1. FirstNet and the Alabama First Responder Wireless Commission Updates
December 8, 2016

2. Your Alabama FirstNet Team
Ryan Burchnell
FirstNet SPOC
Toni Ferguson
Program Manager
Stan Stabler
Secretary of Law
Enforcement
Kevin Wright
Deputy Secretary of
Law Enforcement
Cpl. Jesse Thornton
Public Information
Officer
Katherine Webb
Vice-Chancellor, AUM

3. FirstNet Updates and Progress
SPOC Update
Alabama RFP
Due date for submissions
FirstNet Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement Meeting
Comments due by December 13, 2016

4. SPOC Meeting Alabama SPOC, SWIC and Program Manager attendance
Status on announcement of FirstNet National Partner
SLIGP Grant Update
SLIGP 2.0
Subject to availability in order to leverage unspent funds
Alabama Budget Status

5. Budget Update Award # 01-10-S13001
Award Period: 09/01/2013 – 02/28/2018
Federal Award Amount: $2,044,932
20% of Federal Share has been expended as of 10/31/16
Match Amount: $511,233
67% of Match has been met as of 10/31/16
Total Award: $2,556,165

6. FirstNet State Plan Timeline

7. State Alternative Plan Program
Act requires FirstNet’s NPSBN to consist of a core network and radio access network (RAN) that link to the core.
Ensures single, interoperable nationwide network
What is states/territories “opt-out?”
Accept responsibility to construct, operate, maintain, and improve their own RAN that connects to FirstNet core.
Must demonstrate to NTIA that state has ability to successfully improve a RAN that interoperates with the NPSBN.

8. SAPP – The Process

9. Moving Forward
The upcoming National Partner announcement and Statewide opt-in/out decisions are HUGE.
We will assume that those who are in positions to procure technology equipment and articulate their needs, need help.
We recognize Municipal budgets are tight.
Educate Municipal IT departments about FirstNet.
No matter the decision, while FirstNet may become operational, subscribers may lack the ability to connect of lack the desire to connect.

10. State of Alabama Alabama Public Safety Broadband Project Status Response to FirstNet Data Elements

11. Data Elements Summary FirstNet Dataset Provided 2015 Provided 2016  -
1a: Coverage Objectives 
1b: Phased Deployment
2a: PSE Info
2b: Devices
2c: Users & Devices Summary
2d-i: Operational Areas
2d-ii: Calls for Service -
3a: Applications
3b: Data Usage
4a: Current Providers
4b: Barriers

12. ALPSB Phased Coverage

13. Stakeholder Surveys
Online surveys designed to collect information including:
Contact information for appropriate personnel
Number of staff per agency
Wireless data spending by carrier
Barriers to adoption
Due to the limited number of responses (111 to date), public safety entity (PSE) data was extrapolated from US Census government worker data counts

14. PSE Information
Online survey was supplemented by a telephone survey with a representative subset of counties and cities
Objective to gather comprehensive data from large, medium and smaller communities
Actual data assessed against US Census data
County Name
Pop Rank
County Pop
Police Officers Only
Mobile 2
415,395
916
Montgomery 4
226,519
664
Calhoun 10
115,620
253
Limestone 15
91,663 95
Talladega 19
80,862
158
Chilton 29
43,943 73
Cherokee 41
25,859 40
Greene 67
8,479 23

15. Contract Vehicles
Fire uses state contracts, local contracts, and carrier contracts more than any other discipline
Law Enforcement uses state contracts more than any other contract vehicle
EMS predominantly purchases from the carrier
Very few agencies use GSA contracts

16. ALPSB Next Steps Expand survey participation
Conduct county-by-county coverage assessments

17. AFRWC Updates Chairman of AFRWC Vice-Chair of AFRWC
Stan Stabler, Secretary of Law Enforcement
Vice-Chair of AFRWC
Jon Lord, designee of the Alabama Association of Fire Chiefs
Commission Director
Ryan Burchnell, ALEA Executive Director

18. AFRWC Committee Structure
Committee Chairs and Members (to be elected during the next regular meeting – Feb 2017)
Public Safety Interoperability Committee
Public Safety Broadband Committee
By-Laws Committee

19. AFRWC Committee Structure