FirstNet Board Is Off to an 'Optimistic' Start

A Q&A with Kevin McGinnis, the CEO of North East Mobile Health Services, the largest paramedic service in Maine.

McGinnis has spent nearly 30 years in the emergency medical services (EMS) field and understands the critical role broadband will play in the future of first responders and emergency management in general. His expertise and enthusiasm for a national public safety broadband network led to his being named to the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) board tasked with developing the national network. North East Mobile Health Services takes more than 30,000 calls a year, providing emergency medical response, non-emergency transfer, paramedic intercept, wheelchair services and other services. McGinnis also serves as a member of the Public Safety Alliance and chair of the SAFECOM Executive Program, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security advisory committee on interoperability in public safety.