Broadband First: Field Test Reshapes How Public Safety Should Invest in Communications
A MACC911-led exercise with 60+ public safety professionals linked four radio systems across three states over broadband, demonstrating how agencies c…
Whitepaper: Broadband First – A Strategic Investment Framework for Public Safety Communications
For 911 directors, police chiefs, and fire chiefs: there is a more strategic way for agencies to invest in public safety communications, one that can …
Podcast: Blue Brief – Episode 4 – Overcoming Border Lines: How Kansas City Built a Blueprint for Shared Public Safety Assets
This episode of the 10-2 Blue Brief features an in-depth conversation between host Charles F. Dowd and Police Chief Fred Farris of the Kansas City met…
Catching Wildfire Podcast Reaches Its One-Year Anniversary With a Powerful Conversation on the August 2023 Maui Wildfires, Resilient Communications, and Preparing for the Next Disaster
The Public Safety Broadband Technology Association (PSBTA) is marking the one-year anniversary of its Catching Wildfire podcast with the release of it…
Catching Wildfire Podcast – Episode 12 – When the Maui Wildfires Collapsed the Grid: Command, Chaos, and Critical Connectivity
Fire Chief Brad Ventura of Maui County and Chief Kim Zagaras reflect on the catastrophic August 8, 2023, wildfires in Hawaii, outlining the severe ope…
Public Safety Spectrum Alliance Congratulates Danielle Thumann Severs on Her Nomination to the Federal Communications Commission
The Public Safety Spectrum Alliance (PSSA) congratulates Danielle Thumann Severs on her nomination to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Podcast: Blue Brief – Episode 3 – The Evolution of Public Safety Communications: From Pre-9/11 Gaps to FirstNet Innovation
The creation of FirstNet revolutionized emergency communications by replacing fragmented, localized land mobile radio networks with a unified, nationw…
Podcast: Blue Brief – Episode 2 – The Untold Story of FirstNet: How Public Safety Built a Nationwide Network
The creation of FirstNet, the nationwide public safety broadband network, stands as a historic achievement in public safety, made possible only by the…
4.9 GHz Panel to be Featured at the 2026 Vision Summit
The Public Safety Broadband Technology Association (PSBTA) is honored to feature a panel at the 2026 Vision Summit on the July 2026 DC Circuit ruling …
The Public Safety Spectrum Alliance (PSSA) and Public Safety Broadband Technology Association (PSBTA) applaud the DC Circuit panel Decision on 4.9 GHz
The PSSA/PSBTA applaud today’s unanimous DC Circuit panel decision upholding the FCC’s 4.9 GHz decision.