First responders dedicate their lives to saving lives. When everyone else is running away from danger, they run to it.
America has endured devastating natural disasters. Mass shootings. Bombings. Explosions. An insurgency at the U.S. Capitol. And a global pandemic. Through it all, our first responders have persevered.
As public safety’s communications partner, we honor you and thank you for protecting our families, friends and communities.
FirstNet News & Stories
AT&T celebrates National First Responders Day
On October 28, the country recognizes National First Responders Day – a day to celebrate and honor the women and men of the public safety community. As public safety’s communications partner, we’re committed to Be There for this vital community.
FirstNet surpasses 2.8 million connections
Today, more than 18,500 public safety agencies and organizations are on FirstNet, Built with AT&T.
FirstNet and O2X bring health and wellness training to first responders
Together, they will bring mental and physical performance workshops for first responders to five cities. The workshops will be run by O2X, a training and education company founded by former Navy SEALs.
Responding with resilience: mental wellness in EMS
FirstNet is working with public safety association NAEMT to develop a curriculum to help EMS professionals cope with the stressors of the job.
Communications failures have long been a challenge for first responders across the country with the inability to communicate costing lives. 9/11 exposed this on a national scale like never before and served as an impetus for change.
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September 11, 2001
The September 11, 2001, attacks were one of the most devastating events in our nation’s history. The tragedy also revealed fundamental problems with the communications systems used by America’s first responders, such as radio system limitations preventing first responders from different agencies to speak with each other, and wireless networks becoming overwhelmed and congested hampering public safety voice and data transmissions.
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