Public TV Important for Next-Gen 911, Officials From APTS, CPB, PBS Say
Public TV stations have the capacity to connect public safety officials with each other and the public, said America's Public Television Stations CEO Patrick Butler and officials from CPB and PBS in a meeting Thursday with Public Safety Bureau Chief…
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David Simpson and bureau staff, according to an ex parte filing posted Tuesday. Next-generation 911 should take advantage of this capacity, the officials said. APTS member stations “pledged in principle to devote 1 Mbps of digital capacity by public television stations for participation in the FirstNet public safety network,” the filing said (see 1602220069). Public media can play a role in “educating individuals in communities before and after EAS [emergency alert system] and WEA [wireless emergency alert] testing and in convening community entities who can contribute to the relevance of the testing.”