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Mon, March 31, 2025
SAFECOM Fall 2024 Bi-Annual Meeting Executive Summary
📢 SAFECOM convened its Fall 2024 Bi‑Annual Meeting on November 19–20, 2024, in Cape Coral, Florida, bringing members and invited guests together for plenary and breakout sessions. Highlights included presentation of the Marilyn J. Praisner Leadership Award to Mr. Michael Murphy, an interactive exercise on Primary, Alternate, Contingency, and Emergency (PACE) plans, and briefings on Hurricane Helene response and federal grant navigation. Technical and policy discussions addressed mobile device "SOS only" features, FirstNet Authority initiatives, counter-jamming research, high frequency operations, and encryption use, while committees advanced governance, education, funding, and incident communications priorities.