Secure Public Safety
Messaging & Collaboration
Bridge4PS is a secure mobile and desktop communications and data sharing app designed specifically for first responders to communicate in real-time across teams, departments, agencies, and jurisdictions.
Bridge4PS is the outcome of the Department of Homeland Security-sponsored Mobility Acceleration Coalition of early mobile public safety technology adopters in Houston, Texas, and Los Angeles, California led by Mobility 4 Public Safety.
Bridge4PS is an exclusive public safety communications platform that provides messaging and collaboration features tailored to the unique requirements of first responders.
Bridge4PS offers free and secure cloud-based capabilities to bridge a variety of public safety communications:
Nationwide Interoperability
Bridge4PS was developed to provide a secure, collaboration platform for public safety practitioners across the nation. Unlike other platforms which are geared toward internal department communications, Bridge4PS was built deliberately to facilitate multi-organizational information sharing and interoperability based on the Strategic Objectives below.
Bridge4PS Strategic Objectives
1. Build an Exclusive collaboration platform for public safety
2. Deliver a Secure and Highly Available product
3. Protect the Integrity of the Bridge4PS User Community
4. Provide Expedient Access to eligible users
5. Facilitate Interoperability across disciplines, geographies, or organizations
6. Remain Network and Device Agnostic
7. Maintain features Effective for ANY public safety operations
8. Ensure efficient operations for Sustainability and Continuous Innovation
Field Operations & Fixed Posts
Bridge4PS is device and network agnostic. It can be used on any device (desktop, Android and Apple) or network. Bridge4PS allows seamless collaboration between users regardless of location, bridging the critical gap between personnel in the field and various fixed posts including Command Posts, Emergency Operations Centers and Public Safety Answering Points.
Information From Disparate Systems
As a collaboration platform, Bridge4PS is inherently designed for seamless information sharing. This can be accomplished through sharing of information manually across platforms as well as through automations and integrations.
Users may be required to purchase a Pro License to utilize Bridge4PS based on eligibility, role, and function. See Eligibility for more information.