Being able to rapidly respond to a crisis is paramount for any public safety effort. For first responders in tribal nations, communications devices are a particularly critical component to success. However, there are several challenges that tribal communities face when it comes to public safety.With vast nations and lands to patrol, first responders serving tribal communities need to ensure that they are fully connected when responding to emergencies. In addition, satellite-based technologies can fill the gap that cell towers leave in a crisis in these remote areas.These were the key themes in the third part of our “Critical Communications in Tribal Communities” podcast public safety, hosted on Government Technology Insider, where we were joined by Lynda Zambrano, Executive Director, National Tribal Emergency Management Council, and George Barela, Public Safety Manager, Verizon, to discuss this topic further.