The first-ever earthquake early warning in less than three seconds was successfully delivered Sept. 18 during a field trial by KVIE, the public television station based in Sacramento, California, using datacasting technology.

The 2018 Winter Institute will be held Oct. 22 – 26 at Disaster City on the campus of Texas A&M University (TAMU) in College Station, Texas. This year’s programming will include the Winter Institute exercise, a public-safety broadband workshop and Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) grant recipient support.

Axon said public-safety agencies can buy the Axon Body 3 with FirstNet connectivity directly from Axon, which executives said is the first company to resell First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) services as a part of its product offering. Axon's latest body camera, Axon Body 3, is Long Term Evolution (LTE) enabled.

The CBRS Alliance and Wireless Innovation Forum (WInnForum) commended the businesses that introduced the first set of Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) devices certified by the FCC. Ericsson, Nokia, Sercomm and Ruckus Networks, an ARRIS company, achieved certification for the CBRS 3.5 GHz band, which will use shared spectrum for wireless connectivity.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) touted artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) for improving homeland security operations. AI can, for example, help responders and law enforcement prioritize large amounts of data from a variety of different places to expedite decision-making.

New Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) standards targeting the rail industry are moving forward alongside public-safety standards.

Cradlepoint announced its FirstConnect program for first responder organizations. FirstConnect is designed to help organizations overcome many of the budgetary, logistical and operational challenges typically faced when deploying new wireless edge router solutions to take advantage of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) and other nationwide public-safety broadband networks.

Samsung Electronics America partnered with California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s (CDCR) Enterprise Information Services (EIS) division to develop a new mobile solution that supplements existing public-safety communications systems.

The U.K. Home Office began construction of a new mobile mast for the Emergency Services Network (ESN) in Boreland, Scotland, near Lockerbie. The mast will be part of the nationwide public-safety broadband network.

FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly outlined changes to the FCC’s Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) that the full commission will vote on Oct. 23.