>G'Mornin' Anons… Another Day at the Office.
mornin frenz
>https://firstnet.gov/public-safety/firstnet-for/pennsylvania
From the population and cultural centers of Pittsburgh and Philadelphia to the state’s more rural foothills and forests, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has diverse public safety communication challenges.
The First Responder Network Authority team recognizes the unique communications challenges that Pennsylvania first responders face. We have been working closely with Pennsylvania public safety officials since 2014, capturing their feedback and working with AT&T, our network partner, to improve the design of the FirstNet network. During the development of state deployment plans, our team worked hand-in-hand with Pennsylvania leaders and AT&T to ensure the plan was customized to address public safety’s needs, including:
Improving coverage and making deployables readily available in less populated areas
Providing modern communications tools at affordable costs to help first responders operate safer and more effectively
Making “Bring Your Own Device” solutions available to public safety responders
Giving public safety agencies local control to adjust user prioritization when needed in response to outages and emergencies
Following this close collaboration, Pennsylvania chose to adopt the plan and “opt in” to FirstNet. Today, we continue to meet regularly with state and local officials to discuss their public safety broadband needs. In 2019 alone, our team met with Pennsylvania public safety officials more than 10 times. Our engagements in Pennsylvania included engagements during the PA Fire Expo, a meeting with the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association, and meetings with the Regional Task Forces. Engagements like these are crucial to the ongoing success of the network and the advancement of public safety communications across the state and the nation.
Connect with our team of Public Safety Advisors to learn about FirstNet in your community.
Fake News is the enemy of the people
Lori Stone
Contact Information
Lori.Stone@firstnet.gov
202-997-7594
Public Safety Advisor for:
Delaware
District of Columbia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
Lori Stone is a senior public safety advisor for the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority). She is responsible for outreach and consultation with local public safety agencies. She most recently served as Maryland’s single point of contact for the FirstNet Authority. In this role, she was responsible for the development and implementation of the outreach and state consultation strategy to engage public safety in FirstNet planning efforts.
Lori also spent several years working on the legal, operational, and planning requirements for the deployment of Maryland FiRST, the statewide 700 MHz public safety radio communications system. She drafted MOUs and infrastructure sharing agreements with federal, state, and local agencies; standard operating procedures and guidelines for system use; and a plain language policy for the state’s law enforcement agencies. She also served as the grant manager for two public safety communications federal grant programs.
Lori has worked as a National Capital Region Planner at the Maryland Emergency Management Agency; developed public education and media campaigns for emergency preparedness; and drafted and exercised Continuity of Operations Plans for higher education institutions, hospitals, and non-profit organizations.
She began her career as a news producer and assignment editor at television stations in Baltimore and Washington, D.C., and subsequently served as the media relations director for the University of Maryland School of Law. She has a bachelor’s degree in mass communications from Towson University and a Juris Doctor from the University of Maryland School of Law.
>https://www.firstnet.gov/public-safety/your-advisor/lori-stone
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>https://5x5.firstnet.gov/team/lori-stone/
Speaking at:
Using FirstNet COAMs and Agency-Driven Solutions to Improve Communications
About this Speaker
Lori Stone
Senior Public Safety Advisor
FirstNet Authority
Lori Stone is a Senior Public Safety Advisor for the First Responder Network Authority. She is responsible for outreach and consultation with local public safety agencies in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. Prior to joining the FirstNet Authority in 2015 she worked on the deployment of Maryland’s statewide public safety radio system and managed public safety communications grant programs. Lori also spent several years at the Maryland Emergency Management Agency, drafting Memorandum of Understandings and Infrastructure Sharing Agreements with all levels of government agencies, writing Standard Operating Procedures and Guidelines, and developing and testing Continuity of Operations Plans. She has a bachelor’s degree in mass communications from Towson University and a Juris Doctor from the University of Maryland School of Law.
FirstNet Authority
@FirstNetGov
Earlier this week, @FirstNetGov
's @dbuchananFN
and @_loristone
joined @FirstNet
and thePennsylvania Fire & Emergency Services Instituteto meet with local public safety and discuss the role of the FirstNet Authority.
FirstNet in the Keystone State: http://FirstNet.gov/Pennsylvania
Selfie of the FirstNet Authority's Dave Buchanan and Lori Stone at the FirstNet Forum in Harrisburg, PA
The FirstNet Authority's Dave Buchanan looks at a FirstNet powered robot dog
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>Mornin' Ralph… Please pass the Covfefe.
>The covfefe while you were gone was like a gas-station's 6 hour old kind.
kek
K cups be like that.
We'll start the week off with some Double Dark Roast, Patriot style
> and @_loristone
https://x.com/_loristone/status/1602867171863953408
Lori Stone
@_loristone
So grateful to be invited to Swedish Embassy in DC for its holiday party to commemorate Lucia Day on Dec 13 - a celebration of light in the dark winter! Amazing desserts and wonderful company!
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10:24 PM · Dec 13, 2022