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10th December 2020
Reliable broadband service from FirstNet already is impacting operations for public-safety agencies and other departments in Gainesville, Fla., but the technological evolution is still in the early stages, according to Jeff Lane, this year’s recipient of the FirstNet Authority’s Harlin McEwen Award.
Lane, who recently retired as Gainesville’s fire chief after a 38-year career, said he always has tried to be practical in his approach to new technologies, including FirstNet, the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) being built by AT&T.
“I’ve always been an operations guy, … so I’ve always looked at technology not as a total nerd but in terms of what can it do, how can it help us in the field,” Lane said during an interview with