Welcome from IPSC

Greetings!   The Integrated Public Safety Commission (IPSC) is excited to share, with stakeholders across Indiana, information and updates on the Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network, also known as the First Responder Network Authority or FirstNet.  Thank you for taking the time to read the initial communication from the Indiana FirstNet program.  The federal process for selecting a vendor to implement this national network is still pending, but we plan to send out updates through this newsletter, our website (www.in.gov/ipsc), Facebook and Twitter.  We know that your time is valuable and we will only share information that IPSC feels is important for our stakeholders to know.  Continue reading to learn more about FirstNet, an announcement for a conference in 2017, and ways to stay in touch with the Indiana FirstNet project team.  As always, if you see any of our IPSC staff at an industry-related conference, please introduce yourself and learn more about FirstNet.  Have a great holiday season and a Happy New Year!   Sincerely, David Vice, IPSC Executive Director

Join IPSC for the Indiana FirstNet 2017 Conference on May 2 & 3, 2017 at the beautiful French Lick Resort in Orange County, Indiana. Industry leaders, experts, and representatives from the Federal FirstNet program will share information, engage our audience and participate in breakout sessions.  Come see how technology can transform public safety communications on the FirstNet.  More information will be provided to our subscribers in 2017. 

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10 Ways FirstNet Will Help Public Safety Save Lives and Secure Communities

Signed into law on February 22, 2012, the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act created FirstNet to build, operate and maintain the first high-speed, nationwide wireless broadband network dedicated to public safety. FirstNet will provide a single interoperable platform for emergency and daily public safety communications.

1. Improving communications through an interoperable network
2. Connecting responders in rural America
3. Enhancing situational awareness in emergencies
4. Giving public safety true priority
5. Offering vital capacity for planned events, large crowds
6. Delivering actionable data via innovative apps and devices
7. Providing reliability and security when disaster strikes
8. Ensuring coordinated response to man-made disasters
9. Driving innovation in life-saving, public safety communications technology
10. The network first responders need to keep our communities safe

Learn more at:  http://firstnet.gov/about/why

Stay Connected

IPSC's FirstNet Team will communicate with interested stakeholders throughout the state as the FirstNet program develops. In early 2017, the FirstNet team will meet with each Indiana Department of Homeland Security (IDHS) District Planning Council (DPC) to provide a FirstNet seminar, followed by the statewide conference in May. 

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