Hawaii Focuses on Challenges of Demographics in FirstNet Meeting
Hawaii's initial consultation meeting with FirstNet focused on natural disasters, the challenges that exist in being an island state and having predominantly rural demographics, said a Wednesday blog post from FirstNet. More than 80 public safety representatives from Hawaii met…
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with the FirstNet team. Hawaii Gov. David Ige (D) said the consultation was an opportunity to discuss building a network that will let state responders fulfill their public safety missions, the post said. A case study presented on Hurricane Iselle showed the need for the state and counties to get communications to the many areas without commercial cellular coverage, the post said. It also proved there's considerable support for the nationwide public safety broadband network to address some of the state’s coverage needs, the post said.