by providing them with the tools and resources necessary to participate in the overall success of the network. This includes training a new generation of public safety processionals on the fundamentals of the network by providing access and a platform to trade ideas, innovations, best practices and lessons learned that will lead to smarter and more effective public safety services.
Podcast: Catching Wildfire Episode 3
On this episode, our hosts, Chief Jeff Johnson and Chief Kim Zagaris, are joined by Chief David Winnacker to discuss the art of strategically staging …
Podcast: Catching Wildfire Episode 2
Welcome back to Catching Wildfire! On this episode, Chief Jeff Johnson and Chief Kim Zagaris speak with David Blankinship, President of Emergent. Davi…
Podcast: Catching Wildfire Episode1
In this inaugural episode of the Catching Wildfire podcast series, Chief Jeff Johnson (Ret.) and Chief Kim Zagaris are joined by Dr. Neal Driscoll as …
PSBTA and PSSA Congratulate Arielle Roth Confirmation as the Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)
On behalf of the Public Safety Broadband Technology Association (PSBTA), Public Safety Spectrum Alliance (PSSA), our members, and industry partners, w…
Public Safety Professionals Advocate for FirstNet Reauthorization in 2027
Born from the communications issues that were experienced by public safety teams during the 9/11 attacks, FirstNet is the single dedicated network for…
PSBTA and PSSA Congratulate Arielle Roth on Her Confirmation as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, and Administrator of the NTIA
On behalf of the Public Safety Broadband Technology Association (PSBTA) and the Public Safety Spectrum Alliance (PSSA), we would like to congratulate …
Public Safety Leaders Join Congressman Brett Guthrie in Urging FirstNetReauthorization
At a roundtable hosted by Chief Nathan Mulvey President of the Kentucky Association of Fire Chiefs, many public safety leaders gathered Monday at Fern…
PSBTA & PSSA Congratulate Olivia Trusty on Her Confirmation as a New Commissioner to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
On behalf of the Public Safety Broadband Technology Association (PSBTA) and the Public Safety Spectrum Alliance (PSSA), we would like to congratulate …
PSBTA 2025 Vision Summit: Why You Need to Be There!
The 2025 Vision Summit, the premier event for FirstNet end users, is quickly approaching. This is an opportunity to learn more about Internet of Thing…