LOS ANGELES, Aug. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/
-- FirstNet® and Safe Environment Engineering are
providing Los Angeles City Fire
Department and Los Angeles County Department of Public Health with
new capabilities and reliable access to critical information while
in the field. These tech advancements allow first responders and
other personnel who support them to better serve those who live,
work and visit the city and county of Los Angeles.
LAFD and Los Angeles County Department of Public Health are
connecting its firefighters, first responders and other personnel
to FirstNet – the only nationwide, high-speed
broadband communications platform dedicated to and purpose-built
for America's first responders and the extended public safety
community. LAFD uses FirstNet on frontline apparatus, vehicles,
modems, routers, and department-issued smartphones, while LA County
Department of Public Health Radiation Management use FirstNet
services on smartphones.
FirstNet, Built with AT&T is a public- private partnership
with the First Responder Network Authority – an independent agency
within the federal government. It is designed to improve
communications across public safety entities nationwide, allowing
first responders to communicate with one another easily and quickly
during everyday situations, big events or emergencies. This is
integral to solving the communications challenges public
safety has experienced in the past.
Safe Environment Engineering provides an IoT system solution for
collecting, monitoring, displaying, notifying and aggregating
instrumentation sensor data, including the Chemical, Biological,
Radiological, Nuclear, and high yield Explosives (CBRNE) family of
devices. First responders and other personnel use Safe Environment
Engineering solutions to detect and monitor CBRNE hazardous
situations, such as gas leaks, refinery explosions, and poisonous
plumes/clouds.
The Safe Environment Engineering solutions support access to the
physically separate and dedicated FirstNet network core, which
enables First Priority® capabilities on FirstNet –
always-on priority and, for first responders, preemption –
and the Band 14 spectrum. LAFD and LA County Department of Public
Health feel confident the Safe Environment Engineering
solution combined with FirstNet services will provide the
necessary critical connectivity they need in a reliable, highly
secure and cost-effective manner.
"Working with Safe Environment Engineering and FirstNet we have
established a Los Angeles County
wide radiation detection network," said Jeffrey Day, Director, Radiation Management,
Environmental Health, Los Angeles County Department of Public
Health. "This system is utilized regularly and was key in our
response efforts during the Fukushima disaster."
As part of the agreement through the FirstNet Embedded IoT
Program - a program that allows for industry leading FirstNet
eligible devices to be combined with FirstNet service to create a
single, end-to-end solution that a solution provider such as Safe
Environment Engineering can sell to FirstNet-eligible customers for
a single monthly fee – the Safe Environment Engineering solution
will include FirstNet connectivity.
FirstNet embedded solutions go through extensive review, so
first responders can be confident that the Safe Environment
Engineering solution meets the highest standards for reliability,
security and performance.
"The Los Angeles City Fire
Department utilizes Safe Environment Engineering's systems both as
component of our Hazmat Teams Personal Protective Equipment as well
as being an integral component of our Hazmat apparatus, said
Captain Robert M. Dunivin,
Los Angeles City Fire
Department, Homeland Security Division - CBRNE/Hazmat
Section, Joint Hazard Assessment Team. "Combined with FirstNet,
we have the connectivity and capabilities we need to keep our first
responders and Angelenos safe."
"We're honored that LAFD and LA County Department of Public
Health chose FirstNet to elevate their communications
capabilities," said Stacy
Schwartz, vice president, FirstNet and Public Safety at
AT&T. "It's our mission to give first responders the
cutting-edge tools they need to safely and effectively achieve
their mission. FirstNet will help first responders in Los Angeles and across the country perform at
the highest levels to keep themselves and those they serve out of
harm's way."
"FirstNet is the exclusive communications platform being built
with AT&T for public safety, inspired by public safety. There
is no substitution for this purpose-built network," said
FirstNet Authority CEO Edward
Parkinson. "We look forward to supporting LAFD and LA
County Department of Public Health and all of California's public safety community with
FirstNet, making sure it delivers what they need, when they need
it."
To learn more about Los Angeles
Fire Department, visit lafd.org and for Los Angeles County
Department of Public Health, visit publichealth.lacounty.gov.
To learn about the Safe Environment Engineering IoT solution
visit safeenv.com
For more about the value FirstNet is bringing to public safety,
check out FirstNet.com. And go here for more FirstNet
news.
About FirstNet, Built with AT&T
FirstNet® is the
only nationwide, high-speed broadband communications platform
dedicated to and purpose-built for America's first responders and
the extended public safety community. Shaped by the vision of
Congress and the first responder community following the 9/11
terrorist attacks, FirstNet stands above commercial offerings. It
is built with AT&T in public-private partnership with the First
Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) – an independent
agency within the federal government. The FirstNet network is
providing public safety with truly dedicated coverage and capacity
when they need it, unique benefits like always-on priority
and preemption, and high-quality Band 14 spectrum. These advanced
capabilities help fire, EMS, law enforcement save lives and protect
their communities. Learn more at FirstNet.com.
FirstNet and the FirstNet logo are registered trademarks of the
First Responder Network Authority. All other marks are the
property of their respective owners.
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