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Given the rapid rise of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) programs, also known as drone programs, across public safety agencies in the U.S., little discussion has occurred about the broadband services that power UAS technologies. As public safety steadily increases its use of and reliance upon UAS for situational awareness purposes, more attention will be placed on how to achieve reliable broadband access and service during UAS use. For example, local and state public safety and emergency management agencies use UAS to conduct damage assessments, to coordinate the deployment of necessary resources, and to stream live feeds to dispatchers, Emergency Operations Centers (EOCs) and State Operations Centers (SOCs). At the core of all of these activities is reliable broadband service. If broadband fails, then the UAS fails, thereby adversely impacting the ability of emergency responders to do their jobs with the help of UAS devices.

“You actually get a 3-D idea of what’s happening at an incident scene and that’s really important for a responder.” Werner said. “I can take that video from the drone and connect it to the FirstNet network and be streaming live video to all those people that are decision makers – whether they’re incident commanders or the emergency operations center – simultaneously.”