Nathan T. Johnson - Real County, Texas Sheriff shares his POV on the recent flooding in Texas Hill Country. “During this week’s flooding, reliable communications have been critical to protecting lives and coordinating response efforts across Real County. The support provided by FirstNet and its Response Operations Group have helped ensure our first responders remain connected as they serve our communities during this challenging time. When conditions are changing rapidly, dependable communications can make all the difference.” Our thoughts remain with the Texas communities affected by this tragic flooding event. As public safety’s partner, the FirstNet, Built with AT&T team is on the ground to help ensure first responders and those essential to their operations have the dedicated connectivity they require.

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Our thoughts are with the communities affected by the widespread flooding in Central and South Texas. As the public safety network provider we are dedicated to keeping first responders connected. The FirstNet Response Operations Group (ROG) is on the ground assisting first responders with their critical connectivity needs and has deployed dedicated FirstNet portable cell sites at public safety’s request. FirstNet liaisons are also in contact with federal, state and local officials and the team is prepared to deploy additional dedicated FirstNet assets at the request of public safety to further support their emergency communications as needed.