NPSTC Offers Recommendations on Public Safety Shared Use of FirstNet Network
The National Public Safety Telecommunications Council Tuesday released an updated report on public safety control of the Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network (NPSBN) being built by FirstNet. “The effective coordination of people, process, and technology is critical to establishing a…
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successful inter-jurisdictional, inter-disciplinary, interoperable, and shared NPSBN,” the report said. NPSTC points out that public safety entities (PSEs) joining or subscribing to the network “must accept that they are becoming a part of a community sharing a critical communications resource and that their decisions can have significant impact on other participating entities.” FirstNet must “take a lead role in educating PSEs about technical factors under their control and how they can ensure effective operation of the NPSBN,” the report said. It said that FirstNet also needs to “facilitate regular dialogue on the best practices and cooperative use of common resources.”