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Vision FirstNet Users Summit Returns September 13–15, 2027, Bringing Public Safety Leaders Together to Shape the Future of Emergency Communications

The Public Safety Broadband Technology Association (PSBTA) will bring public safety leaders, first responders, technology experts and industry partner…

PSBTA Team October 12, 2026

PSBTA Whitepaper Calls for a New, Broadband-First Approach to Public Safety Communications Investment

A new whitepaper hosted by the PSBTA, “Broadband First: A Strategic Investment Framework for Public Safety Communications,” calls for a shift from…

PSBTA Team October 8, 2026

2026 Vision FirstNet Users Summit Celebrates Public Safety Broadband

The 2026 Vision FirstNet Users Summit brought together leaders across public safety, technology, and the private sector earlier this month to recogniz…

PSBTA Team October 6, 2026

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…

PSBTA Team September 15, 2026

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 …

PSBTA Team September 14, 2026

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…

PSBTA Team August 26, 2026

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…

PSBTA Team August 14, 2026

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…

PSBTA Team August 10, 2026

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)

PSBTA Team August 8, 2026

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…

PSBTA Team July 30, 2026

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