IE 11 Not Supported

For optimal browsing, we recommend Chrome, Firefox or Safari browsers.

FirstNet: The Promise and Benefit of Dedicated Wireless

The future is wireless and the infrastructure will be FirstNet.

I'm anxiously waiting to see how FirstNet develops over the coming years. At present, it is entering the Phase 1 Marketing Stage of getting the word out about the promise of a dedicated digital wireless system that only first responders and other selected categories of infrastructure and services can access.

The benefits of wireless technology are highlighted in the article Wireless communication networks advance smart city initiatives, which speaks to all the non-emergency benefits of using wireless to advance what a smart city can do when you put mobile technology in the hands of employees.

Imagine what it will do for fire, police and emergency managers!

Eric Holdeman is a contributing writer for Emergency Management magazine and is the former director of the King County, Wash., Office of Emergency Management.