Public Safety Network
Public safety agencies at various levels of government have joined together to share information and communicate when faced with public safety incidents. Interagency collaboration initiatives of this nature result in the creation of public safety networks. Public safety networks may originate at any level of government, and their user base may span a single or multiple geographies. This description focuses on public safety networks in the United States.
Public safety networks are receiving more attention and priority in the United States as the country deals with ever increasing threats from terrorism and natural disasters. Such a network of public safety agencies, supported by an information and communications technology infrastructure emerges from the individual and collaborative behaviors of their member agencies.
Public safety networks are defined differently as seen from different perspectives. From an organizational systems perspective a public safety network is an information technology (IT) enabled collaborative, inter-organizational system. From a communications network perspective it is a wireless network used by emergency services. Both definitions are the accepted within the public safety sector.
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