The Nevada Fire Chiefs Association supports the position and comments of the Public Safety Spectrum Alliance (PSSA) regarding the 4.9 GHz spectrum. This spectrum should remain exclusively for public safety use. The association is against sharing this spectrum with commercial users and decentralizing its management to individual states. They advocate for placing the 4.9 GHz spectrum under the stewardship of the FirstNet Authority. Centralized management is especially crucial in states like Nevada...

On September 27, 2023 the Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission’s final report was submitted to Congress. The report outlines a comprehensive and forward-thinking approach to address the escalating wildfire crisis that has gripped our nation in recent years. In response, the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC...

Since the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City and the events surrounding 9/11/2001, most of the nation’s public safety community have been striving, with federal support, to further interoperability with our equipment, within our responses, in how we operate, in how we communicate and more....

You’re likely familiar with Sourcewell when you think about quick and compliant ways to make purchases for fire apparatus and other equipment. Did you know that Sourcewell also has contracts to help you build employee benefit plans? As you know, great service is delivered by great people. Sourcewell has contract options to help you attract...